Sendy Caffarra
PhD
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I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Modena (RTDB, Rita Levi Montalcini fellowship) and a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University (USA).
My Lab investigates how experience changes our brain within the context of reading and bilingualism. We use behavioural, electrophysiological (EEG/MEG) and neuroimaging (DTI) techniques to investigate the temporal sequence of key cognitive processes involved in language perception and to better understand how they are related to brain structural properties. My research work falls within the domains of cognitive neuroscience, psycholinguistics, and neurodevelopmental psychology.
Selected publications:
Caffarra, S., Kanopka, K., Kruper, J., Richie-Halford, A., Roy, E., Rokem, A., & Yeatman, J. D. (2024). Development of the alpha rhythm is linked to visual white matter pathways and visual detection performance. The Journal of Neuroscience, 44 (6) e0684232023. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0684-23.2023.
Caffarra, S., Joo, S. J., Bloom, D., Kruper, J., Rokem, A., & Yeatman, J. D. (2021). Development of the visual white matter pathways mediates development of electrophysiological responses in visual cortex. Human Brain Mapping. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25654.
Caffarra, S., Lizarazu, M., Molinaro, N. & Carreiras, M. (2021). Reading-related brain changes in audiovisual processing: cross-sectional and longitudinal MEG evidence. The Journal of Neuroscience, 41, 5867-5875. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3021-20.202.
Caffarra, S., Molinaro, N., Davidson, D., & Carreiras, M. (2015). Second language syntactic processing revealed through event-related potentials: An empirical review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral reviews, 51C, 31-47. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.01.010.