Academic CV

[2023 – to date] Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience (RTDa) at Center for studies and research in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology,
    University of Bologna, Italy.

[2023 – to date] Research Fellow at Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Italy. 

[2022 – to date] National Scientific Habilitation 2021-2023 qualified as Associate Professor in academic Scientific Sector 11/E1 (M-PSI/02) of General Psychology,
    Psychobiology, and Psychometry. 

[2024]   Visiting Researcher at the Department of Psychology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway (~1 month). 

[2023 – 2026]  Assistant Professor (RTDa) at Center for studies and research in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy.

[2022 - 2024]   Visiting Researcher at Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Netherlands (~6 months). 

[2022 - 2023]   Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Italy. 

[2020 - 2022]   Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for studies and research in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy. 

[2018 - 2019]   Visiting PhD Student in Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany (~6 months). 

[2016 - 2020]   PhD Student at the Center for studies and research in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy.
  Supervisor: Prof. Giuseppe di Pellegrino.

[2016]   Research Assistant in Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Bangor University, Bangor (Wales), United Kingdom (~9 months).
  Supervisor: Prof. Paul Downing.

[2015]   Internship for Psychologists (former D.P.R. 328\2001), Center for Studies and Research in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology,       University of Bologna, Italy (~4 months). Supervisor: Prof.  Giuseppe di Pellegrino.

[2016 – 2020] PhD in Psychology - International programme in 'Cognitive Neuroscience', cum laude, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy. 

[2013 – 2015] MSc in Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, cum laude, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy.

[2010 – 2013] BSc in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy.

[2005 – 2010] Scientific High School Diploma, Italy.

Publications (Total/First/Last):  46 / 24 / 8
Impact Factor (Total/Mean):  256 / 5.57
Scopus: h-index: 26;   m-index: 3.25;  citations: 1558;   Author ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57193504367
Scholar: h-index: 29;  m-index: 3.62;  citations: 2023;   Author ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YmBOH-kAAAAJ&hl=it

1. Battaglia, S., Nazzi, C., Lonsdorf, T., Thayer, J. F. (2024) Neuropsychobiology of Fear-Induced Bradycardia in Humans: Progress and Pitfalls. Molecular Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02600-x . Download [11.0 IF]

2. Nazzi, C., Avenanti, A., Battaglia, S., (2024) The Involvement of Antioxidants in Cognitive Decline and Neurodegeneration: Mens Sana in Corpore Sano. Antioxidants, 13, 701. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox13060701. Download  [7.0 IF]

3. Quettier, T., Ippolito, G., Cardellicchio, P., Però, L., Battaglia, S., Borgomaneri, S. (2024) Individual differences in intracortical inhibition predict action control when facing emotional stimuli. Frontiers in Psychology, 15:1391723. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1391723. Download  [3.8 IF]

4. Battaglia, S., Nazzi, C., Di Fazio, C., Borgomaneri, S., (2024) The role of pre-supplementary motor cortex in action control with emotional stimuli: an rTMS study. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15145. Download [5.2 IF]

5. Battaglia, S., Nazzi, C., Fullana, M. A., di Pellegrino, G., & Borgomaneri, S. (2024). 'Nip it in the bud': Low-frequency rTMS of the prefrontal cortex disrupts threat memory consolidation in humans. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 178, 104548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104548. Download [4.1 IF]

6. Tanaka, M.*, Battaglia, S.*, Giménez-Llort, L.,  Chen, C., Hepsomali, P., Avenanti, A., Vécsei, L. (2024). Innovation at the Intersection: Emerging Translational Research in Neurology and Psychiatry. Cells, 13(10):790. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13100790. Download [6.0 IF]

7. Battaglia, S., Avenanti, A., Vécsei, L., & Tanaka, M. (2024). Neurodegeneration in Cognitive Impairment and Mood Disorders for Experimental, Clinical and Translational Neuropsychiatry. Biomedicines, 12(3), 574. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12030574.  Download [4.7 IF]

8. Gregorio, F. D., & Battaglia, S. (2024). The intricate brain-body interaction in psychiatric and neurological diseases. Advances in clinical and experimental medicine. https://doi.org/10.17219/acem/185689. Download  [2.1 IF]

9. Battaglia, S., Avenanti, A., Vécsei, L., & Tanaka, M. (2024). Neural Correlates and Molecular Mechanisms of Memory and Learning. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(5), 2724. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25052724. Download  [5.6 IF]

10. Battaglia, S., Nazzi, C., & Thayer, J. F. (2024). Genetic differences associated with dopamine and serotonin release mediate fear-induced bradycardia in the human brain. Translational Psychiatry, 14(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-024-02737-x. Download [6.8 IF]

11. Di Gregorio, F., Steinhauser, M., Maier, M. E., Thayer, J. F., & Battaglia, S. (2024). Error-related cardiac deceleration: Functional interplay between error-related brain activity and autonomic nervous system in performance monitoring. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 157, 105542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105542. Download  [8.2 IF]

12. Battaglia, S., Di Fazio, C., Mazzà, M., Tamietto, M., & Avenanti, A. (2024). Targeting Human Glucocorticoid Receptors in Fear Learning: A Multiscale Integrated Approach to Study Functional Connectivity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(2), 864. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25020864 Download  [5.6 IF]

13. Borgomaneri, S., Vitale, F., Battaglia, S., de Vega, M., & Avenanti, A. (2024). Task-related modulation of motor response to emotional bodies: A TMS motor-evoked potential study. Cortex, 171, 235–246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2023.10.013. Download [3.6 IF]

14. Tortora, F., Hadipour, A. L., Battaglia, S., Falzone, A., Avenanti, A., & Vicario, C. M. (2023). The Role of Serotonin in Fear Learning and Memory: A Systematic Review of Human Studies. Brain Sciences, 13(8), 1197. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13081197. Download  [3.3 IF]

15. Battaglia, S., Nazzi, C., & Thayer, J. F. (2023). Heart's tale of trauma: Fear-conditioned heart rate changes in post-traumatic stress disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 148(5), 463–466. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13602. Download  [6.7 IF]

16. Battaglia, S., Schmidt, A., Hassel, S., & Tanaka, M. (2023). Editorial: Case reports in neuroimaging and stimulation. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1264669. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1264669. Download  [4.7 IF]

17. Battaglia, M. R., Di Fazio, C., & Battaglia, S. (2023). Activated Tryptophan-Kynurenine metabolic system in the human brain is associated with learned fear. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 16, 1217090. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2023.1217090. Download  [4.8 IF]

18. Tanaka, M., Diano, M., & Battaglia, S. (2023). Editorial: Insights into structural and functional organization of the brain: evidence from neuroimaging and non-invasive brain stimulation techniques. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1225755. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1225755. Download [4.7 IF]

19. Di Gregorio, F., & Battaglia, S. (2023). Advances in EEG-based functional connectivity approaches to the study of the central nervous system in health and disease. Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 32(6), 607–612. https://doi.org/10.17219/acem/166476.  Download  [2.1 IF]

20. Turrini, S., Bevacqua, N., Cataneo, A., Chiappini, E., Fiori, F., Battaglia, S., Romei, V., & Avenanti, A. (2023). Neurophysiological Markers of Premotor-Motor Network Plasticity Predict Motor Performance in Young and Older Adults. Biomedicines, 11(5), 1464. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11051464. Download  [4.7 IF]

21. Battaglia, S., Nazzi, C., & Thayer, J. F. (2023). Fear-induced bradycardia in mental disorders: Foundations, current advances, future perspectives. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 149, 105163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105163. Download [8.2 IF]

22. Battaglia, S., Di Fazio, C., Vicario, C. M., & Avenanti, A. (2023). Neuropharmacological Modulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate, Noradrenaline and Endocannabinoid Receptors in Fear Extinction Learning: Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity. International journal of molecular sciences, 24(6), 5926. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24065926.  Download [5.6 IF]

23. Ippolito, G., Bertaccini, R., Tarasi, L., Di Gregorio, F., Trajkovic, J., Battaglia, S., & Romei, V. (2022). The Role of Alpha Oscillations among the Main Neuropsychiatric Disorders in the Adult and Developing Human Brain: Evidence from the Last 10 Years of Research. Biomedicines, 10(12), 3189. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10123189.  Download  [4.7 IF]

24. Battaglia, S., Cardellicchio, P., Di Fazio, C., Nazzi, C., Fracasso, A., & Borgomaneri, S. (2022). Stopping in (e)motion: Reactive action inhibition when facing valence-independent emotional stimuli. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16, 998714. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.998714. Download [3 IF] 

25. Di Gregorio, F., La Porta, F., Petrone, V., Battaglia, S., Orlandi, S., Ippolito, G., Romei, V., Piperno, R., & Lullini, G. (2022). Accuracy of EEG Biomarkers in the Detection of Clinical Outcome in Disorders of Consciousness after Severe Acquired Brain Injury: Preliminary Results of a Pilot Study Using a Machine Learning Approach. Biomedicines, 10(8), 1897. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10081897. Download [4.7 IF]

26. Battaglia, S., Cardellicchio, P., Di Fazio, C., Nazzi, C., Fracasso, A., & Borgomaneri, S. (2022). The Influence of Vicarious Fear-Learning in "Infecting" Reactive Action Inhibition. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16, 946263. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.946263. Download [3 IF]

27. Battaglia, S., & Thayer, J. F. (2022). Functional interplay between central and autonomic nervous systems in human fear conditioning. Trends in Neurosciences, 45(7), 504–506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2022.04.003. Download [15.9 IF]

28. Battaglia, S., Orsolini, S., Borgomaneri, S., Barbieri, R., Diciotti, S., & di Pellegrino, G. (2022). Characterizing cardiac autonomic dynamics of fear learning in humans. Psychophysiology, 59(12), e14122. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14122. Download [3.7 IF]

29. Sellitto, M., Terenzi, D., Starita, F., di Pellegrino, G., & Battaglia, S. (2022). The Cost of Imagined Actions in a Reward-Valuation Task. Brain Sciences, 12(5), 582. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12050582. Download  [3.3 IF]

30. Battaglia, S., Fabius, J. H., Moravkova, K., Fracasso, A., & Borgomaneri, S. (2022). The Neurobiological Correlates of Gaze Perception in Healthy Individuals and Neurologic Patients. Biomedicines, 10(3), 627. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10030627. Download [4.7 IF]

31. Battaglia, S. (2022). Neurobiological advances of learned fear in humans. Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 31(3), 217–221. https://doi.org/10.17219/acem/146756. Download [2.1 IF]

32. Battaglia, S., Harrison, B. J., & Fullana, M. A. (2022). Does the human ventromedial prefrontal cortex support fear learning, fear extinction or both? A commentary on subregional contributions. Molecular Psychiatry, 27(2), 784–786. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01326-4. Download  [11 IF]

33. Borgomaneri, S., Vitale, F., Battaglia, S., & Avenanti, A. (2021). Early Right Motor Cortex Response to Happy and Fearful Facial Expressions: A TMS Motor-Evoked Potential Study. Brain Sciences, 11(9), 1203. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091203. Download [3.333 IF]

34. Battaglia, S., Serio, G., Scarpazza, C., D'Ausilio, A., & Borgomaneri, S. (2021). Frozen in (e)motion: How reactive motor inhibition is influenced by the emotional content of stimuli in healthy and psychiatric populations. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 146, 103963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2021.103963.
    Download [5.321 IF]

35. Borgomaneri, S.*, Battaglia, S.*, Sciamanna, G., Tortora, F., & Laricchiuta, D. (2021). Memories are not written in stone: Re-writing fear memories by means of non-invasive brain stimulation and optogenetic manipulations. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 127, 334–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.04.036. Download [9.052 IF]

36. Borgomaneri, S., Battaglia, S., Avenanti, A., & Pellegrino, G. D. (2021). Don't Hurt Me No More: State-dependent Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the treatment of specific phobia. Journal of Affective Disorders, 286, 78–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.02.076. Download [6.533 IF]

37. Garofalo, S., Battaglia, S., Starita, F., & di Pellegrino, G. (2021). Modulation of cue-guided choices by transcranial direct current stimulation. Cortex, 137, 124–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.01.004. Download  [4.644 IF]

38. Candini, M., Battaglia, S., Benassi, M., di Pellegrino, G., & Frassinetti, F. (2021). The physiological correlates of interpersonal space. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 2611. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82223-2. Download [4.996 IF]

39. Veer, I. M., Riepenhausen, A., Zerban, M., Wackerhagen, C., Puhlmann, L. M. C., Engen, H., Köber, G., Bögemann, S. A., Weermeijer, J., Uściłko, A., Mor, N., Marciniak, M. A., Askelund, A. D., Al-Kamel, A., Ayash, S., Barsuola, G., Bartkute-Norkuniene, V., Battaglia, S., Bobko, Y., Bölte, S., … Kalisch, R. (2021). Psycho-social factors associated with mental resilience in the Corona lockdown. Translational Psychiatry, 11(1), 67. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-01150-4.  
    Download  [7.989 IF]

40. Battaglia, S., Garofalo, S., di Pellegrino, G., & Starita, F. (2020). Revaluing the Role of vmPFC in the Acquisition of Pavlovian Threat Conditioning in Humans. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(44), 8491–8500. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0304-20.2020. Download [6.167 IF]

41. Borgomaneri, S., Serio, G., & Battaglia, S. (2020). Please, don't do it! Fifteen years of progress of non-invasive brain stimulation in action inhibition. Cortex, 132, 404–422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.09.002. Download [4.027 IF]

42. Borgomaneri, S.*, Battaglia, S.*, Garofalo, S., Tortora, F., Avenanti, A., & di Pellegrino, G. (2020). State-Dependent TMS over Prefrontal Cortex Disrupts Fear-Memory Reconsolidation and Prevents the Return of Fear. Current Biology, 30(18), 3672–3679.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.091. 
    Download  [10.834 IF]

43. Ellena, G., Battaglia, S., & Làdavas, E. (2020). The spatial effect of fearful faces in the autonomic response. Experimental Brain Research, 238(9), 2009–2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-020-05829-4. Download [1.972 IF]

44. Garofalo, S., Battaglia, S., & di Pellegrino, G. (2019). Individual differences in working memory capacity and cue-guided behavior in humans. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 7327. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43860-w. Download [3.998 IF]

45. Battaglia, S., Garofalo, S., & di Pellegrino, G. (2018). Context-dependent extinction of threat memories: influences of healthy aging. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 12592. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31000-9. Download [4.011 IF]

46. Garofalo, S., Timmermann, C., Battaglia, S., Maier, M. E., & di Pellegrino, G. (2017). Mediofrontal Negativity Signals Unexpected Timing of Salient Outcomes. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 29(4), 718–727. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01074. Download [3.468 IF]

*Shared Co-First Authorship

[2021 - to date] Editorial Activity: Biomedicines (Topical Advisory Panel Member and Guest Editor); International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Topical Advisory Panel Member and Guest Editor); Current Neuropharmacology (Guest Editor); Plos One (Academic Editor); Brain Sciences (Guest Editor); Frontiers in Psychiatry (Review Editor); Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (Review Editor); Frontiers in Public Health (Review Editor); Frontiers in Systems Biology (Review Editor); Frontiers in Sociology (Review Editor); Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark (Review Editor); Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine (Section Editor).

[2020 - to date] Ad-Hoc Journal Reviewer: Molecular Psychiatry; Cells; Cerebral Cortex; Neuroscience and Biobehavioural reviews; Scientific Reports; iScience; Psychonomic Bulletin & Review; Heliyon; Frontiers in Public Health; Biomolecules; Nutrients; Antioxidants; Bioengineered; International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Bioengineering; Frontiers in Psychiatry; Molecules; Biomedicines; Pharmaceutics; Autism Research; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Pharmaceuticals; Clinical and Experimental Medicine; Frontiers in Neuroscience; CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets; Sensors; Diagnostics; Genes; Plos One; Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience; Journal of Personalized Medicine; World Journal of Psychiatry; Journal of experimental psychology; Frontiers in Psychology; Frontiers in Human Neuroscience; Frontiers in Neurology; Neuroscience; European Journal of Neuroscience; Brain Communications; Brain Sciences; Medicina; Current Issues in Molecular Biology;; Healthcare; Life; Current Alzheimer Research; Pharmacological Reports; Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences; Current Issues in Molecular Biology; Experimental Brain Research; Children; Neurology International; Psychonomic Bulletin & Review; Behavioral Sciences; Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine; Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering; PeerJ; Journal of Integrative Neuroscience; Frontiers in Bioscience Landmark;  Journal of Neurology and Neurobiology; The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery; Psych; Future pharmacology; Expert opinion on investigational drugs; World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics; Journal of clinical and translational research; Physiologia; World Journal of Critical Care Medicine; Exploration of Neuroprotective Therapy; World Journal of Clinical Cases; Antioxidants; World Journal of Virology; Journal of Clinical Medicine; World Journal of Gastroenterology; Journal of pharmaceutical health services research; Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion; Information; Journal of Ageing and Longevity; Psychiatry International; Academia Letters; Psychologie Française.

Editorial Activity & Peer Reviews can be verified: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/rid/AAH-5616-2020

[2023] Research Grant "Tracking interhemispheric interactions and neural plasticity between frontal areas in the bilingual brain", funded by "Imminent - The Translated's Research Center".
Role: Principal Investigator (20K €).

[2023] Research Grant "Tracking causal interactions between premotor and motor areas in Multiple Sclerosis" (Prot. Num. FISM/2022/R-Single/071), funded by "FISM-2022" Associazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla, Italy.
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (30K €).

[2022] Research Grant "SPARKS: Driving associative plasticity in the cortically blind brain to promote recovery of visual awareness" (Prot. Num. BIAL-235/2022), funded by "Fundação BIAL", Portugal.
Role: Principal Investigator (~ 60K €).

[2022] Research Grant "Driving associative plasticity in premotor-motor cortical network to enhance network functioning and promote motor control in healthy individuals and stroke patients" (Project Prot. N ° SG-2021-12375227) funded by "Ricerca Finalizzata 2021- Starting Grant, Ministry of Health", Italy.
Role: Principal Investigator (130K €).

[2022] Research Grant "Guiding the plasticity of parieto-frontal connections in aging through non-invasive brain stimulation" (Project Prot. N ° 1402bis /2021) funded by "Fondazione del Monte di Bologna and Ravenna", Italy.
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (~ 12K €).

[2019] Research Grant  “The ‘Motor-way’ to Decision-Making: how the motor system drives cue-triggered decisions".  funded by 'FLAG-ERA Grant - Joint Transnational Call 2019 – Human Brain Project'.  
Role: Researcher Collaborator (~600K €).

[2024] Young Investigator Award 2024 granted by European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN), Ghent, Belgium.

[2024] Battaglia et al., 2022 Psychophysiology’s top-cited paper in the years 2022-2023.

[2024] Young Researcher Award 2024 granted by Italian Association of Psychogeriatrics (AIP), Florence, Italy.

[2024] Public Honor being distinguished for the career in Neuroscience, Mayor of Bertinoro Municipality, Italy.

[2024] Outstanding Reviewer Award 2023, Biomedicines Journal.

[2024] Web of Science Excellent Reviewer Award, Publons, Clarivate Analytics.

[2023] Recognized as World's 2% Top Scientists 2023 by Stanford University & Elsevier.

[2023] Battaglia et al., 2022 (Psychophysiology) Wiley’s top-cited papers that generated an immediate impact in the scientific community in the years 2021-2023.

[2023] Battaglia, Harrison & Fullana 2022 (Molecular Psychiatry) is one of the 12 of Molecular Psychiatry's highest impact articles from 2022, selected by Editor-in-Chief Julio Licinio.

[2023] Web of Science Excellent Reviewer Award, Publons, Clarivate Analytics.

[2022] Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, Travel Grant, Rotary Club Cesena, Italy.

[2022] Web of Science Excellent Reviewer Award, Publons, Clarivate Analytics.

[2021] Veer et al., 2021 (Transl Psychiatry) is one of the 12 of Translational Psychiatry's highest impact articles from 2021, selected by Editor-in-Chief Julio Licinio.

[2021] Publons Excellent Reviewer Award, Publons, Clarivate Analytics.

[2020]  Best Poster Award, at the Transcranial Brain Stimulation in Cognitive Neuroscience Workshop 2020 (Rovereto, Italy) with the title "Erasing human fear responses: a state-dependent rTMS study ", (~250€).

[2020] Best PhD Thesis Award of Italy in neuropsychology field, granted from Italian Society of Neuropsychology (SINP), (~500€).

[2020] Awarding PhD degree with distinction, University of Bologna, Italy.

[2019] Best Poster Award, at the European Meeting of Human Fear Conditioning (Wurzburg, Germany) with the title "Lesion to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex impairs the acquisition of learned fear in humans", (~250€). 

[2018] Marco Polo Grant, with the project "The neural signature of extinguished memories". Role: PI, (~4K €).

[2017] NASA World Wind Challenge 2017, 2nd position (1st team in Europe) with the project "Multidimensional Visualization and Analysis Suite 2.0", Helsinki - Finland, (~2K €).

[2017] Google Summer of Code, granted from Google Inc., for the development of a digital platform for the visualization of multidimensional datasets. Role: PI,
(~3K €).

[2016] NASA World Wind Challenge 2016, 3rd position (1st team in Europe) with the project "Multidimensional Visualization and Analysis Suite", Trento - Italy, (~1K €).

[2016] Scholarship for a period of research abroad, with the project "The role of medial prefrontal cortex in learning and control of cognitive processes" at the School of Psychology,  Bangor University, United Kingdom. Role: PI, (~3K €).

[2015] Academic excellence award, Rector of the University of Bologna grants an award of merit for being among the best and most deserving students, University of Bologna, Italy.

[a.y. 2023/24] 'Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation techniques in pediatric and adolescent treatment' (M-PSI/02), for Master in 'Neuropsychological disorders and intervention technologies. From childhood to adolescence', Department of Psychology,  University of Messina, Italy.

[a.y. 2023/24] 'Neuropsychology' (M-PSI/02), for MA of  'Bruno Maderna' State Conservatory of Music, Cesena, Italy.

[a.y. 2023/24] 'Anatomophysiological foundations of neuropsychic activity' (M-PSI/02), for MA of  'Bruno Maderna' State Conservatory of Music, Cesena, Italy.

[a.y. 2022/23] 'Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation: methods and applications' (M-PSI/02), for MSc in Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Department of Psychology,  University of Bologna, Italy.

[a.y. 2022/23] 'Neuropsychology' (M-PSI/02), for MA of  'Bruno Maderna' State Conservatory of Music, Cesena, Italy.

[a.y. 2021/22] Adjunct Professor of 'Functional Neuroanatomy of the CNS and Elements of Neurology', for MA in Music Therapy,  'Bruno Maderna' State Conservatory of Music, Cesena, Italy.

[a.y. 2020/21] Adjunct Professor of 'Cognitive Neuroscience and Functional Neuroanatomy', for MA in Music Therapy,  'Bruno Maderna' State Conservatory of Music, Cesena, Italy.

[a.y. 2020/21] Adjunct Professor of 'Practicum Training in Psychology', for BSc in Psychology, Department of Psychology,  University of Bologna, Italy.

[a.y. 2019/20] Adjunct Professor of 'Cognitive Neuroscience and Functional Neuroanatomy', for MA in Music Therapy,  'Bruno Maderna' State Conservatory of Music, Cesena, Italy.

[a.y. 2018/19] Adjunct Professor of 'Cognitive Neuroscience and Functional Neuroanatomy', for MA in Music Therapy,  'Bruno Maderna' State Conservatory of  Music, Cesena, Italy.

[a.y. 2023/24] Invited Seminar on ‘Targeting the Human Prefrontal Cortex: New Insight of Neural Mechanisms Underlying Fear Learning’, at the Department of Psychology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Norway), hosted by prof. Gabor Csifcsak.

[a.y. 2023/24] Invited Seminar on ‘The crucial involvement of prefrontal cortex in human fear conditioning’, at the Department of Psychology, University of Würzburg (Germany), hosted by prof. Matthias Gamer.

[a.y. 2022/23] Invited Lecture on ‘Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques in cognitive neuroscience', for MSc in Psychology of wellbeing and social inclusivity, University of Bologna (Italy), prof. Sara Borgomaneri.

[a.y. 2021/22] Invited Lecture on ‘Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques in cognitive neuroscience', for MSc in Psychology of wellbeing and social inclusivity, University of Bologna (Italy), prof. Sara Borgomaneri.

[a.y. 2020/21] Invited Seminar on ‘Characterizing cardiac autonomic dynamics of fear learning in humans’, for NIC at Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (Germany), hosted by prof. Raffael Kalisch.

[a. y. 2019/20] Invited Lecture on 'Psychophysiological measures in cognitive neuroscience’,  for BSc in Psychology, Department of Psychology,  University of Bologna (Italy), by prof. Sara Borgomaneri.

[a.y. 2018/19] Invited Lecture on 'Skin conductance responses and heart rate variability in neuroscience', for BSc in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna (Italy),  by prof. Sara Borgomaneri.

[a.y. 2017/18] Invited Lecture on 'Skin conductance responses and as a measure of emotions', for BSc in Psychology, Department of Psychology,  University of Bologna (Italy), by prof. Giuseppe di Pellegrino.

[a.y. 2016/17] Invited Lecture on 'Skin conductance responses and as a measure of emotions',  for BSc in Psychology, Department of Psychology,  University of Bologna (Italy), by prof. Giuseppe di Pellegrino.

[a.y. 2016/19] Teaching Tutor of Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Master Course, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy.

Publications of magazine articles and interviews that have appeared in the national (e.g., LaRepubblica, Il Resto del Carlino, Rai TG1, Corriere Romagna, Unibo Magazine) and international press (e.g., Forbes, The Times, DailyMail UK, Neuroscience News, National Brain Mapping Lab); see here.
Since 2024 I have been a member of the 'Third Mission' Commission of the Department of Psychology of the University of Bologna (Italy).

• Battaglia S., 'Pushing the boundaries of emotional fear learning in the human brain' European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 2024, Young Investigator Award Lecture, May 2024 - Ghent (Belgium).

• Battaglia S., & Borgomaneri S., 'Enhance associative neural plasticity through innovative protocol of non-invasive brain stimulation: cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation' European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 2024, Symposium Chair, May 2024 - Ghent (Belgium).

• Battaglia S., 'Driving associative connectivity in the visual processing pathway to strengthen re-entrant feedback projection from STS to V1' European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 2024, Talk, May 2024 - Ghent (Belgium).

• Battaglia S., 'Fear Learning Symposium' 15th European Meeting of Human Fear Conditioning. Symposium Chair, May 2024 - Heeze (Netherlands).

• Battaglia S., Nazzi C., Borgomaneri S. Don't Freeze Me Now! Prefrontal Cortex Modulation of Fear-Driven Action Control: an rTMS study. 15th European Meeting of Human Fear Conditioning. Poster, May 2024 - Heeze (Netherlands).

• Battaglia S., Nazzi C., Fullana M.A., di Pellegrino G., Borgomaneri S. 'Nip it in the bud': Low-frequency rTMS of the prefrontal cortex disrupts threat memory consolidation in humans. 14th European Meeting of Human Fear Conditioning. Poster, May 2023 - Salsburg (Austria).

• Borgomaneri S., Nazzi C., di Pellegrino G., Battaglia S. 'Cut the roots': rTMS reveals the crucial role of prefrontal cortex in threat memory consolidation in humans. 5th International Brain Stimulation Conference. Talk, February 2023 - Lisbon (Portugal).

• Di Fazio C., Battaglia S., Cardellicchio P., Nazzi C., Fracasso A., Borgomaneri S. The influence of vicarious fear-learning in 'infecting' reactive action inhibition. Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience (SIPF). Poster, September 2022 - Udine (Italy).

• Battaglia S., Orsolini S., Borgomaneri S., Barbieri R., Diciotti S., di Pellegrino G. Characterizing cardiac autonomic dynamics of fear learning in humans. 13th European Meeting of Human Fear Conditioning. Talk, May 2022 - Online (hosted in Germany).

• Battaglia S., Orsolini S., Borgomaneri S., Barbieri R., Diciotti S., di Pellegrino G. Spectral analysis of heart rate variability in human fear learning. 25th World Congress of Neurology. Poster, October 2021 - Rome (Italy).

• Battaglia S., Orsolini S., Borgomaneri S., Barbieri R., Diciotti S., di Pellegrino G. Cardiac autonomic signature of learned fear in humans. Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience (SIPF). Poster, September 2021 - Palermo (Italy).

• Battaglia S., Borgomaneri S., Garofalo S., Tortora F., Nazzi C., Avenanti A., di Pellegrino G. The role of dlPFC in human reconsolidation: erasing fear responses through rTMS. 12th European Meeting of Human Fear Conditioning. Poster, May 2021 - Bochum (Germany).

• Starita F., Garofalo S., Battaglia S., di Pellegrino G. Emotional learning in peripersonal space. 12th European Meeting of Human Fear Conditioning. Poster, May 2021 - Bochum (Germany).

• Battaglia S.,  Garofalo S., Tortora F., Avenanti A., di Pellegrino G., Borgomaneri S. Erasing human fear responses: a state-dependent rTMS study.  Transcranial Brain Stimulation in Cognitive Neuroscience Workshop. Poster, December 2020 - Rovereto (Italy). 

• Starita F., Garofalo S., Battaglia S., di Pellegrino. The space of fear: emotional learning and peripersonal space. Annual congress of Italian Society of Neuropsychology (SINP). Poster, December 2019 -  Bologna (Italy).

• Starita F., Garofalo S., Battaglia S., di Pellegrino G. The space of fear: emotional learning in peripersonal space. BMI Symposium: Fear learning. Poster, November 2019 - Lausanne (Switzerland).

• Battaglia S., Starita F., Garofalo S., di Pellegrino. Lesion to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex impairs the acquisition of learned fear in humans. 11th European Meeting of Human Fear Conditioning. Poster, May 2019 - Wurzburg (Germany).

• Battaglia S., Individual differences in working memory modulate the effect of Pavlovian stimuli in choice behaviors. Italian Association of Psychology (AIP) - XXIII National Congress of the Experimental Section. Talk, September 2017 - Bari (Italy).

• Battaglia S., The processing of context in fear acquisition and extinction. 1st Bologna Workshop on Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Talk, July 2017 - Bologna (Italy).

• Battaglia S., Sellitto M., Terenzi D., Menghi N., Iacono V., di Pellegrino G. The cost of imaginated actions in a valuation task. Concepts, Actions, and Objects (CAOs ) - Functional and Neural Perspectives. Poster, May 2016 - Rovereto (Italy).

[2019] Bayesian Statistics in Fear Conditioning Research, EMHFC, Wurzburg, Germany.

[2017] Visceral Mind - Neuroanatomy Course, Bangor University Wales, UK.

[2016] Introduction to Programming with MATLAB, Vanderbilt University, USA.

[2015] Relation and Communication in Neuroscience, Cesena, Italy.

[2024 - to date] European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN) – Full Member.

[2021 - to date] Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience (SIPF) – Young Researcher.

[2020 - to date] Accredited as 'Psychologist Supervisor' for the internship (former D.P.R. 328 \ 2001) by the Italian National Order of Psychologists, at Center for Studies and Research in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology,  University of Bologna, Italy.

[2017 - to date] Italian Professional Order of Psychologists – Psychologist member n°ER8640.

[2017 - to date] Italian Society of Neuropsychology (SINP) – Ordinary Member.

[2024 – to date] Supervisor of 1 Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuroscience, University of Turin, Italy.

[2023 – to date] Co-Supervisor of 1 PhD Student in Theoretical and Applied Neuroscience, University of Camerino, Italy.

[2020 - 2022] Supervisor of Internship for Psychologists (former D.P.R. 328\2001) (M-PSI/02) for n.2 candidates. Center for Studies and Research in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology,  University of Bologna, Italy.

[2018 - 2022] Co-supervisor of Internship for Psychologists (former D.P.R. 328\2001) (M-PSI/02) for n.3 candidates. Center for Studies and Research in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology,  University of Bologna, Italy.

[2016 - 2022] Co-supervisor of BSc and MSc thesis project (M-PSI/02) for n.42 candidates. Department of Psychology,  University of Bologna, Italy.

• Research techniques and experimental methodologies: SCR, HRV, TMS (Magstim-Magventure), tES, EEG, Eye-Tracker, Virtual Reality;

• Programming languages: MATLAB, Javascript, Arduino IDE;

• Field modelling software for TMS and tES: SimNIBS, ROAST; 

• Brain visualization and neurological lesion reconstruction software: MRIcro, NITRC Surf Ice; Localite Navigator;

• Statistical analysis software: SPSS, Statistica, R, JASP;

• Data analysis software: MATLAB, AcqKnowledge, Eyeanal;

• Stimuli presentation software:  Psychtoolbox, E-prime, Opensesame;

• Graphic processing software: Photoshop, Lightroom, After Effects, Graphic Converter, Audacity, Blender;

• Reference management software: Mendeley;

• Neuropsychological and psychological assessment, with relative administration and scoring of standardized tests and behavioral tasks;

• Prof. Alessio Avenanti, University of Bologna, Italy

• Prof. Beatrice De Gelder, Maastricht University, Netherlands

• Prof. Ben Harrison, The University of Melbourne, Australia

• Prof. Giuseppe di Pellegrino, University of Bologna, Italy

• Prof. Gabor Csifcsak, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

• Em. Prof. Julian F. Thayer, University of California, USA

• Prof. Martin Maier, University of Eichstatt, Germany

• Prof. Marco Tamietto, University of Turin, Italy

• Prof. Miquel Angel Fullana, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

• Prof. Paul Downing, Bangor University, Wales, United Kingdom

• Prof. Raffael Kalisch, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

• Prof. Riccardo Barbieri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

• Prof. Tina Lonsdorf, University of Bielefeld, Germany