Alice Mado Proverbio

Curriculum vitae

Born in Milan (08-May-1965), married with 2 children. Place of Work: Dept of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca Via dell’Innovazione 10, 20126 Milano Phone +3902 6448 3755 Lab +3902 6448 3777 E-mail mado.proverbio AT unimib.it

Research activity:

Sector: Cognitive neuroscience. Sub-sector: Cognitive Electrophysiology. Visual evoked potentials (VEPs). Event-related potentials (ERPs). Mechanisms of spatial and non-spatial attention in humans. Mechanisms subserving visual information processing (color, spatial frequency, check size, orientation, shape, spatial location). Neurofunctional bases of linguistic processing (graphemic, phonologic, semantic and syntactic aspects) in monolinguals, polyglots and simultaneous interpreters. Category-related effects (living/non living, abstract/concrete dimension). Hemispheric asymmetries for attentional (global Vs. local) and perceptual (magno- Vs. parvocellular) visual processing. Face processing. Gender differences in the affective response to IAPS images and faces. Mirror neurons and action comprehension. Neural bases of empathy for pain.

Sub-sector:

Cognitive Neuropsychology. Visuo-motor coordination in normal subjects and commissurotomized patients. Role of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate in action monitoring and suppression of irrelevant informations.

• 1987 Laurea cum laude in "Experimental Psychology", Università degli studi La Sapienza, Rome.
• 1988-1992 Doctoral fellowship for Doctorate in Psychology at Department of Psychology, Universita' degli Studi di Padova.
• 1989 Fellowship from Centro Internazionale di Studi Semiotici e Cognitivi, Universita' degli Studi della Repubblica di S.Marino.
• 1990 Visiting research fellow at Electrophysiology laboratory (supervisor prof. Mick Rugg, Ph.D.), Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, St.Andrews, UK.
• 1991 Fellowship from European Science Foundation.

• 1991 Research Assistant at Electrophysiology laboratory of Program in Cognitive Neuroscience(supervisor prof. George R. Mangun, Ph.D.), Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover NH (Director Prof. Michael Gazzaniga).
• 1991 Fellowship from "European Society for Cognitive Psychology"
• 1991 Fellowship from James McDonnel Foundation for Cognitive Neuroscience to attend the Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience (Director prof. Michael Gazzaniga).
• 1992 Fellowship from James McDonnel Foundation for Cognitive Neuroscience to attend the Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience (Director prof. Michael Gazzaniga).
• 1993 Doctoral dissertation (Universita' di Padova) "Role of left and right cerebral hemisphere in selective and sustained attention"
• 1993/94 Post-doctoral Fellowship from James McDonnel-Pew Foundation for Cognitive Neuroscience to do research activity at Laboratory of Cognitive Electrophysiology (Supervisor prof. George R. Mangun, Ph.D.) of Center for Neuroscience of University of California at Davis .
• 1995 Tenure position as Assistant Professor of Physiological Psychology, at Department of Psychology, University of Trieste .
• 1996/2000 Director of Cognitive Electrophysiology Lab at Department of Psychology, University of Trieste .
• 2001(since) Associate Professor of "Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology" at University of Milano-Bicocca.
• 2003(since)Director of Cognitive Electrophysiology Lab at Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca.

Ad-hoc reviewer for international journals.

• Biological Psychology
• BMC Psychiatry
• BMC Neuroscience
• Brain & Language
• Brain Research
• Brain Research reviews
• Cerebral Cortex
• Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
• Cognitive Neuropsychology
• EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology
• Cognitive Brain research
• Cortex
• Experimental Brain Research
• Hormones and Behavior
• Human Brain Mapping
• International Journal of Psychophysiology
• Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
• Journal of Neurolinguistics
• Journal of Psychophysiology
• Laterality
• Neuroimage
• Neuropsychologia
• Neuroscience Letters
• Perception
• Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

She teaches "Physiological Psychology" and "Cognitive electrophysiology" at University of Milano-Bicocca.

Recently authored the following books:

• PROVERBIO A.M. & ZANI A. (Eds.) 2000 Psicofisiologia cognitiva. Carocci editore, Roma. Foreward by Michael Gazzaniga.
• ZANI A & PROVERBIO AM (Eds.) 2002. The cognitive e lectrophysiology of mind and brain, pp 3-12, Academic Press/Elsevier, New York. Foreward by Michael Posner.
• ZANI A & PROVERBIO AM (Eds.) 2003. Elettrofisiologia Cognitiva, Carocci Editore, Roma.