Carlo Sestieri

CARRIERA ACCADEMICA

2018-presente  Professore Associato

                        M-PSI/02 Psicobiologia e Psicologia Fisiologica            

                        DNISC, Università G. d'Annunzio. Chieti-Pescara

2015-2018         Ricercatore RTD-B

                        M-PSI/02 Psicobiologia e Psicologia Fisiologica

                        DNISC, Università G. d'Annunzio. Chieti-Pescara

2007-2015         Assegnista di ricerca              

                        DNISC, Università G. d'Annunzio. Chieti-Pescara

 

ISTRUZIONE

2003-2007         Dottorato di ricerca

                        NeuroImaging Funzionale: dalle cellule ai sistemi

                        Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Bioimmagini, Università G. d'Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara

1999-2003         Laurea in Psicologia

                        indirizzo Psicologia Generale e Sperimentale, votazione: magna cum laude

            Università “La Sapienza”, Roma

 

TITOLI PROFESSIONALI

2014                 Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale di II fascia

                        macrosettore 11/E1

 

 

RICERCA

 

PERIODI DI RICERCA ALL'ESTERO

2007-2010         Visiting Researcher

                        Department of Neurology; Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

                        Supervisor: Prof. Maurizio Corbetta

2006                 Visiting Exchange PhD Student

(Mar–Dec)        Department of Neurology; Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

                        Supervisor: Prof. Maurizio Corbetta

 

FINANZIAMENTI

2015-present    Finanziamento annuale individuale (ex60%)

                        DNISC-UdA

2017-2019         BIAL Foundation Grant #159-2016 - Principal Investigator

                        Durata: 18 months. Budget: 47000 €

                        Titolo: Unraveling the neural mechanisms of human memory decisions with                                            magnetoencephalography

           

PUBBLICAZIONI

Indici bibliometrici (Scopus)

                        Articoli pubblicati          32       

                        Citazioni totali               1179

                        H-Index                        18

 

 

Articoli su riviste peer-reviewed:

1. Guidotti R, Tosoni A, Sestieri C. Properties and temporal dynamics of choice- and action-predictive signals during item recognition decisions.Brain Struct Funct. 2020 Sep;225(7):2271-2286. 
2. Patel GH, Sestieri C, Corbetta M. The evolution of the temporoparietal junction and posterior superior temporal sulcus. Cortex. 2019 Sep;118:38-50.
3. Guidotti R, Tosoni A, Perrucci MG, Sestieri C. Choice-predictive activity in parietal cortex during source memory decisions. Neuroimage. 2019 Apr 1;189:589-600
4. Spadone S, Sestieri C, Baldassarre A, Capotosto P. Temporal dynamics of TMS interference over preparatory alpha activity during semantic decisions. Sci Rep. 2017 May 24;7(1):2372.
5. Sestieri C, Shulman GL, Corbetta M. The contribution of the human posterior parietal cortex to

episodic memory. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2017 Feb 17;18(3):183-192.

6. Capotosto P, Baldassarre A, Sestieri C, Spadone S, Romani GL, Corbetta M. Task and Regions Specific Top-Down Modulation of Alpha Rhythms in Parietal Cortex. Cereb. Cortex. 2017 Oct 1;27(10):4815-4822.
7. Tosoni A, Guidotti R, Del Gratta C, Committeri G, Sestieri C. Preferential coding of eye/hand motor

actions in the human ventral occipito-temporal cortex. Neuropsychologia. 2016 Dec;93(PtA):116-127.

8. Piervincenzi C, Petrilli A, Marini A, Caulo M, Committeri G, Sestieri C. Multimodal assessment of hemispheric lateralization for language and its relevance for behavior. Neuroimage. 2016 Nov 15;142:351-370.
9. Navarra R, Sestieri C, Conte E, Salomone R, Mattei PA, Romani GL, Domizio S, Caulo M. Perinatal MRI diffusivity is related to early assessment of motor performance in preterm neonates. Neuroradiol J. 2016 Apr;29(2):137-45.
10. Pravatà E, Zecca C, Sestieri C, Caulo M, Riccitelli GC, Rocca MA, Filippi M, Cianfoni A, Gobbi C. Hyperconnectivity of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex following mental effort in multiple sclerosis patients with cognitive fatigue. Mult Scler. 2016 Nov;22(13):1665-1675.
11. Spadone S, Della Penna S, Sestieri C, Betti V, Tosoni A, Perrucci MG, Romani GL, Corbetta M. Dynamic reorganization of human resting-state networks during visuospatial attention. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jun 30;112(26):8112-7.
12. Capotosto P, Spadone S, Tosoni A, Sestieri C, Romani GL, Della Penna S, Corbetta M.. Dynamics of EEG rhythms support distinct visual selection mechanisms in parietal cortex: a simultaneous transcranial magnetic stimulation and EEG study. J Neurosci. 2015 Jan 14;35(2):721-30.
13. Sestieri C, Tosoni A, Mignogna V, McAvoy MP, Shulman GL, Corbetta M, Romani GL. Memory accumulation mechanisms in human cortex are independent of motor intentions. J Neurosci. 2014 May 14;34(20):6993-7006.
14. Pravatà E, Sestieri C, Colicchio G, Colosimo C, Romani GL, Caulo M. Functional connectivity MRI and post-operative language performance in temporal lobe epilepsy: initial experience. Neuroradiol J. 2014 Apr;27(2):158-62.
15. Sestieri C, Corbetta M, Spadone S., Romani GL, Shulman GL. Domain-general Signals in the Cingulo-opercular Network for Visuospatial Attention and Episodic Memory. J Cogn Neurosci. 2014 Mar;26(3):551-68.
16. Tagliamonte M, Sestieri C, Romani GL, Gallucci M, Caulo M. MRI anatomical variants of mammillary bodies. Brain Struct Funct. 2015 Jan;220(1):85-90.
17. Capotosto P, Tosoni A, Spadone S, Sestieri C, Perrucci MG, Romani GL, Della Penna S, Corbetta M. Anatomical segregation of visual selection mechanisms in human parietal cortex. J Neurosci, 2013, 33(14):6225-9.
18. Sestieri C, Capotosto P, Tosoni A, Romani GL, Corbetta M. Interference with episodic memory retrieval following transcranial stimulation of the inferior but not the superior parietal lobule. Neuropsychologia, 2013, 51(5):900-6.
19. de Pasquale F, Sabatini U, Della Penna S, Sestieri C, Caravasso CF, Formisano R, Péran P. The connectivity of functional cores reveals different degrees of segregation and integration in the brain at rest. Neuroimage, 2013, 69:51-61.
20. Briganti C, Sestieri C, Mattei PA, Esposito R, Galzio RJ, Tartaro A, Romani GL, Caulo M. Reorganization of functional connectivity of the language network in patients with brain gliomas. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2012 Nov;33(10):1983-90.
21. Caulo, M, Esposito R, Mantini D, Briganti C, Sestieri C, Mattei PA, Colosimo C, Romani GL, Tartaro A. Comparison of hypothesis- and a novel hybrid data/hypothesis-driven methods of fMRI analysis in patients with brain gliomas. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011 Jun-Jul;32(6):1056-64.
22. Sestieri C, Corbetta M, Romani GL, Shulman GL. Episodic memory retrieval, parietal cortex, and the Default Mode Network: functional and topographic analyses. J Neurosci, 2011, 31(12):4407-20.
23. Pravata’ E, Sestieri C, Mantini D, Briganti C, Colicchio G, Marra C, Colosimo C, Tartaro A, Romani GL, Caulo M. Functional Connectivity MR Imaging of the Language Network in Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011 32(3):532-40.
24. Sestieri C, Shulman GL, Corbetta M. Attention to memory and the environment: functional specialization and dynamic competition in human posterior parietal cortex. J Neurosci, 2010, 30(25):8445-8456. IF: 7.27
25. Londei A, D'Ausilio A, Basso D, Sestieri C, Del Gratta C, Romani GL, Olivetti Belardinelli M. Sensory-motor brain network connectivity for speech comprehension. Hum Brain Mapp. 2010 Apr;31(4):567-80. IF:5.11
26. Olivetti Belardinelli M, Palmiero M, Sestieri C, Nardo D, Di Matteo R, Londei A, D'Ausilio A, Ferretti A, Del Gratta C, Romani GL. An fMRI investigation on image generation in different sensory modalities: the influence of vividness. Acta Psychologica (Amst) 2009, 132(2):190-200. IF: 2.19
27. Sestieri C, Pizzella V, Cianflone F, Romani GL, Corbetta M. Sequential activation of human oculomotor centers during planning of visually-guided eye movements: a combined fMRI-MEG study. Front Hum Neurosci. 2008 Mar 28;1: 1-8. IF: 1.55
28. Sestieri C, Sylvester CM, Jack AI, d’Avossa G, Shulman GL, Corbetta M. Independence of anticipatory signals for spatial attention from number of nontarget stimuli in the visual field. J Neurophysiol 2008, 100(2): 829–838.IF: 3.65
29. Londei A, D’Ausilio A, Basso D, Sestieri C, Del Gratta C, Romani GL, Olivetti Belardinelli M. Brain network for passive word listening as evaluated with ICA and Granger causality. Brain Res Bull. 2007, 72(4-6):284–292. IF: 1.94
30. Sestieri C, Di Matteo R, Ferretti A, Del Gratta C, Caulo M, Tartaro A, Olivetti Belardinelli M, Romani GL. “What” versus “Where” in the audiovisual domain: An fMRI study. Neuroimage 2006, 33(2):672-80. IF: 5.56
31. Avons SE, Sestieri C. Dynamic visual noise: No interference with short-term memory or the construction of visual images. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology 2005, 17:405-424. IF: 1.62
32. Olivetti Belardinelli M, Sestieri C, Di Matteo R, Delogu, F, Del Gratta C, Ferretti A, Caulo M, Tartaro A, Romani GL. Audio-visual crossmodal interactions in environmental perception: an fMRI investigation. Cognitive Processing 2004, 5(3):167-174.

 

Capitoli di libro

1. Caulo M, Briganti C, Sestieri C. Cap. 1 Anatomia funzionale dell'encefalo. In: Colosimo C. Neuroradiologia. Milano: Edra, 2013
2. Sestieri C, Shulman GL, Corbetta M.. Orienting to the Environment: Separate Contributions of Dorsal and Ventral  Frontoparietal Attention Networks. In: Neuroscience of Attention: Attentional Control and Selection. Oxford University Press, 2011.

 

INTERVENTI ORALI SU INVITO

2019                 Invited Speaker. Mediterranean Neuroscience Conference, Marrakesh, Morocco.                                  Simposio: "Neurobiology of individual differences in human memory performance"

                        Titolo: A model of parietal involvement in episodic memory retrieval

2017                 Invited Speaker/Moderator. IV Congresso Italiano di Neuroradiologia funzionale, Parma.                      Titolo: Attività BOLD evocata e a riposo: principi e differenze

2016                 Invited Speaker. XIII Italian National Congress of Pediatric Radiology, Rome, Italy.

                        Titolo: Structural language lateralization with DTI: clinical perspective in pediatry

2015                 Invited Speaker. III Congresso Italiano di Neuroradiologia Funzionale, Firenze.

                        Titolo: Connettività funzionale: principi e metodi di analisi

2013                 Speaker/Symposium organizer. Congresso annuale AIP (Psicologia Sperimentale), Roma

                        Titolo: Modelli teorici e implementazione neurale delle decisioni basate sulla      memoria

2012                 Speaker. Congresso annuale AIP (Psicologia Sperimentale), Chieti

                        Titolo: Interferenza con il recupero dalla memoria episodica causata dalla TMS sul giuro              angolare sinistro

2010                 Speaker, Human Brain Mapping Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

                        Titolo: Episodic memory retrieval dissociates posterior from anterior nodes of the Default                        Mode Network

2009                 Speaker, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA.

                        Titolo: Attention to Memory and the Environment: Functional Specialization and Dynamic                        Competition in Human Posterior Parietal Cortex

 

ATTIVITA' EDITORIALE

Attività di revisore ad-hoc:     

                        NeuroImage, Journal of Neuroscience, Cognitive Processing, Cortex, Cerebral Cortex,                             PLoS1, Neuropsychologia, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

 

Partecipazione ad Editorial Board:

2013-present     Reviewing Editor per Frontiers in human neuroscience

 

APPARTENENZA AD organizZaZIONI scientificHE

2018-2019         Federation of European Neuroscience Societies

2007-2010         Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

2005-2010         Organization for the Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)

 

 

DIDATTICA

 

INSEGNAMENTI

2018-presente  Psicobiologia I

                        8 CFU, 64 ore di lezione frontale

                        CdS in Scienze e Tecniche Psicologiche, Università G. d'Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara

2015-presente  Neuroscience Cognitive dello Sviluppo

                        8 CFU, 64 ore di lezione frontale

                        CdS Magistrale in Psicologia, Università G. d'Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara

2016-2019         Psicologia Generale

                        2 CFU, 20 ore di lezione frontale

                        CdS in Terapia Occupazionale, CdS in Tecniche Radiologiche e Radioterapia,

                        Università G. d'Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara

2010-2013         Metodi di Indagine Neuro-psico-fisiologica

                        8 CFU, 64 ore di lezione frontale

                        CdS Magistrale in Psicologia, Università G. d'Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara

 

LEZIONI PER CORSI DI DOTTORATO

2017-presente  Metodologia fMRI

                        Corso di dottorato in Neuroscience and Imaging. Università G. d'Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara

 

LEZIONI SU INVITO         

2013                 Analisi dati fMRI

                        Summer Workshop of Introductory Course On Medical Imaging,                      

                        IRCCS Fondazione S. Lucia, Roma

2012-2013         Analisi dati fMRI

                        Corso teorico/pratico in imaging funzionale in neuroradiologia

                        Società Italiana di Radiologia Medica (SIRM), Chieti

2012-2017         Metodologia fMRI

                        School of the Italian Psychology Association (AIP) in Methodology of Neuroscience and                                  Imaging, Chieti, Italy (2012, 2014, 2017)

                                                                                                                                

TUTORAGGIO

Post-Doctoral trainees                        

                        Sara Spadone (2017-2019)

           

PhD students

                        Claudia Piervincenzi (2013-2015)

                        Matteo Frisoni (2018-present)

                        Lorenzo Mattioni (2019-present)