Contact
PhD in Neuroscience
Working group: Evaluation, ergonomics
Phone: +41 (0)22 37 26 203
E-Mail: Marzia.delZotto@hcuge.ch
Web: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marzia-del-zotto-713b6811
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marzia_Del_Zotto
https://www.unige.ch/fapse/lenpsy/equipe/del-zotto-marzia/
Curriculum vitae
Master in experimental psychology, University of Trieste; PhD in neuroscience, University of Milano-Bicocca; high experience in electrophysiology and cognitive neuroscience.
Research domains
- Cognitive processing of visual stimuli in human beings
- EEG data acquisition
- ERPs, EROs and source localization analyses
- Medical ergonomics
Projects
- EVALAB (LABoratoire d'EVAluation)
- InterFACE
- Useval-DM (Evaluation de l'utilisabilité de Technologies de Santé / Dispositifs Médicaux)
Publications (selection)
Del Zotto, M. & Pegna, J.A. (2015). Processing of masked and unmasked emotional faces under different attentional conditions: an electrophysiological investigation. Frontiers in Psychology.
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01691/fullPegna, J.A., Gehring, E., Meyer, G. & Del Zotto, M. (2015). Direction of biological motion affects early brain activation: a link with social cognition. PLoS One, Vol. 10(6).
http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0131551&representation=PDFDel Zotto, M., Deiber, M.-P., Legrand, L.B., De Gelder, B. & Pegna, A.J. (2013). Emotional expressions modulate low α and β oscillations in a cortically blind patient. International Journal of Psychophysiology, Vol. 90(3), pp. 358-362.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167876013002845#Legrand, B.L., Del Zotto, M., Tyrand, R. & Pegna A.J. (2013). Basic instinct undressed: spatiotemporal dynamics of the processing of primary sexual characteristics. PLoS One, Vol. 8(7).
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0069726Darque, A., Del Zotto, M., Khateb, A., & Pegna A.J. (2012). Attentional modulation of early ERP components in response to faces: evidence from the attentional blink paradigm. Brain Topography, Vol. 25(2), pp.167-81.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/f6704067r46w86w6/fulltext.htmlProverbio, A.M., Del Zotto, M. & Zani A. (2010). Electrical neuroimaging evidence that spatial frequency-based selective attention affects V1 activity as early as 40 ms in humans. BMC Neuroscience, May 6, pp. 11-59.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/11/59Proverbio, A.M., Del Zotto, M., Crotti, N. & Zani A. (2009). A no-go related prefrontal negativity larger to irrelevant stimuli that are difficult to suppress. Behavioural and Brain Functions, 5:25.
http://www.behavioralandbrainfunctions.com/content/5/1/25Del Zotto, M. (2009). Hemispherical asymmetries in frequency and spatial position discrimination tasks, Giornale di Psicologia, Vol. 3(1), pp.73-82.
http://www.psicotecnica.net/gdp/GiornaleDiPsicologia.2009.1.pdfProverbio, A.M., Del Zotto, M. & Zani A. (2007). Inter-individual differences in the polarity of early visual responses and attention effects. Neuroscience Letters, Vol. 419(2), pp. 131-136.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394007004752Alice, M.P., Wiedemann, F., Adorni, R., Rossi, V., Del Zotto, M. & Zani, A. (2007). Dissociating object familiarity from linguistic properties in mirror word reading. Behavioral and Brain Functions, Vol. 3(1), 3:43.
http://www.behavioralandbrainfunctions.com/content/3/1/43Proverbio, A.M., Del Zotto, M. & Zani, A. (2007). The emergence of semantic categorization in early visual processing: ERP indexes of animal vs. artifact recognition. BMC Neuroscience, 8:24.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1852317Proverbio, A.M., Matarazzo, S., Brignone, V., Del Zotto, M. & Zani, A. (2007). Processing Valence And Intensity Of Infant Expressions: The Roles Of Expertise And Gender. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Vol. 48(6), pp. 477-485.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18028070Proverbio, A.M., Brignone, V., Matarazzo, S., Del Zotto, M. & Zani, A. (2006). Gender differences in hemispheric asymmetry for face processing. BMC Neuroscience, 7:44; pp. 1-10.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16762056Proverbio, A.M., Brignone, V., Matarazzo, S., Del Zotto, M. & Zani, A. (2006). Gender and parental status affect the visual cortical response to infant facial expression. Neuropsychologia 44, pp. 2987-2999.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393206002351Proverbio, A.M., Del Zotto, M. & Zani, A. (2006). Greek Processing In Naïve And High-Skilled Readers: Functional Properties Of The VWFA Investigated With ERPs. Cognitive Neuropsychology, Vol. 23 (3), pp. 355-375.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02643290442000536Proverbio, A.M., Burco, F., Del Zotto, M. & Zani, A. (2004). Blue Piglets? Electrophysiological Evidence For The Primacy Of Shape Over Color In Object Recognition. Cognitive Brain Research, Vol. 18, pp. 288-300.
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