Settore Scientifico-Disciplinare di Psicologia

Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione per le Attività Motorie e lo Sport
 

 

 

 

Francesco Di Russo Ph.D.

 

Professore Associato di Psicologia Fisiologica e Psicobiologia (SSD M-PSI/02)

(Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychophysiology)

 

Palazzo H. Stanza A511, 3° Piano

Tel:+39 (06) 36733 383  

Fax: +39 (06) 36733 387

 

E-mail: francesco.dirusso@uniroma4.it

 

 

- Interessi di Ricerca (Research Interests):

  • Psicofisiologia (Psychophisiology)

  • Movimento Umano (Human Movement)

  • Sport

  • Potenziali evento Correlati (Event Related Potentials, ERPs)

  • Percezione e Attenzione  (Perception and Attention)

  • Brain Mapping (ERP, MRI and fMRI)

  • Modellamento delle sorgenti corticali (Cortical Source Analisys)

  • EEG/fMRI Co-registration

 

- Curriculum vitae (CV) Italiano   English

 

- Impatto e visibilità internazionale delle Pubblicazioni Scientifiche

(Publications Impact and international visibility)

Total publications

Total Impact Factor

Total citations

h-index

 Hi10-index

70

276

3108

 25 33

Source Google Scholar, March 2014

Public Profiles:    Google Scholar

                        Research Gate

 

- Divulgazione delle Scoperte Scientifiche (italian)

Benefici cerebrali dell'attività fisica in atleti disabili.    Guarda i video =>

I malati degli sport estremi (articolo sul corriere Universitario del 28/06/2010)

Articolo su "Libero" del 28/06/2010 (sensation seekers)

Articolo su "la Repubblica"  del 12 Gennaio 2005 (28Kb)

Intervista sul TG3 del 29 Agosto 2005 (3Mb) (1Mb)

Articolo sul "Giornale d'Italia" del 11 Agosto 2005 (630Kb)

 

Miniatura

Miniatura

 

I tuoi pensieri, come in un film

Articolo su Focus

Troppe informazioni per il cervello

Articolo su La Stampa

 Le modifiche fisiche spiazzano il cervello

Copertina del numero di Aprile 2007 di "Human Brain Mapping"

Ogni cervello ha le sue priorità

Articolo sul "Mattino" 

 

 

 

- Elenco delle Pubblicazioni Scientifiche

(Scientific Publications List):

  1. Lasaponara S, Dragone A, Lecce F, Di Russo F, Doricchi F. (2014). The “serendipitous brain”: timing uncertainty and low expectancy improve conscious visual processing. Neuroimage, in press.

  2. Perri RL, Berchicci M, Lucci G, Cimmino RL, Bello A and Di Russo F. (2014). Getting Ready for an Emotion: Specific Premotor Brain Activities for Self-Administered Emotional Pictures. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 8. 197:1-9.

  3. Menotti F, Berchicci M, Di Russo F, Damiani A, Vitelli S, Macaluso A. (2014). The role of the prefrontal cortex in the development of muscle fatigue in Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1A patients. Neuromuscular Disorders, 24(6):516-523.

  4. Sánchez-López J, Fernández T, Silva-Pereyra J, Martínez Mesa JA and Di Russo F. (2014). Differences in Visuo-Motor Control in Skilled vs. Novice Martial Arts Athletes during Sustained and Transient Attention Tasks: A Motor-Related Cortical Potential Study. Plos One, 9(3): e91112.

  5. Berchicci M, Lucci G, Perri, RL, Spinelli D. & Di Russo F. (2014). Benefits of physical exercise on basic visuo-motor functions across age. Front Aging Neuroscience 6(48) 1-8.

  6. Lucci G, Berchicci M, Spinelli D & Di Russo F. (2014). The motor preparation of directionally incompatible movements. Neuroimage 91: 33-42.

  7. McManus L. M. Budini F. Di Russo F. Berchicci M. Menotti F. Macaluso, A. De Vito G & Lowery, M. M. (2013). Analysis of the effects of mechanically induced tremor on EEG-EMG coherence using wavelet and partial directed coherence. IEEE Neural Engineering, 6:561-564.

  8. Di Russo F, Berchicci M, Perri LR, Ripani FR & Ripani R. (2013). A passive exoskeleton can push your life up Application on multiple sclerosis patients. Plos One, 8(4):e60241.

  9. Pitzalis S, Spinelli D, Vallar G & Di Russo F. (2013). Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve stimulation Effects on Neglect: A Visual-Evoked Potential Study. Front Hum Neurosci. 7(111):1-9.

  10. Spitoni GF, Cimmino, RL, Bozzacchi C, Pizzamiglio L & Di Russo F. (2013). Modulation of spontaneous alpha brain rhythms by low-intensity transcranial direct-current stimulation. Front Hum Neurosci. 7(529):1-9.

  11. Berchicci M, Lucci G, and Di Russo F. (2013). Benefits of Physical Exercise on the Aging Brain: The Role of the Prefrontal Cortex. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 68(11):1137-1341.

  12. Pitzalis S, Sdoia S,  Bultrini A, Committeri G, Di Russo F, Fattori P, Galletti C & Galati G. (2013). Selectivity to Translational Egomotion in human brain motion areas. Plos One, 8(4):e60241.

  13. Berchicci M, Menotti F, Macaluso A, Di Russo F. (2013). The neurophysiology of central and peripheral fatigue during sub-maximal lower limb isometric contractions. Front Hum Neurosci. 7:135.

  14. Bufalari I, Di Russo F, Aglioti A. (2013). Illusory and Veridical Mapping of Tactile Objects in the Primary Somatosensory and Posterior Parietal Cortex. Cerebral Cortex, (Epub ahead of print).

  15. Lucci G, Berchicci M, Spinelli D,Taddei F and Di Russo F. (2013). The effects of aging on conflict detection. Plos One, 8(2):e56566.

  16. Di Russo F & Pitzalis S. (2013). ERP-fMRI Combination  for the study of visual perception and spatial attention,  in G Mangun (eds), Cognitive electrophysiology of attention: signals of the mind. Elsevier (in press)

  17. Di Russo F,  Bozzacchi C, Matano A and Spinelli D. (2013). Hemispheric differences in VEPs to lateralised stimuli are a marker of recovery from neglect. Cortex, 49: 931-939.

  18. Bozzacchi C, Giusti MA,  Pitzalis S, Spinelli D & Di Russo F. (2012). Similar cerebral motor plans for real and virtual actions. Plos One. 7(10):e47783.

  19. Pitzalis S, Bozzacchi C, Bultrini A, Fattori P, Galletti C & Di Russo F. (2012). Parallel motion signals to the medial and lateral motion areas V6 and MT+. Neuroimage. 67: 89-100.

  20. Wright DJ, Holmes P, Di Russo F, Loporto M & Dave Smith (2012). Evidence for reduced motor cortex activity during movement preparation following a period of motor skill practice. Plos One; 7(12):e51886.

  21. Berchicci M, Lucci G, Pesce C, Spinelli D, Di Russo F. (2012). Prefrontal hyperactivity in older people during motor planning. Neuroimage, 62(3):1750-1760.

  22. Pitzalis S, Strappini F, De Gasperis M, Bultrini A, Di Russo F.(2012). Spatio-Temporal Brain Mapping of Motion-Onset VEPs Combined with fMRI and Retinotopic Maps. PLoS One. 7(4):e35771

  23. Berchicci M, Stella A, Pitzalis S, Spinelli D, Di Russo F.(2012). Spatio-temporal mapping of motor preparation for self-paced saccades.  Biological Psycholology 90(1):10-7.

  24. Bozzacchi C, Giusti MA, Pitzalis S, Spinelli D, Di Russo F. (2012) Awareness affects motor planning for goal-oriented actions. Biological Psycholology. 89(2):503-14.

  25. Di Russo F, Stella A, Spitoni G, Strappini F, Sdoia S, Galati G, Hillyard SA, Spinelli D and Pitzalis S. (2011). Spatiotemporal Brain Mapping of Spatial Attention Effects on Pattern-Reversal ERPs. Human Brain Mapping, 2012, 33(6):1334-5.

  26. Taddei F, Bultrini A, Spinelli D, Di Russo F. (2011). Neural Correlates of Attentional and Executive Processing in Middle-Aged Fencers. Medicine Sciences in Sports & Exercise, 44(6):1057-66.

  27. Wright DJ, Holmes PS, Di Russo F, Loporto M & Smith D. (2011). Movement-related cortical activity differences between experienced and novice musicians. Human Movement Science, [Epub ahead of print].

  28. Spinelli D, Di Russo F., Pitzalis S (2011). Il Cervello Dell’atleta. In: Lucidi F. Sportivamente - Temi di Psicologia dello Sport. Roma: Led edizioni, 109-140.

  29. Bultrini A, Taddei F. De Gasperis M, Di Russo F, Spinelli D. (2011). I movimenti oculari di schermidori, arbitri e soggetti non esperti durante l’osservazione di un assalto di scherma. Rassegna di Psicologia, 1, XXVIII: 49-61.

  30. Di Russo F, Bultrini A, Brunelli S, Delussu AS, Polidori L, Taddei F, Traballesi M, Spinelli D. (2010). Sport Benefits on Disabled Athletes’ Executive Functions. Journal of Neurotrauma 27: 2309-2319.

  31. Giusti MA, Bozzacchi C, Pizzamiglio L & Di Russo F. (2010). Sight and Sound of Actions Share a Common Neural Network. European Journal of Neuroscience.32: 1754-1764

  32. Di Russo F. & Spinelli D. (2010). Sport is not Always Healthy: Executive Brain Dysfunction in Professional Boxers. Psychophysiology. 47: 425-434.

  33. Bianciardi M, Bianchi L, Garreffa G, Abbafati M, Di Russo F, Marciani MG, Macaluso E. (2009). Single epoch analysis of concurrent evoked potentials and fMRI responses during steady state visual stimulation. Clinical Neurophysiology. 120: 738-747.

  34. Di Russo F, Aprile T, Spitoni G, Spinelli D. (2008). Impaired Visual Processing of Contralesional Stimuli in Neglect Patients: A Visual-Evoked Potential Study. Brain. 131: 842-854.

  35. Galati, G, Committeri G, Spitoni G, Aprile T, Di Russo F, Pitzalis S & Pizzamiglio L. (2008). A Selective Representation of the Meaning of Actions in the Auditory Mirror System. NeuroImage. 40: 1274-1286

  36. Di Russo F, Pitzalis S, Aprile T, Spitoni G, Patria F, Stella A, Spinelli D, Hillyard SA. (2007). Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Cortical Sources of the Steady-State Visual Evoked Potential. Human Brain Mapping 28:323-334.

  37. Bufalari I, Aprile T, Avenanti A, Di Russo F and Aglioti SM. (2007). Empathy for pain and touch in the human somatosensory cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 17: 2553-2561.

  38. Di Russo F, Taddei F, Aprile T, Spinelli D. (2006).  Neural correlates of fast stimulus discrimination and response selection in top-level fencers. Neuroscience Letters 408:113-118.

  39. Di Russo F, Committeri G, Pitzalis S, Spitoni G, Piccardi L, Galati G, Catagni M, Nico D, Guariglia C and Pizzamiglio. (2006). Cortical Plasticity Following Surgical Extension of Lower Limbs. NeuroImage  30:173-183.

  40. Martínez A, Teder-Sälejärvi W, Vazquez M, Molholm S, Foxe JJ, Javitt DC, Di Russo F, Worden MS and Hillyard SA. (2006). Objects are Highlighted by Spatial Attention. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 18:298-310.

  41. Morrillo M, Di Russo F, Pitzalis S, Spinelli D. (2006). Latency of pro-saccades and anti-saccades in professional shooters. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 37:1586-1593.

  42. McDonald JJ, Teder-Sälejärvi WA, Di Russo F and Hillyard SA. (2005). Neural Basis of Auditory-Induced Shifts in Visual Time-Order Perception. Nature Neuroscience. 8:1197-1202.

  43. Di Russo F, Pitzalis S, Aprile T, Spinelli D. (2005). Neural Substrate of Motor Preparation in Top-Level Rifle Shooters. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 37:1586-1593.

  44. Teder–Sälejärvi, W.A., Di Russo F., McDonald, J.J., & Hillyard, S.A.(2005). Audio–Visual Multimodal Integration is Affected by Spatial Congruity. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 17:1396-1409.

  45. Pitzalis S, Di Russo F, Spinelli D. (2005). Loss of visual information in neglect: The effect of chromatic- versus luminance-contrast stimuli in a ‘what’ task. Experimental Brain Research 163: 527-534.

  46. Di Russo F, Pitzalis S, Spitoni G, Aprile T, Patria F, Spinelli D, Hillyard SA. (2005). Identification of the neural sources of the pattern-reversal VEP. NeuroImage, 24, 874-886.

  47. Pizzamiglio L, Aprile T, Spitoni G, Pitzalis S, Bates E, D’Amico S & Di Russo F. (2005). Separate neural systems for processing action/non-action related sounds. NeuroImage, 24, 852-861.

  48. Di Russo F, Incoccia C, Formisano R, Sabatini U & Zoccolotti P. (2005). Abnormal motor preparation in severe traumatic brain injury with good recovery. Journal of Neurotrauma. 22, 297-312.

  49. Di Russo F, Pitzalis S, Aprile T, Spinelli D. (2005). Effetti della pratica sportiva sull'attività cerebrale: uno studio in atleti d'elite di tiro a piattello. Movimento, 24: 65-72.

  50. Bianciardi M, Di Russo F, Aprile T, Maraviglia B, Hagberg GE. (2004). Combination of BOLD-fMRI and VEP recordings for spin echo MRI detection of primary magnetic effects caused by neuronal currents. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 22, 1429-1440.

  51. Pitzalis S, Di Russo F, Figliozzi F, Spinelli D. (2004). Underestimation of contralateral space in neglect. A deficit in the "where" task. Experimental Brain Research, 159: 319–328.

  52. Hillyard SA, Di Russo F, Martinez A. (2004). The Imaging of Visual Attention.  In: Kanwisher, N., & Duncan, J.  Attention and performance XX: Functional brain imaging of visual cognition.  Oxford: Oxford University Press. 379-388.

  53. Di Russo F, Pitzalis S, Spinelli D. (2003). Fixation stability and saccadic latency in elite shooters. Vision Research. 43: 1837-1845.

  54. Di Russo F, Martínez A, Hillyard SA. (2003). Source analysis of event-related cortical activity during visuo-spatial attention, Cerebral Cortex. 13: 486-499.

  55. Di Russo F, Pitzalis S, Pescosolido P, Spinelli D. (2003) Stabilità della fissazione e tempo di reazione saccadico in atleti di tiro al piattello.  Movimento. 20: 68-72.

  56. McDonald JJ, Teder-Sälejärvi WA, Di Russo F and Hillyard S. (2003). Neural substrates of perceptual enhancement by crossmodal spatial attention. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 15: 10-19.

  57. Di Russo F, Teder-Sälejärvi WA, Hillyard SA. (2003). Steady-State VEP and attentional visual processing. In The cognitive electrophysiology of mind and brain, A. Zani and AM. Proverbio, Eds. Publisher: Academic Press. 259-274.

  58. Di Russo F, Spinelli D. (2002). Effects of sustained, voluntary attention on amplitude and latency of steady-state visual evoked potential: a costs and benefits analysis. Clinical Neurophysiology. 113: 1771-1777.

  59. Teder-Sälejärvi WA, McDonald JJ, Di Russo F, Hillyard SA. (2002) An analysis of audio-visual crossmodal integration by means of event related potential (ERP) recordings. Cognitive Brain Research, 14: 106-114.

  60. Di Russo F, Martínez A, Sereno MI, Pitzalis S, Hillyard SA. (2002) The cortical sources of the early components of the visual evoked potential. Human Brain Mapping, 15: 95-111.

  61. Di Russo F, Spinelli D, Morrone MC. (2001) Automatic gain control contrast mechanisms are modulated by attention in humans: evidence from visual evoked potentials. Vision Research, 41: 2335-2347

  62. Pitzalis S, Di Russo F. (2001) Spatial anisotropy of saccadic latency in normal subjects and brain-damaged patients. Cortex, 37, 475-492.

  63. Martínez A, Di Russo F, Anllo-Vento L and Hillyard SA. (2001) Electrophysiological analysis of cortical mechanisms of selective attention to high and low spatial frequencies. Clinical Neurophysiology, 112: 1980-1998.

  64. Pitzalis S, Di Russo F, Spinelli D, Zoccolotti P. (2001) Radial and vertical dimensions in visual-spatial neglect. Experimental Brain Research, 136: 281-294.

  65. Martínez A, Di Russo F, Annlo-Vento L, Sereno MI, Buxton R and Hillyard SA. (2001) Putting spatial attention on map: Timing and localization of stimulus selection processes in striate and extrastriate visual areas. Vision Research, 41: 1437-1457.

  66. Di Russo F, Zaccara G, Pallanti S, Ragazzoni A. (2000) Abnormal visual event-related potential in obsessive-compulsive disorder without panic disorder or depression comorbidity. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 34: 75-82.

  67. Ragazzoni A, Ferri R, Di Russo F, Chiaramonti R, Zaccara G. (2000) I Potenziali Evocati Somestesici "giganti" in alcune sindromi epilettiche: studio della topografia e dei dipoli equivalenti.  Considerazioni sul ruolo dei Potenziali Evocati in Epilettologia. Epilepsy Review, 2:29-42.

  68. Di Russo F,  Spinelli D. (1999) Spatial attention has different effects on the magno- and parvo-cellular pathways. NeuroReport, 10: 2755-2762.

  69. Di Russo F, Spinelli D. (1999) Electrophysiological evidence for an early attentional mechanism in visual processing in humans. Vision Research, 39: 2975-2985.

  70. Ragazzoni A, Ferri R, Di Russo F, Del Gracco S, Barcaro U, Navona C. (1999) Giant somatosensory evoked potentials in different clinical conditions: Scalp topography and dipole source analysis. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 49:81-89.

  71. Di Russo F, Ragazzoni A. Spagli M. (1998) Esplorazione funzionale elettrofisiologica delle aree visive della corteccia cerebrale.  Nuova Rivista di Neurobiologia, 8(5): 139-144.

  72. Spinelli D, Di Russo F. (1996) Visual evoked potential are affected by trunk rotation in neglect patients. NeuroReport, 7: 553-556.

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