SACHELI LUCIA MARIA

Role
Assistant Professor  
Academic disciplines
Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience (PSIC-01/B)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, PSYCHOMETRICS (11/PSIC-01)
Email
[email protected]
Office phone
0264483727
Room:
  • U06, Floor: 3, Room: 3146
Reception hours

We can arrange an appointment via e-mail.

You will find me in Room 3149, U6 building, 3rd floor.

Research

Main research interests

My research activity revolves around the psychophysiology of social and motor interactions, the impact of social and personality variables on these mechanisms, and their development throughout the life-span, from early childhood to aging.

I address these topics in behavioral studies including neurophysiological measures (obtained with non-invasive brain stimulation techniques or functional magnetic resonance imaging) and/or the measurment of movement kinematics (with motion capture techniques), and by studying motor interactions in neurological (for example, patients with Parkinson's disease) and psychiatric populations (for example, patients with schizophrenia) and in atypical development (for example, autism spectrum disorder).

I have also carried out studies aimed at exploring experience-dependent plasticity by investigating the impact of motor experience (for example, in musicians) and of learned non-use (for example, in orthopedic patients) on motor planning and on the ability to predict others' actions, and the potential of rehabilitation protocols based on motor imagery and imitation for the recovery of motor deficits.

 

Other research interests

- aesthetic appreciation and creativity

- developmental dyslexia and specific learning disorders

Publications

  • Rossetti, I., Musco, M., Sacheli, L., Capuzzi, E., Clerici, M., Caldiroli, A., et al. (2025). Dissecting sense of agency in schizophrenia: a predictive coding perspective. Intervento presentato a: XLIII European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology, Bressanone, Italia. Detail

  • Tomasetig, G., Sacheli, L., Musco, M., Laganà, M., Scopelliti, L., Paulesu, E. (2025). Sensorimotor communication in cooperative and competitive motor interactions. Intervento presentato a: 43° European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology - 26-31 January 2025, Brixen, Italy. Detail

  • Musco, M., Paulesu, E., Sacheli, L. (2025). Social and goal-related foundations of interpersonal adaptation during joint action. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE, 51(3), 341-356 [10.1037/xhp0001273]. Detail

  • Musco, M., Sacheli, L., Paulesu, E. (2024). Sharing Goals with Human and Non-Human Agents: An fMRI Study. Intervento presentato a: XXXII Congresso annuale della Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia e Neuroscienze Cognitive, Cesena, Italia. Detail

  • Musco, M., Sacheli, L., Basso, G., Paulesu, E. (2024). Sharing Goals with Human and Non-Human Agents: A Neurofunctional Investigation. Intervento presentato a: Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting (CNS 2024), Toronto, Canada. Detail

Full list

Awards

Scientific fellowships

  • Socio effettivo o corrispondente - European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2022
  • Socio effettivo o corrispondente - Società Italiana di Neuropsicologia, 2019
  • Socio effettivo o corrispondente - Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia e Neuroscienze Cognitive, 2015

Congresses/Conferences