Paola Binda

Associate Professor in Physiology (SSD BIO/09) at the University of Pisa

PAOLA BINDA

Curriculum Vitae

Contacts

Current research and interests

  • Eye and pupil movements
  • fMRI of the visual system
  • Perception and action/expectations

Funding

  • ERC Starting Grant "PUPILTRAITS" (H2020)
  • FARE "SMILY" (Italian Ministry of University and Research)
  • PRIN 2022 "RIGHTSTRESS" (Italian Ministry of University and Research)

Education

  • 2010 PhD Neuroscience Biotechnology, San Raffaele Vita-Salute University (USR), Milano, Italy, PhD Supervisor: Maria Concetta Morrone
  • 2006 (Cum Laude & mentione ad honorem) Master Degree in Cognitive Neuroscience, USR, Milano, Italy
  • 2004 (Cum Laude) Bachelor in Psychology, USR, Milano, Italy

Research laboratories

  • Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, via San Zeno 31, 56123 Pisa (Italy)

Abstracts

  • 2024
    C. Steinwurzel, G. Pennella, G. Sandini, M.C. Morrone, P. Binda,
    Active vision shapes ocular dominance

    42° European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology

    21-26/01/2024

    poster

  • 2024
    Giacomo Pennella, Cecilia Steinwurzel, Giulio Sandini, Paola Binda, Maria Concetta Morrone
    Monocular delay during active vision shifts ocular dominance

    European Conference on Visual Perception

    24-29/08/2024

    poster

  • 2024
    Giacomo Pennella, Cecilia Steinwurzel, Giulio Sandini, Paola Binda, Maria Concetta Morrone
    Monocular delay during active vision shifts ocular dominance

    74th SIF National Congress of The Italian Society of Physiology

    11-13/09/2024

    poster

  • 2024
    Miriam Acquafredda, Irene Di Marco, Guido Marco Cicchini, Laura Biagi, Michela Tosetti, Alessandro Sale, Paola Binda, Maria Concetta Morrone
    Ocular dominance plasticity in the adult brain: beyond short-term changes? Insights from 7t bold responses in amblyopic patients

    74th SIF National Congress of The Italian Society of Physiology

    11-13/09/2024

    poster

  • 2024
    Miriam Acquafredda, Irene Di Marco , Guido Marco Cicchini, Laura Biagi, Michela Tosetti, Alessandro Sale, Paola Binda, Maria Concetta Morrone
    Treating adult amblyopia through combined physical exercise and inverse occlusion: evidence from 7T BOLD responses

    European Conference on Visual Perception

    24-29/08/2024

    live talk

  • 2023
    Paola Binda, Cecilia Steinwurzel, Giulio Sandini, Maria Concetta Morrone
    Active vision shapes ocular dominance

    European Conference on Visual Perception

    27-31/10/2023

    live talk

  • 2023
    M. Acquafredda, L. Biagi, M. Tosetti, M.C. Morrone, P. Binda
    Short-term monocular deprivation in adult humans alters pulvino-cortical functional connectivity measured withresting-state fMRI at ultra-high field

    Vision Science Society meeting 2023

    https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.23.9.5237 19-25/05/2023

    poster

  • 2022
    Paola Binda
    The visual system

    XIII Congresso nazionale AIRMM

    24/11/2022 Pisa

    invited talk

  • 2022
    Miriam Acquafredda, Laura Biagi, Michela Tosetti, Maria Concetta Morrone, Paola Binda
    Short-term monocular deprivation in adult humans alters functional brain connectivity measured with ultra-high field Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    XIII Congresso Nazionale AIRMM

    23-25/11/2022

    poster

  • 2022
    Paola Binda, Cecilia Steinwurzel, Giuseppe Andrea Daniele, Eleuterio Ferrannini, Francesca Frijia, Domenico Montanaro, Maria Concetta Morrone
    Impact of ketonic metabolism on cortical visual processing

    Vision Science Society meeting 2022

    23-31/05/2022

    poster

  • 2022
    Miriam Acquafredda, Francesco Scarlatti, Laura Biagi, Michela Tosetti, Maria Concetta Morrone, Paola Binda
    Short-term monocular deprivation in adult humans alters functional brain connectivity measured with ultra-high field Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Vision Science Society meeting 2022

    23-31/05/2022

    live talk

  • 2021
    Elisa Castaldi, Antonella Pomè, Guido Marco Cicchini, David Burr, Paola Binda
    Pupil size automatically encodes numerosity

    Vision Science Society Meeting 2021

    21-26/05/2021

    poster

  • 2021
    Silvia Animali, Cecilia Steinwurzel, Giuseppe Daniele, Angela Dardano, Stefano Del Prato, Maria Concetta Morrone, Paola Binda
    Skipping breakfast changes visual processing: incretins contribution to short-term visual plasticity

    Vision Science Society Meeting 2021

    21-26/05/2021

    poster

  • 2021
    Chiara Tortelli, Irene Senna, Paola Binda, Marc O. Ernst
    Analogous development of local/global preference in vision and touch

    Vision Science Society Meeting 2021

    21-26/05/2021

    poster

  • 2021
    Chiara Tortelli, Irene Senna, Paola Binda, Marc O. Ernst
    Investigating the trajectory of the development of local/global preference in vision and haptics

    BraYn Conference 2021

    20-22/10/2021

    poster

  • 2021
    Silvia Animali, Alessandro Galgani, Francesco Lombardo, Nicola Martini, Francesco Fornai, Paola Binda, Filippo Sean Giorgi
    Pupillometric index of Locus Coeruleus degeneration in Alzheimer disease

    BraYn Conference 2021

    20-22/10/2021

    poster

  • 2021
    Miriam Acquafredda, Claudia Lunghi, Paola Binda
    Pupil size as an index of ocular dominance plasticity

    BraYn Conference 2021

    20-22/10/2021

    poster

  • 2021
    Miriam Acquafredda, Claudia Lunghi, Paola Binda
    Pupil size as an index of ocular dominance plasticity

    NeuroCog 2021

    23-24/11/2021

    poster

  • Alessandro Benedetto, Paola Binda, Mauro Costagli, Michela Tosetti, and Maria Concetta Morrone
    Voluntary action rhythmically modulates 7T BOLD visual responses in primary visual cortex

    AIRMM XI Congress

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    digital poster

  • Paola Binda
    Pupillometry in mind-wandering and non-trial-based experiments

    Advancing Methods for Pupillometry conference 2020 (on-line event)

    live talk

  • Morrone Maria Concetta, Benedetto Alessandro, Costagli Mauro, Tosetti Michela, Binda Paola
    Voluntary action rhythmically modulates 7T BOLD visual responses in primary visual cortex

    ISMRM 2020

    Paris France

    digital poster

  • 2020
    Paola Binda, Miriam Acquafredda, Claudia Lunghi
    Attention in rivalrous perception: novel insights from pupillometry

    Vision Science Society annual meeting (on-line event)

    19-24/06/2020

    live talk

  • Benedetto Alessandro, Binda Paola, Costagli Mauro, Tosetti Michela, Morrone Maria Concetta
    Voluntary action modulates visually evoked cortical responses in primary visual cortex: an integrated ultra-high field fMRI and EEG study

    CyPi

    Nicosia, Cyprus

    invited talk

  • 2019
    Elisa Castaldi, Guido Marco Cicchini, Benedetto Falsini, Paola Binda, Maria Concetta Morrone
    Residual Visual Responses In Patients with retinitis pigmentosa revealed by functional magnetic

    CNR Annual Retreat 2019

    02-04/10/2019 Pisa

    talk

  • 2019
    Tortelli Chiara, Turi Marco, David Charles Burr, Binda Paola
    Pupillometry reveals perceptual differences that are tightly linked to autistic traits

    33IPC, 33rd International pupil colloquium

    02-04/10/2019 Murcia, Spain

  • 2019
    Paola Binda
    Pupillometry reveals perceptual differences linked with autistic-like traits

    Genpercept KOM

    04-05/11/2019 Matera, Italy

    talk

  • 2019
    Paola Binda
    Inter-individual differences in visual perception and pupillometry tools to study them

    University of Bologna, (Psychology Department, Cesena Campus)

    03/12/2019 Bologna

    invited talk

  • 2019
    Paola Binda
    Transaccadic integration, perisaccadic compression: building visual space with and without landmarks

    Workshop "From peripheral to transsaccadic and foveal perception"

    14-16/08/2019 Castle Rauischholzhausen

    invited talk

  • 2019
    Paola Binda
    Pupillometry provides new insights on figure-ground segregation and its covariation with autistic traits

    CNR Retreat

    02-04/10/2019 Pisa

    talk

  • Benedetto Alessandro, Binda Paola, Costagli Mauro, Tosetti Michela, Morrone Maria Concetta
    Voluntary action modulates visually evoked cortical responses in primary visual cortex: an integrated ultra-high field fMRI and EEG study

    FEPS-SIF meeting

    Bologna

    talk

  • Benedetto Alessandro, Binda Paola, Costagli Mauro, Tosetti Michela, Morrone Maria Concetta
    Voluntary action modulates visually evoked cortical responses in primary visual cortex: an integrated ultra-high field fMRI and EEG study

    ECVP, 42nd edition of the European Conference on Visual Perception

    Leuven, Belgium

    talk

  • 2019
    Paola Binda, Chiara Tortelli, Elizabeth Salvagio, David C. Burr, and Mary A. Peterson
    Pupillometry Provides New Insights on Figure-Ground Segregation and Its Covariation With Autistic Traits

    ECVP, 42nd edition of the European Conference on Visual Perception

    25-29/08/2019 Leuven, Belgium

    poster

  • 2019
    Pome, Cicchini, Burr, Binda
    Perceptual expectancy is revealed by pupillo me try and correlates with autistic traits

    VSS, Vision science society conference, 19th annual meeting

    17-22/05/2019 St.Pete Beach, Florida

    poster

  • 2019
    Antonella Pomè, Guido Marco Cicchini, David Charles Burr, Paola Binda
    Perceptual expectancy is revealed by pupillometry and correlates with autistic traits

    VSS, Vision science society conference, 19th annual meeting

    17-22/05/2019 St.Pete Beach, Florida

    poster

  • 2018
    Steinwurzel Cecilia, Animali Silvia, Guido Marco Cicchini, Morrone Maria Concetta, Binda Paola
    Behavioral indices of plasticity and inhibition change with metabolism

    Sensory Plasticity, Adaptation and Development (SPADe) Workshop, 2018

    16-19/06/2018

    poster

  • 2019
    Steinwurzel Cecilia, Animali Silvia, Guido Marco Cicchini, Morrone Maria Concetta, Binda Paola
    Perceptual dynamics predict plasticity

    NextGenVis Workshop

    24-28/02/2019

    poster

  • 2019
    Steinwurzel Cecilia*, Animali Silvia*, Guido Marco Cicchini, Morrone Maria Concetta, Binda Paola
    Inter-individual variability of short-term ocular dominance plasticity in human adults

    ECVP, 42nd edition of the European Conference on Visual Perception

    25-29/08/2019 Leuven, Belgium

    poster

  • 2019
    Steinwurzel Cecilia*, Animali Silvia*, M.Concetta Morrone, Paola Binda
    Inter-individual variability of short-term ocular dominance plasticity in human adults

    CVRS 17th biennial meeting of the Child Vision Research Society

    15-17/06/2019 Pisa

    poster

  • 2019
    Steinwurzel Cecilia*, Animali Silvia*, Guido Marco Cicchini, Morrone Maria Concetta Binda Paola
    Inter-individual variability of short-term ocular dominance plasticity in human adults

    2nd BraYn (Brainstorming Research Assembly for Young Neuroscientists)

    14-16/11/2019 Milano

    poster

  • 2019
    Silvia Animali, Luigi Francesco Saccaro, Alessandro Galgani , Enrica Bonanni, Filippo Sean Giorgi, Danilo Menicucci, Angelo Gemignani, Paola Binda
    Indexing arousal with pupillometry and EEG: implication for normal vs. pathological aging

    2 nd BraYn (Brainstorming Research Assembly for Young Neuroscientists)

    14-16/11/2019 Milano

    poster

  • 2019
    Silvia Animali, Luigi Francesco Saccaro, Alessandro Galgani, Enrica Bonanni, Filippo Sean Giorgi, Danilo Menicucci, Angelo Gemignani, Paola Binda
    Indexing arousal with pupillometry and EEG: implication for normal vs. pathological aging

    IN CNR Annual Retreat 2019

    02-04/10/2019 Pisa

    poster

  • 2019
    Steinwurzel Cecilia*, Animali Silvia*, Guido Marco Cicchini, Morrone Maria Concetta Binda Paola
    Inter-individual variability of short-term ocular dominance plasticity in human adults

    CNR Retreat

    02-04/10/2019 Pisa

    poster

  • 2019
    Tortelli Chiara, Turi Marco, David Charles Burr, Binda Paola
    Pupillometry reveals perceptual differences that are tightly linked to autistic traits in typical adults: a no report paradigm based on stereopsis

    CVRS, 17TH biennial meeting of the Child Vision Research Society

    15-17/06/2019 Pisa

    poster

  • 2019
    Tortelli Chiara, Turi Marco, David Charles Burr, Binda Paola
    Pupillometry reveals perceptual differences that are tightly linked to autistic traits in typical adults: a report-free paradigm based on stereopsis

    2nd BraYn (Brainstorming Research Assembly for Young Neuroscientists)

    14-16/11/2019 Milano

    poster

  • 2019
    Tortelli Chiara, Turi Marco, David Charles Burr, Binda Paola
    Pupillometry reveals perceptual differences that are tightly linked to autistic traits in typical adults: a report-free paradigm based on stereopsis

    ECVP, 42nd edition of the European Conference on Visual Perception

    25-29/08/2019 Leuven, Belgium

    poster

  • 2018
    Steinwurzel Cecilia, Animali Silvia, Guido Marco Cicchini, Morrone Maria Concetta, Binda Paola
    Adult cortical plasticity peaks after every meal

    ECVP, 41nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP)

    26-30/08/2018

    poster

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