About me
Born in Salerno (southern Italy), raised in the sun and blue of the Amalfi coast.
I am an enthusiastic and ambitious researcher. My curiosity has motivated a
constant search of opportunities to enrich my cultural and scientific background.
Interested in cognitive and auditory neuroscience
and body-brain electrophysiology methods.
Links to find out more about Antonio:
Researchgate (Research profile)
Google Scholar (Publications)
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Research
We think of the brain as a predictive organ which tries and minimize processing costs via generating expectations. For instance, when you are exposed to music and speech, your brain predicts the when and what of next sound events. These predictions are the result of neural computations happening at different temporal and spatial scales and the complex interaction between bottom-up and top-down modulatory signals.
In my research, I specifically focus on oscillatory signals in the brain and try to understand how neural waves encode and predict temporal regularities in the sensory environment, thus allowing us to detect, product and synchronize with external rhythms.
Our studies further explore the functional link between biological rhythms (i.e. respiratory and cardiac activity) and endogenous neural activity.
- Rhythm and timing cognition
- Temporal Predictions
- Sensorimotor processes
- Motor-auditory coupling
- Neural oscillations
Methods
- EEG;
- MEG;
- Behavioral measures;
- Brain stimulation;
- Matlab, Fieldtrip, SPSS.
Qualifications and Professional Experience
- 2022: Visiting Researcher at Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (Frankfurt am Main, Germany);
- 2020-Current: PhD candidate at Maastricht University (Maastricht, the Netherlands);
- 2018-2019: Visiting Researcher at University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom);
- 2017-2019: Research Master in Cognitive Neuroscience at Maastricht University (Maastricht, the Netherlands);
- 2017: Visiting Researcher at Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark);
- 2014-2017: Bachelor of Science in Sciences and Psychological techniques at University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy).
Selected Publications
- A Criscuolo, M Schwartze, S Nozaradan, SA Kotz (2024). Neural and behavioral dynamics of encoding, production and synchronization with external rhythms in subcortical lesion patients. bioRxiv
- A Criscuolo, M Schwartze, L Prado, Y Ayala, H Merchant, SA Kotz (2023). Macaque Monkeys and Humans Sample Temporal Regularities in the Acoustic Environment. Progress in NeuroBiology
- A Criscuolo, M Schwartze, SA Kotz (2022). Cognition through the lens of a body–brain dynamic system. Trends in Neurosciences.
- A Criscuolo, V Pando-Naude, L Bonetti, P Vuust, E Brattico (2022). An ALE meta-analytic review of musical expertise. Scientific Report.
For more details, please send an email to a.criscuolo@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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