AIP Sperimentale 2025, 31° Congresso annuale

Session

Advanced Applications of Noninvasive Brain Stimulation and EEG in Experimental Psychology

Sep 13, 2025, 9:00 AM

Conveners

Advanced Applications of Noninvasive Brain Stimulation and EEG in Experimental Psychology: JUNIOR SYMPOSIUM

• Luca Tarasi

799. Advanced Applications of Noninvasive Brain Stimulation and EEG in Experimental Psychology

Luca Tarasi (University of Bologna)

9/13/25, 9:00 AM

Abstract complessivo di un simposio

The combination of Noninvasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) and electroencephalography (EEG) provides a powerful and precise method to explore the dynamic neural processes underpinning human cognition. Here, we emphasize transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a leading NIBS modality integrated with EEG to offer direct causal insights into how cognitive functions emerge and evolve over time....

667. Linking Corticospinal Excitability and EEG Motor Rhythms During Action Observation: Insights from an EEG-TMS Study

Maria Chiara Bazzini (CNR-Istituto di Neuroscienze, sede di Parma)

9/13/25, 9:20 AM

Talk in simposio

Several TMS investigations have demonstrated that action observation (AO) exerts a facilitatory effect on corticospinal excitability (CSE). In a large-scale study involving over 100 participants, we observed that AO not only increased MEP amplitude but also significantly reduced its variability. These findings suggest that the baseline variability in MEPs amplitude (when motor rhythms are...

837. On the Role of Posterior Connectivity in Learning and Exploiting Statistical Regularities: A Neuromodulation and EEG Study

Chiara Tabarelli de Fatis (University of Bologna)

9/13/25, 9:40 AM

Talk in simposio

Introduction
According to the predictive coding framework, perception results from integrating sensory inputs with prior knowledge. Past experience constitutes a fundamental source of priors by enabling the extraction of statistical regularities from the environment, a process known as statistical learning. A major challenge is to understand how learned statistics are implemented within...

890. Alpha oscillations causally support the integration of expectations in metacognitive confidence

Luca Tarasi (University of Bologna)

9/13/25, 10:00 AM

Talk in simposio

Introduction
Confidence—the capacity to assess the correctness of one’s own decisions—is a central component of metacognitive evaluation. While perceptual choices are increasingly understood to be shaped by prior expectations, the extent to which these expectations also bias confidence judgments remains largely unknown. Moreover, the oscillatory mechanisms supporting this integration have yet...

1032. Open discussion

9/13/25, 10:20 AM