I am a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoc Fellow and Teaching Assistant at CIMeC, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento (Italy). I am a member of the CIMeC BabyLab.

Research interests

Language evolved, is learnt and is often used in face-to-face interactions where conversational partners exchange multimodal signals (speech, prosody, eye gaze, gestures, facial expressions etc.). I am fascinated by how we (learn to) communicate before and beyond words.

• How do we combine communicative signals from the different senses?
• How do we use these signals to exchange meanings with other individuals?

As a cognitive psychologist and neuroscientist, I aim to understand how multimodal communication is computed by the mind and implemented in the brain. At the societal level, I aim to remove communication barriers and foster inclusivity across the lifespan by promoting new multisensory technological solutions, evidence-based education and rehabilitation.