Dr. Emilio Chiappini

Scientific staff

Head of department

Prof. Dr. Michael Nitsche

nitsche@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-301

Secretariat

Lisa Göbel

goebel@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-302

Address

Ardeystr. 67
44139 Dortmund

Since 2023
Postdoc researcher, IfADo, Dortmund, Germany
2019–2023
Postdoc researcher, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2018–2019
Postdoc researcher, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
2014–2018
Ph.D. student, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
2013–2014
Visiting research fellow, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
2010–2013
Master in neuroscience and neuropsychology, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
2004–2010
Bachelor in behavioural sciences and psychology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Here you will find the Publications from 2010 onwards. For all other publications of our scientific staff, please look at the links to other databases such as Google Scholar.

Chiappini E, Turrini S, Fiori F, Benassi M, Tessari A, di Pellegrino G, Avenanti A:

You Are as Old as the Connectivity You Keep: Distinct Neurophysiological Mechanisms Underlying Age-Related Changes in Hand Dexterity and Strength. Arch Med Res 56(1): 103031 (2025) doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2024.103031

Chiappini E, Massaccesi C, Korb S, Steyrl D, Willeit M, Silani G:

Neural hyperresponsivity during the anticipation of tangible social and nonsocial rewards in autism spectrum disorder: a concurrent neuroimaging and facial electromyography study. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging 9: 948-957 (2024)

Chiappini E, Turrini S, Zanon M, Marangon M, Borgomaneri S, Avenanti A:

Driving Hebbian plasticity over ventral premotor-motor projections transiently enhances motor resonance. Brain Stimul 17: 211-220 (2024)

Chiappini E, Sel A, Hibbard PB, Avenanti A, Romei V:

Increasing interhemispheric connectivity between human visual motion areas uncovers asymmetric sensitivity to horizontal motion. Curr Biol 32: 4064-4070.e3 (2022)

Chiappini E, Borgomaneri S, Marangon M, Turrini S, Romei V, Avenanti A:

Driving associative plasticity in premotor-motor connections through a novel paired associative stimulation based on long-latency cortico-cortical interactions. Brain Stimul 13: 1461–1463 (2020)

Fiori F, Chiappini E, Avenanti A:

Enhancing action performance following TMS manipulation of associative plasticity in ventral premotor-motor pathway. NeuroImage 183: 847-858 (2018)

Chiappini E, Silvanto J, Hibbard PB, Avenanti A, Romei V:

Strengthening functionally specific neural pathways with transcranial brain stimulation. Curr Biol 28: 735-736 (2018)

Romei V, Chiappini E, Hibbard PB, Avenanti A:

Empowering reentrant projections from V5 to V1 boosts sensitivity to motion. Curr Biol 26: 2155-2160 (2016)