Demis Basso 
Publications
Visuo-spatial planning:
- Cazzato, V., Basso, D., Cutini, S., & Bisiacchi, P.S. (2009). Gender differences in visuo-spatial planning: an eye-tracking study. Behavioral and Brain Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.09.010. [download]
- Basso, D., Tarantino, V. & Bisiacchi, P.S. (2009). The ubiquity of executive functions in neuropsychology. In: L. Lograsso, & G. Morretti (Eds.), Prefrontal Cortex: Roles, Interventions and Traumas. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-60692-415-0.
- Bisiacchi, P.S., & Basso, D. (2008). Modelli neuropsicologici della pianificazione visuo-spaziale. In R. Nicoletti, E. Ladavas, P. Tabossi (Eds.), Attenzione e Cognizione. Bologna: Il Mulino. (pp. 269-279). ISBN: 978-88-15-12310-7.
- Cutini, S., Di Ferdinando, A., Basso, D., Bisiacchi P.S., & Zorzi, M. (2008). Visuospatial planning in the Travelling Salesperson Problem: A connectionist account of normal and impaired performance. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 25(2), 194-217. [download]
- Basso, D., Lotze, M., Vitale, L., Ferreri, F., Bisiacchi, P.S., Olivetti Belardinelli, M., Rossini, P.M., & Birbaumer, N. (2006). The role of prefrontal cortex on visuo-spatial planning: A repetitive-TMS study. Experimental Brain Research, 171(3), 411-415. [download]
- Bisiacchi, P.S., Basso D., Cimolino, S., & Talamazzi, M. (2002). Gender differences in an environmental simulation. IAPS Bulletin of People-Environment Studies, 21, 1-3. [download]
- Basso, D., Bisiacchi, P.S., Cotelli, M., & Farinello, C. (2001). Planning times during Traveling Salesman's problem: Differences between closed head injury and normal subjects. Brain and Cognition, 46(1-2), 38-42. [download]
In preparation:
- Basso, D., & Bisiacchi, P.S.. MAPS: A computerized task for the assessment of visuo-spatial planning.
- Basso, D., Vidotto, G., & Bisiacchi, P.S.. Psychometric properties of the planning index in the computerized MAPS task.
- Basso, D., Saracini, C., & Birbaumer, N.. Repetitive TMS stimulation on virtual 3D navigation: Gender differences in frontal and parietal involvement.
- Saracini, C., Basso, D., & Olivetti Belardinelli, M.. The 3D Maps Task as an environment to study planning and navigation.
Memory:
- Akiva-Kabiri, L., Vecchi, T., Granot, R., Basso, D., & Schön, D. (2009). Memory for tonal pitches: a music-length effect hypothesis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1169, 266-269. [download]
- Basso, D., Basso, L., & Olivetti Belardinelli, M. (2004). "Do you remember..?" How memory is involved in song recognition. In: S. Lipscomb, R. Ashley, B. Gjerdingen & P. Webster (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Music Perception & Cognition, 2004, Causal Production, Australia. (pp. 602-605) CD-ROM ISBN: 1-876346-50-7. [download]
In preparation:
- Basso, D., Ferrari, M., & Palladino, P.. Frontal lobe TMS verifies the influence of working memory load on prospective memory. Neuropsychologia (Submitted)
- Basso, D., Pieroni, L., & Rossi-Arnaud, C.M.. Long-term memory processes involved in recollection of song attributes.
fMRI data analysis:
- Londei, A., D’Ausilio, A., Basso, D., Sestieri, C., Del Gratta, C., Romani, G.L., & Olivetti Belardinelli, M. (2009). Sensory-motor brain network connectivity for speech comprehension. Human Brain Mapping. DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20888. [download]
- Londei, A., D'Ausilio, A., Basso, D., Sestieri, C., Del Gratta, C., Olivetti Belardinelli, M., & Romani, G. (2007). Brain network for passive word listening as evaluated with ICA and Granger causality. Brain Research Bulletin, 72(3), 284-292. [download]
- Londei, A., D'Ausilio, A., Basso, D., & Olivetti Belardinelli, M. (2006). A new method for detecting causality in fMRI data of cognitive processing. Cognitive Processing, 7(1), 42-52. [download]
Other interests:
- Salillas, E., Basso, D., Baldi, M., Semenza, C., & Vecchi, T. (2009). Motion on numbers: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on the ventral Intraparietal Sulcus alters both numerical and motion processes. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21(11), 2129-2138. [download]
- Basso, D., Vecchi, T., Akiva Kabiri, L., Baschenis, I., Boggiani, E., & Bisiacchi, P.S. (2006). Handedness effects on Interhemispheric Transfer Time: A TMS study. Brain Research Bulletin, 70(3) 228-232. [download]
- Basso, D., & Olivetti Belardinelli, M. (2006). The role of feedforward paradigm in cognitive psychology. Cognitive Processing, 7(2), 73-88. [download]
- Olivetti Belardinelli, M., & Basso, D. (2001). The role of feedforward control in motor planning processes. Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 24, 896-897. [download]
In preparation:
- Salillas, E., Semenza, C., Basso, D., Vecchi, T., & Siegel, M.. Effects of TMS induced disruption to right and left parietal cortex on addition and multiplication.
- Ricciardi, E., Basso, D., Sani, L., Bonino, D., Vecchi, T., Pietrini, P., & Miniussi, C.. Functional inhibition of hMT+ results in impaired tactile speed discrimination in humans. Cerebral Cortex (Submitted)
- Basso, D., Vecchi, T.. Use of brain template in the SofTaxic program for neuronavigation with TMS.
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Demis Basso, Phd Department of General Psychology University of Padua via Venezia 8, 35131 Padua - Italy demis.basso@unipd.it Ph.: +39 049 8276149 |