In everyday life, we engage several visual searches when looking for something or someone in the environment. This research line aims to investigate how top-down and bottom-up attention interact in visual search and the neural mechanism involved in this interaction.

Main characters in this research line: Mangano, Oliveri, Turriziani

Related recent Publications:

Mangano GR, Cipolotti L, Turriziani P, Giammusso I, Smirni D, Zhaoping L, Bracco M, Oliveri M. Exploring the neural correlates of the reversed letter effect: Evidence from left and right parietal patients.Neurosci Lett. 2019 Apr 23;699:217-224. ISSN 0304-3940  doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.02.017. Epub 2019 Feb 11.

Mangano GR, Oliveri M, Turriziani P, Smirni D, Zhaoping L, Cipolotti L. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the left parietal cortex facilitates visual search for a letter among its mirror images. Neuropsychologia. 2015 Apr;70:196-205. ISSN: 0028-3932 doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.03.002. Epub 2015 Mar 3. PMID: 25744867

Mangano GR, Oliveri M, Turriziani P, Smirni D, Zhaoping L, Cipolotti L. Impairments in top down attentional processes in right parietal patients: paradoxical functional facilitation in visual search. Vision Research. 2014 Apr;97:74-82. ISSN: 0042-6989, doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2014.02.002. Epub 2014 Feb 28. PMID: 24582796

Oliveri M, Zhaoping L, Mangano GR, Turriziani P, Smirni D, Cipolotti L. Facilitation of bottom-up feature detection following rTMS-interference of the right parietal cortex. Neuropsychologia. 2010 Mar;48(4):1003-10. ISSN: 0028-3932 doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.11.024. Epub 2009 Dec 16. PMID: 20025892