My area of research is focused on socio-affective development, multisensory body perception and affective touch in early infancy and across the lifespan. By using behavioral, psychophysiological and neuroimaging techniques, my research aims to investigate the affective-motivational dimension of touch and its role in modulating the development of self- regulation mechanisms, affective boundaries and social cognition.

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