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GIOVANNI MENTO

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Position

Professore Associato

Structure

Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale - DPG

Address

VIA VENEZIA, 8 - PADOVA

Telephone

0498276278

E-mail

giovanni.mento@unipd.it

My research interests are in the fields of developmental cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology. My main research topic is the investigation of the cognitive mechanisms underlying cognitive control in an evolutionary perspective of typical and atypical development.

In particular, I am interested in understanding how the ability to generate, implement and update internal predictive models based on implicit mechanisms (associative learning, statistical learning, etc.) interacts with mechanisms traditionally considered top-down (inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, working memory).

My research activity includes both typically developing populations (pre-schoolers, schoolchildren and adolescents) and atypically developing populations (ADHD, autism, DSA, neurological disorders) in a trans-diagnostic perspective.

My methodological expertise concerns neuropsychological and neurophysiological evaluation through peripheral (skin conductance, eye-movement, heartbeat) and central (hdEEG) indices.

Notices

Office hours

  • Wednesday from 14:30 to 16:30
    at Via Venezia 8, (Psico 1, palazzo Rosa). Sesto piano stanza 007
    Il ricevimento avviene SU APPUNTAMENTO e preferibilmente in presenza salvo accordi diversi. Nel caso di ricevimento online (piattaforma zoom) al seguente link: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/2293825421

Teachings

Publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (TOPICS RELEVANTS FOR STUDENTS)

1. Mento, G., Scerif, G., Granziol, U., Franzoi, M., Lanfranchi, S. (in press). The effect of probabilistic context on the implicit temporal expectation in Down Syndrome, Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

2. Mento, G. & Granziol, U. (in press). The Developing Predictive Brain: How Implicit Temporal Expectancy Induced by Local and Global Prediction Shapes Action Preparation Across Development. Developmental Science

3. Timeo, S., Mento, G., Fronza, E., Farroni T. (in press). Acquisition of linguistic labels during childhood modulates the neural architecture of race categorical perception. Scientific Reports.

4. Duma, G.M., Mento, G., Cutini, S., Sessa P., Baillet, S., Brigadoi, S., Dell'Acqua, R. (2019). Functional dissociation of anterior cingulate cortex and intraparietal sulcus in visual working memory. Cortex, 121:277-291. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.09.009.


5. Mento, G., (2013). The Passive CNV: carving out the contribution of task-related processes from expectancy, Frontiers in human neuroscience, 7, 827. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00827. ISSN: 1662-5161.

6. Mento, G., Tarantino, V., Sarlo, M., Bisiacchi, P. (2013). Automatic temporal expectancy: a HD-ERP study, Plos One, 8(5), e62896. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone. ISSN: 1932-6203.

7. Mento, G., Bisiacchi, P.B. (2013). Sviluppo neurocognitivo nel neonato prematuro: il punto di vista delle neuroscienze cognitive dello sviluppo, Psicologia clinica dello sviluppo, 17(1), 27-44. Doi:10.1449/73825. ISSN: 1824-078X.

8. Mento, G., Bisiacchi, P.B. (2012). Neurocognitive development in preterm infants: insights from different approaches, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 36(1), 536-55. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.08.008. ISSN: 0149-7634.

Research Area

Research Fields
Cognitive Neurosciences. Developmental Cognitive Neurosciences. Developmental Neuropsychology.

Research Topics
Cognitive Control development, Brain anticipatory activity, Temporal expectancy, Time processing,

Thesis proposals

NEUROCOGNITIVE BASES OF ATTENTION AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN TYPICAL AND ATYPICAL DEVELOPMENT

SPECIFICALLY:
- ADAPTIVE COGNITIVE CONTROL, CONFLICT LEARNING, FLEXIBILITY; INHIBITORY CONTROL
- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENDOGENOUS/EXOGENOUS TEMPORAL ATTENTION MECHANISMS (TEMPORAL ORIENTING/TEMPORAL EXPECTANCY) AND OTHER COGNITIVE PROCESSES (PERCEPTION, MEMORY, ACTION AND LANGUAGE)

- IMPLICIT LEARNING AND ANTICIPATORY NEURAL ACTIVITY IN A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE (SINCE THE FIRST MONTHS LF LIFE)


METHODOLOGICAL THESIS:

HIGH DENSITY EEG/ERP DATA ANALYSIS:

- COMPARISON BETWEEN MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC DATA CLEANING PROCEDURES
- COMPARISON BETWEEN CONFIRMATORY VS. DATA-DRIVEN STATISTICAL APPROACHES IN EG/ERP ANALYSIS


BRAIN SOURCE ANALYSIS:

- COMPARISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT FORWARD/INVERSE MODELING METHODS
LONG-RANGE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY AT BOTH SENSOR- AND SOURCE LEVEL