Facilities
Behaviour and Psychophysics Labs
Two full-equipped laboratories for behavioural and psychophysics experiments in human participants
Labs Location
Section of Physiology and Psychology (Room 2.43 and Room 2.14, floor 2, Istituti Biologici, Block A)
Labs Equipment
personal computers for experimental control, stimuli presentation and data recording
infrared camera for eye movement control
loudspeakers for the presentation of sounds
Chin rest to control head position
E-Prime2 software (Psychology Software Tools, PST) for experimental control and response recording
MATLAB software (MathWorks) for experimental control and response recording
EEG-TMS Lab
One full-equipped laboratory for TMS and EEG-TMS experiments in human participants
Labs Location
Section of Physiology and Psychology (Room 2.22a, floor 2, Istituti Biologici, Block A)
Labs Equipment
personal computers for experimental control, stimuli presentation and data recording
two TMS (Magstim Rapid2) machines with one round coil, two 70mm2 figure-of-eight coils, two 50mm2 figure-of-eight coils, one 70mm2 figure-of-eight refrigerated coil, one sham 70mm2 figure-of-eight coil
one neuro-navigation system (SofTaxic, EMS, Italy) interfaced with an Optical Tracking System (Polaris Vicra, NDI, Canada)
one 64-channel EEG system (BrainProducts) with three TMS-compatible EEG caps (EasyCap)
infrared camera for eye movement control
loudspeakers for the presentation of sounds
Chin rest to control head position
E-Prime2 software (Psychology Software Tools, PST) for experimental control and response recording
MATLAB software (MathWorks) for experimental control and response recording
EEG and EMG Lab
One full-equipped laboratory for EEG and EMG experiments in human participants
Lab Location
Section of Physiology and Psychology (Room 2.23b, floor 2, Istituti Biologici, Block A)
Lab Equipment
personal computers for experimental control, stimuli presentation and data recording
one 64-channel EEG system (BrainAmp DC, BrainProducts) with three EEG caps with active electrodes (ActiCap)
one 16-channel EMG system (ExG, BrainProducts) for the recording of motor electric signal and physiological indices
infrared camera for eye movement control
loudspeakers for the presentation of sounds
Chin rest to control head position
E-Prime2 software (Psychology Software Tools, PST) for experimental control and response recording
MATLAB software (MathWorks) for experimental control and response recording
Optical imaging Lab
One full-equipped laboratory for the acquisition of both slow (hemodynamic) and fast (event-related, EROS) optical signals during experiments with human participants
Lab Location
Section of Physiology and Psychology (Room 2.23a, floor 2, Istituti Biologici, Block A)
Lab Equipment
personal computers for experimental control, stimuli presentation and data recording
one near-infrared optical imaging system (Imagent, ISS) with 12 detectors and 96 light emitters at two wavelengths (690 and 830nm)
one neuro-navigation system (SofTaxic, EMS, Italy) interfaced with an Optical Tracking System (Polaris Vicra, NDI, Canada)
three custom-made helmets for optodes positioning
infrared camera for eye movement control
loudspeakers for the presentation of sounds
Chin rest to control head position
E-Prime2 software (Psychology Software Tools, PST) for experimental control and response recording
MATLAB software (MathWorks) for experimental control and response recording
fMRI Lab
One full-equipped laboratory for functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiments with human participants
Lab Location
Radiology Division at the AOUI, B.go Roma Hospital
Lab Equipment
1.5 Tesla Philips scanner using a 15-channel head coil
personal computers for experimental control, stimuli presentation and data recording
one 32” MRI-compatible LCD monitor (NNL) for stimuli presentation, viewable via a double mirror mounted on the head coil
one four-button MRI-compatible response box for behavioural data acquisition
one MRI-compatible infrared camera (MRC) for eye movement control and tracking
MRI-compatible earphones for the presentation of sounds
E-Prime2 software (Psychology Software Tools, PST) for experimental control and response recording
MATLAB software (MathWorks) for experimental control and response recording
Common Facilities
several rooms for graduate and post-graduate students
two high-performing workstations for data analysis, each with two 27" high-resolution LCD monitors
one network attached storages (NAS) for experimental data storage