Inferire le intenzioni dal movimento

Dall'osservazione del movimento altrui siamo in grado di fare inferenze che vanno ben oltre gli stimoli osservati - inferenze circa stati non osservabili quali scopi e intenzioni. Quali processi e meccanismi neurali mediano questa capacità? E' possibile comprendere le intenzioni altrui dalla semplice osservazione del movimento? L'informazione veicolata dalla cinematica è sufficiente a discriminare tra movimenti eseguiti con intenzioni diverse?

 Codifica predittiva interpersonale

In attività interattive che richiedono uno stretto contatto fisico come la danza o la lotta, l'azione di un agente può essere usata per predire l'azione del secondo agente. Questa forma di codifica predittiva interpersonale si estende ad interazioni in cui nessuna contingenza fisica è implicate tra le azioni dei due agenti? Quali sono i meccanismi neurali coinvolti? 

Risonanza motoria

Quando osserviamo le azioni eseguite da altri, il nostro sistema motorio 'risuona' con quello dell'agente osservato. In letteratura prevale l'assunzione che questa risonanza rifletta un processo automatico, guidato dallo stimolo, che porta inesorabilmente a rispecchiare le azioni osservate. Le evidenze empiriche a riguardo sono tuttavia scarse. In quale misura possono l'esperienza e il training motorio modulare la risposta di risonanza? La risonanza all'azione osservata dipende dalla rilevanza sociale dell'azione? La relazione tra osservatore e attore può influenzare lo sviluppo della risposta di risonanza?

Perspective-taking spaziale

Sebbene sia naturale pensare alla prospettiva egocentrica come immediata e prioritaria, ci sono situazioni in cui le persone adottano spontaneamente una prospettiva altra e rappresentano gli oggetti in riferimento al corpo di un altra persona. In queste situazioni le persone si sganciano effettivamente da una prospettiva egocentrica? Lo sguardo dell'altro facilita il remapping altrocentrico? Quali conseguenze fisiologiche sono associate al perspective taking?

• Prof. Umberto Castiello (Dipartimento di Psicologia generale, Università di Padova) 

• Prof.ssa  Barbara Tversky (Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA) 

• Dr. Caroline Catmur (Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, UK) 

• Prof. Karl Verfaillie (Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) 

• ACT² - Acting together: how motor styles shape action prediction and brain-to-brain connectivity in typical and autistic populations. Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca. Anni 2022-2024. PI: Andrea Cavallo
• ACT.RACTION - From ACTion to inteRACTION: Modelling motor and neural components of social interaction. Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo. Anni 2022-2023. PI:Andrea Cavallo
• Find.Aut: finding the motor signature of Autism. Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo (CSTO167915). Anni 2017 - 2019. PI: Andrea Cavallo
• Intention-from-movement understanding: from moving bodies to interacting minds. European Research Council (ERC-St- 2012). Anni 2013 - 2018. PI:  Cristina Becchio
• The Invisible Grammar of Social Relations. Regione Piemonte. Anni 2010 - 2012, PI: Cristina Becchio

• Motion capture System (Vicon)
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator (Magstim Rapid2)
• Eye Tracker MR compatible (Arrington Research)
• Polygraph MR compatible: Skin conductance, HR, MEP, Oximetry (Biopac MP150)

2015

Cavallo, Andrea, Lungu, Ovidiu, Becchio, Cristina, Ansuini, Caterina, Rustichini, Aldo, Fadiga, Luciano (2015)
When gaze opens the channel for communication: Integrative role of IFG and MPFC.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1558650

Cavallo, A , Ansuini, C , Becchio, C (2015)
The (un)coupling between action execution and observation: comment on "Grasping synergies: a motor-control approach to the mirror neuron mechanism" by D'Ausilio, Bartoli and Maffongelli.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1508398

Garbarini F, Bucchioni G, Fossataro C, Bruno V, Cavallo A, Pia L, Neppi-Modona M (2015)
Empathy or Ownership? Evidence of corticopinal modulation during pain observation.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1509256

C Ansuini, A Cavallo, C Bertone, C Becchio (2015)
Intentions in the Brain: The Unveiling of Mister Hyde.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1504721

Ansuini, Caterina, Cavallo, Andrea, Koul, Atesh, Jacono, Marco, Yang, Yuan, Becchio, Cristina (2015)
Predicting object size from hand kinematics: A temporal perspective.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1558842

2014

A Cavallo, C Heyes, C Becchio, G Bird, C Catmur (2014)
Timecourse of mirror and counter-mirror effects measured with transcranial magnetic stimulation.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/148286

Andrea Cavallo, Caroline Catmur, Sophie Sowden, Francesco Ianì, Cristina Becchio (2014)
Stopping movements: when others slow us down.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/148290

Cristina Becchio, Debora Zanatto, Elisa Straulino, Andrea Cavallo, Giuseppe Sartori, Umberto Castiello (2014)
The kinematic signature of voluntary actions.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/154679

Francesca Capozzi, Andrea Cavallo, Tiziano Furlanetto, Cristina Becchio (2014)
Altercentric Intrusions from Multiple Perspectives: Beyond Dyads.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/154578

Caterina, Ansuini, Cavallo, Andrea, Cesare, Bertone, Becchio, Cristina (2014)
The visible face of intention: why kinematics matters.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/148287

2013

Andrea Cavallo, Giulia Bucchioni, Umberto Castiello, Cristina Becchio (2013)
Goal or movement? Action representation within the primary motor cortex.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/143461

Giulia Bucchioni, Andrea Cavallo, Davide Ippolito, Gianluca Marton, Umberto Castiello (2013)
Corticospinal excitability during the observation of social behavior.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/133209

Tiziano Furlanetto, Andrea Cavallo, Valeria Manera, Barbara Tversky, Cristina Becchio (2013)
Through your eyes: incongruence of gaze and action increases spontaneous perspective taking.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/143462

 

2012

Cavallo A, Becchio C, Sartori L, Bucchioni G, Castiello U (2012)
Grasping with Tools: Corticospinal Excitability Reflects Observed Hand Movements.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/124796

Sartori L, Cavallo A, Bucchioni G, Castiello U (2012)
From simulation to reciprocity: the case of complementary actions.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/133616

Pira E, Becchio C, Cavallo A, Valentini C, Gullino A, Ferrario A, Ciocan C, Bonifaci G (2012)
A pilot study on the use of FMR for the evaluation of suspected cases of occupational stress-related disease.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/117781

Manera V , Cavallo A , Chiavarino C , Schouten B , Verfaillie K , Becchio C (2012)
Are you approaching me? Motor execution influences perceived action orientation.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/103159

Becchio C , Manera V , Sartori L , Cavallo A , Castiello U (2012)
Grasping intentions: from thought experiments to empirical evidence.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/102638

Becchio C , Cavallo A , Begliomini C , Sartori L , Feltrin G , Castiello U (2012)
Social grasping: from mirroring to metalizing.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/107017

2011

Sartori L, Cavallo A, Bucchioni G, Castiello U (2011)
Corticospinal excitability is specifically modulated by the socialdimension of observed actions.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/133159

CAVALLO A , BEGLIOMINI , BECCHIO C , SARTORI L , CASTIELLO U (2011)
Inferring intentions from kinematics.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/133700

Cavallo A, Sartori L, Castiello U (2011)
Corticospinal excitability modulation to hand muscles during the observation of appropriate versus inappropriate actions.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/89176

Manera V, Becchio C, Cavallo A, Sartori L, Castiello U (2011)
Cooperation or competition? Discriminating between social intentions by observing prehensile movements.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/130921

CAVALLO A , BEGLIOMINI , BECCHIO C , SARTORI L , CASTIELLO U (2011)
Inferring intentions from kinematics.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/133700

BECCHIO C , CASTIELLO U (2011)
Grasping social intentions from movement: from thought experiments to empirical evidence.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/131716

BECCHIO C (2011)
From social intention to action: kinematic evidence of social planning and control.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/91008

Manera V, Del Giudice M, Bara BG, Verfaillie K, Becchio C (2011)
The second-agent effect: Communicative gestures increase the likelihood of perceiving a second agent.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/93322

Manera V, Becchio C, Cavallo A, Sartori L, Castiello U (2011)
Cooperation or competition? Discriminating between social intentions by observing prehensile movements.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/130921

Manera V, Del Giudice M, Schouten B, Verfaillie K, Bara BG, Becchio C (2011)
Interpersonal predictive coding: Communicative gestures increase the likelihood of perceiving a second agent.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/131205

BECCHIO C , SKEWES J , LUND T E , FRITH U , FRITH C D , ROEPSTORFF A (2011)
How the brain responds to the destruction of money.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/131042

Valeria Manera, Cristina Becchio, Ben Schouten, Bruno G Bara, Karl Verfaillie (2011)
Communicative interactions improve visual detection of biological motion.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/132067

SARTORI L , BECCHIO C , CASTIELLO U (2011)
Cues to intention: the role of movement information.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/133812

2010

Cavallo A , Castiello U (2010)
Corticospinal Excitability Modulation to Hand Muscles During the Observation of Different Actions.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/133998

BECCHIO C , MARI M , CASTIELLO U (2010)
Perception of Shadows in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/133569

Valeria Manera, Ben Schouten, Cristina Becchio, Bruno G Bara, Karl Verfaillie (2010)
Inferring intentions from biological motion: A stimulus set of point-light communicative interactions.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/99113

BECCHIO C , SARTORI L , CASTIELLO U (2010)
Toward you: the social side of actions.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/68983

CASTIELLO U , BECCHIO C , ZOIA S , NELINI C , SARTORI L , BLASON L , D?OTTAVIO G , BULGHERONI M , GALLESE V (2010)
Wired to Be Social: The Ontogeny of Human Interaction.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/130839

2009

Manera V, Becchio C, Del Giudice M, Schouten B, Verfaillie K, Bara B G (2009)
Inferring communicative intention from motor information: A point-light study.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/76983

BECCHIO C , CASTIELLO U (2009)
Motor Intentions in Another Person?s Eyes.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/131669

SARTORI L , BECCHIO C , BULGHERONI M , CASTIELLO U (2009)
Modulation of the action control system by social intention: unexpected social requests override preplanned action.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/99733

SARTORI L , BECCHIO C , BARA B G , CASTIELLO U (2009)
Does the intention to communicate affect action kinematics?
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/131799

BECCHIO C , BERTONE C , CASTIELLO U (2009)
Lo sguardo di Medusa. Come lo sguardo dell?altro modifica il processamento dell?oggetto.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/47656

2008

BECCHIO C , SARTORI L , BULGHERONI M , CASTIELLO U (2008)
Both your intention and mine are reflected in the kinematics of my reach-to-grasp movement.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/133630

BECCHIO C , SARTORI L , BULGHERONI M , CASTIELLO U (2008)
The case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: a kinematic study on social intention.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/132997

SARTORI L , BECCHIO C , BULGHERONI M , CASTIELLO U (2008)
Effects of social intention on the control of action.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/132635

PIERNO A C , BECCHIO C , TURELLA L , TUBALDI F , CASTIELLO U (2008)
Motor ontology in representing gaze-object relations.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/133570

Grandi E, Becchio C, Del Giudice M, Colle L (2008)
Two theoretical models of pretend play: an empirical study in autism.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/76294

PIERNO A C , BECCHIO C , TURELLA L , TUBALDI F , CASTIELLO U (2008)
Observing social interactions: The effect of gaze.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/133263

BECCHIO C , BERTONE C , CASTIELLO U (2008)
How the gaze of others influences object processing.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/27274

COLLE L , BECCHIO C , BARA B G (2008)
The non-problem of other minds: a neuro-developmental perspective on shared intentionality.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/133699

2007

BECCHIO C , PIERNO A C , MARI M , LUSHER D , CASTIELLO U (2007)
Motor contagion from eye gaze. The case of autism.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1801

GEORGIOU I , BECCHIO C , GLOVER S , CASTIELLO U (2007)
Different action patterns for cooperative and competitive behaviour.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/2027

2006

BECCHIO C , ADENZATO M , BARA B G (2006)
How the brain understands intentions. Different neural circuits identify the componential features of motor and prior intentions.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/21960

BECCHIO C , BERTONE C (2006)
Time and neglect: Abnormal temporal dynamics in unilateral spatial neglect.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/2028

Colle L, Grandi E, Becchio C (2006)
Intentional action understanding and sharing intentionality in children with Autism.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/77006

BECCHIO C , BERTONE C (2006)
Prior intentions: evidence in favour of a motor theory.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1803

PIERNO A C , BECCHIO C , WALL M B , SMITH A T , TURELLA L , CASTIELLO U (2006)
When Gaze Turns into Grasp.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/68929

BECCHIO C , BERTONE C (2006)
Un?ontologia dimezzata: alterazioni temporali nella negligenza spaziale unilaterale.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/2032

PIERNO A C , BECCHIO C , WALL M B , SMITH A T, TURELLA L , CASTIELLO U (2006)
When Gaze Turns into Grasp.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/98858

PIERNO A C , BECCHIO C , WALL M B , SMITH A T , CASTIELLO U (2006)
Transfer of interfered motor patterns to self from others.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/2026

2005

BECCHIO C , BERTONE C (2005)
Il paradosso dell?intenzionalità collettiva.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/2031

BECCHIO C , BERTONE C (2005)
Beyond Cartesian Subjectivism: Neural Correlates of Shared Intentionality.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/2024

ADENZATO M, BECCHIO C, BERTONE C, TUOMELA R (2005)
Neural correlates underlying action-intention and aim-intention.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/17791

C BECCHIO, C BERTONE (2005)
The ontology of neglect. Consciousness and Cognition.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/2025

2002 -2003 - 2004

BECCHIO C , BERTONE C (2004)
Wittgenstein running: Neural mechanisms of collective intentionality and we-mode.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/2023

BECCHIO C , BERTONE C (2003)
Object temporal connotation.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/2022

BECCHIO C , BERTONE C (2003)
L'intenzionalità collettiva: lo stato dell'arte.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/2030

C BECCHIO, BERTONE C (2003)
Neural bases of We-ness.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/16873

BECCHIO C , BERTONE C (2002)
Il problema della condivisione.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/2029