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2024

Social Signal Processing in Affective Virtual Reality: Human-Shaped Agents Increase Electrodermal Activity in an Elicited Negative Environment.
Torres, S. C., Gracia Laso, D. I., Minissi, M. E., Maddalon, L., Chicchi Giglioli, I. A., & Alcañiz, M. (2024).
Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2023.0273
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Emotion perception through the nose: How olfactory emotional cues modulate the perception of neutral facial expressions in affective disorders.
Dal Bò, E., Cecchetto, C., Callara, A., Greco, A., Mura, F., Vanello, N., … & Gentili, C. (2024).
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3721389/v1
Preprint

Behavioral, Peripheral, and Central Neural Correlates of Augmented Reality Guidance of Manual Tasks
Callara, A. L., Rho, G., Condino, S., Ferrari, V., Scilingo, E. P., & Greco, A. (2024).
IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems.
doi: 10.1109/THMS.2024.3354413.
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Combining electrodermal activity analysis and dynamic causal modeling to investigate the visual-odor multimodal integration during face perception
Rho, G., Callara, A. L., Bossi, F., Ognibene, D., Cecchetto, C., Lomonaco, T., … & Greco, A. (2024).
Journal of Neural Engineering, 21(1), 016020.
DOI 10.1088/1741-2552/ad2403
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Novel VR-based Biofeedback systems: a comparison between heart rate variability-and electrodermal activity-driven approaches
Baldini, A., Patron, E., Gentili, C., Scilingo, E. P., & Greco, A. (2024).
In 2023 IEEE 36th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS)

EEE Transactions on Affective Computing.
doi: 10.1109/TAFFC.2024.3352424
Journal    Article

2023

Sniffing Out a Solution: Emotional Body Odors Can Improve Mindfulness Therapy for Social Anxiety Symptoms But Not for Depressive Symptoms
Cecchetto, C., Dal Bò, E., Eliasson, E. T., Vigna, E., Natali, L., Scilingo, E. P., … & Gentili, C
Available at SSRN 4591481.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4591481
Preprint

Low odor awareness predicts reduced olfactory abilities in women with depressive symptoms, but not with anxiety symptoms
Dal Bò, E., Natali, L., Gentili, C., & Cecchetto, C. (2023).
Journal of Affective Disorders, 338, 171-179.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.009
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Computational models of behavioral addictions: State of the art and future directions. 
Kato, A., Shimomura, K., Ognibene, D., Parvaz, M. A., Berner, L. A., Morita, K., & Fiore, V. G. (2023)
Addictive behaviors, 140, 107595
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107595
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Olfaction in affective disorders: an investigation of psychophysiological, behavioral and social response.
DAL BO, E. (2023). 
https://www.research.unipd.it/handle/11577/3481214
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Comparing fear and anxiety chemosignals: Do they modulate facial muscle activity and facilitate identifying facial expressions?
Gomes, N., Pause, B. M., Smeets, M. A., & Semin, G. R. (2023).
 Chemical Senses, 48.

https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjad016
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Multimodal Integration of Olfactory and Visual Processing through DCM analysis: Contextual Modulation of Facial Perception
Rho, G., Callara, A. L., Bossi, F., Ognibene, D., Cecchetto, C., Lomonaco, T., … & Greco, A. (2023).
. arXiv – QuanBio – Neurons and Cognition  arXiv:2309.03536.
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.03536
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World models and predictive coding for cognitive and developmental robotics: frontiers and challenges.
Taniguchi, T., Murata, S., Suzuki, M., Ognibene, D., Lanillos, P., Ugur, E., … & Pezzulo, G. (2023). 
SAdvanced Robotics, 37(13), 780-806.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2023.2225232
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EEG cortical activity and connectivity correlates of early sympathetic response during cold pressor test
Rho, G., Callara, A. L., Bernardi, G., Scilingo, E. P., & Greco, A. (2023)
Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1338.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27480-z
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Autonomic Regulation of Facial Temperature during Stress: A Cross-Mapping Analysis
Gioia, F., Nardelli, M., Scilingo, E. P., & Greco, A. (2023).
Sensors, 23(14), 6403
https://doi.org/10.3390/s23146403
Journal    Article

Comparing Valence-Arousal and Positive-Negative Affect Models of Affect: A Nonlinear Analysis of Continuously Annotated Emotion Ratings.
Gargano, A., Scilingo, E. P., & Nardelli, M. (2023, September).
In Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (pp. 86-95). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49062-0_10.
Conference   Conference Paper

Development of a Behavioral Avoidance Test in Virtual Reality (VR-BAT)
Frumento, S., Iannizzotto, A., Greco, A., Scilingo, E. P., Gemignani, A., & Menicucci, D. (2023, October).
In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Engineering (MetroXRAINE) (pp. 949-953). IEEE.

doi: 10.1109/MetroXRAINE58569.2023.10405564.
Conference   Conference Paper

A virtual reality-based setting to investigate how environments and emotionally laden stimuli interact and compete for accessing consciousness.
Iannizzotto, A., Frumento, S., Menicucci, D., Callara, A. L., Gemignani, A., Scilingo, E. P., & Greco, A. (2023, September). Platform. Electronics, 12(6), 1498.
In Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (pp. 773-782). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49062-0_81
Conference   Conference Paper

A Real-Time, Open-Source, IoT-like, Wearable Monitoring
Baldini, A., Garofalo, R., Scilingo, E. P., & Greco, A. (2023)
Platform. Electronics, 12(6), 1498.
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12061498
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Human body odour modulates neural processing of faces: effective connectivity analysis using EEG.
Ferdowsi, S., Ognibene, D., Foulsham, T., Greco, A., Callara, A. L., Cervera-Torres, S., … & Citi, L. (2023, June).
In 2023 IEEE 36th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS)
(pp. 858-863). IEEE.
doi: 10.1109/CBMS58004.2023.00332
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10178780
Conference   Conference Paper

Modulating Virtual Affective Elicitation by Human Body Odors: Advancing Research on Social Signal Processing in Virtual Reality
Cervera-Torres, S., Minissi, M. E., Greco, A., Callara, A., Ferdowsi, S., Citi, L., … & Alcañiz, M. (2023, July).
In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 317-327). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35017-7_20
Conference   Conference Paper

Biological studies with comprehensive 2D-GC-HRMS screening: Exploring the human sweat volatilome
Ripszam, M., Bruderer, T., Biagini, D., Ghimenti, S., Lomonaco, T., & Di Francesco, F. (2023).
Biological studies with comprehensive 2D-GC-HRMS screening:
Exploring the human sweat volatilome. Talanta, 257, 124333.
doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124333
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EEG cortical activity and connectivity correlates of early sympathetic response during cold pressor test
Rho, G., Callara, A. L., Bernardi, G., Scilingo, E. P., & Greco, A. (2023).
EEG cortical activity and connectivity correlates of early sympathetic response during cold pressor test.
Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1338.
doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27480-z
Journal    Article

Contactless Cardiovascular Assessment by Imaging Photoplethysmography: A Comparison with Wearable Monitoring
van Es, V. A., Lopata, R. G., Scilingo, E. P., & Nardelli, M. (2023).
Contactless Cardiovascular Assessment by Imaging Photoplethysmography:
A Comparison with Wearable Monitoring. Sensors, 23(3), 1505.
doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27480-z
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2022

Human body odors of happiness and fear modulate the late positive potential component during neutral face processing: a preliminary ERP study on healthy subjects
Callara, A. L., Cecchetto, C., Dal Bò, E., Citi, L., Gentili, C., Vanello, N.,
& Greco, A. (2022, July). Human body odors of happiness and fear modulate the late positive potential component during neutral face processing:
a preliminary ERP study on healthy subjects. In 2022 44th Annual International Conference of the
IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 4093-4096). IEEE.
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871495
Conference   Conference Paper

Towards a Contactless Stress Classification Using Thermal Imaging
Gioia, F., Greco, A., Callara, A. L., & Scilingo, E. P. (2022). Towards a contactless stress classification using thermal imaging. Sensors, 22(3), 976.
doi.org/10.3390/s22030976
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Olfactory meta-cognition in individuals with depressive and anxiety symptoms: The differential role of common and social odors
Dal Bò, E., Gentili, C., Castellani, A., Tripodi, C., Fischmeister, F. P. S., & Cecchetto, C. (2022).
Olfactory meta-cognition in individuals with depressive and anxiety symptoms:
The differential role of common and social odors. Journal of Affective Disorders, 308, 259-267.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.04.071
Journal    Article

Subjective Fear in Virtual Reality: A Linear Mixed-Effects Analysis of Skin Conductance
Baldini, A., Frumento, S., Menicucci, D., Gemignani, A., Scilingo, E. P., & Greco, A. (2022).
Subjective fear in virtual reality: a linear mixed-effects analysis of skin conductance.
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 13(4), 2047-2057.
DOI10.1109/taffc.2022.3197842
Journal    Article

Potential physiological stress biomarkers in human sweat​
Gioia, F., Callara, A. L., Bruderer, T., Ripszam, M., Di Francesco, F., Scilingo, E. P., & Greco, A. (2022, June).
Potential physiological stress biomarkers in human sweat.
In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA) (pp. 01-06). IEEE.
DOI: 10.1109/MeMeA54994.2022.9856534
Conference   Conference Paper

Valence, Arousal, and Gender Effect on Olfactory Cortical Network Connectivity: A Study Using Dynamic Causal Modeling for EEG
Rho, G., Callara, A. L., Cecchetto, C., Vanello, N., Scilingo, E. P., & Greco, A. (2022).
Valence, Arousal, and Gender Effect on Olfactory Cortical Network Connectivity:
A Study Using Dynamic Causal Modeling for EEG. IEEE Access, 10, 127313-127327
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3226207
Journal    Article

ComEDA: A new tool for stress assessment based on electrodermal activity
Nardelli, M., Greco, A., Sebastiani, L., & Scilingo, E. P. (2022). ComEDA:
A new tool for stress assessment based on electrodermal activity.
Computers in Biology and Medicine, 150, 106144.
doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.106144​
Journal    Article

Human body odors of happiness and fear modulate the late positive potential component during neutral face processing: a preliminary ERP study on healthy subjects
Callara, A. L., Cecchetto, C., Dal Bò, E., Citi, L., Gentili, C., Vanello, N., … & Greco, A. (2022, July).
Human body odors of happiness and fear modulate the late positive potential component during neutral face processing: a preliminary ERP study on healthy subjects.
In 2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 4093-4096). IEEE.
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871495
Conference   Conference Paper

The dynamics of emotions: a preliminary study on continuously annotated arousal signals
Gargano, A., Scilingo, E. P., & Nardelli, M. (2022, June). The dynamics of emotions: a preliminary study on continuously annotated arousal signals.
In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications
(MeMeA) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
DOI: 10.1109/MeMeA54994.2022.9856489
Conference   Conference Paper

2021

Odor valence modulates cortico-cortical interactions: a preliminary study using DCM for EEG
Rho, G., Callara, A. L., Vanello, N., Gentili, C., Greco, A., & Scilingo, E. P. (2021, November).
Odor valence modulates cortico-cortical interactions: a preliminary study using
DCM for EEG. In 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the 
IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 604-607). IEEE.
DOI 10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9629910
Conference   Conference Paper

Parasympathetic-Sympathetic Causal Interactions Assessed by Time-Varying Multivariate Autoregressive Modeling of Electrodermal Activity and Heart-Rate-Variability
Callara, A. L., Sebastiani, L., Vanello, N., Scilingo, E. P., & Greco, A. (2021). 
Parasympathetic-sympathetic causal interactions assessed by time-varying multivariate 
autoregressive modeling of electrodermal activity and heart-rate-variability. 
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 68(10), 3019-3028.
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2021.3060867
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Convolutional Autoencoder based Deep Learning Approach for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis using Brain MRI
Yagis, E., De Herrera, A. G. S., & Citi, L. (2021, June).
Convolutional Autoencoder based Deep Learning Approach for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis using Brain MRI. 
In 2021 IEEE 34th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS) (pp. 486-491). IEEE.
DOI: 10.1109/CBMS52027.2021.00097
Conference   Conference Paper

Effect of data leakage in brain MRI classification using 2D convolutional neural networks
Yagis, E., Atnafu, S. W., García Seco de Herrera, A., Marzi, C., Scheda, R., Giannelli, M., …
& Diciotti, S. (2021). Effect of data leakage in brain MRI classification using 2D
convolutional neural networks. Scientific reports, 11(1), 22544.
doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01681-w
Journal    Article

Stepping Stones for a Legal Framework for Human Enhancement. A Path That Is More Important Than its Destination
Vedder, Anton and Kamenjasevic, Erik, Stepping Stones for a Legal
Framework for Human Enhancement. A Path That Is More Important Than its Destination (October 29, 2021).
Revue européenne de droit de la consommation / European Journal of Consumer Law 2021/3, pp 415-429
dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4070685
Journal    Article

The social odor scale: Development and initial validation of a new scale for the assessment of social odor awareness
Dal Bò, E., Gentili, C., Spoto, A., Bruno, G., Castellani, A., Tripodi, C., … 
& Cecchetto, C. (2021). The social odor scale: Development and initial validation of a new scale for the assessment of social odor awareness.
Plos one, 16(12), e0260587.
doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260587
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Does exposure to body odors increase the effect of mindfulness treatment in patients with depressive and social anxiety symptoms?
Professor Claudio Gentili​
doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN64408867
Conference   Conference Paper

Odor valence modulates cortico-cortical interactions: a preliminary study using DCM for EEG
Rho, G., Callara, A. L., Vanello, N., Gentili, C., Greco, A., & Scilingo, E. P. (2021, November).
Odor valence modulates cortico-cortical interactions: a preliminary study using DCM for EEG.
In 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 604-607). IEEE.
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9629910
Conference   Conference Paper

Does exposure to body odors increase the effect of mindfulness treatment in patients with social anxiety symptoms?
Professor Claudio Gentili​, Dr. Vladimir Carli
doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN98675422
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