Giacomo Valle

This study maps neural responses to touch in human somatosensory and motor cortices, revealing somatotopic activation in motor cortex during passive touch and limited vicarious encoding during observation.

This study evaluates biomimetic multi-channel microstimulation for restoring high-resolution force feedback in bionic hands through somatosensory cortex stimulation.

This paper develops a biomimetic neurostimulation framework to restore naturalistic touch sensations via peripheral nerve stimulation, showing improved mobility and reduced mental effort in patients.

The paper investigates the localization of intracortical microstimulation-evoked sensations in human somatosensory cortex and demonstrates improved localization with multi-channel stimulation in a bionic hand.

The paper introduces a psychometric platform to standardize the assessment of somatosensory sensations in neuroprosthetics, validated with amputees using implanted nerve interfaces.

This paper demonstrates a closed-loop hand prosthesis that provides simultaneous intraneural tactile and position feedback to trans-radial amputees, achieving high accuracy in proprioception and object discrimination.