Elvio Blini

Nausea reshapes visual exploration and pupillary responses to affective images

This study shows that nausea alters visual exploration and pupillary responses to affective images by increasing reliance on salient features and disrupting phasic responses.

Dynamism in paintings and photographs: how the power of diagonals in art overcomes the oblique effect in visual perception

This study investigates how global spatial configurations of diagonals in art override the oblique effect in visual perception, showing that global orientation and shape significantly influence perceived dynamism.

Susceptibility to multitasking in chronic stroke is associated to damage of the multiple demand system and leads to lateralized visuospatial deficits

The paper identifies a cluster of stroke patients with high susceptibility to multitasking, linked to damage in the Multiple-Demand System and associated with worse functional outcomes.

Pupillary manifolds: uncovering the latent geometrical structures behind phasic changes in pupil size

This paper shows that phasic pupil size changes occur along low-dimensional manifolds constrained by physiological substrates, providing a unified analytical framework for pupillometry.

What pupil size can and cannot tell about math anxiety

The paper investigates pupil size as a biomarker for math anxiety and finds it correlates with performance but not directly with anxiety levels after accounting for performance.

Pupil size as a robust marker of attentional bias toward nicotine-related stimuli in smokers

This study finds that pupil size changes in response to nicotine-related stimuli can predict smoking status better than traditional measures in young smokers.

Patterns of multisensory facilitation distinguish peripersonal from reaching space

The paper distinguishes peripersonal space (PPS) from arm-reaching space (ARS) using spatial and temporal performance metrics and multisensory facilitation paradigms across five experiments.

The role of the vestibular system in value attribution to positive and negative reinforcers

This study investigates how visuo-vestibular mismatches affect value attribution to positive and negative reinforcers using a modified Flankers task with galvanic vestibular stimulation.

Atomoxetine modulates the contribution of high- and low-level signals during free viewing of natural images in rhesus monkeys

This study investigates how atomoxetine affects attentional orienting during free viewing of natural images in rhesus monkeys, showing it modulates the impact of visual salience based on image content.