Federico Gallo

Federico Gallo is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Psycholinguistics of Language Representation (PoLaR) lab, part of the Center for Language, Brain and Learning (C-LaBL) at the Department of Language and Culture, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. His research focuses on the neural and cognitive consequences of bilingualism, particularly its role in preventing and mitigating cognitive aging. He is affiliated with the C-LaBL research group and the BECAME project (Bilingual Experiences, Cognitive Ageing and underlying Mechanisms). His work bridges cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics, with a focus on bilingualism's impact on executive functions, neuroplasticity, and cognitive reserve.

Education details are not explicitly provided in the text, but his academic contributions span postdoctoral research in psycholinguistics and cognitive neuroscience. His research interests include bilingualism's effects on brain structure/function, language attrition, and the interplay between multilingualism and aging. He has contributed to projects exploring facial emotion recognition challenges under face masks and the role of sleep in bilingual cognition.

Gallo is a member of the AcqVA-Nor network and collaborates internationally. His publications highlight bilingualism as a protective factor against cognitive decline, with studies involving structural neuroimaging (e.g., hippocampus, caudate nucleus) and EEG/ERP analyses. He has co-authored chapters in prestigious volumes like the Cambridge Handbook of Language and Brain and Encyclopedia of the Human Brain.

Notable collaborations include work with researchers such as Jubin Aboutalebi, Yury Shtyrov, and Jason Rothman. His lab affiliations and projects underscore interdisciplinary approaches to understanding cognitive aging mechanisms through language research.