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Manuela Piazza is a Full Professor of Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology at the University of Trento’s Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC). She holds a PhD from University College London (2003) and a European Diploma in Cognitive and Brain Sciences (2002) from the Max Planck Institute. Her research focuses on the neurocognitive foundations of numerical and semantic processing, combining neuroimaging (fMRI, MEG), psychophysics, and cross-cultural studies in children and adults. Key interests include symbolic learning, spatial representation, and neurodevelopmental disorders.
She has coordinated the CIMeC Master program in Cognitive Science (2019–2022) and currently serves on high-profile committees, including the ERC Starting Grants panel (2016–2020) and the Fondation Fyssen Scientific Advisory Board. Her work bridges neuroscience with education, highlighted by contributions to the development of the 'Number Catcher' intervention tool for dyscalculia.
Her research outputs emphasize cross-modal neural coding (e.g., number-space mappings), developmental trajectories of numerical abilities, and the role of attention in perceptual and symbolic processing. Awards include a Fellowship at Columbia University (2020) and election to the International Neuropsychological Symposium (2019).