Pubblicazioni
- Aiello, M., Ottoboni, G., Chattat, R., Russo, C., Deponte, A., Palmeri, R., Tessari, A. (2025). Food Inhibitory control and reward responsiveness in healthy ageing. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf087
- Chiappini, E., Turrini, S., Fiori, F., Benassi, M., Tessari, A., di Pellegrino, G., & Avenanti, A. (2025). You are as old as the connectivity you keep: distinct neurophysiological mechanisms underlying age-related changes in hand dexterity and strength. Archives of Medical Research, 56(1), 103031.
- Umiltà, A. M., Li Pira, G., Burles, F., Ottoboni, G., & Tessari, A. (2025). Pre-protocol of the Virtual Spatial Configuration Task (VSCT): A Novel Virtual Reality-Based Tool for Assessing Cognitive Map Formation Abilities. Open Research Europe, 5, 42.
- Ventura, S., Tessari, A., Castaldini, S., Magni, E., Turolla, A., Baños, R., & Lullini, G. (2024). Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality rehabilitation in stroke patients with sensory-motor and proprioception upper limb deficit: A study protocol. PloS one, 19(8), e0307408.
- Tessari, A., & Ottoboni, G. (2024). Dismorfismo muscolare e alterazioni nella percezione del corpo: uno studio pilota. Giornale italiano di psicologia, 50(1), 111-126.
- Proietti, R., Pezzulo, G., Tessari, A. (2023). An active inference model of hierarchical action understanding, learning and imitation. Physics of Life Reviews, 46, 92-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2023.05.012
- Ottoboni, G., Toraldo, A., Proietti, R., Cangelosi, A., & Tessari, A. (2023). Paradoxical decrease of imitation performance with age in children. British Journal of Psychology, 114, 678-709.
- Breveglieri,R., Borgomaneri, S., Bosco, A., Filippini, M., De Vitis, M., Tessari, A., Avenanti, A., Galletti, C., Fattori, P. (2023). rTMS over the human medial parietal cortex impairs online reaching corrections. Brain Structure and Function. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-023-02735-7
- Ventura, S., Ottoboni, G., Lullini, G., Chattat, R., Simoncini, L., Magni, E., Piperno, R., La Porta, F., Tessari, A. (2023).Co-designing an Interactive Artificial Intelligent system with post-stroke patients and caregivers to augment the lost abilities and improve their quality of life: a human-centric approach. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1227748
- Ventura, S., Marchetti, P., Baños, R., Tessari, A. (2023). Body ownership illusion through virtual reality as modulator variable for limbs rehabilitation after stroke: a systematic review. Virtual Reality , 27, 2481–2492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-023-00820-0
- Ventura, S., Tessari, A. (2023). Do Object Affordances modulate the Sense of Embodiment in Virtual Human-Tool Interaction? Reflection for the Interactive Artificial Environment. PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality; doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/pres_a_00382
- Ventura, S., Ottoboni, G., Pappadà, A., Tessari, A. (2023). Acceptance of Assistive Technology by Users with Motor Disabilities Due to Spinal Cord or Acquired Brain Injuries: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(8):2962. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12082962
- Scrivano, L., Tessari, A., Marcora, S. M., & Manners, D. N. (2023). Active mobility and mental health: A scoping review towards a healthier world. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 1-44.
- Breveglieri, R., Borgomaneri, S., Diomedi, S., Tessari, A., Galletti, C., & Fattori, P. (2023). A short route for reach planning between human V6A and the motor cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 43 (12), 2116-2125.
- Breveglieri, R., Borgomaneri, S., Filippini, M., Tessari, A., Galletti, C., Davare, M., Fattori, P. (2023). Complementary contribution of the medial and lateral human parietal cortex to grasping: a repetitive TMS study. Cerebral cortex, 33, 5122–5134.
- Russo, G., Bigliassi, M. Ceciliani, A, Tessari, A. (2022). Exploring the Interplay Between Sport Modality and Cognitive Function in Open- and Closed-Skill Athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 61, 102186.
- Masini, A., Sanmarchi, F., Kawalec, A., Esposito, F., Scrimaglia, S., Tessari, A., ... & Dallolio, L. (2023). Mediterranean diet, physical activity, and family characteristics associated with cognitive performance in Italian primary school children: analysis of the I-MOVE project. European Journal of Pediatrics, 182 (2), 917-927.
- Ottoboni, G., La Porta, F., Piperno, R., Chattat, R., Bosco, A., Fattori, P., & Tessari, A. (2022). A Multifunctional Adaptive and Interactive AI system to support people living with stroke, acquired brain or spinal cord injuries: A study protocol. PloS one, 17(4), e0266702.
- Tessari, A., & Ottoboni, G. (2022). Does the body talk to the body? The relationship between different body representations while observing others’ body parts. British Journal of Psychology, 113(3), 758–776.
- Dallolio, L., Marini, S., Masini, A., Toselli, S., Stagni, R., Bisi, M. C., Gori, D., Tessari, A., Sansavini, A., Lanari, M., Bragonzoni, L., & Ceciliani, A. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on physical activity behaviour in Italian primary school children: a comparison before and during pandemic considering gender differences. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 1-8.
- Tessari, A., Proietti, R. & Rumiati, R.I. (2021) Bottom-up and top-down modulation of route selection in imitation, Cognitive Neuropsychology, 38, 515-530.
- Proietti, R., Pezzulo, G., & Tessari, A. (2021). An active inference model of hierarchical action understanding, learning and imitation.PsyArxiv.
- Breveglieri, R., Borgomaneri, S., Filippini, M., De Vitis, M., Tessari, A., & Fattori, P. (2021). Functional Connectivity at Rest between the Human Medial Posterior Parietal Cortex and the Primary Motor Cortex Detected by Paired-Pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Brain Sciences, 11(10), 1357.
- Ottoboni, G., Ceciliani, A., & Tessari, A. (2021). The Effect of Structured Exercise on Short-Term Memory Subsystems: New Insight on Training Activities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(14), 7545.
- Ottoboni G, Nicoletti R, Tessari A. (2021). The Effect of Sport Practice on Enhanced Cognitive Processing of Bodily Indices: A Study on Volleyball Players and Their Ability to Predict Hand Gestures. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(10), 5384.
- Tessari, A., Lugli, L., Nicoletti, R., Ricciardelli, P. (2021). Do boxing athletes differ from controls in visually analysing opponent´s postures? A pilot study tracking eye movements. Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, 16(3proc), S996-S1005.
- Tessari, A., Mengotti, P., Faccioli, F., Tuozzi, G., Boscarato, S., Taricco, M., Rumiati, R.I. (2021). Effect of body-part specificity and meaning in gesture imitation in left hemisphere stroke patients. Neuropsychologia, 151, 107720.
- Breveglieri, R., Bosco, A., Borgomaneri, S., Tessari, A., Galletti, C., Avenanti, A., Fattori, P. (2021). Transcranial magnetic stimulation over the human medial posterior parietal cortex disrupts depth encoding during reach planning. Cerebral Cortex, 31, 267-280.
- Di Luzio, P., Borgomaneri, S., Tessari, A., Romei, V. (2021). Exposure to first-person shooter videogames is associated with multisensory temporal precision and migraine incidence. Cortex, 134, 223-238.
- Russo, G., Ottoboni, G., Tessari, A., Ceciliani, A. (2021). The positive impact of physical activity on working memory abilities: Evidence from a large Italian pre-adolescent sample. Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, 16 (2proc), S277-S288.
- Rainieri, G., Fraboni, F., Russo, G., Tul, M., Pingitore, A., Tessari, A., & Pietrantoni, L. (2021). Visual Scanning Techniques and Mental Workload of Helicopter Pilots During Simulated Flight. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, 92, 11-19.
- O'Brien, J., Ottoboni, G., Tessari, A., & Setti, A. (2020). Multisensory perception, verbal, visuo-spatial and motor working memory modulation after a single open-or closed-skill exercise session in children. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement.
- Masini, A.; Lanari, M.; Marini, S.; Tessari, A.; Toselli, S.; Stagni, R.; Bisi, M.C.; Bragonzoni, L.; Gori, D.; Sansavini, A.; Ceciliani, A.; Dallolio, L. A (2020). Multiple Targeted Research Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Trial in Primary School Children Based on an Active Break Intervention: The Imola Active Breaks (I-MOVE) Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,17, 6123.
- Masini, A., Marini, S., Leoni, E., Lorusso, G., Toselli, S., Tessari, A., ... & Dallolio, L. (2020). Active Breaks: A Pilot and Feasibility Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Physical Activity Levels in a School-Based Intervention in an Italian Primary School. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(12), 4351.
- Russo, G., & Ottoboni, G. (2019). The perceptual–Cognitive skills of combat sports athletes: A systematic review. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 44, 60-78.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.05.004
- Russo, G., Bentivogli, R., Chattat, R., Tessari, A., Ottoboni, G. (2019). Un contributo alla validazione italiana delle Motivations of Marathoners Scales. Movimento, 35, 1 - 10.
- Russo, G., Ottoboni, G. (2019). Gli sport da combattimento e le capacità percettivo cognitive: Una revisione della letteratura. Il Giornale Italiano di Psicologia dello Sport, 28, 61-72
- Ottoboni, G., Gallelli, T., Mariani, E., Soluri, V. R., Nunziata, S., Tessari, A., ... & Chattat, R. (2018). Remote home physical training for seniors: guidelines from the AAL-supported MOTION project. European Journal of Ageing, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-018-0477-0
- Sciulli, I., Ottoboni, G., & Tessari, A. (2018). Acting on unusual objects: The comparison between function and structure. Giornale italiano di psicologia, 45(2), 419-425.https://doi.org/10.1421/90624
- O’Brien, J., Ottoboni, G., Tessari, A., & Setti, A. (2017). One bout of open skill exercise improves cross-modal perception and immediate memory in healthy older adults who habitually exercise. PloS one, 12(6), e0178739.
- Ottoboni, G., Milani, M., Setti, A., Ceciliani, A., Chattat, R., & Tessari, A. (2017). An observational study on sport-induced modulation of negative attitude towards disability. PloS one, 12(11), e0187043.
- Amesz, S., Tessari, A., Ottoboni, G., & Marsden, J. (2016). An observational study of implicit motor imagery using laterality recognition of the hand after stroke. Brain injury, 30(8), 999-1004.
- Papeo, L., Tessari, A., & Rumiati, R. (2016). Also patients with dementia need motor examination, but do we need more examination tools?. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
- Ottoboni, G., Russo, G., & Tessari, A. (2015). What boxing-related stimuli reveal about response behaviour. Journal of sports sciences, 33(10), 1019-1027.
- Tessari, A., Toraldo, A., Lunardelli, A., Zadini, A., & Rumiati, R. I. (2015). STIMA: a short screening test for ideo-motor apraxia, selective for action meaning and bodily district. Neurological Sciences, 36(6), 977-984.
- Sciulli, I., Ottoboni, G., Toraldo, A., & Tessari, A. (2015). The effect of ethnic bias on the automatic processing of action intentions. Giornale italiano di psicologia, 42(3), 619-628.
- Tessari A., Cubelli R. (2014). Route selection in action imitation: a matter of strategic choice? Cortex. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.01.014
- Ottoboni, G.; Giusti, R.; Gatta, A.; Symes, E.; Tessari, A., Just do it: Embodied experiences improve Taekwondo athletes’ sport performance, «SENSORIA», 2014, 10, pp. 28 - 33.https://doi.org/10.7790/sa.v10i1.386
- Tessari A., Ottoboni G. Nicoletti R. (2013). L’effetto dell’expertise nei processi sottostanti la codifica del movimento e del corpo: uno studio su pallavolisti esperti. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, XL, n. 3, 647-656.
- Tessari A., Ottoboni G., Nicoletti R. (2013). The effect of expertise on encoding of movements and bodily indexes: a study on volleyball players. In: Proceeding of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Austin, Cognitive Science Society, Inc., , pp. 3522 – 3526.
- Ottoboni, G., Calimazzo, E., Ceciliani, A., & Tessari, A. (2013). Il rapporto funzionale tra l'apprendimento per imitazione e la metrica corporea: uno studio pilota con bambini. Giornale italiano di psicologia, 40(4), 839-850.
- Marsden J., Amesz S., Tessari A., Ottoboni G. (2013). An investigation into implicit motor imagery using laterality recognition of the hand in stoke. In International Journal of Stroke, 8, 66-66.
- Ottoboni G., Iani C., Tessari A., Rubichi S. (2013). Modulation of the affordance effect through transfer of learning. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 66, 2295 – 2302.
- Jacquet, P., Jambon, V., Borghi, A.M., Tessari, A. (2012). Object Affordances Tune Observers' Prior Expectations About Tool-Use Behaviors. PLoS ONE, 7(6): e39629.
- Scorolli, C., Jaquet, P.O., Binkofski, F., Nicoletti, R., Tessari, A, Borghi, A.M. (2012). Abstract and concrete phrases processing differently modulate cortico-spinal excitability. Brain Research, 1488, 06-71.
- Jacquet, P., Binkofski, F., Tessari, A., Borghi, A.M. (2012).Can object affordances impact on human social learning of tool use? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 35, 227-228.
- Tessari, A, Ottoboni, G, Mazzatenta, A., Merla, A, Nicoletti, R (2012). Please don’t! The automatic extrapolation of dangerous intentions. PLoS ONE, 7(11): e49011.
- Tessari A., Ottoboni G., Baroni, G., Symes E., Nicoletti, R. (2012). Is access to the Body Structural Description sensitive to a body part’s significance for action and cognition? A study of the Sidedness effect using feet. Experimental Brain Research, 218, 515-525.
- Tessari, A, Toraldo, A, Lunardelli, A., Zadini, A, Rumiati, RI (2011). Prova standardizzata per la diagnosi del disturbo aprassico ideomotorio selettivo per tipo di gesto e tipo di effettore. Ricerche di Psicologia, 3, 311-339.
- Ottoboni G., Tessari A. (2011). L’effetto specifico delle discipline sportive nella predizione di un’azione di gioco: Uno studio pilota su pallavolisti e calciatori. Movimento, 27, 43-49.
- Tessari A., Ottoboni G., Symes E., Cubelli R. (2010). Hand processing depends on the implicit access to a spatially and bio-mechanically organized structural description of the body. Neuropsychologia, 48, 681-688.
- Tessari A., Tsakiris M., Borghi A.M., Serino A. (2010). The sense of body: A multidisciplinary approach to body representation. Neuropsychologia, 48, 643-644.
- Corradi-dell'Acqua C., Tessari A. (2010). Is the Body in the Eye of the Beholder? Visual Processing of Bodies in Individuals with Anomalous Anatomical, Sensory and Motor Features. Neuropsychologia, 48, 689-702.
- Tessari A., Ottoboni G., Bazzarin V., Nicoletti R. (2010). L’effetto Sidedness e la codifica del movimento implicito delle mani. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, XXXVII (2), 523-532.
- Setti, A., Borghi, A.M., Tessari, A. (2009). Moving hands, moving entities. Brain and Cognition, 70, 253-258.
- Symes, E; Ottoboni, G; Tucker, M; Ellis, R & Tessari, A. (2009). When motor attention improves selective attention: the dissociating role of saliency. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 16, 1-11.
- Tessari, A., Cretella, L., Rumiati R.I. (2009). Route switching in imitation: should I stay or should I go? In N. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (eds.). Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 2475-2480. Amsterdam: Cognitive Science Society, Inc.
- Tessari, A., Canessa, N., Ukmar, M., Rumiati, R.I. (2007). Neuropsychological evidence for a strategic control of multiple routes in imitation. Brain, 130, 1111-1126.
- Rumiati, R.I., Tessari, A. “Automatic and strategic effects in human imitation” (2007). In: P. Haggard, Y. Rosetti, & M. Kawato (Eds.), Sensorimotor Foundations of Higher Cognition. Attention and Performance XXII, pp. 503-517. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Bazzarin, V., Borghi, A., Tessari, A., Nicoletti, R. (2007). Is a small apple more like an apple or more like a cherry? In: S. Vosniadou, D. Kayser & A. Protopapas (Eds.). Proceedings of the European Cognitive Science Conference 2007, 83-88. London, UK: Taylor and Francis.
- Tessari, A., Borghi A.M. (2007) . Body image and body schema. The shared representation of body image and the role of the dynamic body schema in perspective and imitation. Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 30, 221-222.
- Tessari, A., Ottoboni, G., Bazzarin, V. (2007). Is sidedness influenced by action directionality? In: S. Vosniadou, D. Kayser & A. Protopapas (Eds.). Proceedings of the European Cognitive Science Conference 2007, 545-549. London, UK: Taylor and Francis
- Tessari, A., Bosanac, D., Rumiati, R.I. (2006). The effect of learning on imitation of meaningless actions. Experimental Brain Research, 173, 507-513.
- Ottoboni, G., Tessari, A., Cubelli, R., Umiltà, C.A. (2005). Is handedness recognition automatic? A study using a Simon-like paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 31, 778-789.
- Rumiati, R.I., Weiss, P.H., Tessari, A., Assmus, A., Zilles, K., Herzog, H., & Fink, G.R. (2005). Common and differential neural mechanisms supporting imitation of meaningful and meaningless actions. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 1-12.
- Tessari, A., Rumiati, R.I. (2004). The strategic control of multiple routes in imitation of actions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 30, 1107–1116.
- Tomasino, B., Corradi dell’Acqua, C., Tessari, A., Spiezio,C., & Ruminati, R.I. (2004). A Neuropsychological approach to motor control and imagery. Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 23, 419-419.
- Tessari, A., Rumiati, R.I. (2002). Motor distal component and pragmatic representation of objects. Cognitive Brain Research, 14, 218-227.
- Tessari, A., Rumiati, R.I., Haggard, P. (2002). Imitation without awareness. NeuroReport, 13, 2531-2535.
- Rumiati, R.I., Tessari, A. (2002). Imitation of novel and well-known actions: The role of short-term memory. Experimental Brain Research, 142, 425-433.
- Pasini, M., & Tessari, A. (2001). Hemispheric specialization in quantification processes. Psychological research, 65(1), 57-63.