Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

Formazione
1984: Laurea in Psicologia presso la Facolta' di Picologia dell'Universita' di Roma La Sapienza
1991: Dottorato di Ricerca in Neuropsicologia presso la Facolta' di Picologia dell'Universita' di Roma La Sapienza

Attività professionali
1996: ricercatore (S.S.D. M-PSI/02) - Dipartimento di Psicologia - Universita' La Sapienza in Roma.
1998-2006: Professore Associato S.S.D. M-PSI/02 (Psicologia Fisiologica e Psicobiologia) presso il Dipartimento di Psicologia dell' Universita' La Sapienza in Roma.
2006-2009: Professore Straordinario S.S.D. M-PSI/02(Psicologia Fisiologica e Psicobiologia) presso il Dipartimento di Psicologia dell' Universita' La Sapienza in Roma.
2009-presente: Professore Ordinario S.S.D. M-PSI/02 (Psicologia Fisiologica e Psicobiologia) presso il Dipartimento di Psicologia dell' Universita' La Sapienza in Roma.
1994 - oggi: consulente di ricerca presso la Sezione di Neuropsicologia - IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia - Roma.
2010-2012: Presidente CdLM Neuroscienze Cognitive e Riabilitazione Psicologica
2013-2018: Direttore della Scuola di Specializzazione in Neuropsicologia
2019-: Coordinatore Dottorato di Ricerca in Neuroscienze del Comportamento

Interessi di ricerca:
1. Immagini mentali visive
2. Basi neurali dei processi di rappresentazione e memoria spaziale
3. Neuropsicologia della navigazione ambientale
4. Disturbi della percezione e della rappresentazione mentale dello spazio conseguenti lesioni cerebrali focali
5. Plasticita' neurale e neuroriabilitazione
Indici bibliometrici (fonte Scopus 19/02/2021) n. pubblicaizoni= 160; H-index= 32

Principali pubblicazioni degli ultimi 5 anni:
Raimo S, Iona T, Di Vita A, Boccia M, Buratin S, Ruggeri F, Iosa M, Guariglia C, Grossi D, Palermo L. The development of body representations in school-aged. Appl Neuropsychol Child. 2019 Dec 20:1-13. doi: 10.1080/21622965.2019.1703704. [Epub ahead of print]
Raimo S, Boccia M, Di Vita A, Iona T, Cropano M, Ammendolia A, Colao R, Iocco M, Angelillo V, Guariglia C, Grossi D, Palermo L. Interoceptive awareness in focal brain-damaged patients. Neurol Sci. 2019 Dec 14. doi: 10.1007/s10072-019-04172-z. [Epub ahead of print]
Bartonek Å, Piccardi L, Guariglia C. Topographical Working Memory in Children with Cerebral Palsy. J Mot Behav. 2020 Apr 13:1-9. doi: 10.1080/00222895.2020.1748861. Epub ahead of print.
Bocchi A, Palmiero M, Boccia M, Di Vita A, Guariglia C, Piccardi L. Travel Planning Ability in Right Brain-Damaged Patients: Two Case Reports. Front Hum Neurosci. 2020;14:117. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.00117. P
Boccia M, Di Vita A, Palermo L, Nemmi F, Traballesi M, Brunelli S, De Giorgi R, Galati G, Guariglia C. Neural modifications in lower limb amputation: an fMRI study on action and non-action oriented body representations. Brain Imaging Behav. 2020; 14(2):416-425. doi: 10.1007/s11682-019-00142-3.
Boccia M, Bonavita A, Diana S, Di Vita A, Ciurli MP, Guariglia C. Topographical Disorientation: Clinical and Theoretical Significance of Long-Lasting Improvements Following Imagery-Based Training. Front Hum Neurosci. 2019 Sep 20;13:322. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00322. eCollection 2019.
Teghil A, Boccia M, Nocera L, Pietranelli V, Guariglia C. Interoceptive awareness selectively predicts timing accuracy in irregular contexts. Behav Brain Res. 2020 Jan 13;377:112242. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112242.
Teghil A, Boccia M, Bonavita A, Guariglia C. Temporal features of spatial knowledge: Representing order and duration of topographical information. Behav Brain Res. 2019 Dec 30;376:112218. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112218.
Boccia M, Teghil A, Guariglia C. Looking into recent and remote past: Meta-analytic evidence for cortical re-organization of episodic autobiographical memories. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2019 Dec;107:84-95. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.09.003. 2.
D'Antonio F, Di Vita A, Zazzaro G, Brusà E, Trebbastoni A, Campanelli A, Ferracuti S, de Lena C, Guariglia C, Boccia M. Psychosis of Alzheimer's disease: Neuropsychological and neuroimaging longitudinal study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019 ;34(11): 1689-1697. doi: 10.1002/gps.5183
Bivona U, Costa A, Contrada M, Silvestro D, Azicnuda E, Aloisi M, Catania G, Ciurli P, Guariglia C, Caltagirone C, Formisano R, Prigatano GP. Depression, apathy and impaired self-awareness following severe traumatic brain injury: a preliminary investigation. Brain Inj. 2019;33(9):1245-1256. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2019.1641225.
Piccardi L, Palmiero M, Bocchi A, Boccia M, Guariglia C. How does environmental knowledge allow us to come back home? Exp Brain Res. 2019; 237(7):1811-1820. doi: 10.1007/s00221-019-05552-9.
Boccia M, Di Vita A, Diana S, Margiotta R, Imbriano L, Rendace L, Campanelli A, D'Antonio F, Trebbastoni A, de Lena C, Piccardi L, Guariglia C. Is Losing One's Way a Sign of Cognitive Decay? Topographical Memory Deficit as an Early Marker of Pathological Aging. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;68(2):679-693.
Di Vita A, Palermo L, Boccia M, Guariglia C. Topological map of the body in post-stroke patients: Lesional and hodological aspects. Neuropsychology. 2019 May;33(4):499-507. doi: 10.1037/neu0000536. Epub 2019 Feb 7.
Teghil A, Boccia M, Guariglia C. Field dependence-independence differently affects retrospective time estimation and flicker-induced time dilation. Exp Brain Res. 2019 Apr;237(4):1019-1029.
Boccia M, Sulpizio V, Teghil A, Palermo L, Piccardi L, Galati G, Guariglia C. The dynamic contribution of the high-level visual cortex to imagery and perception. Hum Brain Mapp. 2019 Jun 1;40(8):2449-2463.
De Nigris A, Masciarelli G, Guariglia C. Efficacy of neuropsychological rehabilitation on numerical and calculation abilities: A developmental case study. Appl Neuropsychol Child. 2019 Jan 4:1-11. [Epub ahead of print]
Palermo L, Di Vita A, Boccia M, Nemmi F, Brunelli S, Traballesi M, De Giorgi R, Galati G, Guariglia C. Action and NonAction Oriented Body Representations: Insight from Behavioural and Grey Matter Modifications in Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation. Biomed Res Int. 2018 Oct 18;2018:1529730.
Boccia M, Vecchione F, Di Vita A, D'Amico S, Guariglia C, Piccardi L. Effect of Cognitive Style on Topographical Learning Across Life Span: Insights From Normal Development. Child Dev. 2019 Mar; 90(2):462-470.
Bianchini F, Verde P, Colangeli S, Boccia M, Strollo F, Guariglia C, Bizzarro G, Piccardi L. Effects of oral contraceptives and natural menstrual cycling on environmental learning. BMC Womens Health. 2018 Nov 7;18(1):179.
Palermo L, Cinelli MC, Piccardi L, De Felice S, Ciurli P, Incoccia C, Zompanti L, Guariglia C. Cognitive functions underlying prospective memory deficits: A study on traumatic brain injury. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2018 Oct 31:1-15. [Epub ahead of print].
Teghil A, Boccia M, D'Antonio F, Di Vita A, de Lena C, Guariglia C. Neural substrates of internally-based and externallycued timing: An activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis of fMRI studies. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2019 Jan;96:197-209.
Onida A, Di Vita A, Bianchini F, Rivera D, Morlett-Paredes A, Guariglia C, Arango-Lasprilla JC. Neuropsychology as a profession in Italy. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2018 Sep 5:1-15.
Sulpizio V, Boccia M, Guariglia C, Galati G. Neural Codes for One's Own Position and Direction in a Real-World "Vista" Environment. Front Hum Neurosci. 2018 Apr 30;12:167.
Nori R, Piccardi L, Maialetti A, Goro M, Rossetti A, Argento O, Guariglia C. No Gender Differences in Egocentric and Allocentric Environmental Transformation After Compensating for Male Advantage by Manipulating Familiarity. Front Neurosci. 2018 Mar 28;12:204.
Conson M, Bianchini F, Quarantelli M, Boccia M, Salzano S, Di Vita A, Guariglia C. Selective map-following navigation deficit: A new case of developmental topographical disorientation. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2018; 40(9):940-50.
Boccia M, Di Vita A, Palermo L, Committeri G, Piccardi L, Guariglia C. The way to "left" Piazza del Popolo: damage to white matter tracts in representational neglect for places. Brain Imaging Behav. 2018 Dec 12(6):1720-1729
Di Vita A, Boccia M, Palermo L, Nemmi F, Traballesi M, Brunelli S, De Giorgi R, Galati G, Guariglia C. Cerebellar grey matter modifications in lower limb amputees not using prosthesis. Sci Rep. 2018 Jan 10;8(1):370
Boccia M, Rosella M, Vecchione F, Tanzilli A, Palermo L, D'Amico S, Guariglia C, Piccardi L. Enhancing Allocentric Spatial Recall in Pre-schoolers through Navigational Training Programme. Front Neurosci. 2017 Oct 16;11:574.
Romani C, Galuzzi C, Guariglia C, Goslin J. Comparing phoneme frequency, age of acquisition, and loss in aphasia: Implications for phonological universals. Cogn Neuropsychol. 2017 Oct-Dec 34(7-8):449-471.
Boccia M, Vecchione F, Piccardi L, Guariglia C. Effect of Cognitive Style on Learning and Retrieval of Navigational Environments. Front Pharmacol. 2017 Jul 25;8:496.
Boccia M, Marin D, D'Antuono G, Ciurli P, Incoccia C, Antonucci G, Guariglia C, Piccardi L. The Tower of London (ToL) in Italy: standardization of the ToL test in an Italian population. Neurol Sci. 2017 Jul;38(7):1263-1270.
Boccia M, Barbetti S, Piccardi L, Guariglia C, Giannini AM. Neuropsychology of Aesthetic Judgment of Ambiguous and Non-Ambiguous Artworks. Behav Sci (Basel). 2017 Mar 18;7(1). pii: E13
Boccia M, Piccardi L, D'Alessandro A, Nori R, Guariglia C. Restructuring the navigational field: individual predisposition towards field independence predicts preferred navigational strategy. Exp Brain Res. 2017 Jun;235(6):1741-1748.
Tedesco AM, Bianchini F, Piccardi L, Clausi S, Berthoz A, Molinari M, Guariglia C, Leggio M. Does the cerebellum contribute to human navigation by processing sequential information? Neuropsychology. 2017 Jul;31(5):564-574.
Rigon J, Burro R, Guariglia C, Maini M, Marin D, Ciurli P, Bivona U, Formisano R. Self-awareness rehabilitation after Traumatic Brain Injury: A pilot study to compare two group therapies. Restor Neurol Neurosci. 2017;35(1):115-127.
Sulpizio V, Boccia M, Guariglia C, Galati G. Implicit coding of location and direction in a familiar, real-world "vista" space. Behav Brain Res. 2017 Feb 15;319:16-24.
Nemmi F, Boccia M, Guariglia C. Does aging affect the formation of new topographical memories? Evidence from an extensive spatial training. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2017 Jan;24(1):29-44.
Boccia M, Sulpizio V, Nemmi F, Guariglia C, Galati G. Direct and indirect parieto-medial temporal pathways for spatial navigation in humans: evidence from resting-state functional connectivity. Brain Struct Funct. 2017 May;222(4):1945-1957.
D'Antuono G, La Torre FR, Marin D, Antonucci G, Piccardi L, Guariglia C. Role of working memory, inhibition, and fluid intelligence in the performance of the Tower of London task. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2017 Nov-Dec;24(6):548558.
Boccia M, Sulpizio V, Palermo L, Piccardi L, Guariglia C, Galati G. I can see where you would be: Patterns of fMRI activity reveal imagined landmarks. Neuroimage. 2017 Jan 1;144(Pt A):174-182.
Di Vita A, Palermo L, Piccardi L, Di Tella J, Propato F, Guariglia C. Body representation alterations in personal but not in extrapersonal neglect patients. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2017 Jul-Aug;24(4):308-317.
Boccia M, Dacquino C, Piccardi L, Cordellieri P, Guariglia C, Ferlazzo F, Ferracuti S, Giannini AM. Neural foundation of human moral reasoning: an ALE meta-analysis about the role of personal perspective. Brain Imaging Behav. 2017 Feb;11(1):278-292.
Palmiero M, Piccardi L, Nori R, Palermo L, Salvi C, Guariglia C. Editorial: Creativity and Mental Imagery. Front Psychol. 2016 Aug 25;7:1280.
Piccardi L, De Luca M, Nori R, Palermo L, Iachini F, Guariglia C. Navigational Style Influences Eye Movement Pattern during Exploration and Learning of an Environmental Map. Front Behav Neurosci. 2016 Jun 29;10:140.
Boccia M, Silveri MC, Sabatini U, Guariglia C, Nemmi F. Neural Underpinnings of the Decline of Topographical Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2016 Dec;31(8):618-630.
Boccia M, Piccardi L, Di Marco M, Pizzamiglio L, Guariglia C. Does field independence predict visuo-spatial abilities underpinning human navigation? Behavioural evidence. Exp Brain Res. 2016 Oct;234(10):2799-807
Di Vita A, Boccia M, Palermo L, Guariglia C. To move or not to move, that is the question! Body schema and nonaction oriented body representations: An Fmri meta-analytic study. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2016 Sep;68:37-46.
Palermo L, Piccardi L, Nori R, Giusberti F, Guariglia C. The impact of ageing and gender on visual mental imagery processes: A study of performance on tasks from the Complete Visual Mental Imagery Battery (CVMIB). J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2016 Sep;38(7):752-63.
Sulpizio V, Boccia M, Guariglia C, Galati G. Functional connectivity between posterior hippocampus and retrosplenial complex predicts individual differences in navigational ability. Hippocampus. 2016 Jul;26(7):841-7. doi:
10.1002/hipo.22592. Epub 2016 Apr 18.
Boccia M, Barbetti S, Piccardi L, Guariglia C, Ferlazzo F, Giannini AM, Zaidel DW. Where does brain neural activation in aesthetic responses to visual art occur? Meta-analytic evidence from neuroimaging studies. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2016 Jan;60:65-71.

Pizzamiglio L, Denes G, Guariglia C, Cappa S, Grossi D, Luzzatti C. (a cura di ) Manuale di Neuropsicologia 3 edizione. Bologna: Zanichelli, 2019.
Guariglia C, Palermo L , Disturbi visuo-spaziali e visuo-immaginativi. In (Denes G, Pizzamiglio L, Guariglia C, Cappa S, Grossi D, Luzzatti C) Manuale di Neuropsicologia. Bologna: Zanichelli, 2019, 561-576.
Guariglia C, Piccardi L, I disordini dell orientamento spaziale. In (Denes G, Pizzamiglio L, Guariglia C, Cappa S, Grossi D, Luzzatti C) Manuale di Neuropsicologia. Bologna: Zanichelli, 2019, 646-661.