My research focuses on developmental cognitive neuroscience, particularly on how infants begin to understand and respond to the emotions and intentions of others. I study the neural and behavioral mechanisms underlying early socioemotional development, multimodal emotion processing, and social communication.

Using a combination of behavioral experiments and neuroimaging techniques such as functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), I aim to investigate the neural and behavioral correlates of early emotion and communication processing.

I am broadly interested in how early sensory and social experiences shape brain development, the dynamic interplay between emotion and attention during infancy, and the developmental links between nonverbal communication and social-cognitive development.

Supervisor: Prof. Teresa Farroni