About
I am a postdoc researcher in developmental neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin where I am a member of the Cusack Lab. My research focuses on combining neuroimaging techniques with deep learning methods in order to model how the infant brain learns during the first year of life. Outside academia I am passionate about science communication and I am a member of Scientificast, an Italian association dedicated to share scientific knowledge and for which I write blog articles and participate in podcasts talking about neuroscience and psychology, and of Women in Research Ireland, a charity which aims to provide a platform to raise awareness and discuss solutions to problems affecting under-represented groups in research.
Education
PhD (summa cum laude) in Psychological Sciences and Education
2015 - 2019
Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento (Italy)
Visiting researcher
February 2018
Developmental Psychobiology Lab, Radboud University (The Netherlands)
Visiting researcher
October 2017 – December 2017
Division of Psychology, School of social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
International Program Associate (IPA) Student
September 2016 – September 2017
Affiliative Social Behavior Lab, RIKEN Brain Science Institute (Japan)
Master degree (110/110 summa cum laude) in Cognitive Psychology
2010 - 2013
Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento (Italy)
Bachelor degree (110/110 summa cum laude) in Psychology-Neuroscience
2013 - 2015
Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento (Italy)
Internships and schools
Neurohackademy
July – August 2019
University of Washington, Seattle (USA)
Cognitive Neuroscience of Thought
June 2019
Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies, Venice (Italy)
CIFAR Early Developmental Neuroscience Catalyst Workshop
June 2019
Department of Psychology, Yale University (USA)
Brain Science Institute Summer Program
June – July 2015
Affiliative Social Behavior Lab, RIKEN Brain Science Institute (Japan)
Internship research program
January – February 2015
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Nagasaki University (Japan)
Master research internship
May 2014 – December 2014
Affiliative Behavior and Physiology lab, University of Trento (Italy)
Undergraduate research internship
October 2012 – April 2013
Animal Cognition and Neuroscience Lab, University of Trento (Italy)
Reviewer for scientific journals
Publons profile
Current Biology
Communications Psychology
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Behavioral Brain Research
Parenting: Science and Practice
SAGE Online
Open Psychology
International Journal of Psychophysiology
PlosOne
Infant Behaviour and Development
Cerebral Cortex Communications
Journal of Cognitive Psychology
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Professional Experience
Teaching fellow
2021 - Present
School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland). Module “Statistics and Methodology III”
Postdoc researcher
2019 - Present
Cusack Lab, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)
Professor of Data Analysis and Representation
April 2018 – May 2018
Master course in Psychology-Neuroscience, University of Trento (Italy)
Teaching assistant in Clinical Psychology
March 2018 – May 2018
Undergraduate course in Cognitive Science, University of Trento (Italy)
Teaching assistant in Social Affective Neuroscience
March 2016 – April 2016
Master course in Psychology-Neuroscience, University of Trento (Italy)
Teaching assistant in Clinical Tests and Evaluation
April 2015 – May 2015
Master course in Psychology-Neuroscience, University of Trento (Italy)
Open Source Library Contributions
Scikit-bio library
2020
https://github.com/biocore/scikit-bio
Psychopy library
2020
https://github.com/biocore/scikit-bio
Associations and societies
Scientificast
2023 - Present
Board of directors
Women in Research Ireland (WIRI)
2022 - Present
Ordinary commitee member
FAWLTS
2021 - Present
Mentor for high school students
Women in Research Ireland (WIRI)
2020 - 2022
Secretary
Scientificast
2018 - 2022
Editorial staff
Students supervision
2019 - 2021
Cusack Lab, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)
- 5 FYP Neuroscience students (co-supervisor). One of them is now a PhD student in the Cusack Lab
- 2 FYP Psychology students (co-supervisor)
2017
Affiliative Social Behavior Lab, RIKEN Brain Science Institute (Japan)
- 2 summer intern students (co-supervisor)
2015 - 2018
Affiliative Behaviour and Physiology Lab, University of Trento (Italy)
- 4 undergraduate intern students (co-supervisor)
- 4 master intern students (co-supervisor). 3 of them are now PhD students in Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Radboud University (The Netherlands), and the University of Trento (Italy).
Grants and awards
2022
Equality Fund (Trinity College Dublin) – (UN)PRIVILEGED project
2019
Travel Award, Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia “Brain produces Mind by Modeling”
2016
Award for academic merit, University of Trento
2016
“Ilenia Graziola” award for the best scientific work published before graduation, University of Trento
2016
Award for academic merit from AVIS (Italian Association for Blood Donors)
2015
Scholarship for International Program Associate (IPA), RIKEN Brain Science Institute (Japan)
2015
Scholarship RIKEN Brain Science Institute Summer Program “Sculpting Neural Circuits and Behavior”, RIKEN (Japan)
2014
Internship scholarship, Department of Neurology and Behavior, Nagasaki University (Japan)
2014
Award for academic merit, University of Trento
Programming languages
During my research carreer I had the possibility to collaborate with several different teams each used to different softwares. In turn, this gave me the chance to both broad my skills and learn how to flexibly adapt to new tools and work pipelines. Furthermore, I am currently working on improving my research software engineering skills to boost reproducibility and replicability of my own work (if you are also interested check out this guide by Irving et al.).
- All
- Publications
- Talks
- Posters
Peer reviewed publications
Truzzi, A., & Cusack, R. (2023). The development of intrinsic timescales: A comparison between the neonate and adult brain. NeuroImage, 275, 120155.
Ohmura, N., Okuma, L., Truzzi, A., Esposito, G., & Kuroda, K. O. (2023). Maternal physiological calming responses to infant suckling at the breast. The Journal of Physiological Sciences, 73(1), 3.
King, G., Truzzi, A., Cusack, R. (2022). The confound of head position in within-session connectome fingerprinting in infants. NeuroImage,119808.
Ohmura, N., Okuma, L., Truzzi, A., Shinozuka, K., Saito, A., Yokota, S., Bizzego, A., Miyazawa, E., Shimizu, M., Esposito, G., Kuroda, K.O. (2022). A method to soothe and promote sleep in crying infants utilizing the Transport Response. Current Biology, 32(20):4521-4529.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.041.
Navarini, N., Venturoso, L., Gabrieli, G., Truzzi, A., Lim, M., Setoh, P., Esposito, G. (2021). The Influence of Baby Schema Effect and Mere Exposure Effect on Implicit and Explicit Face Processing: a Follow-Up Study. Experimental Psychology (Russia), Vol. 14, no. 2, 124–140, doi:10.17759/exppsy.2021140209
Bonassi, A., Ghilardi, T., Gabrieli, G., Truzzi, A., Doi, H., Borelli, J.L., Lepri, B., Shinohara, K., Esposito, G. (2021). The Recognition of Cross-Cultural Emotional Faces Is Affected by Intensity and Ethnicity in a Japanese Sample. Behavioural Sciences, 11(5), 59; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11050059
Bizzego, A., Azhari, A., Campostrini, N., Truzzi, A., Ng, L. Y., Gabrieli, G., Bornstein, M.H., Setoh, P., Esposito, G. (2020). Strangers, Friends, and Lovers Show Different Physiological Synchrony in Different Emotional States. Behavioral Sciences, 10(1), 11.
Azhari, A., Truzzi, A., Neoh, J.M., Balagtas, J.P.M., Tan, H.A.H., Goh, P.L.P., Ang, X.H.A., Setoh, P., Rigo, P., Bornstein, M.H. and Esposito, G. (2020). A Decade of Infant Neuroimaging Research: What have we learned and where are we going? Infant Behavior and Development, 58, 101389.
Venturoso, L., Gabrieli, G., Truzzi, A., Azhari, A., Setoh, P., Bornstein, M.H., Esposito, G. (2019). Effects of Baby Schema and Mere Exposure on Explicit and Implicit Face Processing. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2649.
Esposito, G., Truzzi, A., Yoshida, S., Ohnishi, R., Miyazawa, E., Kuroda, K.O. (2019). Using maternal rescue of pups in a cup to investigate mother-infant interactions in mice/rodents. Behavioural Brain Research, 374, 112081.
Truzzi, A., & Ripoli, C. (2019). Sympathetic activation in response to infant cry: Distress or promptness to action?. Parenting, 19(1-2), 26-29.
Onnis, L., Truzzi, A., & Ma, X. (2018). Language development and disorders: Possible genes and environment interactions. Research in developmental disabilities, 82, 132-146.
Azhari, A., Truzzi, A., Rigo, P., Bornstein, M.H., Esposito, G. (2018). Putting Salient Vocalizations in Context: Adults’ Physiological Arousal to Emotive Cues in Domestic and External Environments. Physiology and Behavior. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.08.010
Truzzi, A., Islam, T, Valenzi, S., Esposito, G. (2018). Infant communicative signals elicit differential brain dynamics in fathers and non-fathers. Early Child Development and Care, DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2018.1482890.
Truzzi, A., Poquérusse, J., Setoh P., Shinohara, K., Bornstein, M.H., Esposito, G. (2018). Oxytocin receptor gene polymorphisms (rs53576) and early paternal care sensitize males to distressing female vocalizations. Developmental Psychobiology, 60(3), 333-339
Bonassi, A., Ghilardi, T., Truzzi, A., Cataldo, I., Azari, A., Setoh, P., Shinohara, K., Esposito,G. (2017). Dataset on genetic and physiological adults' responses to social distress. Data in Brief, 13, 742-748.
Truzzi, A., Bornstein M.H., Senese, V.P., Shinohara, K., Setoh, P., Esposito, G. (2017). Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and early parent-infant interactions are related to adult male heart rate response to female crying. Frontiers in Physiology, 8(111), doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00111.
Esposito G., Truzzi A., Setoh P., Putnick D.L., Shinohara K., Bornstein MH. (2017) Genetic predispositions and parental bonding interact to shape adults’ physiological responses to social distress. Behavioral Brain Research.
Esposito, G., Manian, N., Truzzi, A., Bornstein, M.H (2016). Response to infant cry in clinically depressed and non-depressed mothers. PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0169066.
Bornstein, M.H., Costlow, K., Truzzi, A., Esposito, G. (2016). Categorizing the cries of infants with ASD versus typically developing infants: A study of adult accuracy and reaction time. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 31, 66-72.
Truzzi A., Setoh P., Shinohara K., Esposito G. (2016) Physiological responses to dyadic interactions are influenced by neurotypical adults’ levels of autistic and empathy traits. Physiology & Behavior, 165, 7-14.
Truzzi A., Senese VP., Setoh P., Ripoli C., Esposito G. (2016). In utero testosterone exposure influences physiological responses to dyadic interactions in neurotypical adults. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 28, 304–309, doi: 10.1017/neu.2016.15.
Dalsant A., Truzzi A., Setoh P., Esposito G. (2015). Maternal bonding in childhood moderates autonomic responses to distress stimuli in adult males. Behavioural Brain Research, 292, 428-431.
Dalsant A., Truzzi A., Setoh P., Esposito G. (2015). Empatia e teoria della mente: un unico meccanismo cognitivo/Empathy and theory of mind: one underlying mechanism. Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia, 6 (2), 248-261.
Book chapters
Truzzi A. (2023). L’occhio e il punto cieco (The eye and the blind spot). In DeAgostini Scuola Live, https://blog.deascuola.it/articoli/punto-cieco-nel-campo-visivo.
Truzzi A. (2022). Come la previsione del futuro influenza il controllo motorio volontario. (How foreseeing the future influences voluntary motor control). In DeAgostini Scuola Live, https://blog.deascuola.it/articoli/attivita-motoria-e-cervello.
Truzzi A., Cataldo I., Esposito G. (2018). Adult Attachment. In Bornstein M. H. (Ed.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development, SAGE Publications Inc., USA.
Invited talks
Truzzi, A. (2023). Integrating information in time: the development of intrinsic timescales in the brain. University of Granada, Spain, March 16th 2023
Truzzi, A. (2023). The origin and development of intrinsic timescales in the brain. Predictive Brain Health Modelling Workshop, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, February 22nd 2023
Teacher at the Podcasting workshop in LMB-IBMB Graduate Life Science Symposium 2021 (virtual), June 30th – July 2nd, 2021
Truzzi, A (2020). Does training improve deep neural networks’ fitness as a model for visual activity in the brain?. Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience Postdoc Symposia (virtual) August 13th, 2020
Truzzi, A (2020). From random to trained: Investigating the application of convolutional neural networks as models for infants’ visual brain development. University of Trento (virtual seminar) July 10th, 2020
Talks
Truzzi, A., Cusack, R. (2022). Intrinsic timescales in the brain: similarities and differences between neonates and adults. International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS) – July 7th-10th, 2022, Ottawa (Canada).
Truzzi, A. (2020). Does training improve deep neural networks’ fitness as a model for visual activity in the brain?. Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience Postdoc Symposia (virtual) August 13th, 2020
Truzzi, A., Cusack, R. (2020). Are deep neural networks effective models of visual activity in the brain because of their architecture or training? Neuromatch, March 30-31, 2020
Shinozuka, K., Yano-Nashimoto, S., Yoshihara, C., Truzzi, A., Esposito, G., Tokita, K., Shindo, S., Watanabe, D., Matsui, R., Saito, A., Kuroda, K. (2019). Investigation of brain mechanisms for primate parental behavior. Japanese Neuroscience Society (JNS), July 25-28, 2019, Niigata (Japan).
Gabrieli G., Truzzi A., Rigo P., Onnis L., Esposito G. (2018). Promoting empathy with rhymes: effects of poetry exposure on physiological arousal and empathic trait. European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN), 19-22 July 2018, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Truzzi, A., Shinozuka, K., Yano-Nashimoto, S., Shindo, S., Saito, A., Esposito, G., Kuroda K.O. (2018). “Caregivers’ behaviors moderate infants’ calm state in a primate model: towards an early and objective evaluation of caregiver-infant interactions”. 16th World Association for Infant Mental Health Congress, May 26-30, 2018, Rome, Italy.
Truzzi A., Shinozuka K., Yano-Nashimoto S., Shindo S., Saito A., Esposito G., Kuroda K.O. (2017). Infants’ soothing influenced by caregivers’ behavioral patterns: A primate model to investigate parent-infant interactions. XXIII Congress of the Italian Psychological Association (AIP) – Experimental Psychology Section, September 20-22 2017, Bari, Italy.
Truzzi A., Shinozuka K., Yano-Nashimoto S., Shindo S., Saito A., Esposito G., Kuroda K.O. (2017). Infant distress calls during carrying as consequence of parental practices: A primate model. 13th International Infant Cry Workshop, 6-8 July 2017, Rovereto, Trento (Italy).
Azhari A., Rigo P., Truzzi A., Esposito G (2017). “Gender and context effects modulate adults’ neurophysiological response to infant vocalizations”. 13th International Infant Cry Workshop, 6-8 July 2017, Rovereto, Trento (Italy).
Esposito G.,Truzzi A., Cataldo I., Setoh P. Adults’ responses to social distress: The role of bonding-related genes and early parental attachment. Association for Psychological Science (APA) Annual Convention, May 25-28 2017, Boston, USA.
Cataldo I., Truzzi A., Esposito G.,Venuti P. (2016). "The interaction between parental relationships and environment moderate physiological responses to infant cry in adulthood". XVIII National Congress of Clinical and Dynamic Psychology, 16-18 September 2016, Rome, Italy
Cataldo I., Truzzi A., Esposito G.,Venuti P. (2016). "The interaction between parental relationships and environment moderate physiological responses to infant cry in adulthood". XVIII National Congress of Clinical and Dynamic Psychology, 16-18 September 2016, Rome, Italy
Onnis L., Truzzi A., Venuti P., Bentenuto A., Esposito G., Edelman S. (2016). “Parental speech to typically and non-typically developing toddlers”. International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, 5-8 May 2016, Granada, Spain.
Onnis L., Truzzi A., Venuti P., Bentenuto A., Esposito G., Edelman S. (2016). “Structured variation in speech to typically and non-typically developing toddlers”. Malaysian Workshop on Child Language Acquisition, 12 January 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Truzzi A., Setoh P., Shinohara K., Bornstein M.H., Esposito G. (2016). “Genetic factors and early attachment interact to shape adult physiological responses to distress”. Cognitive Science Arena, 19-20 February 2016, Brixen, Italy.
Truzzi A., Setoh P., Dalsant A., Shinohara K., Esposito G. (2015). “Physiological responses to social interactions are modulated by level of autistic traits”. Annual Congress for Experimental Psychology, 10-12 September 2015, Rovereto, Italy.
Dalsant A., Truzzi A., Campostrini N., Shinohara K., Esposito G. (2015). “Attachment Style predicts physiological responses to social vocalizations in male adults”. Cognitive Science Arena, 6-7 February 2015, Brixen, Italy.
Posters
Truzzi, A., Rico-Picó, J., Rueda, M., R., Cusack, R. (2023). Intrinsic timescales in the infant brain: comparison with adults and longitudinal development. School of Psychology Research Symposium, 7 March 2023, Dublin, Ireland.
King, G., Dineen, A., O'Doherty, C., Truzzi, A., Caldinelli, C., D'Arcy, E.L., White, J., Kravchenko, A., Zaadnoordijk, L., Burke, A., Healy, M., Joseph, S., Molloy, E., Foran, A., Tarrant, A., Byrne, A.T., Cusack, R. (2023). 100 Babies: Lessons from Awake Infant fMRI at 2 months. Trinity College Dublin School of Psychology Research Symposium, 7 March 2023, Dublin.
Dineen, Á.T., Kravchenko, A., Truzzi, A., Wade, A., Cusack, R. Do Blurry Beginnings Help Us See the Big Picture? (2023) Insights from Deep Learning. Trinity College Dublin School of Psychology Research Symposium, 7 March 2023, Dublin.
Yano-Nashimoto, S., Truzzi, A., Shinozuka, K., Murayama, A., Saito, A., Kuroda, K.O. (2023). Parenting style affects infants’ attachment behavior:Artificial rearing induces disorganized-like attachment in infant marmosets. 12th annual meeting of the Japanese society for marmoset research , 7-8 February 2023, Japan.
Yano-Nashimoto, S., Truzzi, A., Shinozuka, K., Shindo, S., Saito, A., Kuroda, K.O. (2022). Attachment Behavior of Infant Marmosets Depends on Individual Caregiver’s Parental Style. National Institute for Physiological Sciences workshop, 26 September 2022, Japan.
Truzzi, A., Cusack, R. (2022). Do Convolutional Neural Networks Model Inferior Temporal Cortex Because of Perceptual or Semantic Features? Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience (CCN), August 25-28 2022, San Francisco (USA).
Truzzi, A., Rico-Picó, J., Rueda, M., R., Cusack, R. (2022). Intrinsic timescales in the infant brain measured with fMRI and EEG. Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual meeting, June 19-23 2022, Glasgow, UK.
Truzzi, A., Cusack, R. (2022). Temporal regularities in the environment and the intrinsic timescales of cognitive systems: which comes first? Budapest CEU conference on Cognitive Development (BCCCD), January 10-14 2022, virtual conference.
Truzzi, A., Cusack, R. (2021). Are intrinsic timescales innate or emergent? Intrinsic timescales by brain region in human neonates and adults. Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Annual Meeting, November 8-11 2021, virtual conference.
Truzzi, A., Cusack, R. (2021). Comparing brain intrinsic timescales in human neonates and adults: Are intrinsic timescales innate or emergent? Neuroscience Ireland Conference, September 9-10 2021, virtual conference.
King, G., Truzzi, A., Cusack, R. (2021). Exploring the Connectome in Preterm Infants in the Early Postnatal Period. Fetal and Neonatal Neurology, March 3-5 2021, Virtual conference.
Truzzi, A., & Cusack, R. (2020). Understanding CNNs as a model of the inferior temporal cortex: using mediation analysis to unpack the contribution of perceptual and semantic features in random and trained networks. 2nd Workshop on Shared Visual Representations in Human and Machine Intelligence (SVRHM), NeurIPS 2020. December 6th-12th 2020, Virtual conference.
Truzzi, A., & Cusack, R. (2020). Convolutional neural networks as a model of visual activity in the brain: Greater contribution of architecture than learned weights. International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS), 6-9 July 2020.
O'Doherty, C., Truzzi, A., & Cusack, R. (2020). Semantic relationships emerge from visual temporal co-occurrences: A statistical analysis of a learning mechanism in early infancy. International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS), 6-9 July 2020.
Truzzi, A., & Cusack, R. (2020). Convolutional neural networks as a model of visual activity in the brain: Greater contribution of architecture than learned weights. Bridging AI and Cognitive Science – International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 26-30 April 2020.
Truzzi A., O’Doherty, C., Birbeck, A., Cusack, R. (2019). What visual features do deep neural networks see?. Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium “Brain produces mind by modelling”, 1-3 May 2019, Irvine, California, USA.
Azhari, A., Truzzi A., Kuroda, K., Esposito, G. (2019). Mechanisms of Mother-Infant Interaction in a Brief Separation and Reunion (BSR) Paradigm. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), 21–23 March 2019, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Truzzi, A., Shinozuka, K., Yano-Nashimoto, S., Shindo, S., Saito, A., Esposito, G., Kuroda K.O. (2018). “Evaluating caregiver-infant interaction quality in an animal model: towards early and objective measures”. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSDB), July 15-19, 2018, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Venturoso L., Gabrieli G., Truzzi A., Esposito G. (2018), “Isn’t it lovely?”: Gender differences in response to babies and adults faces of different ethnic groups, Concepts, Actions and Objects. Functional and Neural Perspectives (CAOs), May 3-5 2018, Rovereto (TN), Italy
Azhari, A., Truzzi, A., Tan, P., Bizzego, A., Rigo, P., Esposito, G. (2018). Differences in Males’ and Females’ Prefrontal Cortex Activation When Exposed to Romantic, Friendly or Sibling Love. 7th Consortium of European Research on Emotion (CERE), 4th-5th April, 2018, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Gabrieli, G., Truzzi, A., Soh,V., Setoh, P., Esposito, G. (2018). Love patterns: a machine learning approach to the study of individuals’ perception of romantic interactions in ongoing and past relationships. 7th Consortium of European Research on Emotion (CERE), 4th-5th April, 2018, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Panzariello S., Truzzi A., Esposito G. (2018). Motor system involvement in response to infant cry promotes women’s promptness to take active rather than passive action. Conte Center@UCI 5th Annual Symposium, 6 March 2018, Irvine, California (USA).
Gabrieli G., Esposito G., Setoh P., Vil S., Truzzi A. (2018). A machine learning approach to the study of individuals’ perception of romantic relationships. Cognitive Science Arena (CSA), February 23-24 2018, Brixen, Italy
Truzzi, A., Shinozuka, K., Yano-Nashimoto, S., Shindo, S., Saito, A., Esposito, G., Kuroda K.O. (2017). “Caregivers’ behavioral style mediate infants’ calming responses in marmosets”. The 40th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Neuroscience Society, July 20-23, 2017, Chiba, Japan.
Truzzi A., Valenzi S., Tanvir I., Bornstein M.H., Esposito G.(2017). Infant cry and laughter differentially activate brain pre-motor areas in fathers and non-fathers. 13th International Infant Cry Workshop, 6-8 July 2017, Rovereto, Trento (Italy).
Setoh P., Truzzi A., Shinohara K., Bornstein M.H., Esposito G. (2017). Male arousal in response to cry is shaped by interaction of paternal bond and oxytocin-related genotype. 13th International Infant Cry Workshop, 6-8 July 2017, Rovereto, Trento (Italy).
Panzariello S., Truzzi A., Esposito G. (2017). Motor system involvement in response to infant cry promotes women’s promptness to take active rather than passive action. 13th International Infant Cry Workshop, 6-8 July 2017, Rovereto, Trento (Italy).
Esposito G., Truzzi A., Costlow K., Bornstein MH. (2017). “Cries of infants with ASD are more challenging to interpret than cries of typically developing infants”. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, April 6-8 2017, Austin, Texas (USA).
Gabrieli G., Lim M., Bolcato C., Truzzi A., Rigo P., Onnis L., Esposito G. (2017). Reading poetry increases adults’ empathetic traits and moderates physiological arousal. Social and Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS) Annual Meeting, 16-18 March 2017, Los Angeles (USA).
Rigo P., Azhari A., Truzzi A., Esposito G. (2017). “Context effect modulates central and peripheral nervous system response to infant vocalizations”. Social and Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS) Annual Meeting, 16-18 March 2017, Los Angeles (USA).
Truzzi A., Shinozuka K., Yano-Nashimoto S., Shindo S., Saito A., Esposito G., Kuroda K.O. (2017). “Caregiver-Infant Interactions’ Quality in Marmosets: The Role of Parental Behaviors”. RIKEN Joint Retreat, 2-3 February 2017, Hamanako (Japan).
Truzzi A., Shinozuka K., Yano-Nashimoto S., Shindo S., Saito A., Esposito G., Kuroda K.O. (2016). “Good vs bad parental behaviors moderate marmoset infants’ cry in distressing context”. Brain Science Institute Retreat, September 9 2016, Tokyo, Japan.
Truzzi A., Ghilardi T., Bonassi A., Cataldo I., Shinohara K., Bornstein M.H., Esposito G. (2016). “Genetic factors and adults’ expectations towards relationships interact in affecting physiological responses to social distress.” Rovereto Workshop on Cognition and Evolution (CogEvo), July 6-9 2016, Rovereto, Italy.
Campostrini N., O J., Truzzi A., Esposito G. (2016). “Influence of prenatal testosterone on heart rate responses to emotional stimuli in dyadic interaction among males and females.” Rovereto Workshop on Cognition and Evolution (CogEvo), July 6-9 2016, Rovereto, Italy.
Setoh P., Zhang L., Truzzi A., Esposito G. (2016). “Infant sleeping arrangements and mother-infant well-being in nine Asian, European, North and South American countries”. International Congress of Infant Studies, 26-28 May, New Orleans, USA.
Onnis L., Truzzi A., Venuti P., Bentenuto A., Edelman S., Esposito G. (2016). “Structured variation in speech to typically and non-typically developing toddlers”. International Congress of Infant Studies, 26-28 May, New Orleans, USA.
Esposito G., Truzzi A., Setoh P., Shinohara K., Bornstein M.H. (2016). “Genetic predispositions and parental attachment interact to shape adult physiological responses to social distress”. The Social and Affective Neuroscience Society – Annual Conference, April 28 – April 30 2016, New York, USA.
Setoh P., Truzzi A., Shinohara K., Esposito G. (2015). “Physiological responses to social and physical events are differentially modulated by levels of Autistic and Empathy Traits”. International Meeting for Autism Research- Regional, 6-8 November 2015, Shanghai, China.
Dalsant A., Truzzi A., Shinohara K, Esposito G. (2015). “Differential peripheral physiological responses to distress signals in male adults are mediated by Attachment Styles”. 14th European Congress of Psychology, 7-10 July 2015, Milan, Italy.
Truzzi A., Dalsant A., Setoh P, Esposito G. (2015). “Level of autistic and empathy traits mediates physiological responses to social interaction”. 14th European Congress of Psychology, 7-10 July 2015, Milan, Italy.
Truzzi A., Esposito G. (2015). “Differential physiological responses to appropriate vs non-appropriate social stimuli in neurotypical adults with different level of autistic and empathy traits”. 12th International Meeting for Autism Research, 13-16 May 2015, Salt Lake City, USA.
Truzzi A., Dalsant A., Antonelli E., Setoh P., Esposito G. (2015). “Autistic and empathy traits account for different physiological responses to social interactions”. Cognitive Science Arena, 6-7 February 2015, Brixen, Italy
Science Communication and public engagement
I consider scientific communication a core pillar of research activity. It is our responsability, as scientists, to share what we find and make it opensource and, in addition, it's fun! I find the mechanisms of the brain and mind extremely fascinating and I am always enthusiast when new opportinities to share neuroscience and psychology arise.
Radio interview
Radio interview with Maria McCann at The Saturday Cafè, WLR radio, Waterford, Ireland
Podcast and blog
I am a member of an italian association for the communication of science, Scientificast. Together with the other members of the editorial board we curate a podcast, for which I have been host, interviewer, and guest, and a blog. For the blog I write content about psychology and neuroscience, as well as about methods of research in these disciplines. Here you can see an overview of my contributions (in italian).
Women in Research Ireland
As a community we need to boost the well-being and participation of women and minorities in academia and to continuously
strive to reach equity everyone. Women in Research Ireland is a volunteer-run charity which aims to raise awareness about
problems experienced by under-represented group in research and to discuss possible solutions to them. This goal is achieved through the
organization of events, workshops and discussions which, as secretary, I contribute to organize and run.
Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date about upcoming events!
Mentor for high school students
FAWLTS is an italian association which aims to reduce the gap between the school and the job market. As a member of FAWLTS, I am part of a database of alumni available to students, who are free to contact me and ask information, directions, or insights about my work experience.
Workshops and lectures organization
Podcasting workshop in LMB-IBMB Graduate Life Science Symposium 2021 (virtual). Co-speaker. ( Workshop webpage)
NeuroAI at Trinity. Seminar series, 2020. Co-organizer. (Seminar webpage)
PhD Workshop Day. June, 13th 2016, University of Trento, Italy. Co-organizer
“The development of bonding: integrating genes and behaviour”. Summit Italy-Japan, February 5th 2016, University of Trento (Italy). Co-organizer. (Press release)
Articles and talks
Truzzi A. (2019). “A recipe for infant development: The role of genes and parental behaviors”. 21st May 2019, Pint of Science, Doyle’s Pub, Dublin, Ireland.
Truzzi A. (2018). Gli animali sociali (The social animals). University of Trento magazine – UniTrentoMag, October 29th 2018.
Truzzi A. (2018). Come la precoce interazione con i caregiver modera lo sviluppo sociale dell'individuo: un approccio multilivello (How the early caregiver-infant interaction moderates individuals' social development: A multilevel approach). University of Trento Orientation Week for high school students, 28th August 2019, Trento, Italy.
Truzzi, A. (2018). Caregivers’ behaviors moderate infants’ calm state: Objective evaluation of caregiver-infant interactions’ quality in a primate model. PhD Cognitive Science Open Day, June 7th 2018, University of Trento, Italy.
Truzzi, A., Esposito, G. (2016). The social animal: the role of genes and environmental factors in shaping social development. PhD Workshop Day, June 13th 2016, University of Trento, Italy.
Esposito G., Coppola K., Truzzi A. (2016). How can I make my younger sibling stop crying?. Frontiers for Young Minds – Understanding Neuroscience, DOI: 10.3389/frym.2016.00028
Esposito, G. Truzzi A. (2016). Geni e ambiente nello sviluppo dei legami affettivi (Genes and environment in the development of affective bonds>). UnitrentoMag, February 10th 2016.
Hobbies and life outside academia
Beyond academic life, I love spending time outside doing lots of various activities, though I have sweet spots for
hiking, surfing, exploring new places, and just chilling in parks with family and friends.
During the pandemic, however, I had to adapt, as everyone else did, to a inside-focused life and I learnt to enjoy a more relaxed
pace of life, which I'll try to keep up in the long-term. I also seized the opportunity to try my hand at activities out of my comfort zone
such as drawing and painting with watercolours.
Still a beginner, but working on it!
