Education

Ph.D. Cognitive and Brain SciencesCenter for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), Rovereto, ItalyOngoing

M.Sc. Cognitive NeuroscienceCenter for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), Rovereto, ItalyInternational School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, ItalyCum Laude

B.A. Cognitive PsychologyUniversity of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, ItalyCum Laude

Research Experience

Per2Con: from perception to concepts group, PI: prof. M. Piazza 10/2015 - ongoingCenter for Mind/Brain Science (CIMeC), Rovereto, Italy

Visual Neuroscience Lab, PI: dr. D. Zoccolan 09/2014 - 09/2015International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy

Cognitive Electrophysiology Lab, PI: prof. A.M. Proverbio 06/2012 - 03/2013University of Milano - Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Teaching

“The role of hippocampus in memory and cognition” from 2016 to 2018Current Debates in Cognitive NeuroscienceUndergraduate program in Psychology, University of Trento, Italy

Additional Education

FENS - Hertie Winter School on Memory Mechanisms in Humans 12/2016Obergurgl University Center, Austria

Winter School in Quantitative Systems Biology, Computational Neuroscience 12/2014International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy

Conferences and workshops

Donders Discussions 08/2017Donders Institute, Nijmegen, Netherlands

CSA2017 - Cognitive Science Arena 02/2017Free University of Bolzano, Brixen, Italy

CAOs - Concepts, Actions and Objects Workshop (annual) from 2014 to 2018Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), Rovereto, Italy

simone.vigano@unitn.it

+39 0464 808621 simone_vigano (Skype)

Italian 26 August 1990

C.so Bettini 31, Rovereto (TN), 38068, IT

Simone Viganò

RAW - Rovereto Attention Workshop 10/2015Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), Rovereto, Italy 10/2013

Honours and Awards

Oral Presentation Invitation 06/2018OHBM - Organisation for the Human Brain Mapping Annual MeetingSingapore

Best Abstract Award Winner 05/2018 CAOs - Concepts, Actions and Objects Workshop Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), Rovereto, Italy

Master’s Thesis Merit Award 09/2015University of Trento, Italy

Full Scholarship 09/2013 - 09/2015CIMeC - SISSA double degree joint program

Posters and Talks

On learning new objects and their names: how symbolic categorisation shapes neural representations 05/2018Authors: Viganò, Borghesani, PiazzaCAOs - Concepts, Actions, and Objects WorkshopCenter for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), Rovereto, ItalyPoster + Talk

Cortical effects of categorical learning for new words and multisensory objects 08/2017Authors: Viganò, Borghesani, PiazzaDonders DiscussionsDonders Institute, Nijmegen, NetherlandsPoster

Learning categories: from perceptual to conceptual spaces 02/2017Authors: Viganò, Borghesani, PiazzaCSA2017 - Cognitive Science ArenaFree University of Bolzano, Brixen, ItalyTalk

Learning categories: from perceptual to conceptual spaces 12/2016Authors: Viganò, Borghesani, PiazzaFENS - Hertie Winter School on Memory Mechanisms in HumansObergurgl University Center, AustriaPoster

Neuronal substrates underlying object representations in rat hippocampus 05/2015Authors: Grion, Annavini, Viganò, Molano, Quian Quiroga, ZoccolanCAOs - Concepts, Actions, and Objects WorkshopCenter for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), Rovereto, ItalyPoster

Electrophysiological correlates of recognition memory for faces 10/2013Authors: Vanutelli, Viganò, Proverbio53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychological Research (SPR)Firenze, ItalyPoster

Misc

XXXI° cycle Ph.D. students representative 11/2015 - ongoingCenter for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), Rovereto, Italy

Project developer: methodologies for teaching/learning techniques 09/2009 - 09/2014Il-Cubo Onlus, Desio, Italy

Languages

Mother tongue Italian

Second Language English (C1)

Other skills and Competences

Categorisation, learning, symbols, language, memory, fMRI, TMS, neural decoding, MVPa, RSA

Matlab (Statistical toolbox, Psychtoolbox, SPM, CoSMoMVPa)SPSSOffice suiteWindows, Mac OSX

Specific interests

Software,programming, & co.