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PERSONAL INFORMATION Mario Bonato
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Sex M | Date of birth 26/06/1978 | Nationality Italian
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 01/06/2017-present. Tenured-track researcher: Department of General Psychology, Padua University (ITA).
01/02/2015-30/04/2017. Marie Curie IEF Fellow: Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University (BE). Grant by European Commission (FP 7 Framework). Project: " Spatial processing under attentional load: from clinical to fMRI evidence" (Space LOAD).
1/2/2014 – 31/01/2015: Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University (BE). Pegasus FWO-Marie Curie Fellow. Grant from the Flemish Research Foundation – (FWO) to Mario Bonato for the project "Spatial awareness under attentional load in stroke patients and healthy participants".
1/2/2013 – 31/01/2014: Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University (BE). Grant from the Special Research Fund of Ghent University to prof. Wim Fias for the project "Beyond localisation: Neural networks of knowledge and cognitive control in the human brain".
1/1/2011 – 31/12/2012: Department of General Psychology (DPG), University of Padova (ITA). Assegno di ricerca (post doc). Grant from University of Padova to M. Bonato, for the project: “Spatial awareness and attentional orienting: a clinical study in right hemisphere stroke patients” .
1/11/2009 – 31/12/2010: DPG, University of Padova. Assegno di ricerca (post doc). Project: “Modulation of attention and spatial awareness by concurrent task demands: Implication for right hemisphere stroke patients”.
01/05/2009 – 31/10/2009 DPG, Unipd. Assegno di ricerca (post doc). Project “Generative Models of Human Cognition (GENMOD)” Grant from EU-ERC Starting Grant to M Zorzi.
01/01/2008 – 30/04/2009 DPG, Unipd. Assegno di ricerca (post doc). Research Project: “Cognitive and neural mechanisms of spatial attention” to prof. M Zorzi.
1/6/2007 – 30/11/2007: DPG, Unipd. Borsa di studio per attività di ricerca (research contract). Research Project: “Cognitive and neural mechanisms of spatial attention” to M Zorzi.
EDUCATION 2007: University of Padova, Italy, PhD in Cognitive Science 2002: University of Padova, Italy, Msc in Experimental Psychology, 110/110 cum laude
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Language SKILLS Mother tongue: Italian
MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS
Mario Bonato is a neuropsychologist. His research interests mainly focus on visuo-spatial attention, spatial cognition and spatial awareness, particularly in brain-damaged patients (e.g. hemispatial neglect following stroke). He has substantial (more than ten years) experience in the neuropsychological assessment of brain-damaged patients. His expertise also extends to the study of numerical cognition (first study ever on fraction processing in adults, number/time-space interactions). Among young researchers, dr Bonato is considered a leading expert in the assessment of hemispatial neglect. Recently, he devised a very sensitive computer-based dual-task method for the diagnosis of visuo-spatial disorders following unilateral brain damage. This approach mimics everyday demands and might become the gold standard for the diagnosis of hemispatial neglect in the chronic phase (Bonato, 2015). He possesses a wide range of skills including experiment designing and programming, neuropsychological assessment, lesion mapping, statistical analyses of data, teaching, papers and projects writing and students tutoring. He has been positively qualified/accredited by academic commissions for the rank of associate professor in Italy (Experimental Psychology and Biopsychology) and in France (Neuroscience). He has published mostly as leading author (first and corresponding), several (n>20) scientific articles, in the most widely read and better-ranked peer-reviewed international journals for neuropsychology (Neuropsychologia, Neuropsychology, Biological Psychology) cognitive neuroscience (J Cogn Neurosci, Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews) and experimental psychology (J Exp Psychol). He attracted more than 300k € of research grants by successfully participating in competitive calls at national (Belgian and Italian) and European level. He obtained the prestigious Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (2015-2017); his CV and project were ranked in the best 1% of applicants by SH EU panel (score 98.7/100). His international profile is very strong and includes several fellowships in Padova (M Zorzi) and Ghent (W Fias) altogether with shorter periods in HUG Gèneve, CH (P Vuilleumier,) and ICN, London, UK (B Butterworth). He regularly acts as reviewer for all the best international journals within the domains of experimental psychology, neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience (almost 30 journals).
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Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user Ancient language knowledge: Latin & Greek
Computer SKILLS Good knowledge of Microsoft and Macintosh OS and of Microsoft Office™ tools. Research software: advanced knowledge of E-Prime, Statistica, MRIcro, MRIcroN and SPSS. Limited knowledge of SPM, Tractotron, Photoshop, Visual Basic and software for web design, of Eye link and Tobii eye-tracking systems. Very limited knowledge of R and Matlab
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T R A C K RECORD: Publications
19 first-and/or corresponding authorships and 6 second-authorships
Impact factor range: [1.3 - 9.4]
Citations: > 900 (Scholar), > 600 (Research Gate) > 500 (Scopus)
H index: Scholar = 14, Scopus = 12
Peer-reviewed, indexed (ISI), international journals ("IF"= Impact Factor "cit" = number of citations)
Bonato, M., Lisi, M., Pegoraro, S., & Pourtois, G. (in press). Cue-target contingencies modulate
voluntary orienting of spatial attention: Dissociable effects for speed and accuracy. Psychological
Research. DOI: 10.1007/s00426-016-0818-6
Bonato, M., Jubera Garcia, E. (2016). The sharp drop in the number of faculty positions is
compromising the future of neuroscience. Lancet Neurology, 18, 1118-1119.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30174-0. (Letter to Editor commenting some data on the
decrease in the number of permanent position in Academia).
Bonato, M., Saj, A., & Vuilleumier, P. (2016). Hemispatial neglect shows that "before" is "left" Neural
Plasticity. vol 2016, 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2716036. IF 3.6 Invited contribution
(invitation received from dr Bonato) for the special issue: The Neurobiology of Time Processing.
Blini E., Romeo Z., Spironelli C., Pitteri M., Meneghello F., Bonato M., and Zorzi M. (2016). Multi-
tasking uncovers right spatial neglect and extinction in chronic left-hemisphere stroke patients.
Neuropsychologia, 92, 147-157. Invited paper (dr Bonato) for the Special Issue: Spatial and non-spatial
aspects of visual attention.
Bonato, M., & Cutini, S. (2016). Increased attentional load moves the left to the right. Journal of
Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 38, 158-170.
Lisi, M., Bonato, M., & Zorzi, M. (2015). Pupil dilation reveals top-down attentional load during spatial
monitoring. Biological Psychology, 112, 39-45.
Bonato M., Spironelli C., Lisi M., Priftis K., & Zorzi M. (2015). Effects of multimodal load on spatial
monitoring as revealed by ERPs. PLoS ONE 10(9):e0136719. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136719.
Bonato M. (2015) Unveiling residual, spontaneous recovery from subtle hemispatial neglect three years
after stroke. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 9:413. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00413.
Bonato M., & Umiltà, C. (2014). Heterogeneous timescales are spatially represented. Frontiers in
Psychology 5: 542.
Bonato M., Umiltà, C. & Zorzi, M. (2013). Difficulty matters: Unspecific attentional demands as a
major determinant of performance highlighted by clinical studies. Behavioural & Brain Sciences 36,
680-681. (Commentary).
Bonato M., Priftis, K., Umiltà C. & Zorzi, M. (2013, invited). Computer-based attention-demanding
testing unveils severe neglect in apparently intact patients. Behavioural Neurology 26, 179-181.
Bonato, M., & Deouell, L. (2013). Hemispatial neglect: Computer-based testing allows more sensitive
quantification of attentional disorders and recovery and might lead to better evaluation of rehabilitation.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 7:162.
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Sella, F., Bonato M., Cutini, S. & Umiltà, C (2013). Living on the edge: Strategic and instructed
slowing in the stop signal task. Psychological Research 77, 204-210.
Priftis, K., Bonato M., Zorzi M., & Umiltà, C. (2013). Spatial and non-spatial aspects of neglect.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 7:25. (Editorial).
Bonato M., Zorzi M. & Umiltà C. (2012). When time is space: Evidence for a mental time line.
Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews 36, 2257-2273.
Bonato M., Priftis, K., Marenzi, R., Umiltà, C. & Zorzi, M. (2012). Deficits of contralesional
awareness: A case study on what paper & pencil tests neglect. Neuropsychology 26, 20-36.
Bonato M. (2012). Neglect and extinction depend greatly on task demands: a Review. Frontiers in
Human Neuroscience 6:195.
Grassi, M. & Bonato M. (2012). The interaction between time and number in a temporal bisection task:
A reply to Vicario (2011). Perception 41, 498-500.
Zorzi, M., Bonato M.., Treccani, B., Scalambrin, G., Marenzi, R., & Priftis, K. (2012). Neglect impairs
explicit: processing of the mental number line. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 6:125.
Bonato M., Sella, F., Berteletti, I. & Umiltà, C. (2012). Neuropsychology is nothing without control: A
potential fallacy hidden in clinical studies. Cortex 48, 353-355.
Cutini, S., & Bonato M., (2012). Subitizing and visual short-term memory in human and non-human
species: a common shared system? Frontiers in Psychology 3:469.
Bonato M., Priftis, K., Marenzi, R., Umiltà, C. & Zorzi, M. (2010). Increased attentional demands
impair contralesional space awareness following stroke. Neuropsychologia 48, 3934-3940.
Palmieri, A., Naccarato, M, Abrahams, S., Bonato, M., et al. (2010). Right hemisphere dysfunction and
emotional processing in ALS: an fMRI study. Journal of Neurology 257, 1970-1978.
Bonato M., Priftis, K., Marenzi, R., & Zorzi, (2009). Normal and impaired reflexive orienting of
attention after central nonpredictive cues. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 21, 745-759.
Bonato M, Priftis, K., Marenzi, R., & Zorzi, (2008). Modulation of hemispatial neglect by directional
and numerical cues in the line bisection task. Neuropsychologia 46, 426-433.
Bonato M, Fabbri, S., Umiltà, C. & Zorzi, M. (2007). The mental representation of numerical fractions:
Real or integer? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance 33, 1410-
1419.
Scholar profile: http://scholar.google.it/citations?user=a5R5x1kAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Scopus profile: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=23468553800
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Abstracts in peer-reviewed, indexed (ISI), international journals
Lien Naert, Mario Bonato, Marijke Miatton, Dimitri Hemelsoet, Anneleen Leyman, Bert Helin, Eddy
De Burck, Paul Boon and Wim Fias. Asymmetric spatial processing under cognitive load: not only in
neglect patients, but also in healthy participants. Front. Aging Neurosci. Conference Abstract: 6th
Belgian Brain Congress. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnagi.2016.03.00035
Bonato M (2015). Using a computer to uncover asymmetric spatial awareness. Front. Neuroinform.
Conference Abstract: Second Belgian Neuroinformatics Congress. doi:10.3389/conf.fninf.2015.19.00023
Bonato M, Bardi L, Andres M, Lisi M, Pegoraro S, Pourtois G and Fias W (2014). Attend to the left,
attend to the right: How to modulate voluntary orienting of attention. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
Belgian Brain Council 2014. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2014.214.00054
Bonato M (2014). Dual-task method unveils the presence of hemispatial neglect after several years from
stroke. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Belgian Brain Council 2014. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2014.214.00055
Spironelli C, Bonato M, Lisi M, Priftis K, & Zorzi M (2013). Spatial monitoring under dual-task
conditions: evidence from evoked potentials. Psychophysiology 50 (Suppl. 1), s108.
Bonato M, Priftis K, Marenzi R, Umiltà C. & Zorzi M. (2012). Neglect appears when processing
resources are consumed by a concurrent task. European Journal of Neurology 19 (Suppl. 1), 79.
Bonato M., Lisi M., Spironelli C., Priftis K., Umiltà C., & Zorzi M. (2012). Visuospatial awareness is
modulated by dual-task demands: evidence from healthy participants and right hemisphere damaged
patients. Perception, 41 (Suppl. 1), 143-144.
Bonato M., Priftis K., Spironelli, C. et al. (2012). Dual-Tasks induce awareness deficits for the
contralesional hemispace. Front Hum Neuroscience. Belgian Brain Council. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2012.210.00129
Invited talks
M Bonato. Attentional load effects on normal and pathological spatial processing, Woluwe-Saint-
Lambert, July 4th, 2016.
M Bonato. Spatial processing under attentional load: from pathological to normal. Belgian Institute for
Road Safety, Brussels, June 7th, 2016.
M Bonato. New insights on time-space interactions. Connex seminars, ULB, Brussels, November 25th,
2015
M Bonato. Spatial cognition: clinical studies, numerical processing & attentional orienting CCN
meeting, Ghent, March 7, 2013
M Bonato. When time is space: Evidence for a mental time line. Louvain la Neuve, Belgium,
November, 29th
, 2012
M Bonato. The limits and boundaries of (visual) cognition: Insights from computer-based testing in
brain-damaged patients. Post-human seminars Padova, July 11th
, 2012
M. Bonato. Assessing the effects of the “Number Race” game on early numerical competences May,
22nd
, 2012, Padova Cariparo end project day
M. Bonato. The cognitive links between time and space processing. Bologna, December 17th, 2010.
M. Bonato. Come la mente e il cervello processano lo spazio e i numeri. Liceo Stefanini, Mestre
November 23rd
, 2009.
Submitted manuscripts
Bonato M, Bardi L, Fias W, Andres M (under review) Behavioral and neurophysiological modulation of
the interplay between endogenous and exogenous orienting of attention.
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Grimalda, G., Ottoboni, G., Cappellini, A., Bonato, M., & Ranzini, M. (Journal of Numerical
Cognition, under review). Money counts: Effects of monetary vs. purely numerical values on the mental
representation of quantities.
Chapters in press
Carlo Umiltà, Mario Bonato and Elena Rusconi (expected publication in 2017). S-R Compatibility
with Physical and Representational Locations: the Simon, SMARC and STEARC Effects. Capitolo
all'interno del volume a cura di T. L. Hubbard, (Ed.). Spatial biases in perception and cognition.
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Articles in preparation (data already collected)
// Bonato, M. Neglect and executive functions // Bonato, M., et al., The kinematics of an arm which
does not exist: supplementary phantom limb after stroke // Spironelli, Bonato, M., et al. Erp correlates
of increased cognitive load // Berteletti, I., Sella, F., Bonato M., et al. A longitudinal study of numerical
and non-numerical competences acquisition // Grimalda, G., et al., The mental representation of
monetary values // Zorzi et al., Temporal arithmetic// Naert et al., Dividing attention across space and
tasks: A study in acute stroke patients
E-Books/E-contents/teaching material
Priftis, K., Umiltà, C., Zorzi, M., Bonato, M., eds. (2015). Spatial and Non-Spatial
Aspects of Neglect. Lausanne: Frontiers Media. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88919-584-8
Bonato M. (2007). Online contents (slides with contents; questionnaires for verification of learning)
Aulaweb for J.P.J. PINEL Psicobiologia. Italian Edition by C.A. Umiltà. Bologna: Il Mulino
Articles in peer-reviewed national journals (in italian)
Bonato M. (2009). Non tutti i "neuro" vengono per nuocere: il caso della neuropsicologia. Giornale
Italiano di Psicologia 2, 339-343
Bonato M. & Zorzi M. (2004). E' automatico attivare una rappresentazione mentale ogni volta che
vediamo dei numeri? Giornale Italiano Psicologia 3, 615-622.
Symposia Organization
SPATIAL MAPPINGS OF TIME AND NUMBER: COMMONALITIES AND DISTINCTIONS
(with Daniel Casasanto & Julio Santiago). International meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Granada,
May 5-8.
What Can Unilateral Neglect Tell Us About …. ? (with JP van Dijck) Meeting Belgian Association
Psychological Science, Brussels, May 28th
, 2015. Speakers: M Wansard, M Ranzini, JP van Dijck, M
Bonato
Compensatory mechanisms in visual neglect(with P Bartolomeo). Fourth meeting of the FESN
(Federation of European Societies of Neuropsychology), September 14th, 2013, Berlin.
Speakers: P Bartolomeo, M Bonato, C Russell, M Lunven
Chairperson
Group of Contact "Numbers and the Brain" "Advances in Numerical Cognition Research" Kortrijk,
April 21-22th
, 2016.
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Group of Contact "Numbers and the Brain" "Advances in Numerical Cognition Research" Korsendonk
April 23-24th
, 2015
Group of Contact "Numbers and the Brain" "Advances in Numerical Cognition Research" Louvain la
Neuve April 24-25th
, 2014.
Group of Contact "Numbers and the Brain" "Advances in Numerical Cognition Research" Mozet, March
14-15th
, 2013.
“Cognitive Neuroscience” Session, BAPS Congress, Leuven (BE), May 27th
, 2014.
Discussant
Plenary session: Neglect rehabilitation: from clinical to cognitive neuropsychology K. Priftis, A. Serino,
A Barrett. European Workshop Cognitive Neuropsychology (EWCN) Bressanone January 30th.
Scientific communications at congresses (selected)
Bonato M., Naert, L, Blini, E, Romeo, Z, Miatton, M, Hemelsoet, D, Leyman, A, Boon, P, Fias, W,
Spironelli, C, Pitteri, M, Meneghello, F, Zorzi, M (2016). Unveiling spatial awareness deficits after left
hemisphere stroke. BAPS Meeting. Antwerp, May, 2016.
Bonato M., (2016). Order-based distortions of time-space interactions in neglect patients. International
meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Granada, Spain, May 5-8.
Bonato M, Saj A, Vuilleumier P (2016). Hemispatial neglect shows that ‘before’ is ‘left’. Numbers and
the Brain Group de contact Meeting. Kortrijk, Belgium, April 21-22.
Bonato M., et al. (2016) Attentional load effects on normal and pathological spatial processing. Meeting
of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York, USA, April 2-5.
Bonato M., Lisi, M., Pegoraro, S., Pourtois, G. (2015) The strength of spatial orienting of attention is mediated by
implicit learning. ESCOP European Societies of Cognitive Psychology. Paphos (Cyprus) September 17-20.
Naert, L, Miatton, M, Hemelsoet, D, Leyman, A, Helin, B, De Burck, E, Boon, P, Fias, W, & Bonato, Mario.
(2015). Multi-modal and multi-target environments hamper contralesional processing after both right and left
hemisphere stroke. Meeting European Societies of Neuropsychology, Tampere, Finland, September 9-11).
Naert, L, Miatton, M, Hemelsoet, D, Leyman, A, Helin, B, De Burck, E, Boon, P, Fias, W, & Bonato, Mario
(2015). What Can Unilateral Neglect Tell Us About Spatial Awareness Under Load ? Meeting Belgian
Association Psychological Science, Brussels, May 28th.
Bonato, M., Spironelli, C., Lisi, M., Priftis, K., Zorzi, M. (2015). Effects of Multimodal Load on Spatial
Monitoring as Revealed by Erps. ICPS, International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, March 12-14.
Bonato, M., Cutini, S. (2015). Increased attentional load can move the left to the right. European Workshop
Cognitive Neuropsychology (EWCN) Bressanone January 25-30.
Ranzini M., Antoine S., Slama H., Tousch A., Bonato M., van Dijck J.P., Bier J.C., Gevers W. (2015) Order
counts: effects of ascending and descending numerical intervals in neglect. European Workshop Cognitive
Neuropsychology (EWCN) Bressanone January 25-30.
Bonato, M., Siragusa, C., van Dijck, J.P., Fias, W. and Grassi, M. (2014). Are sequences of sounds spatially
coded in working memory ? FNRS – Group of Contact "Numbers and the Brain" "Advances in Numerical
Cognition Research". Louvain la Neuve, April 24-25th.
Bonato, M. (2014). Dual-task method unveils persisting hemispatial negelct for several years after stroke. BAPS
Congress, Leuven, May 27th.
Bonato M. (2104). Dual-task method detects neglect for several years after stroke in an apparently unaffected
patient. European Workshop Cognitive Neuropsychology (EWCN) Bressanone January 27-31.
Bonato M. (2103) Neglect: Diagnostic value of tasks where compensation is prevented. 4th meeting of the
European societies of neuropsychology. September 11-14th, Berlin, Germany.
Bonato M. (2103) A dual task approach for more sensitive neglect diagnosis. Neuropsychology Workshop.
September 9-11th, Leuven, Belgium.
Bonato M., Cutini S., Zorzi M (2013). The Heuristic power of SNARC. Interactions Between Space, Time and
Number: 20 Years of Research. College de France, Paris, France February 26th
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Bonato M., Lisi, M., Spironelli, C., Priftis, K., Umiltà, C., & Zorzi, M. (2013). Visuospatial awareness can be
severely affected by dual-task demands: evidence from right hemisphere damaged patients and healthy
participants. European Workshop Cognitive Neuropsychology (EWCN) Bressanone January 20-25 th
Zorzi M., Cutini S., Bonato, M., Scarpa, F., Scatturin, P., Dell'Acqua, R., Priftis, K. (2013). The SNARC effect
20 years on: Neuropsychological and neuroimaging evidence for a visuo-spatial origin. European Workshop
Cognitive Neuropsychology (EWCN) Bressanone January 20-25.
Bonato M. (2012). Neglect syndrome suggests that spatial awareness depends on unspecific attentional
resources. Neurocog 2012. Brussels, Belgium, December 3-4.
Bonato M., Lisi, M., Spironelli, C., et al., (2012). Pupil dilation changes and ERP reveal that visuospatial
awareness is strongly modulated by dual-task demands. XX Congresso Nazionale SIPF, Società Italiana di
Psicofisiologia, Venice, November 22-24.
Lisi, M., Bonato M., Pegoraro, S., & Zorzi, M. (2012) Pupil dilation reveals processing load in spatial awareness
Tobii General Scientific Behavioral Research - Eye Track Behavior, Leuven, 9-10 October.
Bonato M., Priftis, K., et al., (2011). Awareness for contralesional space disappears when processing resources
are consumed by a concurrent task. In: Meeting EFNS. Basel (CH), September 7-9.
Bonato M., Priftis, K., et al., (2011). Increased attentional demands impair contralesional space awareness
following stroke. In: 29th EWCN. Bressanone, January, 24-28 th
Bonato M., Priftis, K., et al., (2010). Increased attentional demands impair contralesional space awareness
following stroke. Neucore: il trattamento dei disturbi cognitivi. Neuroriabilitazione, Neuromodulazione,
Neuroplasticità. Rovereto, October 29-31 Best poster Award
Bonato M., Priftis, K., et al., (2009). Increased attentional demands impair contralesional space awareness in right
hemisphere stroke. Rovereto, October 29-31 th
Bonato M., Umiltà, C. & Zorzi, M. (2009). A spatial representation for time-ordered sequences ? CAOS:
Concepts, Actions and Objects, Rovereto, April, 22-25 th
Bonato M., Priftis, K., et al., (2009). Number-space interactions and the mental number line: insights from the
SNARC effect in neglect. In: Twenty Seventh EWCN. Bressanone, January 25-30 th
Bonato M., Priftis, K., et al., 2008). Variability in performance: is it informative ? First Meeting of the Federation
of the European Neuropsychological Societies. Edinburgh, September 2-5, p. 141
Bonato M., Priftis, K., et al., (2008) Normal and Impaired Reflexive Orienting of Attention following Central
non-Predictive Cues: the Case of the Disengage Deficit. In: EWCN. Bressanone, January 22-26.
Bonato M., Priftis K, Scalambrin G, Marenzi R, Umiltà C, Zorzi M (2006). Modulation of visual
extinction by central attention. In: Abstracts Book. Tolosa (Francia), 18-20 Ottobre, p. 267-267
National congresses (Italy)
Bonato M., Priftis K, Marenzi R, Umiltà C, Zorzi M (2011). ICTUS: L'aumento delle risorse richieste da un
compito concorrente genera un deficit attentivo per l'emispazio controlesionale. In: Atti convegno SIRN. Verona,
5-7 Maggio 2011
Bonato M., Priftis K, Marenzi R, Umiltà C, Zorzi M (2011). ICTUS: L'aumento delle risorse richieste da un
compito concorrente genera un deficit attentivo per l'emispazio controlesionale. In: Atti Riunione Primaverile
SINP 2011. Bologna, 27-28 Maggio 2011
Bonato M., Umiltà C, Zorzi M (2010). Tempo, numeri e spazio: una proposta di tassonomia. In: Convegno AIP,
sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale. Bologna, 2-3 Settembre 2010.
Cutini S, Bonato M., Zorzi M (2010). Neuroetica nelle neuroimmagini. In: NEUROETICA. Le grandi questioni.
II Edizione. Padova, 5-7 Maggio 2010
Bonato M., Priftis K, Marenzi R, Umiltà C, Zorzi M (2010). Ictus: l'aumento delle risorse richieste da un
compito concorrente genera un deficit attentivo. In: Atti Convegno GIRN
Bonato M., Zorzi M (2009). Numeri e spazio: un legame che merita approfondimento. In: Atti XV Congresso
Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia- Sezione Psicologia Sperimentale. Chieti, 24-26 Settembre 2009, p.
33-33
Bonato M., Marenzi R, (2008). La valutazione come prerequisito della riabilitazione cognitiva. (The cognitive
evaluation as a pre-requisite of cognitive rehabilitation). In: Atti del convegno (Proceedings) Abano Terme, 29
febbraio 1 Marzo
Bonato M., Priftis K, Marenzi R, Zorzi M (2008). Neglect in compiti di bisezione e detezione: nuove evidenze.
In: Atti convegno SINP. Bologna, 9-10 Maggio 2008
Bonato M., Fabrbi S., Umilta' C., Zorzi. (2005). La appresentazione mentale delle frazioni. In: Atti Convegno
AIP, 19-21 Settembre 2005
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Zorzi M., Bonato M., Scalambrin G. (2005). Stroop spaziale con indizi direzionali. In: Atti Convegno AIP, 19-22
Settembre 2005
Bonato M., Priftis K, Marenzi R, Zorzi M (2004). Il ruolo degli indizi direzionali nella modulazione della
negligenza spaziale unilaterale. In: Atti convegno SINP, 26-27 Novembre
Online articles for laypersons (not peer-reviewed)
Bonato M. (2012). Capire quando metà del mondo scompare. Il Bo, il giornale dell’Università degli
Studi di Padova // Bonato M. (2009). Il neglect e la consapevolezza dello spazio, Neuroscienze. Net:
Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Cognitive Science // Bonato M. (2009). La sindrome frontale.
Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Cognitive Science, // Bonato M. (2009). Il B.I.T. e la
valutazione del neglect. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Cognitive Science
Participation to scientific meetings/events/colloquia (2013 only)
Symposium: Structural and dynamical networks in the brain. December 12, 2013. Gent, Belgium.
Foundation Jean-Marie Delwart. The Emergence of Consciousness in Animal and Human Behaviour:
From Genetics to Cognition. October 18-20th 2013, Brussels.
AXA CHAIR in neurosciences and longevity at ULB. October 7th, 2013, Brussels
Escop-UGent Symposium "Cognitive and Affective Control" June 13th 2013 Ghent, Belgium,
Meeting of the Belgian Neurorehabilitation Society. Rehabilitation of hemineglect : from theoretical
models to clinical practice. March 16th 2013, Bruxelles, Belgium
5th expert meeting of the researchers of mathematical thinking and learning of the Netherlands, Belgium
and Luxembourg. March 1st 2013, Luxembourg.
FNRS-funded Groupe de Contact meeting: Numbers and the Brain. March 14th 2013, Mozet, Belgium
Journee de neuropsychologie J.-L. SIGNORET. The representing brain: Cognitive neuroscience and the
concept of representation. November 27th 2012, Paris, France
Societies
Member of the Psychonomic Society and of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Accredited for the profession of Psychologist in Italy. Registered in the Regional the Board of
Psychologists of Veneto.
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
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Associate Editor “Frontiers in Human Neuroscience".
He regularly acts as reviewer for the best ranked peer-reviewed journals in the fields of Experimental Psychology and Neuropsychology/Cognitive Neuroscience (more than 30 journals) including:
1 Acta Psychologica;
2 Advances in Cognitive Psychology
3 Attention, Perception and Psychophysics;
4 Behavioural Brain Research;
5 Biological Psychology;
6 BioMed Research International;
7 Cognition;
8 Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology;
9 Consciousness and Cognition;
10 Cortex (> 10 manuscripts reviewed);
11 Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
12 Developmental Psychology
13 Experimental Brain Research (> 5 manuscripts reviewed);
14 Experimental Psychology;
15 Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience;
16 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (> 10 manuscripts reviewed);
17 Frontiers in Psychology;
18 Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology;
19 Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience;
20 Journal of Cognitive Psychology; 21 Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
22 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance; 23 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition;
24 Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry;
25 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society;
26 Journal of the Neurological Sciences
27 Journal of Neuropsychology;
28 Mind, Brain and Education;
29 Neuropsychologia;
30 Neural Plasticity;
31 NeuroRehabilitation and neural repair
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32 Plos One (> 5 manuscripts reviewed);
33 Psychological Research;
34 Psychonomic Bullettin and Review;
35 Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology;
36 International Journal of Behavioral Development;
...
Reviewer for the Cognitive Science Society
He has also been acting as ad-hoc reviewer for two journals in Italian:
Giornale Italiano di Psicologia;
Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia.
Research projects reviewer for:
The European Commission (COST Actions) (payed)
The French National Research Agency (ANR) (payed)
The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (unpayed)
The Israel Science Foundation (ISF) (unpayed)
declined offer from: Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong (payed)
Estonian Research Council (payed)
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DIDACTIC PROFILE
Teaching experience
University of Padova
Between 2003 and 2012 dr Bonato gave more than 20 research seminars for the students of the Faculty
of Psychology (35 hours in total).
dr Bonato gave lectures for undergraduates attending the course Trends in Cognition (Faculty of
Psychology)( 5 hours). He also gave lectures for postgraduate students attending the Master in Clinical
Neuropsychology, 2009 (4 hours), and the Master in Communication of Science, 2010 (5 hours). He has
been organizing and supervising a course for psychometrics with students of the first year in the faculty
of psychology (20 hours).
He gave lectures for the Cognitive Neuroscience class, prof Nico Boheler (2014 and 2015) six hours in
total.
PhD Committee
PhD defense jury for the thesis 'Nothing left? How to keep on the right track. Spatial and non-spatial
attention processes in neglect after stroke' by M.E. van Kessel. Donders Institute, Radboud University
Nijmegen, November 26th, 2016.
Support to students
Within the framework of the "tutorjunior" project he has been delivering didactic and administrative
information to the Students of Psychology, University of Padova (80 hours, 2004-2005)
Pre-grad and post-grad student supervision
University of Padova
dr Bonato has been collaborating with two graduate students during their PhD (F Sella and M Lisi). He co-
supervised their research activities and jointly performed all phases of research and editorial processes.
The successful outcome of this process can be found in a number of track records (Sella et al., 2013;
Bonato et al., 2012; Lisi et al., 2015; Bonato et al., in press) . He has supervised the thesis work/post degree training of seven students (about 50 hours/student),
including clinical pre-training (2 students). He has been tutor-junior for undergraduate students at the Faculty of Psychology (80 hours).
University of Ghent
dr Bonato reviewed the internship reports (3 students) and the periodical reports (10 reports) for the
course " Paradigms & Instruments of Experimental Psychology" at the Faculty of Psychology. This last
activity consisted in commenting on the rationale and interpretation of research activities and in
suggesting methods and analysis for experiments.
He supervised the six-month internship of three students (J Mertens, U d'Ovidio and L Naert)
and the thesis (1.5 years) of L de Wandel.
Clinical Experience
Between 2004 and 2012 Dr Bonato has been regularly (1-2 times/week) performing
cognitive assessment for stroke patients c/o the Rehabilitation Center of Conselve.
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ACADEMIC EVALUATIONS
France: 23/01/2014 National qualification for Assistant Professor
(Maître de conférences) section 69 - Neurosciences. Number 14269262024
Italy: 25/02/2014 National accreditation (abilitazione nazionale) for Associate Professor
(Professore di seconda fascia) for the scientific sector 11/E1: General Psychology,
Biopsychology and Psychometrics.
As required by the qualification procedure his bibliometrics indices (number of articles, number
of citation, h-index) were (and are) above the median scores (3 out of 3) characterizing associate
professors of the same sector. He received a positive evaluation by all (5/5) members of the jury
(prof. Gasbarri, prof. Guariglia, prof. Humphreys, prof. Sartori, prof. Zelli). The evaluation
provided by prof. Glyn Humphreys was the following: "Dr Bonato has conducted research
particularly into the factors affecting unilateral neglect in neuropsychological patients,
emphasizing how neglect can vary under different conditions and then inferring what this tells
about human attention. The work has appeared in excellent journals and Dr Bonato has
frequently been first author. There is good bibliometric support and a strong case for
accreditation."
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RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Directly awarded
1/2/2014 – 31/01/2015: FWO Pegasus -Marie Curie Fellow
(about 65k €).
Grant from the funding scheme of the Research Foundation –
Flanders (FWO) to Mario Bonato for the project "Spatial
awareness under attentional load in stroke patients and healthy
participants". The scheme is co-funded by the European
Commission under the Marie-Curie COFUND scheme. Place
of work: Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent
University (BE).
2015 – 2016: Marie Curie Fellowship
(235k €). Grant from the European
Commission (FP 7 Intra-European Fellowship)
to Mario Bonato for the project " Spatial
processing under attentional load: from clinical
to fMRI evidence"(acronym: Space LOAD).
Scientific coordinator: prof. Wim Fias.
Host Institution: Department of Experimental
Psychology, Ghent University (BE).
The application (project + CV)
was ranked 7th out of about 1000
proposals in the SOC panel,
with a score of 98.7/100.
http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/187930_en.
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2011-2012 "Senior" post doc grant (Assegno di ricerca, about 46k €) for the project “Spatial awareness
and attentional orienting: a clinical study in right hemisphere stroke patients” funded by the University
of Padova.
Participations to other grants as collaborator
- Dr. Bonato proposed and contributed to write a project on right hemisphere stroke patients, funded by
the Compagnia di San Paolo (Neuroscience program, 2009-2012, 65k €, PI M. Zorzi).
- “Member of the research unit” in several projects deemed of “high national relevance” (PRIN projects)
financed by the Italian Ministry of University (years 2004, 2006, 2008; PI M. Zorzi).
PRIZES/ADDITIONAL FUNDING
He has been awarded:
- by the Journal "Cortex" the "Outstanding Reviewer Award" (August 2015). He was in the 10th
percentile with respect to the number of reviews performed for the journal.
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- By the online database of reviews “Publons” the award: Top Reviewer for Psychology and
Neuroscience. The award is attributed to the 1% of more productive reviewers in a given field.
- by Patients' Associations of the Belgian Brain Council an award for the contribution: Bonato, M.,
Dual-task method unveils the presence of hemispatial neglect after several years from stroke. Belgian
Brain Council Gent, October 4th
, 2014.
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- by the University of Trento a prize for the best poster (monetary award) for the contribution : Bonato
M., et al.,. Increased attentional demands impair contralesional space awareness following stroke.
Neucore: il trattamento dei disturbi cognitivi. Neuroriabilitazione, Neuromodulazione, Neuroplasticità.
Rovereto, October 29-31 (2010).
- by the FWO (Flanders Research Institute) travel grants to attend:
the 4th meeting of the European Societies of Neuropsychology. September 11-14th, Berlin, Germany
the 2014 European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology, January 26-31th, Bressanone, Italy.
- by the European Federation of Neurological Societies a bursary to attend the16th Congress of the
European Federation of Neurological Societies, EFNS 2012, Stockholm, Sweden, September 8-11, 2012
- by the Dana Foundation a small grant (1k euro) to organize the 2009 edition of the Brain Awareness
Week c/o the University of Padova
- On the basis of his CV Dr. Bonato has been fully funded for participating to several international
training schools:
1. The visceral mind Summer School, a hands-on course on the neuroanatomy of cognition (organizer:
Bob Rafal). Bangor (UK) 5-10 September 2010 (sponsored by the Mc Donnell Foundation).
2. The Latin American School for Education, Cognitive and Neural Sciences (organizers: M Peña, M
Sigman & S Ribeiro). San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) 7-18 March 2011 (Mc Donnell Foundation).
3. Timely Imaging Time (organizers: T. Noesselt and A. Vatakis), Magdeburg (DE), September 2013
(sponsored by EU COST Actions).
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PAST-CURRENT-FORESEEN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Previous examples of successful achievements
In order to be able to address the research questions raised in my PhD/postdoc projects, I had to acquire
new techniques and knowledge within a relative short time frame. As a result in all papers published as
first author I personally performed study design, experiments programming, data collection, statistical
analysis, and wrote the study draft to then reviewed by co-authors. In sum, my research experience, my
achievements and research results demonstrate that I have been able to acquire new knowledge and to
successfully integrate/implement that new knowledge to produce high-quality research.
More in detail:
- From previous trainings on clinical neuropsychology (2003-2004, tutor prof. K Priftis) I learned how to
autonomously perform neuropsychological studies with brain-damaged patients in a clinical facility
where no other neuropsychological expertise was available. This meant to learn how to independently
deal with patients and medical doctors, how to decide which tests to administer, how to score and to
interpret them, and how to perform a diagnosis. The learning from this training then resulted in a number
publications as leading author in top neuropsychological journals (Neuropsychologia, J Cog Neurosci,
Neuropsychology). In this field I gained the maximal competence and autonomy (Bonato et al., 2012,
Cortex; Bonato, 2012, Front Hum Neurosci; Bonato & Cutini, under review; Bonato, in prep).
- During my PhD I have been also trained on the collection/interpretation of behavioral (RT) data from
healthy participants by colleagues from my lab. This training resulted, for instance, in a paper as leading
author in a top journal for experimental psychology (J Exp Psychol: HPP).
-In 2011 I have been trained on the use of ERP in cognitive neuroscience by dr C. Spironelli. I have
understood how to perform ERP experiments, (from design to data analysis). This training already
resulted in a manuscript, now under review (see CV).
-Previous training on neuroanatomy (e.g. Visceral mind summer school) successfully lead me to be able
to autonomously perform lesion mapping and 3D lesion reconstruction.
Ongoing projects and collaborations
Load effects in acute stroke patients (with W Fias, P Boon, M Miatton, D Hemelsoet)
Load effects in chronic patients (with M Zorzi, E Blini, M Pitteri)
Attentional load: fMRI (with W Fias)
Working memory and auditory sequences (with M Grassi, JP van Dijck and W Fias)
Time representation in neglect patients (with A Saj and P Vuilleumier)
Research statement
My primary research goal is the study of the disorders of spatial cognition in brain-damaged patients. I
have a longstanding (ten years) expertise in the study of the cognitive disorders found in right-
hemisphere damaged patients, with a particular focus on impairments is visuo-spatial attention. I have
performed thorough cognitive assessment of more than one hundred right-hemisphere damaged patients
and I am particularly skilled in implementing computer-based tests to detect subtle attentional deficits
that at standard assessment are typically not visible. I recently devised a very sensitive computer-based
dual-task method for the diagnosis of contralesional awareness deficits. This approach has the potential
to become the gold standard for the diagnosis of hemispatial neglect in the post-acute phase. My clinical
experience resulted in several publications in highly-ranked neuropsychological journals where the
theoretical interpretation of results was always coupled with their diagnostic relevance. My second
expertise has to be found in the field of numerical cognition, and more specifically in the study of
number-space interaction, fraction processing and training programs to improve numerical performance.
I have already integrated my spatial and numerical cognition lines of research by studying the deficits
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shown in number processing by patients with spatial disorders. My future research plans include the use
of cognitive neuroscience methods for the study of spatial and numerical/time cognition in healthy
participants and in brain-damaged patients. These techniques will allow me to complement the lesion
mapping approach that I have already adopted. My ultimate aim is to integrate behavioral approaches
and lesion mapping with neuroimaging and data from patients’ every-day life performance to better
address clinically and theoretically relevant questions.
In summary, I am a researcher with an international profile who largely benefited from his presence in
the best labs for Experimental Psychology/Neuropsychology/Cognitive Neuroscience in Europe
(Padova, Ghent, Geneve, London). My intense editorial activity as well as my participation to a number
of congresses workshop testify my interests and my continuous update in the fields of neuropsychology
and experimental psychology. I also have significant didactic experiences in teaching and supervising
undergraduate as well as graduate students. I have good track records, mostly as first (and
corresponding) author, good citation indexes, excellent neuropsychological skills and a great future
potential. My clinical background and aims are clearly visible in all my publications with brain-damaged
patients. My profile strongly indexes a progression towards increased autonomy and leadership. My
professional evolution is witnessed by a growing number of independent collaborations (Grassi, Sella,
Cutini, Deouell), by the steady increase in the studies performed without my former PhD advisor
(mostly as leading author, sometimes even as single author) as well as in the overall number of
publications.
REFERENCE LETTERS
A reference letter can be obtained by:
prof Marco Zorzi: PhD/post-doc supervisor ([email protected])
prof Carlo Umilta': PhD/post-doc second-supervisor ([email protected])
prof Konstantinos Priftis: clinical supervisor ([email protected])
-University of Padova, Department of General Psychology, Via Venezia 8-
prof Wim Fias: Marie Curie mentor ([email protected])
-University of Ghent, Department of Experimental Psychology, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B9000 Ghent-
Colleagues who can provide an opinion on my research skills are:
Gilles Pourtois, Patrik Vuilleumier, Brian Butterworth, Marinella Cappelletti, Lara Bardi, Elena
Rusconi, Paolo Bartolomeo, Simone Cutini, Christian Agrillo, Massimo Grassi, Arnaud Saj, Wim
Gevers, Michael Andres, Mauro Pesenti, Roberto Cubelli, Dario Cazzoli, Bettina Olk, Zaira Cattaneo,
Tobias Loetscher, Bert Reynvoet, Daniel Casasanto, Julio Santiago, Matteo Lisi.
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COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS
Collaborations:
I collaborate independently and very actively with several colleagues in Italy (e.g. M Zorzi, M Grassi &
S Cutini) in Switzerland (A Saj) and in Belgium (M Andres). These collaborations already resulted in
three publications. I have recently organized a symposium in collaboration with P. Bartolomeo (Paris)
on the compensatory strategies in neglect. It will take place during the 4th meeting of the European
societies of Neuropsychology, in September 2013 (Berlin).
Management qualities:
In my previous research group (Padova) I have been lab manager for six years. The Lab included four
PhD students and six post-docs. My duties involved the planning and the coordination of the different
activities of the lab, including the weekly seminars, solving practical issues, dissemination of events.
Leadership, political interests:
My main work-related extra-scientific interests are the current policies/best practices for the
valorization, the evaluation and the recruitment of young researchers/postdocs.
Between 2007 and 2013 I have been organizing several groups of PhDs/postdocs of the University of
Padova. Our activities included the valorization of the work of young researchers. Strange enough Italy
is the only country in Europe where postdocs are not employed by the universities, but paid as external
collaborators with student bursaries. We therefore focused our efforts on the claims for basic rights
(adherence to the European charter of researchers, evaluation of individual scientific publications, access
to basic rights for employers). I have been responsible for the post-doc policies for ADI-Padova (Italian
Association of PhDs). At national level, I was involved in the activities of the steering committee
(National Council) of ADI. I have been elected to represent post-docs in the council of the Department
of Experimental Psychology, University of Padova (2011-2012).
Experience in organizing outreach events, science communication : From 2009 to 2012, I have been
organizing, in Padova, the Brain Awareness Week, an international event for communicating the most
recent advances in (cognitive) neuroscience to laypersons:
http://cprg.psy.unipd.it/BAW/BAW2011.html.
28/04/2014 Presentation on the part of the Marie Curie project related to hemispatial neglect to an
audience of laypersons, EPFC, Bruxelles
Hemispatiaal neglect: wanneer de helft van de wereld plotseling verdwijnt (When half of the world
suddenly disappears). I-Brain festival over hersenen (Brain Festival). November 22-23, 2014, Gent.
16/03/2015 Padua edition Brain awareness week 2015: Quando un lato del mondo non esiste più: la
negligenza spaziale unilaterale http://www.unipd.it/ilbo/sites/unipd.it.ilbo/files/BAW%202015.pdf
Padova, 20/09/2017
