I am a postdoctoral researcher and a Leon Levy fellow. In my current research, I investigate morpho-syntactic and semantic representations of novel words and the behavioral and neural mechanisms of negation. I explore language processing both in the auditory and the visual modality, mainly using behavioral methods and MEG.
I received my PhD in Computational Neuroscience at the University of Birmingham (UK), where I used psychophysics, fMRI and TMS to study the interplay of spatial attention and expectation and their influence on multisensory (auditory and visual) processes (Zuanazzi & Cattaneo 2017; Zuanazzi & Noppeney, 2018, 2019, 2020a, 2020b). In previous research, I investigated syntactic processes in native speakers and second-language learners, and phonological processes in individuals with dyslexia (Rastelli & Zuanazzi, 2015; Finocchiaro, Capasso, Cattaneo, Zuanazzi & Miceli, 2015).
I am also interested in the intersection between science, art and society. I am currently exploring how films convey meaning through speech and music. Moreover, as a STEAMplant resident at the Pratt Institute, I am working on creating a film installation that explores how auditory signals (speech, music, environmental sounds) convey meaning.