Daniele Di Lernia
Biographic Data
| ID | 5075013 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniele Di Lernia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniele |
| FAMILY NAME | Di Lernia |
| SIGNATURE | DI LERNIA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6850-6866 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Context-dependent motor-semantic interactions
Egocentric and allocentric memory recall strategies moderate transfer action sentence recognition
Embodied cognition theory proposes that spatial cognition preferences facilitate the simulation of action language. Importantly, spatial cognition relies on either egocentric (body-dependent) or allocentric (body-independent) representations. Research demonstrates that spatial representation proclivity influences the simulation of non-transfer action sentences. However, the impact of individual spatial cognition preferences on transfer action sen…
Beyond Chronic Pain Exploring Body-Brain Interaction to Understand and Treat Chronic Pain Conditions
The term "body-brain interaction" refers to the dynamic and reciprocal communication between the brain and various bodily systems. This concept encompasses the ways in which the brain receives and processes signals from the body, and how it sends instructions back to regulate bodily functions. Body-brain interaction involves both the central and peripheral nervous systems, along with other bodily systems like the endocrine (hormonal) and immune s…
Enhanced-Beat
Interoception is defined as the sense of the physiological condition of the entire body. The interoceptive system is crucial for maintaining the body's homeostasis and overall well-being and is composed of a complex neural network that connects the organs to the brain. This system transmits signals via small-diameter afferent Aδ and C fibers, which end in the dorsal horns of the spinal cord in the lamina I system
Touch-Stim
Interoception represents the ability to perceive and interpret the body's internal physiological signals, such as heartbeat, breathing, pain, and other visceral sensations. This process involves awareness of internal body states and plays a crucial role in the regulation of bodily functions and the processing of emotions. By continuously monitoring these signals, interoceptive perceptions help maintain homeostasis, influence decision-making, and …
The Aged Mind Observed with a Digital Filter
virtual reality (VR) has been used in recent years to detect MCI and other forms of cognitive decline, with comparable or better results than commonly used paper-and-pencil tools. This technology, regardless of the level of immersion proposed in previous studies (i.e., non-immersive, semi-immersive, and full-immersive VR), creates a sense of agency and comfort in the elderly while increasing the degree of ecological validity. The VR assessments t…
SyncWork
One of the goals of the project—“Emerging psychosocial risks in the changing world of work: identifying and developing evidence, solutions, and tools to support assessment and management in a multi-method approach” recently funded by INAIL and coordinated by the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy—is to explore neurobiological differences between agile work (or smart working) and in-person work. Specifically, the goal of SyncWork, one of the work …
Inside-Out
Because of the importance of the insula network in interoceptive processing—the Insula Hierarchical Modular Adaptive Interoception Control model suggests that the insula plays a key role in being aware of feelings and bodily states—the project hypothesizes that stimulating the insula with low-frequency sounds will be able to alter interoceptive processing at the cortical level, causing a chain of effects on the interoceptive system. According to …
Phonological similarity between words is represented in declarative memory as spatial distance
Space can be used as a metaphor to describe semantic and perceptual similarity. Research has shown that similarity and spatial information can influence each other. On the one hand, similarity entails spatial closeness; on the other hand, proximity leads to similarity judgment. This spatial information can be stored in declarative memory and measured later on. However, it is unknown if phonological similarity/dissimilarity between words is repres…
A Self-Help Virtual Therapeutic Experience Intervention for Overcoming Psychological Distress Related to the Covid-19 Pandemic
OBJECTIVE: The general objective of the current study was to investigate the efficacy of a novel self-help virtual therapeutic experience (specifically, the COVID Feel Good intervention) in lowering the psychological burden experienced during the COVID-19 lockdowns in four European countries. METHODS: We focused on participants recruited from June 2020 to May 2021 in the context of a European multicenter project including four university/academic…
A Virtual Reality-Based Self-Help Intervention for Dealing with the Psychological Distress Associated with the Covid-19 Lockdown
The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a novel self-administered at-home daily virtual reality (VR)-based intervention (COVID Feel Good) for reducing the psychological burden experienced during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy. A total of 40 individuals who had experienced at least two months of strict social distancing measures followed COVID Feel Good between June and July 2020 for one week. Primary outcome measures were dep…
Machines Like Us and People Like You
In the past years, the field of collaborative robots has been developing fast, with applications ranging from health care to search and rescue, construction, entertainment, sports, and many others. However, current social robotics is still far from the general abilities we expect in a robot collaborator. This limitation is more evident when robots are faced with real-life contexts and activities occurring over long periods. In this article, we ar…
Emerging Adults' Expectations About the Next Generation of Robots
The investigation of emerging adults' expectations of development of the next generation of robots is a fundamental challenge to narrow the gap between expectations and real technological advances, which can potentially impact the effectiveness of future interactions between humans and robots. Furthermore, the literature highlights the important role played by negative attitudes toward robots in setting people's expectations. To better explore th…
Covid Feel Good—An Easy Self-Help Virtual Reality Protocol to Overcome the Psychological Burden of Coronavirus
The goal of this protocol is for VR to become the "surgical mask" of mental health treatment. Although surgical masks do not provide the wearer with a reliable level of protection against the coronavirus compared with FFP2 or FFP3 masks, surgical masks are very effective in protecting others from the wearer's respiratory emissions. The goal of the VR protocol is the same: not necessarily to solve complex mental health problems but rather to impro…
Robots Are Not All the Same
The human physical resemblance of humanoid social robots (HRSs) has proven to be particularly effective in interactions with humans in different contexts. In particular, two main factors affect the quality of human-robot interaction, the physical appearance and the behaviors performed by the robot. In this study, we examined the psychological effect of two HRSs, NAO and Pepper. Although some studies have shown that these two robots are very simil…
Robots Are Not All the Same
The human physical resemblance of humanoid social robots (HRSs) has proven to be particularly effective in interactions with humans in different contexts. In particular, two main factors affect the quality of human-robot interaction, the physical appearance and the behaviors performed by the robot. In this study, we examined the psychological effect of two HRSs, NAO and Pepper. Although some studies have shown that these two robots are very simil…
Emerging Adults' Expectations About the Next Generation of Robots
The investigation of emerging adults' expectations of development of the next generation of robots is a fundamental challenge to narrow the gap between expectations and real technological advances, which can potentially impact the effectiveness of future interactions between humans and robots. Furthermore, the literature highlights the important role played by negative attitudes toward robots in setting people's expectations. To better explore th…
Covid Feel Good—An Easy Self-Help Virtual Reality Protocol to Overcome the Psychological Burden of Coronavirus
The goal of this protocol is for VR to become the "surgical mask" of mental health treatment. Although surgical masks do not provide the wearer with a reliable level of protection against the coronavirus compared with FFP2 or FFP3 masks, surgical masks are very effective in protecting others from the wearer's respiratory emissions. The goal of the VR protocol is the same: not necessarily to solve complex mental health problems but rather to impro…
Robots Are Not All the Same
The human physical resemblance of humanoid social robots (HRSs) has proven to be particularly effective in interactions with humans in different contexts. In particular, two main factors affect the quality of human-robot interaction, the physical appearance and the behaviors performed by the robot. In this study, we examined the psychological effect of two HRSs, NAO and Pepper. Although some studies have shown that these two robots are very simil…
A Virtual Reality-Based Self-Help Intervention for Dealing with the Psychological Distress Associated with the Covid-19 Lockdown
The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a novel self-administered at-home daily virtual reality (VR)-based intervention (COVID Feel Good) for reducing the psychological burden experienced during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy. A total of 40 individuals who had experienced at least two months of strict social distancing measures followed COVID Feel Good between June and July 2020 for one week. Primary outcome measures were dep…
Machines Like Us and People Like You
In the past years, the field of collaborative robots has been developing fast, with applications ranging from health care to search and rescue, construction, entertainment, sports, and many others. However, current social robotics is still far from the general abilities we expect in a robot collaborator. This limitation is more evident when robots are faced with real-life contexts and activities occurring over long periods. In this article, we ar…
Emerging Adults' Expectations About the Next Generation of Robots
The investigation of emerging adults' expectations of development of the next generation of robots is a fundamental challenge to narrow the gap between expectations and real technological advances, which can potentially impact the effectiveness of future interactions between humans and robots. Furthermore, the literature highlights the important role played by negative attitudes toward robots in setting people's expectations. To better explore th…
The Aged Mind Observed with a Digital Filter
virtual reality (VR) has been used in recent years to detect MCI and other forms of cognitive decline, with comparable or better results than commonly used paper-and-pencil tools. This technology, regardless of the level of immersion proposed in previous studies (i.e., non-immersive, semi-immersive, and full-immersive VR), creates a sense of agency and comfort in the elderly while increasing the degree of ecological validity. The VR assessments t…
SyncWork
One of the goals of the project—“Emerging psychosocial risks in the changing world of work: identifying and developing evidence, solutions, and tools to support assessment and management in a multi-method approach” recently funded by INAIL and coordinated by the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy—is to explore neurobiological differences between agile work (or smart working) and in-person work. Specifically, the goal of SyncWork, one of the work …
Inside-Out
Because of the importance of the insula network in interoceptive processing—the Insula Hierarchical Modular Adaptive Interoception Control model suggests that the insula plays a key role in being aware of feelings and bodily states—the project hypothesizes that stimulating the insula with low-frequency sounds will be able to alter interoceptive processing at the cortical level, causing a chain of effects on the interoceptive system. According to …
Phonological similarity between words is represented in declarative memory as spatial distance
Space can be used as a metaphor to describe semantic and perceptual similarity. Research has shown that similarity and spatial information can influence each other. On the one hand, similarity entails spatial closeness; on the other hand, proximity leads to similarity judgment. This spatial information can be stored in declarative memory and measured later on. However, it is unknown if phonological similarity/dissimilarity between words is repres…
A Self-Help Virtual Therapeutic Experience Intervention for Overcoming Psychological Distress Related to the Covid-19 Pandemic
OBJECTIVE: The general objective of the current study was to investigate the efficacy of a novel self-help virtual therapeutic experience (specifically, the COVID Feel Good intervention) in lowering the psychological burden experienced during the COVID-19 lockdowns in four European countries. METHODS: We focused on participants recruited from June 2020 to May 2021 in the context of a European multicenter project including four university/academic…
Beyond Chronic Pain Exploring Body-Brain Interaction to Understand and Treat Chronic Pain Conditions
The term "body-brain interaction" refers to the dynamic and reciprocal communication between the brain and various bodily systems. This concept encompasses the ways in which the brain receives and processes signals from the body, and how it sends instructions back to regulate bodily functions. Body-brain interaction involves both the central and peripheral nervous systems, along with other bodily systems like the endocrine (hormonal) and immune s…
Enhanced-Beat
Interoception is defined as the sense of the physiological condition of the entire body. The interoceptive system is crucial for maintaining the body's homeostasis and overall well-being and is composed of a complex neural network that connects the organs to the brain. This system transmits signals via small-diameter afferent Aδ and C fibers, which end in the dorsal horns of the spinal cord in the lamina I system
Touch-Stim
Interoception represents the ability to perceive and interpret the body's internal physiological signals, such as heartbeat, breathing, pain, and other visceral sensations. This process involves awareness of internal body states and plays a crucial role in the regulation of bodily functions and the processing of emotions. By continuously monitoring these signals, interoceptive perceptions help maintain homeostasis, influence decision-making, and …
Egocentric and allocentric memory recall strategies moderate transfer action sentence recognition
Embodied cognition theory proposes that spatial cognition preferences facilitate the simulation of action language. Importantly, spatial cognition relies on either egocentric (body-dependent) or allocentric (body-independent) representations. Research demonstrates that spatial representation proclivity influences the simulation of non-transfer action sentences. However, the impact of individual spatial cognition preferences on transfer action sen…
Context-dependent motor-semantic interactions
Psychology (12 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Artificial Intelligence (6 works) · Human–computer interaction (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · AI in Service Interactions (3 works) · Anxiety (3 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (3 works)