Irene Ronga
Biographic Data
| ID | 6795827 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irene Ronga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irene |
| FAMILY NAME | Ronga |
| SIGNATURE | RONGA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2960-4639 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
This sounds important: Electrophysiological responses reveal a dedicated learning mechanism to process salient consonant sounds in human newborns
Isolating relevant sounds in the auditory stream is a crucial feat accomplished by human infants and a pivotal ability for language acquisition. It is therefore reasonable to postulate the existence of early mechanisms that reorient attention toward salient acoustic stimuli. Previous studies suggest that infants tend to allocate more attention to consonant sounds because they resemble human vocalizations. However, systematic evidence on the neura…
Virtual Social Interaction in a Multiplayer-Online Video Game Increases Implicit Learning: An EEG Study
It is well known that social interaction enhances learning processes, improving abilities such as attention and memorization. However, it is not clear whether similar advantages may be obtained even in virtual environments. Here, we investigate whether virtual interactions in a video game, similarly to real-life social interactions, may improve individuals’ performance in a subsequent implicit learning task. Twenty-one healthy participants were a…
Preferred music listening is associated with perceptual learning enhancement at the expense of self-focused attention
Can preferred music listening improve following attentional and learning performances? Here we suggest that this may be the case. In Experiment 1, following preferred and non-preferred musical-piece listening, we recorded electrophysiological responses to an auditory roving-paradigm. We computed the mismatch negativity (MMN – the difference between responses to novel and repeated stimulation), as an index of perceptual learning, and we measured t…
Diametrical modulation of tactile and visual perceptual thresholds during the rubber hand illusion: A predictive coding account
Memorisation and implicit perceptual learning are enhanced for preferred musical intervals and chords
Is it true that we learn better what we like? Current neuroaesthetic and neurocomputational models of aesthetic appreciation postulate the existence of a correlation between aesthetic appreciation and learning. However, even though aesthetic appreciation has been associated with attentional enhancements, systematic evidence demonstrating its influence on learning processes is still lacking. Here, in two experiments, we investigated the relationsh…
“As long as that is my hand, that willed action is mine”: Timing of agency triggered by body ownership
Black as night or as a chimney sweep? Color words and typical exemplars
Color is a key feature, crucial for recognizing and categorizing objects. Even though color appearance tends to be perceived as stable, and universal tendencies have been found, color lexicon is subject to both intercultural and intralinguistic variations. Within a general hypothesis of integrating universalistic assumptions with a relativistic view, color terms and comparative color-based expressions (e.g., white as snow) were studied. Data were…
Linguistic synaesthesia, perceptual synaesthesia, and the interaction between multiple sensory modalities
Recent studies on cortical processing of sensory information highlight the importance of multisensory integration, and define precise rules governing reciprocal influences between inputs of different sensory modalities. We propose that psychophysical interactions between different types of sensory stimuli and linguistic synaesthesia share common origins and mechanisms. To test this hypothesis, we compare neurophysiological findings with corpus-ba…
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Linguistic synaesthesia, perceptual synaesthesia, and the interaction between multiple sensory modalities
Recent studies on cortical processing of sensory information highlight the importance of multisensory integration, and define precise rules governing reciprocal influences between inputs of different sensory modalities. We propose that psychophysical interactions between different types of sensory stimuli and linguistic synaesthesia share common origins and mechanisms. To test this hypothesis, we compare neurophysiological findings with corpus-ba…
Black as night or as a chimney sweep? Color words and typical exemplars
Color is a key feature, crucial for recognizing and categorizing objects. Even though color appearance tends to be perceived as stable, and universal tendencies have been found, color lexicon is subject to both intercultural and intralinguistic variations. Within a general hypothesis of integrating universalistic assumptions with a relativistic view, color terms and comparative color-based expressions (e.g., white as snow) were studied. Data were…
“As long as that is my hand, that willed action is mine”: Timing of agency triggered by body ownership
Memorisation and implicit perceptual learning are enhanced for preferred musical intervals and chords
Is it true that we learn better what we like? Current neuroaesthetic and neurocomputational models of aesthetic appreciation postulate the existence of a correlation between aesthetic appreciation and learning. However, even though aesthetic appreciation has been associated with attentional enhancements, systematic evidence demonstrating its influence on learning processes is still lacking. Here, in two experiments, we investigated the relationsh…
Preferred music listening is associated with perceptual learning enhancement at the expense of self-focused attention
Can preferred music listening improve following attentional and learning performances? Here we suggest that this may be the case. In Experiment 1, following preferred and non-preferred musical-piece listening, we recorded electrophysiological responses to an auditory roving-paradigm. We computed the mismatch negativity (MMN – the difference between responses to novel and repeated stimulation), as an index of perceptual learning, and we measured t…
Diametrical modulation of tactile and visual perceptual thresholds during the rubber hand illusion: A predictive coding account
Virtual Social Interaction in a Multiplayer-Online Video Game Increases Implicit Learning: An EEG Study
It is well known that social interaction enhances learning processes, improving abilities such as attention and memorization. However, it is not clear whether similar advantages may be obtained even in virtual environments. Here, we investigate whether virtual interactions in a video game, similarly to real-life social interactions, may improve individuals’ performance in a subsequent implicit learning task. Twenty-one healthy participants were a…
This sounds important: Electrophysiological responses reveal a dedicated learning mechanism to process salient consonant sounds in human newborns
Isolating relevant sounds in the auditory stream is a crucial feat accomplished by human infants and a pivotal ability for language acquisition. It is therefore reasonable to postulate the existence of early mechanisms that reorient attention toward salient acoustic stimuli. Previous studies suggest that infants tend to allocate more attention to consonant sounds because they resemble human vocalizations. However, systematic evidence on the neura…
Psychology (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Neuroscience (5 works) · Perception (5 works) · Neuroscience and Music Perception (4 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (3 works) · Communication (3 works) · Multisensory perception and integration (3 works) · Audiology (2 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (2 works)