
Blog – Science communication – Events
May 2023

The human body
On Friday the 5th of May, I will give a talk at the event “Science today – The human body” taking place at the Nobel Prize Museum, in Stockholm. More information here.
November 2022

TEDxLakeComo 2022
I was invited as a speaker to the TEDxLakeComo event on the 5th of November 2022. I spoke about the language of touch. The recording of the talk in Italian will be available soon. Read more about the event here.
May 2022

Pint of Science 2022
I participated to Pint of Science 2022 in Stockholm. The title of the talk was “The skin, our magic suit”. More information about the event here.
January 2022

Mercoledì della Cultura
Intervento in Italiano per i Mercoledì della Cultura, un’iniziativa organizzata dall’Università degli Studi dell’Aquila. Il mio intervento in Italiano qui
July 2021

Festival Vicino/Lontano
On July 3rd, I spoke during the session Il contatto indispensabile, as part of the Literature Festival Vicino/Lontano, taking place in Udine, Italy. Trovate il mio intervento in Italiano qui
March 2021

Interoception and sense of body ownership
The podcast I recorded with Medical Running, discussing the topics of interoception and its role in the perception of our own body.
December 2020

Overcoming affective boundaries between the self and the other: Perspectives on interpersonal interactions
Outreach workshop organised by CHBH & IMH Joint, University of Birmingham, UK, on Friday December 4th, 2020.
June 2020

I got the fellowship! What now?
Perfectionism has been a blessing and a curse in my life. However, at the end of the day, in science, as in life, perfection does not exist. Read my KI careers blog post!
October 2019

What are ASMR and how do they work?
Laura Crucianelli answers a question related to “asmr” phenomenon in KI podcast Medicinvetarna (from minute 3.30, English/Swedish).
March 2023

BRNet5: The interactive body
Together with Prof Ana Tajadura-Jimenez and Dr Alex Galvez-Pol, we are organizing the 5th conference of the Body Representation Network in Majorca, Spain on the 14th and 15th of September 2023. More information here.
October 2022

Am I too hot or too cold?
Results of the Marie Curie project “Homeothermic self” are now available in 6 languages in the European Commission portal. Read more here.
May 2022

Ricerca in Italia? Una corsa ad ostacoli
Intervista in Italiano per Londra Notizie 24. Intervista completa qui.
September 2021

Workshop: The sense of Touch
Invited talk as part of the the First International Women in Neuroscience Parma Workshop. Full talk here
June 2021

Intervista per AIMI
Intervista in Italiano per l’Associazione Italiana Massaggio Infantile. Link all’intervista qui
February 2021

Il contatto indispensabile
La traduzione italiana del mio essay per AEON pubblicata sul numero 1394 di Internazionale.
October 2020

The need to touch
The language of touch binds our minds and bodies to the broader social world. What happens when touch becomes taboo? Read my essay for AEON.
July 2020

‘When the Body Feels Like Mine: Constructing and Deconstructing the Sense of Body Ownership Through the Lifespan’
Submissions are now open for the Research Topic in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience with Dr Gerardo Salvato, Prof Carissa Cascio and Prof Roy Salomon
February 2019

Dalla testa alle mani: l’importanza del tatto affettivo nel legame madre-bambino
Intervista in Italiano condotta dalla Dott.ssa Roberta Rubbino, dell’Istituto Beck (Italian).
February 2023

Fellow of the week
On the 16th of February 2023, I was presented as Marie Curie Fellow of the week. Read more here. More information about the Marie Curie fellowship here.
October 2022

Interoception and mental health
On the 10th of October, I was an invited speaker to the Mental Health Day event organised by students at Karolinska Institutet to discuss the link between interoception and mental health.
April 2022

Intervista per Donna Moderna
Intervista in italiano sull’esperienza di contatto fisico e tattile che abbiamo visuto durante e dopo la pandemia. L’inchiesta completa di Ilaria Solari è su Donna Moderna.
September 2021

European Researchers’ Night 2021
Laura Crucianelli takes part in the European Researchers’ Night (ForskarFredag2021), a public science outreach event in Stockholm.
March 2021

Rivista Aisthesis
Una riproduzione in italiano dell’articolo pubblicato in Internazionale.
February 2021

La necesidad de tocar
The Spanish translation of the essay I wrote for AEON, published in La Maleta de Portbou.
November 2020

Interview with ABC Radio Australia
Interview with Amanda Vanstone on the importance of touch, especially in 2020 when it’s not always possible.
July 2020

Interview with The Dissenter, Ricardo Lopes: Interoception, Affective Touch, And Anorexia Nervosa
In this episode, we talk about interoception, affective touch and sense of body ownership, and how they can relate to some psychiatric conditions.
July 2020

Il valore delle carezze nella consapevolezza di sé
Intervista in Italiano per la rubrica Ricercado all’Estero, della rivista online OggiScienza.