Blog, News, & Events

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).

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).

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.