Research

Welcome! I am a postdoctoral researcher in Neuroscience at the Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Zurich. I am currently involved in a cognitive real time fMRI project. My research interests range from fMRI to bodily self-consciousness, vestibular cognition and the application of computational models to refine underlying cognitive processes.

About

Education

PhD in Psychology (2017), University of Zurich
Master of Science in Psychology (2013), University of Zürich, Minor in Computational Linguistics
Bachelor of Science in Psychology (2011), University of Zürich, Minor in Computational Linguistics

Experience

Postdoctoral researcher (since 2019), Department for Neuroradiology, University of Zürich
Postdoctoral researcher (2017-2019), Department of Psychology, University of Bern
PhD student (2013-2017), Neuropsychology, Clinic for Neurology, University Hospital Zürich
Research assistant (2011-2013), Department for Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zürich

Publications

2019

Macauda, G., Moisa, M., Mast, F. W., Ruff, C. C., Michels, L., & Lenggenhager, B. (2019). Shared neural mechanisms between imagined and perceived egocentric motion – A combined GVS and fMRI study. Cortex. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.04.004

Macauda, G., Ellis, A. W., Grabherr, L., Di Francesco, R. B., & Mast, F. W. (2019). Canal-otolith interactions alter the perception of self-motion direction. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-019-01691-x

2017

Macauda, G., Lenggenhager, B., Meier, R., Essick, G., & Brugger, P. (2017). Tactile motion lacks momentum. Psychological Research, 82(5), 889-895. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-017-0879-1

Macauda, G., Bekrater-Bodmann, R., Brugger, P., & Lenggenhager, B. (2017). When less is more – Implicit preference for incomplete bodies in xenomelia. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 84, 249–255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.09.019

2016

Macrea, L., Macauda, G., Bertolini, G., Straumann, D., Brugger, P., Maurer, K., … Lenggenhager, B. (2016). Reducing pain by moving? A commentary on Ferrè et al. 2013. Cortex; a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior, 78, 167-169 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2016.01.009

Michels, L., Warnock, G., Buck, A., Macauda, G., Leh, S. E., Kaelin, A. M., … Gietl, A. F. (2016). Arterial spin labeling imaging reveals widespread and Aβ-independent reductions in cerebral blood flow in elderly apolipoprotein epsilon-4 carriers. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism: Official Journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 36(3), 581–595. https://doi.org/10.1177/0271678X15605847

2015

Grabherr, L., Macauda, G., & Lenggenhager, B. (2015). The Moving History of Vestibular Stimulation as a Therapeutic Intervention. Multisensory Research, 28(5–6), 653–687. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134808-00002495

Macauda, G., Bertolini, G., Palla, A., Straumann, D., Brugger, P., & Lenggenhager, B. (2015). Binding body and self in visuo-vestibular conflicts. The European Journal of Neuroscience, 41(6), 810–817. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.12809

2014

Lenggenhager, B., Hilti, L., Palla, A., Macauda, G., & Brugger, P. (2014). Vestibular stimulation does not diminish the desire for amputation. Cortex; a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior, 54, 210–212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2014.02.004

2013

Dietz, V., Macauda, G., Schrafl-Altermatt, M., Wirz, M., Kloter, E., & Michels, L. (2013). Neural Coupling of Cooperative Hand Movements: A Reflex and fMRI Study. Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y.: 1991). https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bht285

Gianluca Macauda