Research highlights, media coverage, awards and events from the Neuroimaging Lab and its scientific network.
Selected stories and resources from institutional and media sources.
A randomized controlled study led by Antonino Errante shows that combining Action Observation Treatment with virtual reality can produce clinically meaningful and lasting improvements in paretic-hand dexterity.
Corriere Salute reports on the lab’s clinical research into mirror-neuron-based rehabilitation, highlighting greater motor gains when patients observe an action before reproducing it in virtual reality.
An overview of the centre’s clinical and organisational research, including technology-assisted rehabilitation, disorders of consciousness, cognitive rehabilitation and the collaboration with the University of Parma.
The award recognised research on mirror-neuron-system modulation in children with unilateral cerebral palsy during action observation and execution, presented at the 2025 Italian Society of Neuropsychology Congress.
In an interview recorded at the 2025 SIRN Congress in Parma, Antonino Errante discusses how Action Observation Treatment can be personalised and integrated into daily life for people with stroke and children with cerebral palsy.
A scientific meeting marking the institute’s centenary explored how robotics, artificial intelligence and specialised expertise can strengthen rehabilitation while keeping the person at the centre of care.
Materials from the international conference on sport, disability and emerging rehabilitation technologies, with a focus on virtual environments, motor learning and participation in children and young people with disabilities.
The GE SIGNA Premier 3T system expands advanced diagnostic and functional neuroimaging at Parma University Hospital, supporting high-resolution clinical imaging and real-time mapping of brain function.
Leonardo Fogassi introduces the discovery and significance of mirror neurons, explaining how action observation gives access to the motor intentions and behaviours of others.
Twenty-one University of Parma research units received national funding, including the project “The Neurophysiological Bases of Biological Motion: From Laboratory to Clinics,” with Leonardo Fogassi as the Parma lead.
The project advances a home-based form of Action Observation Therapy for children with cerebral palsy, extending a rehabilitation approach built around observing and reproducing meaningful actions.
