Supervisors
Dr. Victoria Southgate (Birkbeck College, CBCD)
Dr. Antonia Hamilton (UCL – Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience)
Prof. Mark Johnson (Birkbeck College, CBCD)
Research Interests
My main interest is about brain connectivity: in particular, how different networks develop over time and whether one area affect the activation of another under specific condition (functional and effective connectivity).
During my PhD, I will explore brain connectivity with both fNIRS and EEG in a longitudinal study aimed to investigate the developing of facial mimicry from 4 months old until 3 years old. I discovered my interest in neuroimaging during my Master Degree and during my internship spent half in Milan and half at the USC in Los Angeles, I had the possibility to explore different methods of analyses of functional neuroimaging. I moved my first steps in exploring brain connectivity applied to psychiatric disorders, and then I moved to the fascinating world of developmental neuroscience to better understand how and when brain areas start to talk to each other.
Education
PhD Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, London
2015 - present
MSc Clinical Psychology
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University - Milan (Italy)
2011 - 2013
BSc Psychology Science
Università degli Studi di Parma - Parma (Italy)
2008 - 2011
Research Posts
Research Fellow
Department of Neuropsychiatric Science, Scientific Institute San Raffaele Hospital and University Milan (Italy)
2014 - 2015
Visiting Scholar
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Brain and Creativity Institute, Dana and David Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center
Jan 2014 - April 2014
Post-Lauream Internship
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Scientific Institute San Raffaele Hospital and University– Milan (Italy)
2013 - 2014
Links
Email: cbulga01@mail.bbk.ac.uk