‘Tor Vergata’ University of Rome, Dept. of Philosophical Researches, via Columbia 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.

Gloria Galloni is graduated in Philosophy (with a thesis in Philosophy of Mind, ‘Tor Vergata’ University of Rome), Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology (‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome) and Ph.D. student in Philosophical and Social Sciences (‘Tor Vergata’ University of Rome). She is a member of Psychology of Perception Lab (Department of Philosophical Researches, ‘Tor Vergata’ University of Rome), Cognitive Science and Psychology Lab (Department of Psychology, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome) and ECoNA (Interuniversity Centre for Research on Cognitive Processing in Natural and Artificial Systems). She is interested in historical and epistemological questions concerning the models of mind. Actually, she teaches General and Cognitive Psychology in different courses at the Tor Vergata University of Rome.

Research positions

- Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology (‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome).
- Ph.D. student in Philosophical and Social Sciences (‘Tor Vergata’ University of Rome).

Teaching

a.a. 2008-09 / 2009-10: General Psychology at Faculty of Medicine (‘Tor Vergata’ University of Rome).
a.a. 2008-09 / 2009-10: Cognitive Processes Laboratory at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy (‘Tor Vergata’ University of Rome).
a.a. 2007-08: Cognitive Psychology at SSIS Lazio (Scuola di Specializzazione all’Insegnamento Secondario).
Since 2004, teaching assistant of: General Psychology (Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, ‘Tor Vergata’ University of Rome), History of Psychology and General Psychology (Scuola IaD - Istruzione a Distanza, ‘Tor Vergata’ University of Rome).

Education

- 2004: Graduated in Philosophy at ‘Tor Vergata’ University of Rome, 110/110 with honor.
- 2009: Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology (‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome).

Scientific membership

- Member of Psychology of Perception Lab (Department of Philosophical Research, ‘Tor Vergata’ University of Rome).
- Member of Cognitive Science and Psychology Lab (Department of Psychology, ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome).
- Member of ECoNA - Interuniversity Centre for Research on Cognitive Processing in Natural and Artificial Systems.

Areas of competence

Philosophy of mind, history and philosophy of science, history of psychology and cognitive neurosciences. Experimental  psychology, multisensory integration, personal identity recognition.

Topics

Models of mind: historical and epistemological issues. In particular, motor models of mind (action-perception approach) and embodied cognition.
Experimental research: crossmodal interactions in unfamiliar person recognition.

Honors and awards

2008 - Research project selected among Italian Ph.D. students in Experimental Psychology for a national conference (AIP - Workshop dei Dottorandi di Psicologia, 2008) on the progress of  Experimental Psychology in Italy.

Publications:

Essays and articles in scientific and academic journals

(in press) Galloni G., Morabito C., Toward a neurophilosophy of empathy, Cognitive Processing.
2009 - Morabito C., Galloni G. (eds.), cura e introduzione del numero monografico della rivista Teorie & Modelli dal titolo Muoversi, agire, pensare, conoscere: verso un modello motorio della mente, vol. XIV, n. 1.
2009 - Galloni G., Basi motorie dell’empatia cognitiva?, Teorie & Modelli, XIV, 1, pp. 134-147.
2005 - Galloni G., La realizzabilità multipla: un errore filosofico?, Dialegesthai. Rivista telematica di filosofia (online), 7, ISSN 1128-5478.

Books

2006 - Galloni G. (ed.), Identità e rappresentazione. Scienza cognitiva e teorie della mente, Stamen - Edizioni scientifiche, Rome, ISBN 88-901301-1-3.

Conference Papers

2008 - Galloni G., Delogu F., Morabito C., Olivetti Belardinelli, M., Voice, face and speech motion: interactions in person recognition, 9° International Multisensory Research Forum, Hamburg, Germany.
2008 - Galloni G., Delogu F., Morabito C., Olivetti Belardinelli M., Audio-visual integration and biological movement in unfamiliar person recognition, CODISCO 2008, Noto (SR), Italy.
2008 - Galloni G., Delogu F., Morabito C., Olivetti Belardinelli M., Multisensorialità e movimento: studi sul riconoscimento di voci e facce non familiari, XIV Congresso Nazionale dell’AIP - Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale (Padova, 18-20 settembre 2008).

Shorter Publications and Reviews

2008 - Galloni G., “Identity”, “Fodor, J.A.”, “Neuroscience”, entries for Dizionario di Scienze Psicologiche, Edizioni Simone - Esselibri, Naples, ISBN 978-88-244-6171-9.
2006 - Galloni G., Book review of ‘Sur les Fonctions du Cerveau’ di F.J. Gall, Sito Web Italiano per la Filosofia (SWIF, online), ISSN 1126-4780.