Elena Nava

Education

2010-now    post-doc position at the University of Hamburg, dep. Biopsychology and Neuropsychology

2006-2009     Ph.D. student in Cognitive Neuroscience, CIMeC (Centre for Mind/Brain Science), Supervisor: Prof. Francesco Pavani. Thesis title: “Plasticity following auditory deafferentation and reafferentation”.

2006     Degree (Ba) in “Research in psychological and social sciences”, University of Milan-Bicocca, Supervisor: Prof. Angelo Maravita.

2002    Master equivalent degree (Master) in “History”, University of Milan.


Seminar Activity

Functional plastic changes in cochlear implant recipients, Brown Bag Series, CIMeC, University of Trento, January 2008.

Lehrbeauftragte der Universität Hamburg (Germany):

• Biopsychologie (B.A. students)
• Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (M.A. students)

• Grad Student Symposium Award, IMRF, Sydney, 2007
• Award for "Best Ph.D. thesis", University of Trento (Italy), 2010

2012

Nava, E. & Pavani, F. (in press). Changes in sensory dominance during childhood: converging evidence from the Colavita effect and the Sound-Induced Flash Illusion.

2011

Nava, E. & Röder, B. (2011). Adaptation and maladaptation: insights from brain plasticity. Progress in Brain Research, 191, 177-194.

2010

Bottari, D., Nava, E., Ley, P., & Pavani, F. (2010). Enhanced reactivityof profound deaf in detection and discrimination tasks. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 28, 167-79.

Marino, B., Stucchi, N., Nava, E., Haggard P. & Maravita, A. (2010). Distorting the visual size of the hand affects hand pre-shaping during grasping. Experimental Brain Research, 202, 499 - 505.

2009

Nava, E., Bottari, D., Bonfioli, F., Beltrame, M.A., Portioli, G., Formigoni, P., & Pavani, F. (2009). Hearing again with two ears: recovery of binaural spatial hearing after bilateral cochlear implantation. Neuropsychologia, 47, 928-932.

Nava, E., Bottari, D., Bonfioli, F., Beltrame, M.A., & Pavani, F. Spatial hearing with a single implant: a study in preverbally deafened adults. Hearing Research, 255, 91-98.

2008

Nava, E., Bottari, D., Zampini, M., & Pavani, F. (2008). Visual temporal order judgment in profoundly deaf individuals. Experimental Brain Research, 2, 179-88.


Communications at conferences and posters

1. Nava, E., Bottari, D., Zampini, M., & Pavani, F. (2007, July). Visual temporal order judgment in deaf and hearing individuals. Communication at conference. IMRF, Sydney, Australia.

2. Nava, E., Bottari, D., Zampini, M., & Pavani, F. (2007, August). Visual temporal order judgment in deaf and hearing individuals. Poster. ECVP, Arezzo, Italy.

3. Nava, E., Bottari, D., Zampini, M., & Pavani, F. (2007, September). Visual temporal order judgment in deaf and hearing individuals. Communication at conference. AIP, Como, Italy.

4. Nava, E., Bottari, D., Bonfioli, F., Beltrame, M.A., Portioli, G., Formigoni, P., & Pavani, F. (2008, Aprile). Fast recovery of binaural spatial hearing in a bilateral cochlear implant recipient. Poster. CNS, San Francisco, USA.

5. Nava, E., Bottari, D., Bonfioli, F., Beltrame, M.A., Portioli, G., Formigoni, & Pavani, F. (2008, Aprile). Fast recovery of binaural spatial hearing in a bilateral cochlear implant recipient. Poster. San Diego, USA.

6. Nava, E., Bottari, D., Bonfioli, F., Beltrame, M.A., Portioli, G., Formigoni, & Pavani, F. (2008, Giugno). Hearing again with two ears: recovery of spatial hearing after cochlear implantation. Communication at conference. CODISCO, Noto, Italy.

7. Nava, E., Bottari, D., Bonfioli, F., Beltrame, M.A., Portioli, G., Formigoni, & Pavani, F. (2008, Luglio). Hearing again with two ears: recovery of spatial hearing after cochlear implantation. Poster. IMRF, Hamburg, Germany.

8. Nava, E., Bottari, D., Bonfioli, F., Beltrame, M.A., Portioli, G., Formigoni, & Pavani, F. (2008, Settembre). Hearing again with two ears: recovery of spatial hearing after cochlear implantation. Communication at conference. AIP, Padova, Italy.

9. Nava, E., Scala, G., & Pavani, F. (2009, July). Changes in sensory preference during childhood. Communication at conference. IMRF, New York (USA).