Andrea Piarulli
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Andrea Piarulli is a leading researcher at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience, virtual reality, and human-machine interaction. Her work focuses on the neural and psychological mechanisms underlying **sense of agency**, **embodiment**, and **telepresence**—the sensations that allow us to feel in control of, and present within, remote or virtual environments. A major contribution is her systematic review on agency and skills learning in virtual-mediated settings (2024, 13 citations), which revealed how agency enhances learning by overlapping with brain networks for motor planning and boosting user confidence. In a landmark neurostimulation study (2024, 8 citations), she demonstrated that modulating the right temporoparietal junction—a key hub for body ownership—can directly alter embodiment, presence, and teleoperation performance. This work has profound implications for designing more intuitive robotic interfaces and immersive VR training systems. By bridging basic neuroscience with applied technology, Piarulli’s research is shaping how we understand and optimize human performance in increasingly mediated, digital worlds.
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