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Total Citations
348
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About
Giacomo Valle is a leading researcher in neuroprosthetics, whose work focuses on restoring somatosensory feedback—the sense of touch and proprioception—to individuals with limb loss or paralysis. His major contributions lie in developing and testing bidirectional neural interfaces that connect robotic prostheses directly with the human nervous system. Through intraneural stimulation, Valle has demonstrated how amputees can perceive artificial touch, with his 2018 study on frequency versus amplitude modulation (118 citations) providing a foundational comparison for encoding sensory feedback. His 2021 work on a neuro-robotic leg (84 citations) revealed the functional and cognitive benefits of restoring sensory feedback to lower-limb amputees, while a 2019 single-case study (60 citations) showed that the brain optimally integrates this artificial somatosensory input with visual information. Valle has also explored cortical microstimulation for tactile tessellation (2023) and the brain’s neural reorganization during prosthesis use (2020). His recent achievements include a bionic blink system for facial paralysis and forward-looking reviews on biomimetic feedback. With over 300 total citations, Valle’s research is shaping the next generation of neuroprosthetic devices that feel more natural and intuitive.
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- 2Mechanisms of neuro-robotic prosthesis operation in leg amputees84 citations · 2021
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- 5Sensitivity to temporal parameters of intraneural tactile sensory feedback20 citations · 2020
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- 7Brain reactions to the use of sensorized hand prosthesis in amputees10 citations · 2020
- 8The Connection Between the Nervous System and Machines: Commentary9 citations · 2019
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