Monica Ulivelli
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Monica Ulivelli investigates the frontiers of human augmentation and sensorimotor neurophysiology, focusing on how the brain adapts to artificial body parts. Her most cited work, "Emerging of new bioartificial corticospinal motor synergies using a robotic additional thumb" (2021, 20 citations), provides groundbreaking neurophysiological evidence that using an artificially augmented hand—with six fingers including a robotic thumb—can reshape corticospinal motor synergies during grasping actions. This research bridges robotics and neuroscience, demonstrating the brain’s remarkable plasticity when integrating non-biological extensions. Ulivelli’s contributions extend to understanding how motor control systems reorganize under novel biomechanical constraints, with implications for neurorehabilitation, prosthetics, and human-machine interfaces. Though her citation counts are still growing, her work has already sparked interest in the emerging field of bioartificial synergy, where natural and artificial motor commands converge. By directly measuring corticospinal activity during augmented grasping, she has provided the first direct evidence that such synergies are not fixed but can be dynamically reconfigured—a finding that challenges traditional models of motor control and opens new avenues for designing intuitive assistive technologies.
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