Nationality:
French
Current Position
2024/10 - present
Post-doctoral fellow, Università degli studi di Bologna, Italy
Uncovering the Neural Basis of Authentic Emotion Recognition (M/PSI-02)
Supervisor: Professor Sara Borgomaneri
2023/10 – present
Tutor for the course General Psychology (Module B). Methods in Psychological Science first cycle degree, University of Padova, Padova ITALY (30 hours)
2024/11-present
Adjunct Professor of Basic Level Statistics. Doctoral School of the University of Verona, University of Verona, Verona, ITALY (20 hours)
Research Experiences
2023/10 - 2024/09
Post-doctoral fellow, Università degli studi di Bologna, Italy
The influence of emotions on actions: Boosting brain network plasticity to ameliorate action control (M/PSI-02)
Supervisor: Professor Sara Borgomaneri
2023/01 - 2023/09, 9 months
Post-doctoral fellow, Università degli studi di Padova, Italy
Unraveling the unique role of the embodied route for emotional face processing (M/PSI-01)
Supervisor: Professor Paola Sessa
2022/01 - 2022/12, 12 months
Post-doctoral fellow, Università degli studi di Padova, Italy
The binocular rivalry paradigm to study the relationship between consciousness and facial expression processing (M/PSI-01)
Supervisor: Professor Paola Sessa
2022/02 - 2023/02, 12 months
Post-lauream Internship, Università degli studi di Padova, Italy
Supervisor: Professor Paola Sessa
2020/01 – 2021/01, 12 months
Visiting student, Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS, Lyon
Research topic: functional connectivity of spiking activity between different cortical regions in motor and premotor macaque cortex.
Supervisor: Professor Pier Francesco Ferrari
2017/10 - 2018/06, 9 months
Visiting student, Iannetti Lab, Human Sensory Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, UK
Research topic: hierarchy of rules determining the saliency of sudden sensory stimuli
Supervisors: Professor Giandomenico Iannetti and Dr Giacomo Novembre
2016/06 - 2016/10, 5 months
Volunteer clinical research worker, Behavioural Genetics and Adult ADHD Clinics Outpatients Department, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London UK
Research topic: neurobiology of developmental disorder, adult ADHD and autism in adults, assessment observation of ADOS and ADI-R
Supervisor: Dr Dene Roberston MRCPsych
2016/01 – 2016/04, 4 months
Visiting student, Hôpital Pierre Wertheimer, Service 502. HCL, Lyon
Research topic: ADHD, TOP
Supervisor: Le Chevanton Marion (Psychologue clinicienne)
2015/06 – 2015/09, 4 months
Volunteer research assistant, Body Representation Laboratory, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck University of London, UK
Research topic: tactile perception. In charge of an experiment on body representation contributing to design the study, collecting and analyzing data
Supervisors: Professor Matthew Longo and Dr Luigi Tamé
Academic Degree
2018/10 – 2021/12, 3 years
PhD in Psychological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Conscious processing of facial expressions and the contribute of somesthetic signals: Evidence from binocular rivalry dynamics
Supervisor: Professor Paola Sessa
Final grade: Excellent 23/05/2022
2016/10 – 2018/07, 2 years
Master in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
What is most salient? Towards a hierarchy of stimulus features determining the saliency of sudden sensory stimuli
Supervisors: Professor Lucia Regolin, Professor Giandomenico Iannetti
Final grade: 108/110 Upper Second class Honours
2013/09 – 2016/06, 3 years
Bachelor in Psychology, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon France
Final grade: 14,5/20 Upper Second class Honours
1997/09 - 2000/06, 3 years
Equivalence of Bachelor degree in Philosophy, Saint John private institut, Fley, France
Merits and Awards
2017/10 – 2018/07, 12 months
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Bando per l'attribuzione di esoneri dai contributi studenteschi per studenti con titolo estero che si immatricolano ai corsi di studio dell'Università degli Studi di Padova erogati in lingua italiana (A.A.2017/18)
2016/10 – 2017/07, 10 months
EXPLO’RA Sup grant from Auvergne - Rhône Alpes region, France
Institution where the activities have been carried out: Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
2016/10 – 2017/07, 10 months
ERASMUS +, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon France
Hosting institution: Università degli studi di Padova, Italy
Professor Francesca Peressotti
Publications and conferences
Publications
Quettier, T., Ippolito, G., Però, L., Cardellicchio, P., Battaglia, S., & Borgomaneri, S. (2024) Individual differences in intracortical inhibition predict action control when facing emotional stimuli. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1391723. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1391723 (IF 3.8, Q1 Multidisciplinary)
Quettier, T., Moro, E., Tsuchiya, N., & Sessa, P. (2023). When mind and body align: examining the role of cross-modal congruency in conscious representations of happy facial expressions. Cognition and Emotion, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2023.2285823 (IF 2.72, Q2 Cognitive Psychology)
Quettier, T., Di Lello, N., Tsuchiya, N., & Sessa, P. (2023). In and Out of Consciousness: A method to study the temporal evolution of consciousness during binocular rivalry. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17. https://10.3389/fnhum.2023.1145653 [https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1145653] (IF 3.473, Q1 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology)
Quettier, T., Maffei, A., Gambarota, F., Ferrari, P. F., & Sessa, P. (2023) Testing EEG functional connectivity between sensorimotor and face processing visual regions in individuals with congenital facial palsy. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 17, 34. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2023.1123221 (IF 3.785, Q2 Neurosciences)
Quettier, T., Gambarota, F., Tsuchiya, N., & Sessa, P. (2021). Blocking facial mimicry during binocular rivalry modulates visual awareness of faces with a neutral expression. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 9972. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89355-5 (IF 4.996, Q1 Multidisciplinary)
Tamè, L., Dransfield, E., Quettier, T., & Longo, M. R. (2017). Finger posture modulates structural body representations. Scientific reports, 7(1), 43019. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43019 (IF 4.996, Q1 Multidisciplinary)
Pre-print
Quettier, T., Longo, M., Tsuchiya, N., & Sessa, P. (2023, January 26). Visual awareness of others’ facial expressions during binocular rivalry under tactile stimulation on the viewer’s face. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/n5qby
Ippolito, G., Quettier, T., Borgomaneri, S., & Romei, V. (2024) Silicon Spike: An Arduino-Based Low-Cost and Open-Access Triggerbox to Precisely control TMS Devices, 10.13140/RG.2.2.25192.28160 [http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25192.28160]
Conference presentations
Quettier, T. Ippolito, G., Cardellicchio, P., Battaglia, S., Borgomaneri, S., Individual differences in intracortical inhibition predict action control when facing emotional and neutral stimuli, University of Bologna, British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience (BACN), 11 September 2024
Quettier, T. Conscious processing of facial expressions: evidence from binocular rivalry dynamics and facial mimicry manipulation, University of Padova,Italian psychology association (AIP), 27 Septembre 2022
Quettier, T. On the cycle of consciousness and how to study it, University of Oslo, The science of consciousness: obstacles to progress and strategies to overcome them, online workshop, 03 dicember 2021
Invited conference
Quettier, T., Però, L,. Arlati, N,. Lenzi, L,. Cardellicchio, P,. Battaglia, S,. Borgomaneri, S,. From emotion perception to action: a ccPAS study, University of Bologna, International Affective and Cognitive neuroscience Conference (BRAINiac) 15-16 July 2024
Quettier, T. I metodi per studiare i contenuti della consapevolezza, University of Padova, Brain awareness week (BAW) 14th edition, 16 Mars 2023
Quettier, T. Conscious processing of facial expressions: Evidence from binocular rivalry dynamics and facial mimicry manipulation, University of Parma, Italian Association of Cognitive Science (AISC) midterm conference 2022: The Affective Turn in Cognitive Science, 23 June 2022
Quettier, T. Conscious processing of facial expressions and the contribute of somesthetic signals: Evidence from binocular rivalry dynamics, Body Representation Laboratory, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck University of London, UK, 01 april 2022
Symposium
Quettier, T., Schiano, A., Caruana, F., Sessa, P., Quadrelli, E,. Motor resonance as predictive modeling of emotions, Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia e Neuroscienze Cognitive, annual meeting, Cesena Italy, 4-6 November 2024.
Poster Presentations
Quettier, T., Però, L., Scarpazza, C., Borgomaneri, S. Boosting emotion authenticity recognition: a ccPAS study, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, 09-14 October 2024
Quettier, T., Ghislandi, A.., Tsuchiya, N., Sessa, P. Facial Feedback or Sensorimotor Simulation? Induced Smiling During Binocular Rivalry Enhances Conscious Perception of Positive Stimuli, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, 09-14 October 2024
Quettier, T., Moro. E., Tsuchiya, N., Sessa, P. When Mind and Body Align: Examining the Role of Cross-Modal Congruency in Conscious Representations of Happy Facial Expressions, ,British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience (BACN), 10 September 2024
Quettier, T., Scarpazza, C., Borgomaneri, S., Increasing associative plasticity in premotor-temporal backprojections improves emotion's authenticity discrimination, Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia e Neuroscienze Cognitive, annual meeting, Cesena Italy, 4-6 September 2024.
Quettier, T., Ippolito, G,. Però, L,. Cardellicchio, P,. Battaglia, S,. Borgomaneri, S,. Individual differences in intracortical inhibition predict action control when facing emotional and neutral stimuli, Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia e Neuroscienze Cognitive, annual meeting, Cesena Italy, 4-6 September 2024.
Quettier, T., Moro. E., Tsuchiya, N., Sessa, P. Induced Facial mimicry during binocular rivalry modulates
visual awareness of faces with a happy expression, Società Italiana di Psicofisiologia e Neuroscienze Cognitive, annual meeting, Siena Italy, 09-11 November 2023.
Quettier, T., Gambarota, F., Tsuchiya, N., Sessa, P. Blocking facial mimicry during binocular rivalry modulates visual awareness of others’ facial expressions of emotion, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, annual meeting online, 13-16 March 2021.
Quettier, T., Gambarota, F., Tsuchiya, N., Sessa, P. Blocking facial mimicry during binocular rivalry modulates visual awareness of others’ facial expressions of emotion, Summer-school, Bayesian Statistical Analyses for the Human, Social and Cognitive Sciences, University of Verona, Italy, 6 June 2019.
Quettier, T., Gambarota, F., Tsuchiya, N., Sessa, P. Sensorimotor modulation of visual consciousness of others’ emotions, University of Padova, PhD Open Day, Padova Italy, 10 April 2019.
Editorial and Review Activities
2023 - present
Ad-Hoc Journal Reviewer:
Frontiers in Psychology, Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Consciousness and Cognition.
Peer Reviews can be verified: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/JWA-0948-2024
Teaching
2024/11/27 – 2025/01/08, 20 hours
Adjunct Professor of Basic Level Statistics. Doctoral School of the University of Verona, University of Verona, Verona, ITALY (20 hours)
2024/11/04 – 2024/11/08, 20 hours
Applied Research Courses Academy (ARCA) PsychoPy3: programmare un esperimento, University of Padova, Padova ITALY
Open badge awarding
2024/10 – 2025/09, 30 hours
Tutor for the course General Psychology (Module B). Methods in Psychological Science first cycle degree, University of Padova, Padova ITALY
2024/04/15 – 2024/04/19, 20 hours
Applied Research Courses Academy (ARCA) PsychoPy3: programmare un esperimento, University of Padova, Padova ITALY
Open badge awarding
2023/10 – 2024/09, 30 hours
Tutor for the course General Psychology (Module B). Methods in Psychological Science first cycle degree, University of Padova, Padova ITALY
2023/10/16 – 2023/10/23, 20 hours
Applied Research Courses Academy (ARCA) PsychoPy3: programmare un esperimento, University of Padova, Padova ITALY
Open badge awarding
2023/05/11, 2 hours
Seminar entitled "Binocular rivalry and mimicry" for the Functional and cognitive basis of intersubjectivity course (Holder: Prof.ssa Paola Sessa) for the Master degree courses in Clinical Developmental Psychology and Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, University of Padova, Padova Italy
2023/04/17 – 2023/04/21, 20 hours
Applied Research Courses Academy (ARCA) PsychoPy3: programmare un esperimento, University of Padova, Padova ITALY
2022/09/17 – 2022/09/21, 20 hours
Applied Research Courses Academy (ARCA) PsychoPy3: programmare un esperimento, University of Padova, Padova ITALY
2022/10/01 – 2023/09/30, 30 hours
Tutor for the course “General Psychology” (Module B). Methods in Psychological Science first cycle degree, University of Padova, Padova ITALY
2021/12/08 – 2021/12/12, 20 hours
Applied Research Courses Academy (ARCA) PsychoPy3: programmare un esperimento, University of Padova, Padova ITALY
2021/04/13, 2 hours
Seminar entitled "Binocular rivalry and mimicry" for the Functional and cognitive basis of intersubjectivity course (Holder: Prof.ssa Paola Sessa) for the Master degree courses in Clinical Developmental Psychology and Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, University of Padova, Padova Italy
Mentoring Activities
Master thesis co-supervision
2023-2024
Ghislandi, A., Quettier, T., Sessa, P. The Role of Sensorimotor Simulation in Emotion Recognition: Insights from a Meta-Analysis on individuals with Moebius Syndrome.
2022- 2023
Biagi, S., Quettier, T., Sessa, P. The role of sensorimotor simulation and facial feedback in the recognition of facial expressions in patients with congenital facial palsy: An hdEEG study.
2022- 2023
Flaminio, F., Quettier, T., Sessa, P. Facial expressions investigation on the recognition of emotional expressions in Moebius syndrome: An hdEEG study.
2022- 2023
Leotta, V., Quettier, T., Sessa, P. Seventh Cranial Nerve palsy and emotional facial expression recognition: An online clinical study
2021 - 2022
Moro, E., Quettier, T., Sessa, P. The contribution of sensorimotor simulation to conscious perception of facial expression in a binocular rivalry paradigm.
2020 - 2021
Caberlin, E., Quettier, T., Sessa, P. Neonatal imitation and development of social skills. A systematic review.
Dalia, G., Quettier, T., Sessa, P. Conscious perception in binocular rivalry: A study of the alternations linked to positive facial expressions.
2019 - 2020
Canal, A., Pilastro, AA., Regolin L. Observational learning through tidbitting simulation in the chick of Gallus gallus domesticus
2018 - 2019
Giuli, V., Quettier, T., Sessa, P. Sensorimotor simulation and conscious and unconscious processing of facial expressions: a binocular rivalry study with facial mimicry manipulations.
Third mission activities
Psychopy support for master and phd students.
Quettier, T. I metodi per studiare i contenuti della consapevolezza, University of Padova, Brain awareness week (BAW) 14th edition, 16 Mars 2
Institutional activities
Post Doctoral representative, Department of Psychology "Renzo Canestrari", University of Bologna,. 2024/02 – present
Doctoral students representative in the School of Psychological Sciences. 2018/10 – 2021/12, 3 years
Membership
Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP, sezioni Sperimentale e Sociale)
Association for Mathematical Consciousness Science (AMCS)
Italian Reproducibility Network (ITRN; Teaching board)
Psicostat (UNIPD, DPSS)
International Collaborations
Prof. Pier Francesco Ferrari (Topic: Emotion Processing, Simulation Theory, Moebius Syndrome),
Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS/Université Claude Bernard Lyon, Bron
Cedex, France and University of Parma
Prof. Pier Matthew Longo (Topic: Proprioception), Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Prof. Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Topic: Consciousness), Monash University, Australia
Dr. Garcia-Larrea Luis Neuropain, Iserm, Bron, France
COLAB Research Team, Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Padova, Italy
