Laura Cacciamani

Associate Professor

California Polytechnic State University

Ph.D. in Psychology, The University of Arizona M.A. in Psychology, The University of Arizona B.S. in Psychology and Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University

Contact Information:

Email: LCacciamani@ski.org


Links:
Laura Cacciamani @ CalPoly

Publications

Likova, L. T., & Cacciamani, L. . (2018). Transfer of Learning in People Who Are Blind: Enhancement of Spatial-Cognitive Abilities through Drawing. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 4(112). Retrieved from https://www.afb.org/jvib/Newjvibabstract.asp?articleid=jvib120406

Cacciamani, L. ., & Likova, L. T. (2017). Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 141. 10.1016/j.nlm.2017.03.013 PMID: 28347878 PMCID: PMC 5488874 (Original work published 2017)

Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Cacciamani, L. ., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. . (2016). The Cortical Network for Braille Writing in the Blind. Electronic Imaging, 2016, 1–6. 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2016.16.HVEI-095 PMID: 28890944 PMCID: PMC5589194 (Original work published 2016)

Cacciamani, L. ., & Likova, L. T. (2016). Tactile object familiarity in the blind brain reveals the supramodal perceptual-mnemonic nature of the perirhinal cortex. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10, 92. 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00092 PMID: 27148002 PMCID: PMC4828456 (Original work published 2016)

Cacciamani, L. ., & Likova, L. T. (2016). The role of the perirhinal cortex in tactile perception and memory in the blind. Journal of Vision, 16(12).

Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Cacciamani, L. ., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. . (2015). Effect of familiarity on Braille writing and reading in the blind: From graphemes to comprehension. Journal of Vision, 15, 920–920. 10.1167/15.12.920

Cacciamani, L. ., Mojica, A. J., Sanguinetti, J. L., & Peterson, M. A. (2014). Semantic access occurs outside of awareness for the ground side of a figure. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 76, 2531–2547.

Cacciamani, L. ., Ayars, A. A., & Peterson, M. A. (2014). Spatially rearranged object parts can facilitate perception of intact whole objects. Frontiers in Psychology, 5.

Cacciamani, L. . (2014). Beyond Conscious Object Perception: Processing and Inhibition of the Groundside of a Figure.

Peterson, M. A., Cacciamani, L. ., Barense, M. D., & Scalf, P. E. (2012). The perirhinal cortex modulates V2 activity in response to the agreement between part familiarity and configuration familiarity. Hippocampus, 22, 1965–1977.

Peterson, M. A., Cacciamani, L. ., Mojica, A. J., & Sanguinetti, J. L. (2012). Meaning can be accessed for the ground side of a figure. Gestalt Theory, 34.

Salvagio, E. ., Cacciamani, L. ., & Peterson, M. A. (2012). Competition-strength-dependent ground suppression in figure–ground perception. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 74, 964–978.

Likova, L. T., Cacciamani, L. ., Nicholas, S. ., & Mineff, K. N. (2017). Top-down working memory reorganization of the primary visual cortex: Granger Causality analysis. 10.1167/17.10.594

Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Mineff, K. N., Cacciamani, L. ., & Nicholas, S. . (2016). Fundamental anti-symmetries in the brain organization of conceptual knowledge representation help resolve long-standing controversies. Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida.

Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Mineff, K. N., Cacciamani, L. ., & Nicholas, S. . (2016). High-order multisensory mechanisms: Insights from Braille writing and reading. Retrieved from IS&T Int Symp Electron Imaging

Cacciamani, L. ., & Likova, L. T. (2016). The role of the perirhinal cortex in tactile perception and memory in the blind. Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida.

Cacciamani, L. ., & Likova, L. T. (2016). Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. Retrieved from SfN. San Diego Ca, USA

Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Mineff, K. N., Cacciamani, L. ., & Nicholas, S. . (2016). Dissociable brain networks revealed to single-repetition learning in Braille reading and Braille writing-fromm. Retrieved from ECVP 2016 Perception 45, 164-165

Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Mineff, K. N., Cacciamani, L. ., & Nicholas, S. . (2016). High-order multisensory mechanisms: Insights from Braille writing and reading. Special Session on Multisensory Interactions. IS&T’2016.