Laura Cacciamani

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Associate Professor at 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

Publications

Journal Articles

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., & 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 de 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. C. (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 Feb 14 2016)
Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Cacciamani, L., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C. (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., & 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 Apr 12 2016)
Cacciamani, L. (2014). Beyond Conscious Object Perception: Processing and Inhibition of the Groundside of a Figure.
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.
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.
Salvagio, E., Cacciamani, L., & Peterson, M. A. (2012). Competition-strength-dependent ground suppression in figure–ground perception. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 74, 964–978.

Presentations/Posters

Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Mineff, K. N., Cacciamani, L., & Nicholas, S. C. (2016). High-order multisensory mechanisms: Insights from Braille writing and reading. Retrieved de IS&T Int Symp Electron Imaging
Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Mineff, K. N., Cacciamani, L., & Nicholas, S. C. (2016). Dissociable brain networks revealed to single-repetition learning in Braille reading and Braille writing-fromm. Retrieved de ECVP 2016 Perception 45, 164-165
Cacciamani, L., & Likova, L. T. (2016). Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. Retrieved de SfN. San Diego Ca, USA
Likova, L. T., Cacciamani, L., Nicholas, S. C., & 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. C. (2016). Fundamental anti-symmetries in the brain organization of conceptual knowledge representation help resolve long-standing controversies. Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida.
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.
Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Mineff, K. N., Cacciamani, L., & Nicholas, S. C. (2016). High-order multisensory mechanisms: Insights from Braille writing and reading. Special Session on Multisensory Interactions. IS&T’2016.

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