Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in developmental cognitive neuroscience, developmental psychology, and parenting with a special interest in:
- The development of social cognition
- Early neuromarkers of neurodiversity
- Trajectories of neural development in different populations
- Parents' and caregivers' mental health
I am also open to related proposals.
Public outreach & key achievements
- Podcaster for Scientificast, one of the top science podcasts in Italy
- (UN)PRIVILEGED project (2022) – Capturing the gap of social inequalities -
- A research I co-authored, investigating whether carrying a crying baby in different modalities helps to better sooth them and make them fall asleep (Ohmura et al. 2022), was featured on several news outlets including: BBC, BBC Health Check podcast, The Guardian, The Irish Examiner, ScienceDaily, Neuroscience News, ABC News (Australia), and Today’s Parent.
- BabyGROOVE (2022). Theatre show specifically designed for infants 0-12 months of age
- Bach for Babies (2021). Christmas concert in the Trinity College chapel dedicated to parents and infants.
- Look Who's Learning (2021). Event in collaboration with Filskit Theatre dedicated to explaining parents about the infant brain and to entertain babies with a theater show.
- Radio interview with Maria McCann at The Saturday Cafè, WLR radio, Waterford, Ireland. (2021)
- Truzzi A. (2019). “A recipe for infant development: The role of genes and parental behaviors”. 21st May 2019, Pint of Science, Doyle’s Pub, Dublin, Ireland.
- Truzzi A. (2018). “How the early caregiver-infant interaction moderates individuals' social development: A multilevel approach” Orientation Week for high school students, 28th August 2019, Trento, Italy.
- Esposito G., Coppola K., Truzzi A. (2016). How can I make my younger sibling stop crying? Frontiers for Young Minds – Understanding Neuroscience, DOI: 10.3389/frym.2016.00028
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