探花精选

Renzo Lanfranco

Renzo Lanfranco

Visiting address: Solnav盲gen 9 - kvarter D4, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C4 Neurovetenskap, C4 Forskning Ehrsson, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • I am a cognitive neuroscientist and experimental psychologist based in the Department of Neuroscience (Brain, Body, and Self Laboratory) of 探花精选. My line of research in the lab explores the relationship between conscious awareness, body ownership, and multisensory integration using behavioural, psychophysical, and neuroimaging techniques. In other words, how the brain creates and maintains our experience of bodily self. I hold a PhD in Psychology, Human Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom).

Research

  • My general research interest revolves around understanding the function of consciousness in cognition. Our senses are constantly bombarded with information from the outside world and from within our own bodies. Some pieces of information gain access to awareness whereas others are processed unconsciously. What do we need this conscious access for? How do neural mechanisms promote sensory information into conscious awareness? More specifically, I study the computational and neural mechanisms of complex perceptual processes. One complex perceptual process I am interested in is face processing, that is, the perceptual processes that allow us to detect and recognise faces and their different attributes such as emotional expressions, gender, and eye-gaze movements, all attributes that are key for social interaction. Another complex perceptual process I am interested in is the feeling of body ownership, that is, the perceptual processes that allow us to detect internal bodily signals, recognise them as our own body's, and experience the feeling that such a body belongs to us. To study these psychological phenomena, I use psychophysics, computational modelling, psychophysiology, electroencephalography, and machine learning techniques. In addition, I am interested in the neurocognitive underpinnings of hypnosis and in the contribution of hypnosis research to the understanding of consciousness, metacognition, and perception. Finally, my ultimate goal is to apply consciousness and perception research methods to enhance our understanding of neuropsychiatric disorders that involve difficulties in face and social perception (e.g., autism and schizophrenia), and in body ownership and bodily awareness (e.g., schizophrenia and eating disorders), and develop more comprehensive clinical assessment tools for mental health professionals.

Teaching

  • I teach the "Association Cortex and Higher Cognitive Functions" module in the Neuroscience Course for the MSc Biomedicine degree.

Selected publications

  • Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):8523
    Lanfranco RC; Canales-Johnson A; Rabagliati H; Cleeremans A; Carmel D
  • Article: COGNITION. 2023;238:105491
    Lanfranco RC; Chancel M; Ehrsson HH
  • Article: NEUROIMAGE. 2021;239:118282
    Lanfranco RC; Rivera-Rei A; Huepe D; Ibanez A; Canales-Johnson A

Articles

  • Journal article: CORTEX. 2024;174:201-214
    Lanfranco RC; Dos Santos Sousa F; Wessel PM; Rivera-Rei 脕; Bekinschtein TA; Lucero B; Canales-Johnson A; Huepe D
  • Article: CORTEX. 2024;174:201-214
    Lanfranco RC; Sousa FDS; Wessel PM; Rivera-Rei A; Bekinschtein TA; Lucero B; Canales-Johnson A; Huepe D
  • Article: COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE, & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2024;24(1):100-110
    Lanfranco RC; Chancel M; Ehrsson HH
  • Article: PERCEPTION. 2023;52(11-12):812-843
    Tsikandilakis M; Bali P; Lanfranco RC; Kausel L; Yu Z; Boncompte G; Karlis A-K; Alshammari A; Li R; Milbank A; Burdett M; Mevel P-A; Madan C; Derrfuss J
  • Article: ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR. 2023;31(5):405-422
    Lanfranco RC; Canales-Johnson A; Lucero B; Vargas E; Noreika V
  • Article: EMOTION. 2023;23(7):2059-2079
    Lanfranco RC; Rabagliati H; Carmel D
  • Article: NEUROCASE. 2023;29(5):141-150
    Lanfranco RC; Martinez-Aguayo JC; Arancibia M
  • Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):7640
    Lanfranco RC; Stein T; Rabagliati H; Carmel D
  • Article: PERCEPTION. 2021;50(12):1027-1055
    Tsikandilakis M; Yu Z; Kausel L; Boncompte G; Lanfranco RC; Oxner M; Bali P; Urale Leong P; Qing M; Paterakis G; Caci S; Milbank A; Mevel P-A; Carmel D; Madan C; Derrfuss J; Chapman P
  • Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):2401
    Canales-Johnson A; Lanfranco RC; Morales JP; Martinez-Pernia D; Valdes J; Ezquerro-Nassar A; Rivera-Rei A; Ibanez A; Chennu S; Bekinschtein TA; Huepe D; Noreika V
  • Article: PERCEPTION. 2019;48(10):918-947
    Tsikandilakis M; Kausel L; Boncompte G; Yu Z; Oxner M; Lanfranco R; Bali P; Urale P; Peirce J; Lopez V; Tong EMW; William H; Carmel D; Derrfuss J; Chapman P
  • Journal article: REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 2015;143(6):817-818
    Lanfranco RC
  • Journal article: PSYCHIATRIA DANUBINA. 2014;26(1):70-73
    Lips W; Mascayano F; Lanfranco R
  • Journal article: ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA. 2012;28(3):1003-1010
    Canales-Johnson A; Lanfranco R; Vargas E; Ibanez A

All other publications

  • Preprint: BIORXIV. 2023
    Lanfranco R; Santos Sousa FD; Wessel PM; Rivera-Rei 脕; Bekinschtein T; Lucero B; Canales-Johnson A; Huepe D
  • Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2023
    Lanfranco RC; Chancel M; Ehrsson H
  • Review: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2023;437:114116
    Lanfranco RC; Rabagliati H; Carmel D
  • Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2022
    Tsikandilakis M; Bali P; Lanfranco RC; Kausel L; Yu Z; Boncompte G; Karlis A-K; Alshammari A; Li R; Milbank A; Burdett M; M茅vel P-A; Madan C; Derrfuss J
  • Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2022
    Lanfranco RC; Chancel M; Ehrsson H
  • Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2022
    Lanfranco RC; Rabagliati H; Carmel D
  • Preprint: BIORXIV. 2021
    Lanfranco R; Canales-Johnson A; Rabagliati H; Cleeremans A; Carmel D
  • Corrigendum: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):16012
    Canales-Johnson A; Lanfranco RC; Morales JP; Martinez-Pernia D; Valdes J; Ezquerro-Nassar A; Rivera-Rei A; Ibanez A; Chennu S; Bekinschtein TA; Huepe D; Noreika V
  • Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2021
    Lanfranco RC; Mart铆nez-Aguayo JC; Arancibia M
  • Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2021
    Lanfranco RC; Rabagliati H; Carmel D
  • Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2021
    Lanfranco RC; Canales-Johnson A; Lucero B; Vargas E; Noreika V
  • Preprint: BIORXIV. 2021
    Lanfranco R; Rivera-Rei 脕; Huepe D; Ib谩帽ez A; Canales-Johnson A
  • Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2020
    Lanfranco RC; Stein T; Rabagliati H; Carmel D
  • Preprint: BIORXIV. 2019
    Canales-Johnson A; Lanfranco R; Morales JP; Mart铆nez-Pern铆a D; Vald茅s J; Ezquerro-Nassar A; Rivera-Rei 脕; Ibanez A; Chennu S; Bekinschtein T; Huepe D; Noreika V
  • Review: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2018;9:15
    Carlos Martinez-Aguayo J; Lanfranco RC; Arancibia M; Sepulveda E; Madrid E
  • Editorial comment: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2014;5(3-4):209-210
    Lanfranco RC; Adolfi F; Ibanez A
  • Letter: REVISTA DE NEUROLOGIA. 2014;59(7):336
    Lanfranco RC; Canales-Johnson A
  • Letter: REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 2014;142(9):1217-1218
    Lanfranco RC; Canales-Johnson A
  • Review: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2014;5:1126
    Lanfranco RC; Canales-Johnson A; Huepe D
  • Review: REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 2012;140(9):1191-1200
    Renzo Lanfranco G; Manriquez-Navarro P; Leyla Avello G; Canales-Johnson A

Grants

  • Becoming aware of our own body: unravelling the computational and neural mechanisms of bodily self-awareness
    Swedish Research Council
    1 October 2025 - 1 September 2029
  • KI Research Foundation Grant
    1 January 2025 - 31 December 2026
  • Bodily Self-Consciousness
    Strategic Research Area Neuroscience (StratNeuro)
    1 October 2024 - 30 September 2025

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