CV

Assistant Professor (RTDb; tenure track)

Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia (Italy).

Post-doctoral research fellow 

Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy).

Main theme of research: “Grounding time through sensorimotor integration”.

Supervisor: Prof. Luisa Girelli, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral research fellow

Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia (Italy).

Main theme of research: “The role of the human cerebellum in memory processing”.

Supervisor: Prof. Tomaso Vecchi, Ph.D.

Visiting fellow 

Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development of the Birkbeck University, London (UK).

Main theme of research: “Sensorimotor involvement in serial order processing over developmental time”.

Supervisor: Prof. Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Ph.D. 

Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN) as Associate Professor in 11/E1 (General Psychology, Psychobiology and Psychometrics.

Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, Linguistics and Cognitive Neurosciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy). 

Thesis entitled: “Sensorimotor experience biases human attention through space and time”. 

Supervisor: Prof. Luisa Girelli, Ph.D.

Master’s degree in Developmental Psychology and Neuropsychology at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy).

Thesis entitled: “The role of number-space associations in preschoolers' numerical competence”. 

Supervisor: Prof. Luisa Girelli, Ph.D.

Bachelor’s degree in Psychological Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy).

Visiting research fellow at the Department of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, Tilburg University, Tilburg (Netherlands).

Supervisor: Prof. Max Louwerse, Ph.D.

Visiting research student at the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich (Switzerland).

Supervisor: Prof. Peter Brugger, Ph.D.

Visiting research student at the Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva (Israel).

Supervisor: Prof. Avishai Henik, Ph.D.

Visiting research student at the Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva (Israel).

Supervisor: Prof. Avishai Henik, Ph.D. 

Clinical practice at UONPIA (Operative Unite of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry), Sant’Anna Hospital, Olgiate Comasco, Como (Italy). 

Supervisor: Grazia Manerchia, M.D. 

Clinical practice at UONPIA (Operative Unite of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry), Busto Arsizio Hospital, Tradate, Varese (Italy).  

Supervisor: Roberta Urbinati, M.D. 

Support fund for ERC Starting Grant by Fondazione Cariplo (€ 1500). 

Grant for CV consolidation.

Study Visit Grant funded by the Experimental Psychology Society (£ 2.000). 

Research project: “A view from the top of the cascade: sensorimotor processing constrains serial order abilities over developmental time”. 

Host institution: Birkbeck, University of London. Supervisor: Prof. Annette Karmiloff-Smith. 

Research Grant funded by the University of Pavia (€ 12.000). 

Research project: “The role of the human cerebellum in memory processing”. 

Host institution: University of Pavia. Supervisor: Prof. Tomaso Vecchi. 

Two-years grant (“Fondo Cariplo”) funded by Fondazione Cariplo (€ 4.000). 

Research project: “Pitch and grasp the sound! Action planning dances on pitch dimension”.

Host institution: University of Milano-Bicocca. Principal investigator.

Four-years Ph.D. scholarship co-funded by Fondazione Cariplo (€ 15.336/year).

Main theme of research: “Sensorimotor experience biases human attention through space and time”. 

Supervisor: Prof. Luisa Girelli. 

Eight-months scholarship ($ 6.400) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel), Cultural and Scientific Affairs Department.

Research project: “The role of reading direction in number-space associations”. 

Host institution: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Supervisor: Prof. Avishai Henik. 

Best Italian PhD Thesis (€ 500). 

Sessione di Psicologia Sperimentale, AIP (Italian Psychological Association).

Travel Grant (€ 250). 

Sessione di Psicologia Sperimentale, AIP (Italian Psychological Association), Bari (Italy).

Article “Walking on a mental time line” selected for the journal cover page of Cortex, volume 78.

 

The Patrizia Tabossi Price (€ 300) for the best oral presentation. 

Title of the presentation: “Pitch and grasp the sound! Action planning dances on pitch dimension.”

The Trieste Symposium on Perception and Cognition, Trieste (Italy).

Best oral presentation price (€ 500). 

Title of the presentation: “Influenza contestuale dei sistemi di letto-scrittura nei processi di attenzione visuo-spaziale.”

Sessione di Psicologia Sperimentale, AIP (Italian Psychological Association), Chieti (Italy).

1. Rinaldi, L. (2019). Bringing order out of chaos: when language structures time. The Flow of Time: An Interdisciplinary Workshop. Venezia (Italia). 

2. Rinaldi, L. (2019). Dissociating sensorimotor experience from language statistics: insights from the representation of number and time. CIMeC. Rovereto (Italia). 

3. Rinaldi, L., & Girelli, L. (2018). Organizzare i numeri nello spazio aiuta: evidenze in età prescolare. September 2018, AIRIPA, Arezzo (Italia). 

4. Rinaldi, L. (2018). Dissociating sensorimotor experience from language statistics: insights from the representation of number and time. SISSA University, Invited seminar by Prof. Davide Crepaldi. June 2018, Trieste (Italy). 

5. Rinaldi, L. (2018). Sensorimotor foundations of the spatial representation of time. 48th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society. June 2018, Amsterdam (Netherlands). 

6. Rinaldi, L. (2017). Il tempo scorre: Il contributo del sistema sensorimotorio alla rappresentazione spaziale del tempo. Congresso Annuale della Sessione di Psicologia Sperimentale (AIP). September 2017, Bari (Italy). 

7. Rinaldi, L. (2016). Sensorimotor experience binds space and time in the human mind. Festival della Luce. May 2017, Como (Italy). 

8. Rinaldi, L. (2016). The role of sensorimotor experience in the representation of time. University of Sussex, Invited seminar by Dr. Marianna Obrist. August 2016, Brighton (UK). 

9. Rinaldi, L. (2016). The development of temporal concepts: a sensorimotor perspective. Birkbeck, University of London, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development. August 2016, London (UK). 

10. Rinaldi, L. (2016). Sensorimotor experience constrains serial and temporal order processing. Learning, grouping, chunking, restructuring symposium. July 2016, Nice (French).  

11. Rinaldi, L. (2016). Sensorimotor experience biases human attention through space and time. Birkbeck, University of London, Invited seminar by Prof. Matthew Longo. July 2016, London (UK). 

12. Rinaldi, L. (2015). Situating numbers on an experienced space. 6th International Conference on Spatial Cognition: “Space and Situated Cognition”. September 2015, Rome (Italy).  

13. Rinaldi, L. (2015). When crossmodal correspondences reach the motor system. Improvers' Course on Music Cognition. June 2015, Pavia (Italy).  

14. Rinaldi, L. (2014). Experience biases our attention through space and time. Université Du Luxembourg, Invited seminar by Prof. Christine Schiltz. November 2014, Luxembourg. 

15. Rinaldi, L., Lega, C., Cattaneo, Z., Girelli, L. & Bernardi, N.F. (2014). Prendi il suono! Influenza dell’altezza del suono nel controllo motorio. Congresso Annuale della Sessione di Psicologia Sperimentale (AIP), September 2014, Pavia (Italy). 

16. Rinaldi, L., & Girelli, L. (2013). Organizzare i numeri nello spazio aiuta: evidenze in età prescolare. Congresso Annuale della Sessione di Psicologia dello Sviluppo (AIP). September 2013, Milan (Italy).