Flavia Ciminaghi

Flavia Ciminaghi

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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 June 2024 in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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BHBelen Haza
Belen Haza
CGCorentin J. Gosling
Corentin J. Gosling
FCFlavia Ciminaghi
Flavia Ciminaghi
LCLaurence Conty
Laurence Conty
CPCharlotte Pinabiaux
Charlotte Pinabiaux


31 July 2025 in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology
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FCFlavia Ciminaghi
Flavia Ciminaghi
LALaura Angioletti
Laura Angioletti
MBMichela Balconi
Michela Balconi

13 October 2025 in Cognitive Neurodynamics
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FCFlavia Ciminaghi
Flavia Ciminaghi
KRKatia Rovelli
Katia Rovelli
CACarlotta Acconito
Carlotta Acconito
MBMichela Balconi
Michela Balconi

22 April 2026 in Brain Sciences
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Michela BalconiMichela Balconi
Michela Balconi
BVBenedetta Vignati
Benedetta Vignati
FCFlavia Ciminaghi
Flavia Ciminaghi
Laura AngiolettiLaura Angioletti
Laura Angioletti
Background/Objectives: Goal-directed praxis actions (GOPAs) integrate perception, motor planning, and executive control. While neural correlates of single actions are known, less is understood about how complexity conditions and their hierarchical organization into elementary tasks shape neural dynamics during ecologically manual assembly tasks. This study tested how electrophysiological (EEG) activity reflects global complexity and selective engagement of executive and sensorimotor systems across GOPAs. Methods: 38 healthy young adults completed two assembly conditions differing in complexity (basic and advanced) decomposed into four elementary tasks: identification, handling, alignment, and joining. EEG was recorded across five frequency bands (delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma) and four regions of interest (ROI): frontal, fronto-central, temporo-central, and parieto-occipital. Results: Neural activity varied significantly depending on different complexity, elementary task, and ROI. The advanced-complexity condition elicited stronger neural responses compared to the basic-complexity condition, reflecting greater cognitive, and sensorimotor demands. A task-related gradient emerged, with joining showing the highest activity, followed by alignment, while identification and handling showed lower activation. Frontal regions, particularly in theta activity, were more involved under higher complexity, suggesting increased executive control. In contrast, beta and gamma activity predominated in temporo-central and parieto-occipital regions, supporting visuomotor and sensorimotor integration. Conclusions: EEG oscillatory dynamics during ecological GOPAs are selectively modulated by complexity condition and hierarchical task organization. Neural activity tracks functional demands of specific action phases rather than general arousal, highlighting dynamic coordination between executive and sensorimotor systems during complex manual behavior.