Elvio Blini

Elvio Blini

Assistant Professor of Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology

University of Firenze

Biography

Elvio A. Blini is Assistant Professor at the University of Florence since 2023. His main interests revolve around cognitive neuropsychology and the cognitive neuroscience of spatial attention, assessed with a whealth of neuroimaging and neurostimulation techniques.

Interests
  • Cognitive Neuropsychology
  • Spatial Attention
  • Motivation
  • Pupillometry
Education

  • PhD in Psychology, 2016

    University of Padova

  • M.Sc. Psychology - Neuropsychology, 2011

    University of Milano - Bicocca

 
 
 
 
 
University of Florence
Assistant Professor (RTDa)
University of Florence
January 2023 – Present Firenze, ITA
 
 
 
 
 
University of Padua
Senior Postdoc Fellow (type B)
University of Padua
May 2020 – May 2022 Padova, ITA
 
 
 
 
 
INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale)
Marie Skłodowska Curie Research Fellow
INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale)
February 2018 – February 2020 Lyon, FRA
 
 
 
 
 
University of Lyon
PRESTIGE, Marie Skłodowska Curie Research Fellow
University of Lyon
June 2016 – February 2018 Lyon, FRA

Recent Posts

New article!
Pupillometry as a biomarker of Mind-Wandering (MW): a review We review the studies that used pupillometry as a biomarker for mind-wandering (MW), highlight the key challenges encountered, and provide recommendations for future research.
Elvio Blini
Oct 22, 2024 2 min read Pupilla, pupil dilation, pupillometry, autonomic response, interoception, Mind-Wandering, Attention
Project
New article!
New preprint!
Phasic changes in pupil size are strikingly low-dimensional! In a new preprint, we show that very different tasks and processes map onto a very similar, low-dimensional latent space. We suggest that phasic changes in pupil size originate from a set of distinctive fingerprints that describe a pupillary manifold: a latent space that is highly constrained by the underlying physiological structures, i.e. the balance between different branches of the ANS.
Elvio Blini
May 24, 2024 3 min read Pupilla, pupil dilation, pupillometry, autonomic response, interoception, dimensionality reduction, pupillary manifold, pupillary fingerprints, machine learning, feature extraction
Project
New preprint!
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All FCnet Pupilla
FCnet
An R package for the analysis of Functional Connectivity matrices, lesion maps, or disconnection maps through elastic NETs.
FCnet
Pupilla
An R package for the processing and analysis of eye-tracking and pupillometry data. The package is currently under active development.
Pupilla

Recent & Upcoming Talks

A bird's eye view on my research interests so far
This is a quick overview of my research interests and works so far (2013-2025). Mostly prepared for the University of Florence, I appreciate that it gave me the opportunity to highlight - first and foremost for myself - the fil rouge in my research. The slides are hosted on the Open Science Framework website.
Oct 30, 2024 12:00 AM Online
Elvio Blini
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A bird's eye view on my research interests so far
Talks and various material
Materials and slides for my talks so far are hosted on the Open Science Framework website.
Jun 17, 2023 12:00 AM Online
Elvio Blini
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Talks and various material

Featured Publications

Elvio Blini, Marco Zorzi
January, 2023 Psychon Bull Rev, 30, 596–607
Pupil size as a robust marker of attentional bias toward nicotine-related stimuli in smokers
Pupil size as a robust marker of attentional bias toward nicotine-related stimuli in smokers

Spatial attention can be magnetically attracted by behaviorally salient stimuli. This phenomenon occasionally conflicts with behavioral goals, leading to maladaptive consequences, as in the case of addiction, in which attentional biases have been described and linked with clinically meaningful variables, such as craving level or dependence intensity.
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Recent Publications

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Claudia Pelagatti, Elvio Blini, Manila Vannucci (2024). Catching Mind Wandering With Pupillometry: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, e1695.

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Popular Topics

addiction attentional capture attentional load autonomic response depth dual task embodied cognition extinction eye movements FCnet interoception machine learning mental arithmetic numbers peripersonal space pupil dilation Pupilla pupillometry stroke visuo-spatial attention

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