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Chiara Saracini, PhD

Tagline:Assistant researcher at the Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Maule

Talca, Chile

About me

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I'm an italian mother living in Chile...from the Alpes to the Andes.

I obtained the master degree in Psychology in the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology in Sapienza (2009), University of Rome. In 2011 I defended my doctoral dissertation in the same University, obtaining a PhD in "Cognitive psychology, psychophysiology and personality".

Now I study cognitive neuroscience in the Catholic University of Maule, in the Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Center, in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Research, dissemination, mothering, dogs, music, nature and walking my own path are the most important things in my life.

Research Interests

  • Perception and cognition
  • Perceptual awareness and consciousness
  • Impulsiveness, anxiety, stress and cognition
  • Brain dynamics
  • Bioethics (Research, AI, OI, environment)

Publications

  • Perceiving the uncertain: predictive coding and individual differences in the dynamics of multistable perception

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Cognitive ProcessingDate:2026
    Authors:
    Chiara SaraciniM. Buhler
    DOI

  • Implicit observational learning of second-order conditional repeated sequences presented in rapid serial visual presentation

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Consciousness and CognitionDate:2026
    Authors:
    Salvatore G. ChiarellaLuca SimioneMonia D’AngiòChiara SaraciniAntonino RaffoneEnrico Di Pace
    DOI

  • Perceptions of Nature in Cordillera and Urban Settings in Cultural Transitions of Colla Communities From Northern Chile

    Journal ArticlePublisher:SAGE OpenDate:2025
    Authors:
    M. Lazzaro-SalazarSara ArenasEnrique A. MundacaChiara SaraciniOlga ZaytsBoris A. Lucero
    DOI

  • Spike-time-dependent plasticity induction reveals dissociable premotor-motor pathways to automatic imitation

    Journal ArticlePublisher:International Journal of PsychophysiologyDate:2025
    Authors:
    S. TurriniN. BevacquaL. TarasiFrancesca FioriChiara SaraciniBoris LuceroSara ZagoGiorgio ArcaraMatteo CandidiV. RomeiA. Avenanti
    DOI

  • Implicit observational learning of second-order conditional repeated sequences presented in rapid serial visual presentation.

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Consciousness and cognitionDate:2025
    Authors:
    S. ChiarellaLuca SimioneMonia D'AngiòChiara SaraciniA. RaffoneEnrico Di Pace
    DOI

  • Spontaneous perceptual alternations and higher-order cognitive processes: an exploratory study

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Cognitive ProcessingDate:2025
    Authors:
    Chiara SaraciniFrancia Arriagada-MödingerBoris Lucero
    DOI

  • Driving hebbian plasticity in premotor-to-motor circuits unveils different roles of ventral and medial pathways on automatic imitation

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Brain StimulationDate:2025
    Authors:
    S. TurriniFrancesca FioriN. BevacquaChiara SaraciniMatteo CandidiBoris LuceroA. Avenanti
    DOI

  • Spike-time-dependent plasticity induction reveals dissociable premotor-motor pathways to automatic imitation

    Journal ArticlePublisher:International Journal of PsychophysiologyDate:2025
    Authors:
    S. TurriniN. BevacquaL. TarasiFrancesca FioriChiara SaraciniBoris LuceroSara ZagoGiorgio ArcaraMatteo CandidiVincenzo RomeiA. Avenanti
    DOI

  • Perceptions of Nature in Cordillera and Urban Settings in Cultural Transitions of Colla Communities From Northern Chile

    Journal ArticlePublisher:SAGE OpenDate:2025
    Authors:
    M. Lazzaro-SalazarSara ArenasEnrique A. MundacaChiara SaraciniOlga ZaytsBoris A. Lucero
    DOI

  • Techno-emotional projection in human–GenAI relationships: a psychological and ethical conceptual perspective

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Frontiers in PsychologyDate:2025
    Authors:
    Chiara SaraciniMaría Isabel Cornejo-PlazaRoberto Cippitani
    DOI

  • Techno-emotional projection in human–GenAI relationships: a psychological and ethical conceptual perspective

    ReviewPublisher:Frontiers in PsychologyDate:2025
    Authors:
    Chiara SaraciniMaría Isabel Cornejo-PlazaRoberto Cippitani
    DOI

  • Spontaneous perceptual alternations and higher-order cognitive processes: an exploratory study

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Cognitive ProcessingDate:2025
    Authors:
    Chiara SaraciniFrancia Arriagada-MödingerBoris Lucero
    DOI

  • Neurophysiological evaluation of neuroplasticity changes in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of patients with treatment-resistant depression using TMS-EEG paired association stimulation following bilateral transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Brain StimulationDate:2025
    Authors:
    S. TurriniFrancesca FioriN. BevacquaChiara SaraciniMatteo CandidiBoris LuceroA. Avenanti
    DOI

  • Neural information sharing across the orienting attentional network predicts intelligence in children

    Journal ArticlePublisher:bioRxivDate:2025
    Authors:
    Boris LuceroM. T. Muñoz-QuezadaChiara SaraciniR. LanfrancoAndrés Canales-Johnson
    DOI

  • How to measure observational implicit learning of complex sequences: a novel paradigm involving rapid visual presentation and serial reaction time task

    Journal ArticleDate:2024
    Authors:
    Monia D'AngiòS. ChiarellaLuca SimioneChiara SaraciniA. RaffoneE. D. Pace
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  • Documentary Analysis of Hypericum perforatum (St. John’s Wort) and Its Effect on Depressive Disorders

    ReviewPublisher:PharmaceuticalsDate:2024
    Authors:
    María Carolina OteroFrancisco CericS. Miranda-RojasCarolina CarreñoRachelly EscaresMaría José EscobarChiara SaraciniC. AtalaRicardo Ramírez-BarrantesFelipe Gordillo-Fuenzalida
    DOI

  • Insights from Chilean NCDs Hospitalization Data during COVID-19

    Journal ArticlePublisher:MedicinaDate:2024
    Authors:
    J. Vásquez-GómezChiara Saracini
    DOI

  • Spike-timing-dependent plasticity induction reveals dissociable supplementary– and premotor–motor pathways to automatic imitation

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaDate:2024
    Authors:
    S. TurriniFrancesca FioriN. BevacquaChiara SaraciniBoris LuceroMatteo CandidiA. Avenanti
    DOI

  • Cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation highlights asymmetrical communication between rostral premotor cortices and primary motor cortex.

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Brain stimulationDate:2024
    Authors:
    N. BevacquaS. TurriniFrancesca FioriChiara SaraciniBoris LuceroMatteo CandidiA. Avenanti
    DOI

  • Documentary Analysis of Hypericum perforatum (St. John’s Wort) and Its Effect on Depressive Disorders

    ReviewPublisher:PharmaceuticalsDate:2024
    Authors:
    María Carolina OteroFrancisco CericS. Miranda-RojasC. CarreñoRachelly EscaresM. J. EscobarChiara SaraciniC. AtalaRicardo Ramírez-BarrantesFelipe Gordillo-Fuenzalida
    DOI

  • Cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation highlights asymmetrical communication between rostral premotor cortices and primary motor cortex

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Brain StimulationDate:2024
    Authors:
    N. BevacquaS. TurriniFrancesca FioriChiara SaraciniBoris LuceroMatteo CandidiA. Avenanti
    DOI

  • Spike-timing-dependent plasticity induction reveals dissociable supplementary– and premotor–motor pathways to automatic imitation

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaDate:2024
    Authors:
    S. TurriniFrancesca FioriN. BevacquaChiara SaraciniBoris LuceroMatteo CandidiA. Avenanti
    DOI

  • Insights from Chilean NCDs Hospitalization Data during COVID-19

    Journal ArticlePublisher:MedicinaDate:2024
    Authors:
    J. Vásquez-GómezChiara Saracini
    DOI

  • On pharmacological neuroenhancement as part of the new neurorights' pioneering legislation in Chile: a perspective

    ReviewPublisher:Frontiers in PsychologyDate:2023
    Authors:
    María Isabel Cornejo-PlazaChiara Saracini
    DOI

  • On pharmacological neuroenhancement as part of the new neurorights' pioneering legislation in Chile: a perspective

    ReviewPublisher:Frontiers in PsychologyDate:2023
    Authors:
    María Isabel Cornejo-PlazaChiara Saracini
    DOI

  • Affective modulation of cognitive control: A systematic review of EEG studies

    ReviewPublisher:Physiology & BehaviorDate:2022
    Authors:
    Francisco Ahumada-MéndezB. LuceroA. AvenantiChiara SaraciniM. Muñoz-QuezadaCristian Cortés-RiveraAndrés Canales-Johnson
    DOI

  • Perceptual Awareness and Its Relationship with Consciousness: Hints from Perceptual Multistability

    Journal ArticlePublisher:NeuroSciDate:2022
    Authors:
    Chiara Saracini
    DOI

  • Bistable Perception’s Oscillations Dynamics, Individual Differences and Cognitive Flexibility: A Behavioral Study

    Journal ArticlePublisher:IECBS 2022Date:2022
    Authors:
    Chiara Saracini
    DOI

  • Perceptual Awareness and Its Relationship with Consciousness: Hints from Perceptual Multistability

    Journal ArticlePublisher:NeuroSciDate:2022
    Authors:
    Chiara Saracini
    DOI

  • Bistable Perception’s Oscillations Dynamics, Individual Differences and Cognitive Flexibility: A Behavioral Study

    Journal ArticlePublisher:IECBS 2022Date:2022
    Authors:
    Chiara Saracini
    DOI

  • Risk Perception Influence on Vaccination Program on COVID-19 in Chile: A Mathematical Model

    Journal ArticlePublisher:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthDate:2022
    Authors:
    J. P. Gutiérrez-JaraChiara Saracini
    DOI

  • Risk Perception Influence on Vaccination Program on COVID-19 in Chile: A Mathematical Model

    Journal ArticlePublisher:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthDate:2022
    Authors:
    J. P. Gutiérrez-JaraChiara Saracini
    DOI

  • Affective modulation of cognitive control: A systematic review of EEG studies.

    ReviewPublisher:Physiology & behaviorDate:2022
    Authors:
    Francisco Ahumada-MéndezB. LuceroA. AvenantiChiara SaraciniM. T. Muñoz-QuezadaCristian Cortés-RiveraAndrés Canales-Johnson
    DOI

  • Levels of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins/Furans (PCDD/Fs) and Dioxin-Like Polychlorinated Biphenyls (DL-PCBs) in Human Breast Milk in Chile: A Pilot Study

    Journal ArticlePublisher:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthDate:2021
    Authors:
    C. FoersterL. Zúñiga-VenegasP. Enrı́quezJacqueline RojasClaudia ZamoraX. MuñozF. PancettiM. Muñoz-QuezadaB. LuceroChiara SaraciniClaudio SalasS. Córtes
    DOI

  • Levels of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins/Furans (PCDD/Fs) and Dioxin-Like Polychlorinated Biphenyls (DL-PCBs) in Human Breast Milk in Chile: A Pilot Study

    Journal ArticlePublisher:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthDate:2021
    Authors:
    C. FoersterL. Zúñiga-VenegasP. Enrı́quezJacqueline RojasClaudia ZamoraX. MuñozF. PancettiM. Muñoz-QuezadaB. LuceroChiara SaraciniClaudio SalasS. Córtes
    DOI

  • Pesticide exposure in Chile and population health: urgency for decision making

    DocumentDate:2020
    Authors:
    S. CórtesL. Zúñiga-VenegasChiara SaraciniF. PancettiM. Muñoz-QuezadaB. LuceroC. Foerster
    DOI

  • Aspectos éticos del uso de identificadores biométricos

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Acta BioethicaDate:2020
    Authors:
    A. LuceroChiara SaraciniMarco MoraM. Muñoz-Quezada
    DOI

  • Aspectos éticos del uso de identificadores biométricos

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Acta BioethicaDate:2020
    Authors:
    A. LuceroChiara SaraciniMarco MoraM. Muñoz-Quezada
    DOI

  • [Pesticide exposure in Chile and population health: urgency for decision making].

    ReviewPublisher:Gaceta sanitariaDate:2020
    Authors:
    L. Zúñiga-VenegasChiara SaraciniFloria PancettiMaría-Teresa Muñoz-QuezadaB. LuceroClaudia FoersterSandra Cortés
    DOI

  • Pesticide exposure in Chile and population health: urgency for decision making

    DocumentDate:2020
    Authors:
    S. CórtesL. Zúñiga-VenegasChiara SaraciniF. PancettiM. Muñoz-QuezadaB. LuceroC. Foerster
    DOI

  • [Pesticide exposure in Chile and population health: urgency for decision making].

    ReviewPublisher:Gaceta sanitariaDate:2020
    Authors:
    L. Zúñiga-VenegasChiara SaraciniFloria PancettiM. Muñoz-QuezadaB. LuceroClaudia FoersterSandra Cortés
    DOI

  • Stereoscopy Does not Improve Metric Distance Estimations in Virtual Environments

    DocumentDate:2019
    Authors:
    Chiara SaraciniD. BassoM. Olivetti Belardinelli
    DOI

  • Validity and Reliability of an Assessment Tool for the Screening of Neurotoxic Effects in Agricultural Workers in Chile

    Journal ArticlePublisher:BioMed Research InternationalDate:2019
    Authors:
    B. LuceroP. CeballosM. Muñoz-QuezadaCarolina ReynaldosChiara SaraciniB. Baumert
    DOI

  • Differential involvement of left and right frontoparietal areas in visuospatial planning: An rTMS study

    Journal ArticlePublisher:NeuropsychologiaDate:2019
    Authors:
    D. BassoChiara Saracini
    DOI

  • Performance predictions and postdictions in prospective memory of school-aged children.

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Journal of experimental child psychologyDate:2019
    Authors:
    Milvia CottiniDemis BassoChiara SaraciniP. Palladino
    DOI

  • LEARNING TOOLS AGAINST DEVELOPMENTAL DYSCALCULIA IN PRIMARY SCHOOL: A CASE STUDY

    Journal ArticlePublisher:INTED2019 ProceedingsDate:2019
    Authors:
    Alice TovazziDemis BassoChiara Saracini
    DOI

  • Validity and Reliability of an Assessment Tool for the Screening of Neurotoxic Effects in Agricultural Workers in Chile

    Journal ArticlePublisher:BioMed Research InternationalDate:2019
    Authors:
    B. LuceroP. CeballosM. Muñoz-QuezadaCarolina ReynaldosChiara SaraciniB. Baumert
    DOI

  • Performance predictions and postdictions in prospective memory of school-aged children.

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Journal of experimental child psychologyDate:2019
    Authors:
    Milvia CottiniD. BassoChiara SaraciniP. Palladino
    DOI

  • Differential involvement of left and right frontoparietal areas in visuospatial planning: An rTMS study.

    Journal ArticlePublisher:NeuropsychologiaDate:2019
    Authors:
    Demis BassoChiara Saracini
    DOI

  • Stereoscopy Does not Improve Metric Distance Estimations in Virtual Environments

    DocumentDate:2019
    Authors:
    Chiara SaraciniDemis BassoM. Olivetti Belardinelli
    DOI