New publications from the ONDA Lab

A new paper in Clinical Neurophysiology on state-dependent brain plasticity and a new bioRxiv preprint on pragmatic deficits after stroke.

Summary

Brain state shapes paired associative stimulation

In this collaboration with Alessio Avenanti (Unibo) group we studied how Premotor-motor paired associative stimulation (ccPAS) induced selective, lasting plasticity only when delivered during movement execution: when you stimulate matters as much as where.

Turrini S, Amadori A, Zago S, Arcara G, Avenanti A (2026). Timing and circuit engagement shape state-dependent plasticity in the ventral premotor-motor pathway. Clinical Neurophysiology, 191, 2112352. DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2026.2112352

Pragmatic deficits after stroke are not just a right-hemisphere matter (preprint)

In 99 stroke patients, left- and right-hemisphere lesions led to largely comparable pragmatic impairments, challenging the view of pragmatics as a right-hemisphere function. This work is part of a long-term collaboration with the group of [Valentina Bambini] and NEP Lab (IUSS Pavia), wonderfully led by S. Gastaldon.

Gastaldon S, Romeo F, Barattieri di San Pietro C, Chumakova N, D’Imperio D, Lago S, Nordio S, Parrotta I, Rigoni M, Bambini V, Arcara G (2026). Challenging the right-hemisphere assumption in post-stroke pragmatics: largely comparable impairment profiles across lesion sides. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.64898/2026.08.06.742887