Fosco Bernasconi
Papers
10
Total Citations
173
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About
Fosco Bernasconi is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of neuroscience and robotics, whose work fundamentally reshapes our understanding of hallucinations in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and early psychosis. His primary research areas include sensorimotor predictive processing, bodily self-monitoring, and the neurobiological underpinnings of hallucinatory phenomena. Bernasconi’s major contribution is the development of a groundbreaking robotics-based approach that uses controlled sensorimotor conflicts to experimentally induce hallucinations—such as presence hallucinations (PHs) and auditory-verbal hallucinations—in both clinical and non-clinical populations. This method allows for real-time assessment and objective measurement of subjective experiences that were previously only accessible through self-report. His most-cited paper (51 citations) demonstrates how robot-induced PHs in PD depend on altered fronto-temporal sensorimotor processing, while another highly cited work (44 citations) extends this paradigm to auditory misattribution in early psychosis. With over 170 total citations across his top papers, Bernasconi’s research has established novel digital-robotic markers for hallucinations, offering powerful tools for early diagnosis and monitoring of PD progression. His notable achievements include linking phantom boarder experiences to experimentally-induced PHs and revealing how minor hallucinations predict later psychosis in PD, marking him as a leader in translational neuroscience.
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- 2Sensorimotor Induction of Auditory Misattribution in Early Psychosis44 citations · 2019
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- 9Digital-robotic markers for hallucinations in Parkinson’s disease3 citations · 2023
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