Program Schedule

Sunday 1, May 2022
Arrival in Erice - After dinner reception at the "marsala room" (San Rocco)

Monday 2, May 2022
  • 08:45-09:00 - Welcome by the Directors of The International School of Ethology, Stefano Parmigiani and Paola Palanza (University of Parma, IT)
  • 09:00-09:20 - Introduction to the workshop
Session 1 - Neurobiology, neuroplasticity and mental health
  • 09:20-10:00 - Daniela Caporossi (Dipartimento di Scienze Motorie Umane e della Salute, University of Roma, Italy) : Exercise in the evolution of human neurobiology
  • 10:00-10:40 - Alessandro Sale (C.N.R. Institute of Neuroscience, Pisa, Italy) : Physical exercise and visual cortex plasticity: active training for amblyopia recovery
  • 10:40-11:00 - coffee break
  • 11:00-11:40 - Francesca Cirulli (Center for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health,Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy) : Healthy body healthy mind? Joining physical exercise and mental health in a neurobiological perspective
  • 11:40-12:20 - Matteo Vandoni (Laboratory of Adapted Motor Activity, University of Pavia, Italy) : Affective responses during exercise: a way to a healthier and active lifestyle?
  • 12:20-14:40 - Lunch break
  • 14:40-15:20 - Valentina Bianco (Cognitive Processes Electrophysiology Lab, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Italy) : Effects of motor experience on anticipatory brain functions
  • 15:20-16:00 - Coffee break
  • 16:00-16:40 - Georg Kuhn (Institute for Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden) : Epidemiology, physical fitness early in life and its effect on brain diseases later in life
  • 16:40-17:20 - Martin Brüne (LWL University Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine, Germany) : Somatic consequences of chronic psychological stress: the case of borderline personality disorder
  • 17:20-18:40 - Short communications

Tuesday 3, May 2022
Session 2. Sport, Medicine and Physical exercise
  • 08:40-09:20 - Antonio Frizziero (University-Hospital of Padova, Italy) : The role of posture in rehabilitation
  • 09:20-10:00 - Cosimo Costantino (Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy) : Functional overload of the muscle tendon
  • 10:00-10:40 - Domenico Gualtieri (University of Milan, Italy and Parma Calcio 1913, Parma, Italy) : The Truth of numbers. The Journey around a world of numbers: a football experience
  • 10:40-11:00 - coffe break
  • 11:00-11:40 - Marcello Maggio (Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Università di Parma, Italy) : Physical activity and aging
  • 11:40-12:20 - Vassilios Fanos ( School of Pediatrics and Neonatal Intensive Care, University of Cagliari, Italy) : Metabolomics and Microbiomics towards Sportomics
  • 12:20-14:40 - poster presentation and lunch
Session 3. Psychobiology of sports: stress, hormones and psychology
  • 14:40-15:20 - Ignacio Torres Aleman (Department of Functional and Systems Neuroscience, Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain) : The multiple beneficial actions of exercise in the brain involve hormones with multiple actions in the brain
  • 15:20-16:00 - Davide Ponzi and Stefano Parmigiani (University of Parma,Unit of Neuroscience, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy) : Psychobiology of sports competition: an evolutionary approach
  • 16:00-16:40 - Mirko Pesce (Department of Psychological Sciences Humanities and Territory, Università degli Studi G. d'Annunzio Chieti e Pescara, Italy) : Emotions, Immunity and Sport: insights into psychobiological profile
  • 16:40-17:00 - Coffee break
  • 17:00-17:40 - Irene La Fratta (Department of Psychological Sciences , Università degli Studi G. d'Annunzio Chieti e Pescara, Italy) : Challenge Sport: where the stress and anger encounter the endocrine and immune systems
  • 17:40-18:20 - Davide Ponzi and Stefano Parmigiani (University of Parma, Italy) : Round Table and concluding remarks "The impact of a Darwinian perspective on sport medicine and health"
  • 20:30 - Social Dinner

Wednesday 4 May
Departures