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"