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Anna Truzzi

School of Psychology

Anna Truzzi

School of Psychology

My research focuses on understanding how both the infant's and the caregivers' brain and mind develop and change during the first years of a baby's life, with a particular focus on social development and neurodiversity. To address questions in this research topic, I use a combination of interdisciplinary methodologies that include behavioural observations, cognitive tests, fMRI, EEG, and computational modelling.

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Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in developmental cognitive neuroscience, developmental psychology, and parenting with a special interest in:

The development of social cognition
Early neuromarkers of neurodiversity
Trajectories of neural development in different populations
Parents' and caregivers' mental health

I am also open to related proposals.

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Public outreach & key achievements

Podcaster for Scientificast, one of the top science podcasts in Italy
(UN)PRIVILEGED project (2022) – Capturing the gap of social inequalities - https://womeninresearch.ie/blog.html
A research I co-authored, investigating whether carrying a crying baby in different modalities helps to better sooth them and make them fall asleep (Ohmura et al. 2022), was featured on several news outlets including: BBC, BBC Health Check podcast, The Guardian, The Irish Examiner, ScienceDaily, Neuroscience News, ABC News (Australia), and Today’s Parent.
BabyGROOVE (2022). Theatre show specifically designed for infants 0-12 months of age
Bach for Babies (2021). Christmas concert in the Trinity College chapel dedicated to parents and infants.
Look Who's Learning (2021). Event in collaboration with Filskit Theatre dedicated to explaining parents about the infant brain and to entertain babies with a theater show.
Radio interview with Maria McCann at The Saturday Cafè, WLR radio, Waterford, Ireland. (2021)
Truzzi A. (2019). “A recipe for infant development: The role of genes and parental behaviors”. 21st May 2019, Pint of Science, Doyle’s Pub, Dublin, Ireland.
Truzzi A. (2018). “How the early caregiver-infant interaction moderates individuals' social development: A multilevel approach” Orientation Week for high school students, 28th August 2019, Trento, Italy.
Esposito G., Coppola K., Truzzi A. (2016). How can I make my younger sibling stop crying? Frontiers for Young Minds – Understanding Neuroscience, DOI: 10.3389/frym.2016.00028