Dr Giovanni d'Avossa
Lecturer in Psychology
Overview
I am a behavioural neurologist. I teach MSc courses in neuroimaging and neuropsychology to students from the School of Psychology at Bangor University. I am interested in characterizing the functional and anatomical organization of visual memory in healthy individuals and patients with focal brain injuries and neurodevelopmental disorders using behavioral and imaging methods. As part of a team I have been developing an unbiased assessment digital battery designed to assess cognitive performance in populations with low literacy and numeracy skills. Finally, I am coollaborating with NHS clincians to advance clincial practice and research activities in neurorehabilitation across North Wales.
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I am willing to supervise a PhD
Publications
2025
- PublishedAge-dependent phenotypes of cognitive impairment as sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Alemán, G. G., Vavougios, G. D., Tartaglia, C., Uvais, N. A., d'Avossa, G., Neidre, D. & de Erausquin, G., 7 Jan 2025, In: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 16, 1, p. 1-11 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2024
- E-pub ahead of printConfirmatory Factor Analysis of the Telugu Version of the PRIME Screen-revised (PS-R), a Tool to Screen Individuals at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis
Kusneniwar, G., Tikka, S. K., Agarwal, N., D Avossa, G. & Katshu, M. Z. U., 16 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review - E-pub ahead of printIdentification of youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis: A community-based study from India.
Tikka, S. K., Malathesh, B. C., Spoorthy, M. S., Kusneniwar, G. N., Agarwal, N., D Avossa, G. & Katshu, M. Z. U. H., 28 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2023
- PublishedAge determines the profile of cognitive impairment after COVID-19. Results of an international, multi-cohort, pooled analysis and meta-analysis
Gonzalez-Aleman, G., Vavougios, G. D., Tartaglia, C., Guekt, A., Uvais, N. A., Hosseini, A. A., D Avossa, G. & de Erausquin, G., 25 Dec 2023, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia. 19, S24, 3 p., e083081.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article - PublishedEuropean Working Group on SARS-CoV-2: Current Understanding, Unknowns, and Recommendations on the Neurological Complications of COVID-19
Crook, H., Ramirez, A., Hosseini, A., Vavougyios, G., Lehman, C., Bruchfeld, J., Schneider, A., d'Avossa, G., Lo Re, V., Salmoiraghi, A., Mukaetova-Ladinska, E., Katshu, M., Boneschi, F. M., Håkansson, K., Geerlings, M., Pracht, E., Ruiz, A., Jansen, J. F. A., Snyder, H., Kivipelto, M. & Edison, P., 12 May 2023, In: Brain connectivity. 13, 4, p. 178-210 33 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSpatial and non-spatial feature binding impairments in visual working memory in schizophrenia.
Belekou, A., Katshu, M. Z. U., Dundon, N., d'Avossa, G. & Smyrnis, N., Jun 2023, In: Schizophrenia Research: Cognition. 32, 7 p., 100281.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedChronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of SARS-CoV-2: Protocol and methods from the Alzheimer's Association Global Consortium
Alzheimer's Association Global SARS-COV-2 Consortium, 22 Sept 2022, In: Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.). 8, 1, e12348.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSpatial Binding Impairments in Visual Working Memory following Temporal Lobectomy
Alenazi, M. F. N., Al-Joudi, H., Bracewell, M., Dundon, N., Zia Ul Haq Katshu, M. & d'Avossa, G., 15 Feb 2022, In: eNeuro. 9, 2, p. 1-10 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
- PublishedReversal of neurovascular coupling in the default mode network: Evidence from hypoxia
Rossetti, G., d'Avossa, G., Rogan, M., Macdonald, J., Oliver, S. & Mullins, P., Apr 2021, In: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 41, 4, p. 805–818 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- Published3D Shape-from-Shading Relies on a Light Source Prior that Does Not Change With Age
Pickard Jones, B., d'Avossa, G. & Sapir, A., Dec 2020, In: Vision Research. 177, p. 88-96
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedP300 response modulation reflects breaches of non-probabilistic expectations
Valakos, D., d'Avossa, G., Mylonas, D., Butler, J., Klein, C. & Smyrnis, N., 24 Jun 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 10254.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedDimensionally Specific Capture of Attention: Implications for Saliency Computation
Burnett, K., d'Avossa, G. & Sapir, A., 17 Feb 2018, In: Vision. 2, 1, 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRight Anterior Cerebellum BOLD Responses Reflect Age Related Changes in Simon Task Sequential Effects
Aisenberg, D., Sapir, A., Close, A., Henik, A. & D-Avossa, G., 31 Jan 2018, In: Neuropsychologia. 109, January, p. 155-164
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedStudy protocol for a randomised pilot study of a computer-based, non-pharmacological cognitive intervention for motor slowing and motor fatigue in Parkinson’s disease
Payne, J., Hindle, J. V., Pritchard, A. W., Davies, R., Coetzer, B., d'Avossa, G., Bracewell, R. M. & Leek, C., 26 Dec 2018, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 4, 190.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2017
- PublishedAging changes 3D perception: Evidence for hemispheric rebalancing of lateralized processes
Andrews, B., D-Avossa, G. & Sapir, A., May 2017, In: Neuropsychologia. 99, p. 121-127
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedHuman parahippocampal cortex supports spatial binding in visual working memory
Dundon, N., Katshu, M. Z. U., Harry, B., Roberts, D., Leek, C., Downing, P., Sapir, A., Roberts, C. & D-Avossa, G., 15 Sept 2017, In: Cerebral Cortex. 2017, p. 1-11
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
- PublishedSpatial attention can be biased towards an expected dimension
Burnett, K., D-Avossa, G., Close, A. & Sapir, A., 1 Apr 2016, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 69, 11, p. 2218-2232
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published‘Just can’t hide it’: A behavioral and lesion study on emotional response modulation after right prefrontal damage
Salas, C. E., Castro, O., St. Yuen, K., Radovic, D., D-Avossa, G. & Turnbull, O. H., Oct 2016, In: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 11, 10, p. 1528-1540
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2015
- PublishedAging modifies the direction of the assumed light source
Sapir, A. E., D-Avossa, G. G., Sapir, A., Andrews, B. & d'Avossa, G., 1 Aug 2015, In: Perception. 44, p. 97
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedAveraging effects in spatial working memory do not depend on stored ensemble statistics
Dundon, N. M., D-Avossa, G. G., Dundon, N., Katshu, M. Z. & d'Avossa, G., 1 Aug 2015, In: Perception. 44, 1, p. 14
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEffects of voluntary attention and priming target and distractor effects on overt and covert orienting
D-Avossa, G. G., Butler, J. L., Sapir, A. E., Butler, J., Cristino, F., Sapir, A. & d'Avossa, G., 1 Aug 2015, In: Perception. 44, p. 112
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLesions of the Medial Occipito-Temporal cortex affect spatial binding of sensory and memory data
D-Avossa, G. G., Dundon, N. M., Leek, C., D'Avossa, G., Dundon, N., Katshu, M. Z., Roberts, D., Harry, B., Roberts, C., Downing, P. E. & Leek, E. C., 1 Aug 2015, In: Perception. 44, p. 43
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedUnmasking Language Lateralization in Human Brain Intrinsic Activity
D-Avossa, G. G., McAvoy, M., Mitra, A., Coalson, R. S., d'Avossa, G., Keidel, J. L., Petersen, S. E. & Raichle, M., 30 Jan 2015, In: Cerebral Cortex. 26, 4, p. 1733-1746
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
- PublishedFine-grained, local maps and coarse, global representations support human spatial working memory
D-Avossa, G. G. & Katshu, M. Z., 26 Sept 2014, In: PLoS ONE.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2013
- PublishedCross-cultural effects on the assumed light source direction: Evidence from English and Hebrew readers
D-Avossa, G. G., Andrews, B. O., Sapir, A. E., Andrews, A., Aisenberg, D., d'Avossa, G. & Sapir, A., 1 Nov 2013, In: Journal of Vision. 13, 13, p. Article 2
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMatching cue size and task properties in exogenous attention
Sapir, A. E., D-Avossa, G. G., Burnett, K. E., d'Avossa, G. & Sapir, A., 1 Dec 2013, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 66, 12, p. 2363-2375
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2012
- PublishedDissociated mean and functional connectivity BOLD signals in visual cortex during eyes closed and fixation
D-Avossa, G. G., McAvoy, M., Larson-Prior, L., Ludwikow, M., Zhang, D., Snyder, A. Z., Gusnard, D. L., Raichle, M. E. & d'Avossa, G., 1 Nov 2012, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 108, 9, p. 2363-2372
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedImpaired integration of object knowledge and visual input in a case of ventral simultanagnosia with bilateral damage to area V4
Leek, C., D-Avossa, G. G., Tainturier, M., Leek, E. C., d'Avossa, G., Tainturier, M. J., Roberts, D. J., Yuen, S. L., Hu, M. & Rafal, R. D., 19 Nov 2012, In: Cognitive Neuropsychology. 29, 7-8, p. 569-583
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSpatiotopic Coding of BOLD Signal in Human Visual Cortex Depends on Spatial Attention
D-Avossa, G. G., Crespi, S., Biagi, L., d'Avossa, G., Burr, D. C., Tosetti, M. & Morrone, M. C., 7 Jul 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 7, p. e21661
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2010
- PublishedEffects of central cue reliabilities on discrimination accuracy and detection speed
D-Avossa, G. G., Close, A., D'Avossa, G., Sapir, A. & Parkinson, J. A., 2 Aug 2010, In: Journal of Vision. 10, 7
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2009
- PublishedIs the Posner reaction time test more accurate than clinical tests in detecting left neglect in acute and chronic stroke?
D-Avossa, G. G., Sapir, A. E., Rengachary, J., d'Avossa, G., Sapir, A., Shulman, G. L. & Corbetta, M., 1 Dec 2009, In: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 90, 12, p. 2081-2088
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2008
- PublishedIndependence of anticipatory signals for spatial attention from number of nontarget stimuli in the visual field.
D-Avossa, G. G., Sestieri, C., Sylvester, C. M., Jack, A. I., d'Avossa, G., Shulman, G. L. & Corbetta, M., 1 Aug 2008, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 100, 2, p. 829-838
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedResting states affect spontaneous BOLD oscillations in sensory and paralimbic cortex.
D-Avossa, G. G., McAvoy, M., Larson-Prior, L., Nolan, T. S., Vaishnavi, S. N., Raichle, M. E. & d'Avossa, G., 1 Aug 2008, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 100, 2, p. 922-931
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2007
- PublishedRight TPJ Deactivation during Visual Search: Functional Significance and Support for a Filter Hypothesis.
D-Avossa, G. G., Shulman, G. L., Astafiev, S. V., McAvoy, M. P., d'Avossa, G. & Corbetta, M., 1 Nov 2007, In: Cerebral Cortex. 17, 11, p. 2625-2633
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSpatiotopic selectivity of BOLD responses to visual motion in human area MT.
D-Avossa, G. G., d'Avossa, G., Tosetti, M., Crespi, S., Biagi, L., Burr, D. C. & Morrone, M. C., 1 Jan 2007, In: Nature Neuroscience. 10, 2, p. 249-255
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2006
- PublishedAttentional selection of moving objects by a serial process.
D-Avossa, G. G., d'Avossa, G., Shulman, G. L., Snyder, A. Z. & Corbetta, M., 1 Oct 2006, In: Vision Research. 46, 20, p. 3403-3412
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2005
- PublishedParallel processing of spatial and serial order information before moving to a remembered target.
D-Avossa, G. G., Smyrnis, N., d'Avossa, G., Theleritis, C., Mantas, A., Ozcan, A. & Evdokimidis, I., 1 Jun 2005, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 93, 6, p. 3703-3708
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2003
- PublishedIdentification of cerebral networks by classification of the shape of BOLD repsonses
D-Avossa, G. G., d'Avossa, G., Shulman, G. L. & Corbetta, M., 1 Jan 2003, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 90, 1, p. 360-371
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedQuantitative analysis of attention and detection signals during visual searches.
D-Avossa, G. G., Shulman, G. L., McAvoy, M. P., Cowan, M. C., Astafiev, S. V., Tansy, A. P., d'Avossa, G. & Corbetta, M., 13 Aug 2003, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 90, 5, p. 3384-3397
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2002
- PublishedTwo attentional processes in the parietal lobe
D-Avossa, G. G., Shulman, G. L., d'Avossa, G., Tansy, A. P. & Corbetta, M., 1 Jan 2002, In: Cerebral Cortex. 12, 11, p. 1124-1131
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2001
- PublishedLate-onset neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type 1: expanding the clinical spectrum.
D-Avossa, G. G., Racette, B. A., Perry, A., d'Avossa, G. & Perlmutter, J. S., 1 Nov 2001, In: Movement disorders. 16, 6, p. 1148-1152
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review