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About
Stefania Petri is a PhD student in Bioengineering and Robotics at the Università degli Studi di Genova and she works in the Unit for Visually Impaired People (U-VIP) directed by Dr. Monica Gori at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genova. Her main research interests include multisensory integration in infants and children with visual impairment and the applicability of these research themes in clinical and rehabilitative settings in order to develop new strategy for early rehabilitation.
Education
Title: Master's Degree in "Rehabilitation Science"
Institute: University of Pisa
Location: Pisa
Country: Italy
From: 2019 To: 2021
Experience External
Title: Neurodevelopmental Disorders Therapist and Research assistant
Institute: IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation
Location: Pisa
Country: Italy
From: 2020 To: 2022
All Publications
2025
Petri S., Riberto M., Setti W., Merello A., Crepaldi M., Maviglia A., Orciari L., Parmiggiani A., Gori M.
How to rehabilitate body and space perception without sight? iReach: the innovative multisensory wearable device for visually impaired infants and children
IEEE MeMeA
Conference Paper
Conference
2024
Purpura G., Petri S., Tancredi R., Tinelli F., Calderoni S.
Haptic and visuo-haptic impairments for object recognition in children with autism spectrum disorder: focus on the sensory and multisensory processing dysfunctions
Experimental Brain Research
2024
Gori M., Petri S., Setti W., Signorini S., Mascherpa E., Crepaldi M., Maviglia A., Parmiggiani A.
iHelpY: new multisensory device to facilitate world exploration and motor skills for blind infants
IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA)
Conference Paper
Conference
2024
Petri S., Aggius-Vella E., Tinelli F., Gori M.
Motor and visual influence in developing auditory spatial cognition in diplegic children
European Academy of Childhood Disability
Poster
Conference
2024
Petri S., Setti W., Campus C., Vitali H., Signorini S., Tinelli F., Strazzer S., Giammari G., Cocchi E., Gori M.
Understanding the impact of an early visual impairment on body-midline crossing skills while reaching for object at the side
ESMAC: European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children, vol. 113, pp. 178-179
Conference Paper
Conference
Colleagues of Unit for Visually Impaired People