About the Authors

Marco Alessandrini

Affiliation Department of Medical Science and Translational Medicine, “Tor Vergata” University, Rome, Italy

Marco Pagani

Affiliation Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, CNR, Rome, Italy

Bianca Napolitano

Affiliation Department of Medical Science and Translational Medicine, “Tor Vergata” University, Rome, Italy

Alessandro Micarelli

alessandromicarelli@yahoo.it

Affiliation Department of Medical Science and Translational Medicine, “Tor Vergata” University, Rome, Italy

Matteo Candidi

Affiliation Department of Psychology, “Sapienza” University and IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

Ernesto Bruno

Affiliation Department of Medical Science and Translational Medicine, “Tor Vergata” University, Rome, Italy

Agostino Chiaravalloti

Affiliation Department of Biopathology and Diagnostic Imaging, “Tor Vergata” University, Rome, Italy

Barbara Di Pietro

Affiliation Department of Biopathology and Diagnostic Imaging, “Tor Vergata” University, Rome, Italy

Orazio Schillaci

Affiliations Department of Biopathology and Diagnostic Imaging, “Tor Vergata” University, Rome, Italy, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA BN AM EB OS. Performed the experiments: MA AM AC BDP. Analyzed the data: MA MP AM BN MC EB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC BDP OS MP. Wrote the paper: MC MA BN AM MP.