About the Authors

Martina Ardizzi

martina.ardizzi@nemo.unipr.it, ardizzi.martina@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, Ravera Children Rehabilitation Centre (RCRC), Lakka, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Maria Alessandra Umiltà

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Valentina Evangelista

Affiliation Ravera Children Rehabilitation Centre (RCRC), Lakka, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Alessandra Di Liscia

Affiliations Ravera Children Rehabilitation Centre (RCRC), Lakka, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Department of Health Psychology, Hospital of Sanremo, Sanremo, Italy

Roberto Ravera

Affiliations Ravera Children Rehabilitation Centre (RCRC), Lakka, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Department of Health Psychology, Hospital of Sanremo, Sanremo, Italy

Vittorio Gallese

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

RR is the President of Ravera Children Rehabilitation Centre (RCRC), Lakka, Freetown, Sierra Leone but he did not receive salary from RCRC (https://www.facebook.com/martindomtommy). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MA RR VG. Data curation: MA. Formal analysis: MA. Funding acquisition: RR. Investigation: MA VE ADL. Methodology: MA MAU. Project administration: MA VE. Resources: RR. Software: MA. Supervision: VG. Validation: MA MAU. Visualization: MA. Writing – original draft: MA. Writing – review & editing: MA MAU RR VG.