About the Authors

Umberto Castiello

umberto.castiello@unipd.it

Affiliation Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Cristina Becchio

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Stefania Zoia

Affiliation Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Institute of Child Health IRCCS, Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy

Cristian Nelini

Affiliation Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Luisa Sartori

Affiliation Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Laura Blason

Affiliation Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Institute of Child Health IRCCS, Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy

Giuseppina D'Ottavio

Affiliation Unit for Prenatal Diagnosis, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Child Health IRCCS, Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy

Maria Bulgheroni

Affiliation Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Institute of Child Health IRCCS, Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy

Vittorio Gallese

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Parma and IIT (Italian Institute of Technology), Section of Parma, Parma, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UC. Performed the experiments: SZ CN GD. Analyzed the data: CB LS LB MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB. Wrote the paper: UC CB VG.