Giovanni Federico, PhD
👤 Psychologist · 🧠 Cognitive Neuroscientist
🎓 Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience @ UNISOB, Naples (Italy)
🐶 Dog dad · 💻 Tech enthusiast · 🌿 Outdoor explorer · ✈️ Traveller
How does technology become part of the human mind?
Technology has become one of the environments in which human cognition develops, operates, fails, adapts, and evolves. My research investigates the cognitive mechanisms that allow humans to understand, use, learn, share, delegate to, and be transformed by technologies — from physical artefacts to digital platforms, artificial intelligence, and immersive socio-technical systems. By combining advanced experimental paradigms, eye-tracking, functional and structural MRI, high-density EEG, and clinically oriented neuropsychological methods, I aim to build a cognitive neuroscience of technology (Federico et al., 2026). This programme connects basic mechanisms with transversal applications in education, ageing, digital inclusion, human–AI interaction, clinical neuropsychology, rehabilitation, and technology-informed assessment, with the ultimate goal of understanding how technological environments shape the future of human cognition.
Lithic industries, modern tools, and language: An evolutionary perspective through fMRI
