Active research protocols

Department of Neurosciences

• “The effects of Quadrato Motor Training (QMT) and Mindful Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on creativity and visuo-spatial processing” (2019-). In collaboration with the Biology and Biotechnology Department “Charles Darwin” Biology and the Department for Medicine & Psychology of the Sapienza University of Rome.


• “Effects of Quadrato Motor Training (QMT) on cognitive and social skills in children” (2019-) In collaboration with Assisi International School


• “Effects of listening to consonant and dissonant sounds on brain activity” (2019)


• “Effects of practice of the EGG technique (“OVO”) on brain and cognitive functions such as insight, creativity, and the perception of time and space” (2016-2018) In collaboration with Bar-Ilan University.


• “Effects of Quadrato Motor Training (QMT) on the expression of selected genes” (2015-2017) In collaboration with the Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM) of the CNR (Italy)


• “Effects of Quadrato Motor Training (QMT) on neurotrophic factors and on the experession of selected genes” (2012-2014). In collaboration with the Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM) of the CNR (Italy)


• “The effects of the basic technique of the Square on creativity and EEG activity” (2010-2014). In collaboration with Bar-Ilan University.


• “The examination of neuronal and cognitive changes in dyslexic adults following the Quadrato Motor Training” (2011-2014). In collaboration with Bar-Ilan University.


• “Effects of Quadrato Motor Training on the brain of healthy volunteers: an MRI study” (2014-2016). In collaboration with the Neuroimaging Laboratory of the Sapienza University of Rome and with the Biomedical Campus University of Rome.


• “Inter-individual marker variability of EEG spectral coherence rhythms in response before and after Quadrato Motor Training, in patients with slight cognitive decline”. (2012-2014). In collaboration with Foggia University, Sapienza University and San’t Andrea Hospital, Rome.


• “Effects of Quadrato Motor Training (QMT) on the expression of selected genes” (2012-2014).In collaboration with the Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM) of the CNR (Italy).


• “Effects of motor training on brain activity and cognitive mechanisms” (2007). (2007). Research protocol in the field in which a learning disability protocol was activated, in 2009. In collaboration with: Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center of the Bar Ilan University (Israel)


• “Improved Cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s Disease following Quadrato Motor Training: An electrophysiological and molecular perspective” (2012-2014). In collaboration with the Clinical and Experimental Medical Department of the University of Foggia (Italy); Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sense Organs NE.S.M.O.S of the Sapienza University Rome (Italy)


• “Quadrato Motor Training, a multimodal pilot study of magnetic resonance” (2011-2012). In collaboration with the Neuroimaging Laboratory of the Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)


• “Effects of Quadrato Motor Training (QMT) on the expression of selected genes” (2011). In collaboration with the Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM) of the CNR (Italy), the Biology and Biotechnology Department “Charles Darwin” of the Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)


• “Into the square and out of the box: The effects of Quadrato Motor Training on creativity and alpha coherence” (2010-2012). In collaboration with Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center della Bar Ilan University (Israele)