Serena Dolfi

Research Interests

My main interest is the study of the cognitive processes involved in numerical understanding and
manipulation, with a combination of behavioral and computational techniques. Specifically, my research
focuses on the investigation of the mechanisms of numerosity perception and their relation to non-
numerical quantities, as well as the simulation of similar processes. I am now planning to study the nature
of the numerical representation at the neural level, with functional neuroimaging techniques (e.g. fNIRS). I
am also involved in the study of early numerical competences and the acquisition of mathematical abilities
both in typical and atypical development.

Education
Laurea (M.Sc.), Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (2018)

Representative publications

• Testolin, A., Dolfi, S., Rochus, M., & Zorzi, M. (2019). Perception of visual numerosity in humans and machines. arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.06996.