Federico Gallo
- Research Fellow:Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience / Centre for Cognition & Decision Making
- Federico Gallo has been at HSE University since 2018.
Education
- 2018
Master's Degree in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience Specialization
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University - 2015
Bachelor's Degree in Psychological Sciences
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Courses (2022/2023)
- Research Seminar "Cognitive Sciences" (Master’s programme; Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Publications22
- Article Gallo F., Terekhina L., Shtyrov Y., Myachykov A. Neuroplasticity and cognitive reserve effects in the Caudate Nucleus of young bilingual adults // Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2024. Vol. 27. No. 1. P. 107-116. doi
- Article Kadieva D., Gallo F., Ulanov M., Shestakova A., Moiseeva V., Hodorovskaya A., Agranovich O. Exploring structural brain changes in children with neonatal brachial plexus palsy: a voxel-based morphometry analysis // Genes and Cells. 2023. P. 331-339. doi
- Article Gallo F., Myachykov A., Nelyubina M., Shtyrov Y., Kubiak J., Terekhina L., Abutalebi J. Linguistic distance dynamically modulates the effects of bilingualism on executive performance in aging // Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2023. P. 1-10. doi
- Article Maddock J., Gallo F., Wolters F. J., Stafford J., Marseglia A., Dekthyar S., Lenart-Bugla M., Verspoor E., Perry M., Samtani S., Vernooij-Dassen M., Wolf-Ostermann K., Melis R., Brodaty H., Ikram M. A., Welmer A., Davis D., Ploubidis G. B., Richards M., Patalay P. Social Health and Change in Cognitive Capability among Older Adults: Findings from Four European Longitudinal Studies // Gerontology. 2023. Vol. 69. No. 11. P. 1330-1346. doi
- Article Gallo F., Abutalebi J. The unique role of bilingualism among cognitive reserve-enhancing factors // Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2023. P. 1-8. doi
- Article Gallo F., Kubiak J., Myachykov A. Add Bilingualism to the Mix: L2 Proficiency Modulates the Effect of Cognitive Reserve Proxies on Executive Performance in Healthy Aging // Frontiers in Psychology. 2022. Vol. 13. Article 780261. doi
- Article Gallo F., DeLuca V., Prystauka Y., Voits T., Rothman J., Abutalebi J. Bilingualism and Aging: Implications for (Delaying) Neurocognitive Decline // Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2022. Vol. 16. Article 819105. doi
- Article Bermúdez-Margaretto B., Gallo F., Novitskiy N., Myachykov A., Petrova A., Shtyrov Y. Ultra-rapid and automatic interplay between L1 and L2 semantics in late bilinguals: EEG evidence // Cortex. 2022. Vol. 151. P. 147-161. doi
- Article Малышевская А. С., Галло Ф., Походай М. Ю., Котрелев П. В., Штыров Ю. Ю., Мячиков А. В. Пространственно-концептуальное картирование слов с временной семантикой // Современная зарубежная психология. 2022. Т. 11. № 3. С. 140-151. doi
- Article А. С. Малышевская, Ф. Галло, А. А. Ефремов, А. В. Мячиков, Ю. Ю. Штыров Роль билингвизма в формировании нейрокогнитивного резерва // Журнал высшей нервной деятельности им. И.П. Павлова. 2022. Т. 72. № 5. С. 591-608.
- Article Malyshevskaya A., Gallo F., Shtyrov Y., Myachykov A. Abstracts and authors of the 8th International Conference on Spatial Cognition: Cognition and Action in a Plurality of Spaces (ICSC 2021) // Cognitive Processing. 2021. Vol. 22. No. 1. P. 3-67. doi
- Article Gallo F., Ramanujan K., Shtyrov Y., Myachykov A. Attriters and Bilinguals: What’s in a Name? // Frontiers in Psychology. 2021. Vol. 12. Article 558228. doi
- Chapter Gallo F., Myachykov A., Shtyrov Y. Bilingualism and Reserve: Etiology of Successful Aging, in: Advances in Cognitive Research, Artificial Intelligence and Neuroinformatics: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Cognitive Sciences, Intercognsci-2020, October 10-16, 2020, Moscow, Russia Vol. 1358. Cham: Springer, 2021. doi P. 75-83. doi
- Article Gallo F., Kalpouzos G., Laukka E. J., Wang R., Qiu C., Bäckman L., Marseglia A., Fratiglioni L., Dekhtyar S. Cognitive Trajectories and Dementia Risk: A Comparison of Two Cognitive Reserve Measures // Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 2021. Vol. 13. Article 737736. doi
- Article Gallo F., Bermúdez-Margaretto B., Shtyrov Y., Abutalebi J., Kreiner H., Chitaya T., Petrova A., Myachykov A. First Language Attrition: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and What It Can Be // Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2021. Vol. 15. Article 686388. doi
- Article Gallo F., Novitskiy N., Myachykov A., Shtyrov Y. Individual differences in bilingual experience modulate executive control network and performance: Behavioral and structural neuroimaging evidence // Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2021. Vol. 24. No. 2. P. 293-304. doi
- Article Maddock J., Marseglia A., Gallo F., Dekthyar S., Wolters F. J., Richards M. P28 Social relationships and cognitive decline in adulthood: an investigation from the MRC national survey of health and development and the English longitudinal study of ageing // Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2021. Vol. 75. No. Suppl. 1. P. A55. doi
- Article Gallo F., Bermudez-Margaretto B., Novitskiy N., Myachykov A., Petrova A., Shtyrov Y. Ultra-Rapid and Automatic Interplay Between L1 and L2 Semantics in Late Bilinguals: EEG Evidence // International Journal of Psychophysiology. 2021. Vol. 168. P. S153-S154. doi
- Article Bermúdez-Margaretto B., Gallo F., Pokhoday M., Shtyrov Y., Kreiner H., Myachykov A. Understanding Language Attrition through Orthography // Languages. 2021. Vol. 6. Article 199. doi
- Article Малышевская А. С., Галло Ф., Бермудес М. Б., Штыров Ю. Ю., Читая Т. Д., Петрова А. А., Мячиков А. В. Языковая аттриция: механизмы возникновения, особенности изучения и перспективы дальнейших исследований // Современная зарубежная психология. 2021. Т. 10. № 1. С. 111-124. doi
- Article Gallo F., Myachykov A., Shtyrov Y., Abutalebi J. Cognitive and brain reserve in bilinguals: field overview and explanatory mechanisms // Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, Springer Nature, Singapore. 2020. Vol. 4. P. 127-143. doi
- Article Del Maschio N., Sulpizio S., Gallo F., Fedeli D., Weekes B. S., Abutalebi J. Neuroplasticity across the lifespan and aging effects in bilinguals and monolinguals // Brain and Cognition. 2018. Vol. 125. P. 118-126. doi
Grants
Petrova, A., Shtyrov, Y., Gallo, F., Pokhoday, M., Bermudez-Margaretto, B., Malyshevskaya, A., Kreiner, H., Abutalebi, J., & Myachykov, A. (2019). Neurophysiological and behavioural aspects of native language attrition in a foreign language environment. 3-year Russian Science Fundation grant. РНФ 19-18-00550.
Bilingualism and Dementia: How a Second Language Protects Against Cognitive Aging
People who are fluent in two or more languages are less susceptible to age-related mental disorders. They more quickly process information and make decisions, have better memories, and can even better identify emotions. Scientists from various countries discussed the influence of a second language on the processes of cognitive aging at the international symposium ‘Bilingualism: Proper Learning, Effective Communication, and Pleasant Old Age’ hosted by HSE University.
How Bilingual Brains Work: Cross-language Interplay and an Integrated Lexicon
An international team of researchers led by scientists from the HSE University have examined the interplay of languages in the brains of bilinguals. Using EEG data of Russian-English bilinguals, the authors were the first to demonstrate nearly instant and automatic detection of semantic similarity between words belonging to their two languages, suggesting the existence of an integrated bilingual lexicon in which words are activated in parallel in both languages. The study findings are published in Cortex.
Foreign Languages Slow Down Brain Ageing
Medical advances are causing a gradual increase in average life expectancy. However, this comes at a price, as the number of cases of dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases grows with age. Researchers from HSE University (Russia) and Northumbria University (UK) have found that bilingualism can slow down and mitigate the course of age-related changes in the human brain. The study was published in Frontiers in Psychology.