Alberto Benelli

Position: Research Fellow
Categories: Research Fellow

Dr. Alberto Benelli is a Psychologist and a PhD Student of University of Florence, Italy. After graduating with a master’s degree in clinical, health psychology and Neuropsychology, he pursued cognitive neuroscience through the Ph.D. program at the University of Florence. Dr. Benelli focuses on investigating cognitive and central fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis using neuroimaging (e.g. DTI, MRI, fMRI), neurophysiological (e.g. TMS, EEG, ECG, EMG) and cognitive assessment techniques. Dr. Benelli is also involved in identifying new therapies to reduce fatigue in both healthy subjects and patients with Multiple Sclerosis using noninvasive brain stimulation (NiBS) protocols such as tDCS, tACS, and tRNS; his training also involved him in Virtual Reality.