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University of Palermo (Italy) • Fabrizio Di Giovanni is a medical doctor trained at the University of Palermo and a third-year Ph.D. candidate in Neuroscience at the same institution. His research interests lie within cognitive neuroscience, with a particular focus on neurolinguistics and neuroaesthetics, investigating language, music, cinema and visual arts through the lens of embodied and grounded cognition theories. His work integrates behavioral paradigms with non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (tDCS and TMS), alongside electrophysiological measures, including EEG and motor-evoked potentials (MEPs), to explore the neural mechanisms underlying perception, sensory-motor coupling, action and meaning-making. Drawing on a multidisciplinary background that includes formal training in cinema at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and electronic music at the Conservatory, as well as professional experience in the audiovisual field, he translates artistic and technical expertise into experimental research frameworks. His current activity aims to bridge cognitive neuroscience, aesthetics, linguistics and neuromodulation, contributing to an integrative understanding of how artistic experiences and language are embodied, processed and modulated at the neural level.