Thanks to my participation in different research groups over the course of my studies so far, I have had the chance to be involved in different research projects, which have led to a number of posters, presentations and publications (more to come soon).

Papers

Sturm, S., Costa‐Faidella, J., & SanMiguel, I. (2023). Neural signatures of memory gain through active exploration in an oculomotor‐auditory learning task. Psychophysiology, 60(10), e14337.

Zanella, M., Vitriolo, A., Andirko, A., Martins, P. T., Sturm, S., O’Rourke, T., … & Testa, G. (2019). Dosage analysis of the 7q11. 23 Williams region identifies BAZ1B as a major human gene patterning the modern human face and underlying self-domestication. Science Advances, 5(12), eaaw7908.

Posters & Talks

Sturm, S., Salgado, C., Via, M., SanMiguel, I. (2025). Auditory self-generation effects depend on sound intensity both at the neural and perceptual level. 22nd World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP). Jagiellonian University Krakow, Poland. July 6-11. (Poster)

Sturm, S., Costa-Faidella, J. & SanMiguel, I. (2022). Neural signatures of memory gain through active exploration in an oculomotor-auditory learning task. International Multi-Brain Barcelona Congress – Healthy, Pathological and Artificial Brain. University of Barcelona, Spain. November 9-10. (Poster)

Sturm, S., Costa-Faidella, J. & SanMiguel, I. (2022). Active learning improves memory and differentially affects neural responses. International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON). University of Helsinki, Finland. May 18-22. (Poster)

Sturm, S. & SanMiguel, I. (2021). Electrophysiological Markers of the Sense of Agency: Contributions of Temporal Proximity, Temporal Order and Action-Effect Congruency. Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) Annual Meeting. Virtual Conference. October 13-16. (Poster)

Sturm, S. & SanMiguel, I. (2021). Electrophysiological Markers of the Sense of Agency: Contributions of Temporal Proximity, Temporal Order and Action-Effect Congruency. 20th World Congress of Psychophysiology. Virtual Conference. September 7-11. (Talk)

Sturm, S. (2021). Prediction and memory processes in motor-sensory interactions. Women in Neuroscience – Symposium. University of Barcelona, Spain. Virtual conference. February 11. (Talk)
Sturm, S., SanMiguel, I. (2020). Illusionary Sense of Agency in Auditory Processing: EEG Correlates of Predictions, Errors and Illusions. LiveMEEG – Conference on good scientific practices. Cutting EEG Association. Online. October 5-9. (Poster)

Sturm, S., SanMiguel, I. (2020). Illusionary Sense of Agency in Auditory Processing: EEG Correlates of Predictions, Errors and Illusions. LiveMEEG – Conference on good scientific practices. Cutting EEG Association. Online. October 5-9. (Poster)

Sturm, S., SanMiguel, I. (2020). Cerebellar forward models and their role in auditory processing. Evolang 13. Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium. March 14-17. (Poster) CANCELLED

Sturm, S., Boeckx, C. (2019). Neurodevelopmental disorders as a window into language evolution. Protolang 6. Lisbon, Portugal. September 9—12. (Talk)

O’Rourke, T., Andirkó, A., Sturm, S., Martins, P.T., Moriano, J., Silvente i Font, S., Rumbo i Roig, M., Boeckx, C. (2019). Complex interactions among language subcomponents. UBICS Day 2019, University of Barcelona, Spain, June 18. (Poster)

Sturm, S., de Toma, I., Dierssen, M., Boeckx, C. (2019). Down syndrome as a model condition for studying the role of the cerebellum in evolution of human cognition. Trisomy 21 Research Society 3rd International Conference, Barcelona, Spain, June 6 – 9. (Poster)

Sturm, S., Torres, I., Toro, J. M. (2019). The effects of syllable structure changes on auditory rule learning. XIV International Symposium of Psycholinguistics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, April 10 – 13. (Poster)

Zanella M., Vitriolo, A, Andirk’o, A., Martins, P. T., Sturm, S.,, O’Rourke, T., Laugsch, M., Malerba, N., Skaros, A., Trattaro, S., Germain, P.-L., , Merla, G., Rada-Iglesias, A., Boeckx, C., Testa, G. (2019). 7q11.23 syndromes reveal BAZ1B as a master regulator of the modern human face and validate the self-domestication hypothesis. EMBL Symposium: Reconstructing the Human Past - Using Ancient and Modern Genomics. Heidelberg, Germany. March 30—April 3. (Poster)

Martins, P. T., O’Rourke, T., Andirkó, A., Sturm, S., Boeckx, C. (2019). A hypothesis concerning how the evolution of prosociality impacted vocal learning. Inaugural workshop of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution (ISLE). University of Zurich, Switzerland. March 4—5. (Talk)

Martins, P. T., O’Rourke, T., Andirkó, A., Sturm, S., Boeckx, C. (2019). Glutamatergic modulation of vocal learning circuits through the dopaminergic projections of the Periaqueductal Gray. Language and Music in Cognition: Integrated Approaches to Cognitive Systems. Spring School. Institute of Musicology, Universität zu Köln, Germany. February 2—8. (Poster)

Andirkó, A., Sturm, S., O’Rourke, T., Martins, P. T., Boeckx, C. (2018). The Symbolic Species? UBICS Day 2018. University of Barcelona, June 19. (Poster)

Alamri, S., Andirkó, A., O’Rourke, T., Martins, P. T., Sturm, S., Boeckx, C. (2018). The biocognitive ‘guns, germs, and steel’ underlying Homo sapiens’ unique material culture. Workshop: ‘The ‘stuff’ of language: how should archaeology inform language origins studies?’, Evolang XII. Toruń, Poland. April 16. (Talk)

Sturm, S. (2017). Vasopressin and Social Behaviour. Protolang 5, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, September 26 – 28. (Poster)