Olga Dal Monte, PhD. Department of Psychology Yale University. New Haven, USA

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1 Olga Dal Monte, PhD Education Department of Psychology Yale University New Haven, CT PhD in Experimental Neuroscience September 2014 School of Neuroscience University of Turin Supervisors: A. Berti, MD (University of Turin) F. Krueger, PhD (National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke) B. Averbeck, PhD (National Institute of Mental Health) Thesis: Face processing and emotion recognition in human and non-human primates Master in Science October 2008 Science of Mind, Faculty of Psychology, University of Turin Supervisors: L. Pia, PhD A. Berti, MD Thesis: Social vs no-social perspective taking in visual and imaginative space: evidence from unilateral neglect Bachelor Degree October 2006 Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Florence Florence, Italy Supervisor: G. Giuntoli, PhD Positions Postdoctoral Associate Department of Psychology; Department of Neurobiology, Yale University March Present New Haven, USA Investigate the basic neural mechanisms underlying social cognition and behavior. Experiments in non-human primates examine the effect of oxytocin on amygdala and prefrontal neurons in social decision-making. Advisor: S. Chang, PhD PhD student October March 2014 Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Unit on Learning and Decision Making Bethesda, USA National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), NIH Investigate the role of the frontal-limbic circuits, and particularly the role of the amygdala on emotion and attention. Experiments in monkeys examined the effects of focal lesions and pharmacological manipulations. Advisor: B. Averbeck, PhD Research Assistant September October 2011 Cognitive Neuroscience Section (CNS) Bethesda, USA National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke (NINDS), NIH Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (CNRM), Henry M. Jackson Foundation Investigate the neural substrate involved in the recognition of basic and complex emotions using a whole-brain voxelbased lesion symptom mapping (VLSM) approach in a large population with traumatic brain injuries. Advisors: J. Grafman, PhD and F. Krueger, PhD

2 Post-laureate practice September June 2009 Department of Neuropsychology Rehabilitation Center, San Camillo Hospital Neuropsychological assessment in patients with stroke. Data collection pursuing the thesis degree on unilateral neglect Advisor: A. Berti, MD Internship February July 2008 Rehabilitation Center, San Camillo Hospital Neuropsychological assessment in patients with brain damage and Parkinson s disease Advisors: P. Gindri, PsyD and L. Pia, PhD Internship October May 2005 Psychiatric center Dino Campana, ASl 1, Borgognisanti Florence, Italy Psychological rehabilitation for psychiatric patients Advisor: G. Giuntoli, PhD Awards and Honors Travel Award for the 39th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society July 2016 Yokohama, Japan Travel Award for the 30th Center for Visual Science Symposium June 2016 Rochester, Usa Yale Endowed Theresa Seessel Postdoctoral Fellowship December November 2016 New Haven, USA Best Poster Award (1st place), Society for Social Neuroscience October 2015 Chicago, USA Best Poster Award, Gordon Research Conference (Amygdala in Health & Disease) August 2015 Stonehill College, Easton, USA Yale Postdoctoral Scholars Travel Grant August 2015 New Haven, USA International Brain research Organization (IBRO) October-December 2014 In Europe Short Stay Program Lyon, France Bourse Region Rhone Alpes Acceuil-Doc CMIRA 2013 March - September 2014 Lyon, France Berlin School of Mind and Brain October 2011 Berlin, Germany Publications Bellucci, G., Chernyak, S., Hoffman, M., Deshpande, G., Dal Monte, O., Knutson, K., Grafman, J., Krueger, F. (in press). Effective connectivity of brain regions underlying third-party punishment: functional MRI and Granger causality evidence. Social Neuroscience.

3 Dal Monte, O., Costa, V.D., Noble, P.L., Murray, E.A., Averbeck, B.B. (2015). Amygdala lesions in rhesus macaques decrease attention to threat. Nature Communications, 6, Lee, E., Seo, M., Dal Monte, O., Averbeck, B.B. (2015). Injection of a dopamine type 2 receptor antagonist into the dorsal striatum disrupts choices driven by previous outcomes, but not perceptual inference. Journal of Neuroscience, 35 (16), Dal Monte, O., Noble, P.L., Turchi, J., Cummins, A., Averbeck, B.B. (2014). CSF and blood oxytocin concentration changes following intranasal delivery in macaque. PLoS One, 9 (8), e Knutson, K.M., Dal Monte, O., Schintu, S., Wassermann, E.M., Raymont, V., Grafman, J., Krueger, F. (2014). Areas of brain damage underlying increased reports of behavioral disinhibition. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 27 (3), Dal Monte, O., Schintu, S., Pardini, M., Berti, A., Wassermann, E.M., Grafman, J., Krueger, F. (2014). The left inferior frontal gyrus is crucial for reading the mind in the eyes: Brain lesion evidence. Cortex, 58, Schintu, S., Hadj-Bouziane, F., Dal Monte, O., Knutson, K.M., Pardini, M., Wassermann, E.M., Grafman, J., Krueger, F. (2014). Object and space perception Is it a matter of hemisphere? Cortex, 57, Dal Monte, O., Noble, P., Costa, D.V. Averbeck, B.B. (2014). Oxytocin enhances attention to the eye region in rhesus monkeys. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 8, 41. Evans, S.L., Dal Monte, O., Noble, P., Averbeck, B.B. (2013). Intranasal oxytocin effect on social cognition: a critique. Brain Research, 1580, Knutson, K.M., Dal Monte, O., Raymont, V., Wassemann, M.E., Krueger, F., Grafman, J. (2013). Neural correlates of apathy revealed by lesion mapping in participants with traumatic brain injuries. Human Brain Mapping, 3 (2), Dal Monte, O., Krueger, F., Solomon, J., Schintu, S., Knutson, K.M., Raymont, V., Grafman, J. (2013). A voxelbased lesion study on facial emotion recognition after penetrating brain injury. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8 (6), Pardini, M., Gialloreti, E.L., Mascolo, M., Benassi, F., Abate,L., Guida, S., Viani, E., Dal Monte, O., Schintu, S., Krueger, F., Cocito, L. (2013). Isolated theory of mind deficits and risk for frontotemporal dementia: a longitudinal pilot study. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 84 (7), Becchio, C., Del Giudice, M., Dal Monte, O., Corazzini, L., Pia, L. (2013). In your place: Neuropsychological evidence for altercentric remapping in embodied perspective taking. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8 (2), Driscoll, D.M., Dal Monte, O., Krueger F., Solomon, J., Grafman, J. (2012). Empathic deficit in combat veterans with traumatic brain injury: a voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping study. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, 25 (4), Leopold, A., Krueger, F., Dal Monte, O., Pardini, M., Pulaski, S., Solomon, J., Grafman, J. (2012). Damage to the left ventromedial prefrontal cortex impacts affective theory of mind. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7 (8), Pia, L., Neppi-Mòdona, M., Cremasco, L., Gindri, P., Dal Monte, O., Folegatti, A. (2012). Functional independence between numerical and visual space: evidence from right brain damaged patients. Cortex, 48 (10),

4 Knutson, K.M., Krueger, F., Dal Monte, O., Raymont, V., Snyder, A., Kirsh, H.E., Grafman, J. (2012). Gustatory cortical lesions affect motivation for snack foods. Cognitive Neuroscience, 3 (2), Rostami, E., Krueger, F., Zoubak, S., Dal Monte, O., Pardini, M., Hodgkinson, C.A., Goldman, D., Risling, M., Grafman, J. (2011) BDNF polymorphism predicts general intelligence after penetrating traumatic brain injuries. PloS ONE, 6 (11), e Driscoll, M.D., Dal Monte, O., Grafman, J. (2011). A need for improved training interventions for the remediation of impairment in social functioning following brain injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 28 (2), Manuscripts under revision Dal Monte, O., Piva, M., Morris, J., Chang, S.W.C. (2016). Live Interaction Distinctively Shapes Social Gaze Dynamics. Costa, V.D., Dal Monte, O., Murray, A.E., Averbeck, B.B. (2016). Amygdala and dopamine contributions to Bayesian inference during decision-making. Manuscripts in preparation Dal Monte, O., Piva, M., Tringides, M., Chang, S.W.C. (2016). Exploring New Avenues to Enhance Oxytocin effect during social dynamic interaction. Talks Under the hood: neural mechanisms and neuropharmacology of social behaviors in monkeys Feb Current Works in Behavior, Genetics, and Neuroscience Yale, New Haven, USA Oxytocin: Brain Blood and Behavior February 2013 Oxytocin and vasopressin workshop NIH, Bethesda, USA Poster presentation Neuronal synchrony between the anterior cingulate cortex and the amygdala reflects prosocial decision outcomes Dal Monte, O., Fagan, N., Nair, A., Chang, S.W.C. Society for Neuroscience _ November 2016_San Diego, USA. Supralinear effects of combined oxytocin administration and opioid blockade on contingent social gaze dynamics Piva, M., Dal Monte, O., Tringides, M., Chang, S.W.C. Society for Neuroscience _ November 2016_San Diego, USA. Serotonin promotes sustained attention to viewer-directed social signals Weinberg-Wolf, H., Fagan, N., Dal Monte, O., Chang, S.W.C. Society for Neuroscience _ November 2016_San Diego, USA. It takes two to tango: Combinatorial effect of oxytocin and opioid blockade on contingent social gaze dynamics

5 Dal Monte, O., Piva, M., Tringides, M., Streat, D., Morris, J., Chang, S.W.C. CVS Future of Attention symposium at the University of Rochester _ June 2016_ Rochester, USA. Seeing eye to eye: live gaze interactions in pairs of rhesus macaques robustly capture dominance behavior Dal Monte, O., Piva, M., Joiner, J.A., Pack, W., Nair, A.C., Chang, S.W.C. Society for Neuroscience _ October 2015_Chicago, USA. Amygdala and dopamine contributions to Bayesian inference during decision making Costa, V.D., Dal Monte, O., Murray, A.E., Averbeck, B.B. Gordon Research Conference (Amygdala in Health & Disease) _ August 2015_ Easton, USA. Seeing eye to eye: live gaze interactions in pairs of rhesus macaques robustly capture dominance behavior Dal Monte, O., Piva, M., Morris, J., Chang, S.W.C. Gordon Research Conference (Amygdala in Health & Disease) _ August 2015_ Easton, USA. What does the amygdala contribute to salient social stimuli? Dal Monte, O., Lucas, D.R. III, Noble P., Murray, A.E., Averbeck, B.B. Society for Neuroscience _ November 2014_Washington DC, USA. Amygdala lesions compromise reinforcement learning to impact behavioral flexibility Lucas, D.R. III, Costa, V.D., Dal Monte, O., Rudebeck, P.H., Murray, E.A., Averbeck, B.B Society for Neuroscience _ November 2014_Washington DC, USA. The dopamine type 2 receptor in the dorsal striatum mediates integration of perceptual and memory information in decision making Lee, E., Dal Monte, O., and Averbeck, B. Society for Neuroscience _ November 2014_Washington DC, USA. Social cues are not attended to by monkeys with amygdala lesions Dal Monte, O., Noble P., Murray, A.E., Averbeck, B.B. Society for Neuroscience _ November 2013_San Diego, USA. Oxytocin through the nose elevates plasma and CSF concentration and plays a role in gaze behavior during face viewing Dal Monte, O., Mitz, A.R., Noble, P., Averbeck, B.B. The 9th Annual NIH Graduate Student Research Symposium _ January 2013_Bethesda, USA. The Polymorphism of CYP2E1 affects working memory following penetrating brain injury Rostami, E., Krueger, F., Zoubak, S., Dal Monte, O., Hodgkinson, C.A., Goldman, D., Risling, M., Grafman, J. Society for Neuroscience _ October 2012_New Orleans, USA. Oxytocin enhances attention to salient facial features Dal Monte, O., Costa, V., Gallagher, S., Averbeck, B. Society for Neuroscience _ October 2012_New Orleans, USA. The effects of a dopamine D2R antagonist in the trade-off between attention demanding and automatic processes in frontal-striatal circuits Lee, E., Seo, M., Dal Monte, O., Averbeck, B. Society for Neuroscience _ October 2012_New Orleans, USA. BDNF polymorphism predicts general intelligence after penetrating traumatic brain injuries Rostami, E., Krueger F., Zoubak, S., Dal Monte, O., Pardini, M., Hodgkinson, C.A., Goldman, D., Risling, M., Grafman, J. Society for Neuroscience _ November 2011_Washington DC, USA.

6 Research Support Ongoing Research Support Simons Foundation Chang (PI) 6/1/2015-5/31/2016 Optimizing social effects of oxytocin with opioid blocker The goal of this project is to explore whether concurrently enhancing oxytocin and attenuating opioids, using opioid blocker, will significantly boost prosocial behaviors compared to delivering either chemical alone during free viewing of social images. Role: Postdoctoral Associate R00 MH (NIMH) Chang (PI) 8/1/2014-7/31/2017 Role of oxytocin in the amygdala-prefrontal network during social decision-making The goal of this project is to investigate the mechanisms underlying oxytocin-mediated neural processing across amygdala and prefrontal neurons in social decision-making. Role: Postdoctoral Associate Completed Research Support Intramural Research Program of the NIMH, NIH Averbeck (PI) Investigate the role of the limbic circuits, with focal lesions and pharmacological manipulations, in regulating social behavior using a non-human primate model. Specifically the goal was to explore the role of neuropeptide oxytocin and the amygdala in processing social and non-social stimuli. Role: PhD Student