2023	Mannella F. and Tummolini L. (2023), "Kick-starting concept formation with intrinsically motivated learning: The grounding by competence acquisition hypothesis", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Vol. 378(1870) Royal Society Publishing. [DOI] [URL]
2021	Mannella F., Maggiore F., Baltieri M. and Pezzulo G. (2021), "Active inference through whiskers", Neural Networks. Vol. 144, pp. 428 – 437. Elsevier Ltd. [DOI] [URL]
2019	Caligiore D., Mannella F. and Baldassarre G. (2019), "Different dopaminergic dysfunctions underlying Parkinsonian Akinesia and tremor", Frontiers in Neuroscience. Vol. 13(MAY) Frontiers Media S.A.. [DOI] [URL]
2018	Mannella F., Santucci V.G., Somogyi E., Jacquey L., O’regan K.J. and Baldassarre G. (2018), "Know your body through intrinsic goals", Frontiers in Neurorobotics. Vol. 12 Frontiers Media S.A.. [DOI] [URL]
	Zappacosta S., Mannella F., Mirolli M. and Baldassarre G. (2018), "General differential Hebbian learning: Capturing temporal relations between events in neural networks and the brain", PLoS Computational Biology. Vol. 14(8) Public Library of Science. [DOI] [URL]
2017	Caligiore D., Mannella F., Arbib M.A. and Baldassarre G. (2017), "Dysfunctions of the basal ganglia-cerebellar-thalamo-cortical system produce motor tics in Tourette syndrome", PLoS Computational Biology. Vol. 13(3) Public Library of Science. [DOI] [URL]
2016	Mannella F., Mirolli M. and Baldassarre G. (2016), "Goal-directed behavior and instrumental devaluation: A. neural system-level computational model", Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Vol. 10(OCT) Frontiers Media S.A.. [DOI] [URL]
2015	Fiore V.G., Mannella F., Mirolli M., Latagliata E.C., Valzania A., Cabib S., Dolan R.J., Puglisi-Allegra S. and Baldassarre G. (2015), "Corticolimbic catecholamines in stress: a computational model of the appraisal of controllability", Brain Structure and Function. Vol. 220(3), pp. 1339 – 1353. Springer Verlag. [DOI] [URL]
	Mannella F. and Baldassarre G. (2015), "Selection of cortical dynamics for motor behaviour by the basal ganglia", Biological Cybernetics. Vol. 109(6), pp. 575 – 595. Springer Verlag. [DOI] [URL]
2014	Fiore V.G., Sperati V., Mannella F., Mirolli M., Gurney K., Friston K., Dolan R.J. and Baldassarre G. (2014), "Keep focussing: Striatal dopamine multiple functions resolved in a single mechanism tested in a simulated humanoid robot", Frontiers in Psychology. Vol. 5(FEB) [DOI] [URL]
2013	Baldassarre G., Mannella F., Fiore V.G., Redgrave P., Gurney K. and Mirolli M. (2013), "Intrinsically motivated action-outcome learning and goal-based action recall: A. system-level bio-constrained computational model", Neural Networks. Vol. 41, pp. 168 – 187. [DOI] [URL]
	Mannella F., Gurney K. and Baldassarre G. (2013), "The nucleus accumbens as a nexus between values and goals in goal-directed behavior: A. review and a new hypothesis", Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. (OCT) [DOI] [URL]