When do we speak to ourselves? Repeating one/more letters, syllables, or words seems to impede inner speech. We review studies on articulatory suppression and their different methods (stimuli, tasks, rhytm). Special thanks to @chiaradelivio.bsky.social and @mattiagervasi @ballabrome.bsky.social
What is the relationship between voice perception and sense of identity? This new paper shows that gender identity affects the alignment between voice and sense of self. Thank you @chiaradelivio.bsky.social, @claudiamazzuca.bsky.social, @chiarafini.bsky.social. @ballabrome.bsky.social
Yesterday @jamiereilly.bsky.social gave a great talk at ISTC-CNR. We learned that older adults use more concrete terms, and the greater the age gap, the less people align. Jamie told us about new ways to study conversations, also thanks to new R tools. So exciting and fun! @ballabrome.bsky.social
Wonderful talk by @jennysaffran.bsky.social on how infants learn words. We learned a lot about statistical learning, how statistical regularities enhance prediction, and about the attempts children make to maximize uncertainty. And about intriguing eye-tracking paradigms. Thank you, Jenny!
🏳️🌈 Excited to share the #preprint of the first Italian database of gender-inclusive role nouns (GIRN-I), featuring ratings on 9 semantic dimensions for nouns with gendered (feminine/masculine) and gender-inclusive (asterisk/schwa) desinences. 🏳️🌈 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
The Marica De Vincenzi Foundation is inviting applications for its post-doctoral fellowship! The fellowship offers up to 2 years of post-doctoral support abroad for Italian psycholinguists. Spread the word! Deadline is 3/10 - see info here: nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
A new paper on interoceptive and exteroceptive experiences for concepts, with mouse tracking. Interoception counts for abstract concepts, but even more for concrete concepts of natural elements (e.g., ocean, forest). Thanks @laurabarca.bsky.social, S. Diana, D.C.Duarte, @giusiporciello.bsky.social.
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Excellent initiative from our French colleagues
Hyperscanning offers excellent opportunities to investigate abstract concepts (e.g., freedom, pondering) in interactive situations and test the role of social interaction for them. This is the bulk of our work. Thank you @ileniafalcinelli.bsky.social @chiarafini.bsky.social @ballabrome.bsky.social
Interested in ecology and climate change? Younger and older adults intend these concepts differently. For older adults, they are more concrete than for younger ones. Thank you @ileniafalcinelli.bsky.social @chiarafini.bsky.social @claudiamazzuca.bsky.social project age.it @ballabrome.bsky.social
Interesting multidisciplinary conference on aging. We presented tuo posters: a. conversations on concrete and abstract concepts of younger and older adults; b. how younger and older adults represent ecological concepts. W/ @chiarafini.bsky.social @ileniafalcinelli.bsky.social @ballabrome.bsky.social
Very proud of the members of BALLAB who are presenting at conferences! @mattiagervasi at Embodied and Situated Language Processing (ESLP) on inner speech and action learning. @chiaradelivio.bsky.social at SWECOG25 on an interactive study on abstract and vague concepts.🙃 @ballabrome.bsky.social
Great presentation, excellent experimental work, outstanding supervisors, and a great committee! Thank you for inviting me. And yes, you should be proud! I believe that all people working on abstract concepts and semantic memory will benefit from this work. 👏
Wonderful talk by @claudiamazzuca.bsky.social at AISC, Italian Association of Cognitive Science, in Lucca, IMT, on "the worlds within words" - on the importance of considering diversity in language/culture, gender, age, and expertise in research on cognition. @ballabrome.bsky.social
Very proud of Angelo Mattia Gervasi's poster at AIP Sperimentale in Turin. The study shows that inner speech works as a silent coach, impacting action learning. With @claudiamazzuca and Claudio Brozzoli. @ballabrome.bsky.social
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Fantastic symposium on new methods and perspectives in semantic memory. Thanks to Eleonora Catricalà (IULM) for the invitation and to Eleonora, Luca Rinaldi (Pavia), and @mariamontefinese.bsky.social (Padua) for the great talks. @ballabrome.bsky.social indico.sissa.it/event/159/se...
Which is the sound of thought? A lot of fun discussions at the ESCOP symposium on inner speech. I presented a talk together with @chiaradelivio.bsky.social, Angelo Mattia Gervasi, and @cfernyhough.bsky.social, on inner speech as both an inner (cognitive) and social tool. @ballabrome.bsky.social
Interested in the relationship between cognition, technology, nature, and wellbeing? Check our editorial and the special issue on Topoi. Thank you @chiarafini.bsky.social @van90.bsky.social @dimitrisbolis.bsky.social
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A new paper on concepts and expertise - what do Italian chemists and laypeople think of water. Thanks to @claudiamazzuca.bsky.social @chiarafini.bsky.social @ileniafalcinelli.bsky.social Marta Arcovito @ballabrome.bsky.social
La scienza è un cammino. Non è lineare, non è prevedibile, e riguarda tutti noi.
Non vi perdete per nessuna ragione #PecoreElettriche, il supplemento del il manifesto con storie di scienza curato da Andrea Capocci in edicola da oggi e per tutto il mese di luglio.
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PhD Call 📢📢📢
Are you interested in a PhD in Cognitive and Social Neuroscience? Join us! We are booking for highly motivated and inspired future researchers! Waiting for you in Rome!
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Vi porto a casa l’urna elettorale.
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Very proud of the PhD defense of @ileniafalcinelli.bsky.social. Her dissertation focuses on ecological concepts (e.g., pollution), with various tasks, in older and younger adults. This work shows how studies on abstract concepts can help improve pro-environmental behaviors. @ballabrome.bsky.social
Perspectives on Psychological Science returns—reimagined. More voices. Broader reach. Rigor with respect.
Read the relaunch editorial.
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Wonderful talk by Claudia Gianelli today at Sapienza. On open science, meta-science, collaborative research, and the challenges of replicability for embodied cognition. I learned a lot, thank you, Claudia! archivio.unime.it/it/persona/c...
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So much fun! ci siamo divertite un sacco! 😀
