A5038903203- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Language and cultural evolution
- Language Development and Disorders
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Italian Literature and Culture
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition
- Educational and Social Studies
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- linguistics and terminology studies
- Mental Health via Writing
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Roma Tre University
2016-2025
University of Messina
2015
This study analyzed the relation between mental time travel (MTT) and ability to produce a storytelling focusing on global coherence, which is one of most notable characteristics narrative discourse. As coherence strictly tied temporal sequence events narrated in story, we hypothesized that construction coherent narratives would rely mentally navigate time. To test such hypothesis, investigated component MTT—namely, episodic future thinking (EFT)—and production skills by comparing produced...
Impairments of motor representation actions have been reported as a core component Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Individuals with ASD difficulties in number functions such assuming anticipatory postures, imitating body movements, producing and understanding gestures, recognizing intentions. Such cognitive-motor abilities are all involved pantomime. However, the available evidence on production comprehension pantomime individuals is still inconclusive. The current investigation assessed...
This study addresses the postulate of non-conventionality pantomime, inherent in pantomimic scenarios language origin. Since lack semiotic conventions does not preclude micro-conventions resulting from cultural differences, pantomimes should be easier to interpret when actor and recipient share same culture than between two different cultures. In study, Italian Polish amateur "actors" re-enacted transitive events a matrix cartoon-like drawings. Randomly selected clips were matched by...
Several studies suggest that a valuable tool to examine linguistic skills in communication disorders is offered by procedures of narrative discourse assessment. Following this line research, we present an exploratory study aimed investigate storytelling abilities autistic children better define the characteristics their story production. Participants included 41 and with typical development aged between 7.02 11.03 years matched on age, gender, level formal education, intelligence quotient,...
The present study investigated the comprehension of narrative with reference to global coherence, i.e., representation story meaning and connectedness, across two different expressive modalities: stories conveyed through written language sequences images. Two cognitive abilities possibly underpinning such were assessed: Central Coherence (CC) Theory Mind (ToM). groups children typical development aged between 8.00 10.11 years included in study: 40 participants received task linguistic...
Aim of the present study was to investigate affective and cognitive processes underlying self-narratives patients with gambling disorder through a verbal language analysis. A semistructured interview administered 30 (GD) (24 males 6 females; mean age: 46.63±9.08) concerning various thematic areas their condition: definition addiction, onset maintenance relapses, desire, loss control, control strategies, treatment. Word usage in categorized using James Pennebaker's Linguistic Inquiry Count...
Growing evidence suggests that theory of mind (ToM) and episodic future thinking (EFT) are closely related at both brain functional level. This study explored the relationship between ToM EFT in 96 Italian-speaking children with typical development aged 8 10.11 using a behavioral design. was assessed through an emotional facial expression recognition task. task where participants were required to project themselves forward time by anticipating states self; this resulted two scores: nonverbal...
Several studies showed a positive effect of stories on Theory Mind (ToM) performance. The aim the present exploratory study was to investigate whether and how specific aspect narrative, i.e., character perspective, modulates brain activation in response ToM task improve accuracy. Fifty participants were divided three groups based text assigned: first-person perspective group (1 G;
In this paper, we show how the embodied revolution within cognitive sciences has relevant consequences for topic of language origins. The empirical findings approaches, indeed, allow to elaborate a motor theory origins according which human originated from gestural communication our ancestors. Theories that propose emerged gesture suggest an important stage in evolution was pantomime, i.e. spontaneous bodily mode expression meaning is conveyed through resemblance. Adhering idea, pantomime...
Investigating the multimodal communication of Tourist Guides to implement a Virtual Guide leading tourists in three Italian Charterhouses, paper focuses on an aspect human guide's speech that would be useful create very realistic Guide: linguistic disfluencies. On corpus guided tours S. Martino Charterhouse (Naples) analysis is presented guides' pauses and their concomitant gestures.