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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

LINKAGES: a new FIS3 project - on concepts, abstractness, vagueness, inner speech, and social dynamics. Thank you to the fantastic people and colleagues involved, and to MUR for funding it. Looking forward to the next 5 years!! Stay tuned. @ballabrome.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/annabor...

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Highly insightful talk on the role sensorimotor and linguistic experience play in shaping cognition. And on how people organize the world into categories. May 7 2026, at Sapienza. Thank you @louiseconnell.bsky.social!

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

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

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

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

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

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!

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Claudia Mazzuca (she/her) @claudiamazzuca.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

🏳️‍🌈 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...

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Brian Dillon @linguistbrian.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

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...

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DIPSCO - Dipartimento di Psicologia e Scienze Cognitive - BANDO DI SELEZIONE PER IL CONFERIMENTO DI N. 1 INCARICO POST-DOC AI SENSI DELL’ART. 22 bis L. 240/2010 (Decreto 29/2026) | Lavora con noi

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

2x CE related (evolving languages) PhD opportunity 🚨

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Mark Dingemanse @markdingemanse.net · 06/12/2025

Excellent initiative from our French colleagues

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

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

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

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

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

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

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

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

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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. 👏

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

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

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

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 @agliotiSM @takahikoikenuma.bsky.social

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

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

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Francesca Colaiori @akacaycepollard.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

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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Quante storie da scrivere prima di diventare Scienza | il manifesto

(Editoriale) C’è la Scienza. E poi c’è la scienza, con la minuscola. La prima ci affascina perché rappresenta il limite ultimo della nostra conoscenza e, a volte, come ogni frontiera, mette paura. La ...

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scnl-agliotilab.bsky.social @scnl-agliotilab.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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! 🗓️ Deadline 19th June Useful links👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 phd.uniroma1.it/web/concorso... phd.uniroma1.it/web/pagina.a...

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

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

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Arturo Hernandez @draehernandez.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Perspectives on Psychological Science returns—reimagined. More voices. Broader reach. Rigor with respect. Read the relaunch editorial. #PsychScience #OpenScience #EditorInChief @psychscience.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/eprint/QWMMC...

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A New Chapter for Perspectives on Psychological Science - Arturo E. Hernandez, 2025

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

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... @ballabrome.bsky.social

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

So much fun! ci siamo divertite un sacco! 😀

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Does reliance on the Internet lead to overestimating knowledge? How do younger and older adults conceive technological concepts? Do people tend to outsource knowledge more with technological concepts? With @chiarafini.bsky.social and @ileniafalcinelli.bsky.social. @ballabrome.bsky.social

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Preprint (authors' version without final revisions and revised figures), see here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Very happy to share this Perspective w/@claudiamazzuca.bsky.social, @ideeverdi.bsky.social. on abstract concepts and social interaction. We address vagueness and the relation of abstract concepts to knowledge outsourcing, crosscultural differences, and LLMs. @ballabrome.bsky.social rdcu.be/elbbT

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The role of social interaction in the formation and use of abstract concepts

Nature Reviews Psychology - The capability to use abstract concepts such as ‘justice’ is a key part of human cognition. In this Perspective, Borghi et al. highlight distinct levels of...

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Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto.com · 05/05/2025

Amiche e amici di Roma, questo venerdì sarò alla libreria Tomo a presentare Tecnopanico!

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Interesting discussion at #cnr, May 7, on research as a collective practice. Occasion: presentation of Waves of trust: science, technology and society in honor of Rino Falcone, eds Sapienza, F. Contucci, F. Paglieri, @ideeverdi.bsky.social. www.dsu.cnr.it/event/rifles... @ballabrome.bsky.social

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Link to the recorded presentation on sites.google.com/view/annabor..., here: drive.google.com/file/d/1LxEp...

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Very interesting talk by Ferdinand Binkofski, Aachen University, on interaction with objects, #affordances and tools and their brain representation - different paths within the dorsal and ventral streams At #Sapienza, @ballabrome.bsky.social

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

A lot of fun 🙃 today at the beautiful Teatro Ateneo #Sapienza! Talking with journalists, researchers, and students, on active aging - brain, language, affectivity, and work in older adults. THE AGE OF ROCK, news.uniroma1.it/08042025_0845 project ageit.eu/wp/ @ballabrome.bsky.social

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

🔬 Participate in Our Mental Imagery Study! 🧠💡 We are looking for English-speaking volunteers aged 50+ to take part in our online study on mental imagery! 🔍💭 If you’d like to contribute, write to us or fill out this form 👉 forms.gle/BirmV4GRjTHs... @ballabrome.bsky.social @agliotilab

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Here is what you should know about it: Your partecipation would be divided in 3 steps: Compiling an Informed Consent Form + 2 easy questionnaires (this step takes about 5 mins): your result will tel...

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Se sei madrelingua italiana, hai tra 18 e 64 anni, e vuoi partecipare ad una RICERCA SUL LINGUAGGIO (durata circa 30 minuti), clicca qui e segui i link: GRAZIE GRAZIE GRAZIE @ballabrome.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/annabor...

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PARTECIPA AD UNA RICERCA!!!! Ciao! Ti interessano gli studi sul linguaggio? Stiamo cercando partecipanti volontari tra i 18 e 64 anni per uno studio volto a creare il più grande database italiano di ...

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anna borghi @annaborghi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Great talks on #gender and #ecologicalconcepts among cognition and politics on Feb 25. Talks by @Emma Renström @annalisa-setti.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social. Project DeCo, Democratizing Concepts. @ballabrome.bsky.social Listen to the talks at this YouTube link www.youtube.com/live/QDTBFWc...

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