anna borghi
@annaborghi.bsky.social
Interested in how we think (concepts, inner speech) and interact with objects (affordances) and other people. Sapienza University and ISTC-CNR, Rome. Body Action Language Lab @ballabrome.bsky.social - https://sites.google.com/view/anna-m-borghi - she/her
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anna borghi
@annaborghi.bsky.social
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The Freedom of Words
Cambridge Core - Cognition - The Freedom of Words
cambridge.org
On language, social interaction, and abstract concepts. I have to thank a lot of people ... for collaborations, discussions, insights. cambridge.org/core/books/f...
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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...
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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January 29, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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.
Happy to share our new paper, 'Interoceptive grounding of conceptual knowledge: new insight from an interoceptive-exteroceptive categorization task of concepts'.
A huge thanks to my co-authors and colleagues who supported this research.
Read the full paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A huge thanks to my co-authors and colleagues who supported this research.
Read the full paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Interoceptive grounding of conceptual knowledge: new insight from an interoceptive-exteroceptive categorization task of concepts - Psychological Research
The role of interoception, the sensing of internal bodily signals, in shaping our understanding of concepts remains an intriguing and understudied area of research. Here, we investigate the interocept...
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January 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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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2x CE related (evolving languages) PhD opportunity 🚨
I'm hiring! 2 x PhD positions to work at Uni Zurich with me on "Evolutionary Semantics" for an ERC-funded project. semantically curious MA grads from linguistics, cog psych, anthro encouraged to apply
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evolvinglanguage.ch/studying-the...
Studying the Evolution of Abstract Thought - NCCR Evolving Language
In the new ERC-funded project, “Conceptual Diversity and the Evolution of Abstract Thought” (CONCEVO), Mansfield will lead a team of researchers to develop a method for reconstructing the evolution of...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:34 AM
2x CE related (evolving languages) PhD opportunity 🚨
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Excellent initiative from our French colleagues
Face à l’IA générative, l’objection de conscience : l'Atécopol lance un manifeste pour l’enseignement supérieur et l’éducation nationale
Plus d'infos (texte, lien pour signature, etc. ) ici :
atecopol.hypotheses.org/13082
Plus d'infos (texte, lien pour signature, etc. ) ici :
atecopol.hypotheses.org/13082
Face à l’IA générative, l’objection de conscience
Manifeste pour l’enseignement supérieur et l’éducation nationale [Vous pouvez signer ce manifeste (version pdf ici) dans ce formulaire. Un document de mise en perspective critique des discours de défe...
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December 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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
Hot off the press our latest opinion paper in which we offer a novel perspective on abstract concepts, highlighting the potentialities of hyperscanning research to investigate the role of social interaction in their acquisition and use.
Check it out: doi.org/10.3389/fnin...
Check it out: doi.org/10.3389/fnin...
Frontiers | Abstractness and social interaction through a new lens: the potentialities of hyperscanning in naturalistic settings
People constantly use concepts, allowing them to capture similar and different elements between objects and situations (Reilly et al., 2024), as mental short...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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
Snapshots from today's conference (age.it) in Neaples where Italian experts on aging have gathered to discuss their results. Below @annaborghi.bsky.social presenting studies investigating how abstractness impacts ecological concepts and conversation dynamics across different age cohorts
October 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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
October 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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. 👏
Done! Daria successfully defended her PhD thesis!
And that in front of an incredible jury who are the absolute top on this topic: @annaborghi.bsky.social , @pennypexman.bsky.social , @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social
So proud of her!
bravo of course also to Jo Ziegler and Núria Gala!
And that in front of an incredible jury who are the absolute top on this topic: @annaborghi.bsky.social , @pennypexman.bsky.social , @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social
So proud of her!
bravo of course also to Jo Ziegler and Núria Gala!
October 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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
September 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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
indico.sissa.it/event/159/se...
indico.sissa.it/event/159/se...
AIP Sperimentale 2025, 31° Congresso annuale
AIP Sperimentale 2025Benvenute e benvenuti nella pagina ufficiale del XXXI Congresso dell'Associazione Italiana di Psicologia - Sezione Sperimentale, che si terrà a Torino presso il Campus Luigi Einau...
indico.sissa.it
September 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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
indico.sissa.it/event/159/se...
indico.sissa.it/event/159/se...
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...
AIP Sperimentale 2025, 31° Congresso annuale
AIP Sperimentale 2025Benvenute e benvenuti nella pagina ufficiale del XXXI Congresso dell'Associazione Italiana di Psicologia - Sezione Sperimentale, che si terrà a Torino presso il Campus Luigi Einau...
indico.sissa.it
September 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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
ESCOP | Cognitive Psychology Conference
View the latest information on the ESCOP 2025 Conference is Sheffield
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September 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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
@agliotiSM @takahikoikenuma.bsky.social
@agliotiSM @takahikoikenuma.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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
@agliotiSM @takahikoikenuma.bsky.social
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
In five experiments—four of which replicate Barbara Malt’s 1994 study—we compared experienced chemists and laypeople’s conceptual representation of water. @annaborghi.bsky.social @chiarafini.bsky.social @ileniafalcinelli.bsky.social & Marta Arcovito
August 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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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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.
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.
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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July 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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.
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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That’s the correct link :
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July 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
That’s the correct link :
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PhD Call 📢📢📢
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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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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
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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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#Referendum #referendum2025 #lavoro #sfruttamento #rider
Vi porto a casa l’urna elettorale.
Oggi per @mm-repubblica-bot.bsky.social
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May 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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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
May 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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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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...
Read the relaunch editorial.
#PsychScience #OpenScience #EditorInChief @psychscience.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/eprint/QWMMC...
A New Chapter for Perspectives on Psychological Science - Arturo E. Hernandez, 2025
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May 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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...
Read the relaunch editorial.
#PsychScience #OpenScience #EditorInChief @psychscience.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/eprint/QWMMC...
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
@ballabrome.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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
@ballabrome.bsky.social
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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Just out our paper on technological concepts on our SI in Topoi.
link.springer.com
/article/10.1007/s11245-025-10206-3
Just out our paper on technological concepts on our SI in Topoi.
link.springer.com
/article/10.1007/s11245-025-10206-3
Technological Concepts: Object and Tool of Knowledge Outsourcing at Different Ages - Topoi
Technological devices and the Internet have profoundly transformed people’s lives. Among their impacts, one of the most significant is knowledge outsourcing. This article explores this phenomenon from...
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May 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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