Search Results - "Canal, Paolo"

Person Features and Lexical Restrictions in Italian Clefts by Chesi, Cristiano, Canal, Paolo

“…In this paper, we discuss the results of two experiments, one off-line (acceptability judgment) and the other on-line (eye-tracking), targeting Object Cleft…”
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N400 and P600 modulation in presupposition accommodation: The effect of different trigger types by Domaneschi, Filippo, Canal, Paolo, Masia, Viviana, Lombardi Vallauri, Edoardo, Bambini, Valentina

“…This study investigates the neurophysiological correlates of presupposition processing in conditions of satisfaction and accommodation, comparing two types of…”
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Predictive mechanisms in idiom comprehension by Vespignani, Francesco, Canal, Paolo, Molinaro, Nicola, Fonda, Sergio, Cacciari, Cristina

“…Prediction is pervasive in human cognition and plays a central role in language comprehension. At an electrophysiological level, this cognitive function…”
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Funny but aversive: A large-scale survey of the emotional response to Covid-19 humor in the Italian population during the lockdown by Bischetti, Luca, Canal, Paolo, Bambini, Valentina

“…•We studied the Covid-19 humor appreciation during Italy's lockdown in March 2020.•Humor inspired by Covid-19 showed a mark of aversiveness, but not of…”
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An electrophysiological perspective on the cognitive mechanisms involved in processing different types of figurative language by Canal, Paolo, Bambini, Valentina

“…Abstract only…”
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Basic Composition and Enriched Integration in Idiom Processing: An EEG Study by Canal, Paolo, Pesciarelli, Francesca, Vespignani, Francesco, Molinaro, Nicola, Cacciari, Cristina

“…We investigated the extent to which the literal meanings of the words forming literally plausible idioms (e.g., break the ice) are semantically composed and…”
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N400 differences between physical and mental metaphors: The role of Theories of Mind by Canal, Paolo, Bischetti, Luca, Bertini, Chiara, Ricci, Irene, Lecce, Serena, Bambini, Valentina

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Time Course and Neurophysiological Underpinnings of Metaphor in Literary Context by Bambini, Valentina, Canal, Paolo, Resta, Donatella, Grimaldi, Mirko

“…Several theoretical proposals tried to account for the meaning open-endedness of metaphors in literature and for the effortful process they trigger in readers…”
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‘Honey, shall I change the baby? – Well done, choose another one’: ERP and time-frequency correlates of humor processing by Canal, Paolo, Bischetti, Luca, Di Paola, Simona, Bertini, Chiara, Ricci, Irene, Bambini, Valentina

“…•This study tested the two-step model of humor comprehension via EEG measures.•The incongruity detection step affects the Left Anterior Negativity and not the…”
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The costs of multimodal metaphors: comparing ERPs to figurative expressions in verbal and verbo-pictorial formats by Bambini, Valentina, Ranieri, Giacomo, Bischetti, Luca, Scalingi, Biagio, Bertini, Chiara, Ricci, Irene, Schaeken, Walter, Canal, Paolo

“…Psycholinguistic research on metaphor has focused on verbal material. Yet, metaphors frequently occur in a multimodal format, blending words and pictures to…”
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Are complex function words processed as semantically empty strings? A reading time and ERP study of collocational complex prepositions by Molinaro, Nicola, Canal, Paolo, Vespignani, Francesco, Pesciarelli, Francesca, Cacciari, Cristina

“…Collocational complex prepositions (CCPs, e.g., in the hands of) are prefabricated strings of words that play a prepositional role in natural language…”
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Capturing language change through EEG: Weaker P600 for a fading gender value in a southern Italo-Romance dialect by Bambini, Valentina, Canal, Paolo, Breimaier, Federica, Meo, Domenico, Pescarini, Diego, Loporcaro, Michele

“…Grammatical gender processing is a classic topic in the neurolinguistic literature. However, most of the studies consider major standard languages, such as…”
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Modulating “Surprise” with Syntax: A Study on Negative Sentences and Eye-Movement Recording by Greco, Matteo, Canal, Paolo, Bambini, Valentina, Moro, Andrea

“…This work focuses on a particular case of negative sentences, the Surprise Negation sentences (SNEGs). SNEGs belong to the class of expletive negation…”
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Beyond Gender Stereotypes in Language Comprehension: Self Sex-Role Descriptions Affect the Brain's Potentials Associated with Agreement Processing by Canal, Paolo, Garnham, Alan, Oakhill, Jane

“…We recorded Event-Related Potentials to investigate differences in the use of gender information during the processing of reflexive pronouns. Pronouns either…”
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Presupposition of new information as a pragmatic garden path: Evidence from Event-Related Brain Potentials by Masia, Viviana, Canal, Paolo, Ricci, Irene, Vallauri, Edoardo Lombardi, Bambini, Valentina

“…This study investigates the processing of presupposition in discourse through the Event-Related Brain Potential technique. While theoretical linguistics has…”
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Efficacy and benefits of the MetaCom training to promote metaphor comprehension in typical development by Tonini, Elisabetta, Lecce, Serena, Del Sette, Paola, Bianco, Federica, Canal, Paolo, Bambini, Valentina

“…Although metaphors are essential tools in everyday communication and educational settings, the literature lacks evidence of effective training tools to promote…”
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Norms on the gender perception of role nouns in Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Slovak by Misersky, Julia, Gygax, Pascal M., Canal, Paolo, Gabriel, Ute, Garnham, Alan, Braun, Friederike, Chiarini, Tania, Englund, Kjellrun, Hanulikova, Adriana, Öttl, Anton, Valdrova, Jana, Von Stockhausen, Lisa, Sczesny, Sabine

“…We collected norms on the gender stereotypicality of an extensive list of role nouns in Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Slovak, to be…”
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Cloze probability does not only affect N400 amplitude: The case of complex prepositions by Molinaro, Nicola, Vespignani, Francesco, Canal, Paolo, Fonda, Sergio, Cacciari, Cristina

“…Cloze‐probability levels are inversely correlated with N400 amplitude, indicating an easier integration for expected words in semantic‐pragmatic contexts. Here…”
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