@ballabrome.bsky.social
We study the relationship between objects, concepts, and language from an embodied & grounded cognition perspectiveโLed by Anna Borghi https://sites.google.com/view/annaborghilab @Sapienza University of Rome, Italy @ISTC-CNR, Rome, Italy
๐๐ Huge congratulations to our @ileniafalcinelli.bsky.social for successfully defending her PhD in Psychology and Social Neuroscience today, after years of dedication and brilliance, investigating ecological concepts in younger and older adults ! ๐ฅ๐ซ #PhD
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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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Image showing the BALLAB banner for the Game Festival
Image showing some of the objects used for the Game Festival, like a 3D model of the brain, a pack of spaghetti, and pictures of living vs. non living entities.
Anna and Chiara playing the "Losing Categories" game with two young future scientist!
Anna and Chiara explaining how the brain works with the help of our 3D model
๐ท Game Festival - Festa del Gioco #Garbatella
A joyful day of discovery where our little scientists explored the wonders of the senses, categories, joint action, and open science! Through hands-on experiments, they reminded us how powerful learning through play can be ๐ง
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A new publication from our lab! @chiarafini.bsky.social, @ileniafalcinelli.bsky.social and @annaborghi.bsky.social explored knowledge outsourcing about technological concepts in different ages in a Special Issue in Topoi. Here the link: link.springer.com/article/10.1... ๐ป๐ง๐ต
14.05.2025 12:19 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Excited to share our new work by @annaborghi.bsky.social @claudiamazzuca.bsky.social and @ideeverdi.bsky.social! We dive into abstract concepts in social interactionโexploring vagueness, knowledge outsourcing, cross-cultural variation, and the role of LLMs.
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The registration link is available here ๐
sites.google.com/view/annabor...
We were honored to host Ferdinand Binkofski (Aachen University) for a fascinating talk on object interaction, affordances, and tool use, highlighting their distinct neural pathways across the dorsal and ventral streams ๐ง .
A truly insightful event at #Sapienza!
About yesterday workshop on conversational dynamics and abstraction in interaction. Thanks to everyone who organised, joined and contributed to the discussion.
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Our commentary on the article "The sound of thought" on #innerspeech is now online! Inner speech is not a simulation of language but an act of speaking. Thank you @chiaradelivio.bsky.social and @cfernyhough.bsky.social
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link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
๐ฌ Participate in Our Mental Imagery Study!
๐ง ๐ก We are looking for English-speaking volunteers aged 50+ to take part in our online study on mental imagery!
๐๐ญ If youโd like to contribute, write to us or fill out this form ๐ forms.gle/BirmV4GRjTHs...
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๐ Exciting discussions on #Gender & #EcologicalConcepts in cognition & politics at the Feb 25 conference! ๐ก Talks by @Emma Renstrรถm, @annalisa-setti.bsky.social, & @glupyan.bsky.social, hosted by our lab @ballabrome.bsky.social & #ProjectDeCo.
๐บ Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/QDTBFWc...
Grazie per la bellissima serata su
*Evoluzione e Cervello*
27 febbraio, 8pm
Tullio Barni in โCarbonio e/o Silicioโ
Anna Borghi in โCervello in azioneโ
NEUROGames con Marco Iosa
#mercatocentraleroma
neurospritz.wixsite.com/neurospritz is great!
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Join the conference tomorrow!
๐ February 25 | 3:15โ6:00 PM CET
๐ก Gender & Ecological Concepts: (un)consciousness, cognition, and politics
www.youtube.com/live/QDTBFWc...
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@Emma Renstrรถm
@annalisa-setti.bsky.social
@glupyan.bsky.social
Be part of the conversationโparticipate & spread the word!
With @claudiamazzuca.bsky.social @caterinavillani.bsky.social @TommasoLamarra @mariannabolog.bsky.social @annaborghi.bsky.social
19.02.2025 16:45 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Does sentencesโ abstractness affect conversation dynamics? In three preregistered studies with @abstractionerc.bsky.social we found this is so, with abstract sentences eliciting more uncertainty and curiosity than concrete sentences. Just out on Cognition!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
On the 25th of February we are hosting an exciting online conference with plenty of brilliant speakers that will discuss with us about concepts, language, consciousness and politicisation. Donโt miss it!
Link here: www.youtube.com/live/QDTBFWc...
Participants needed for neuroscience study! ๐ง
Are you 40-45 years old, English native speaker, and interested in how the brain represents abstract and concrete concepts, especially in aphantasia? We are recruiting 16 participants for our study, help us uncover new insights!
w/ @mtliuzza.bsky.social @bodowinter.bsky.social @annaborghi.bsky.social @IleniaFalcinelli @ClaudiaMazzuca @GiovannaCuomo @MattiaGervasi @van90.bsky.social @MatteoCandidi
11.02.2025 16:45 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ Exciting news to kick off our BlueSky journey!
Thrilled to announce that the latest work from @chiarafini.bsky.social is finally out ๐ showing how even digital connections can transform into real, meaningful bonds.
