The Trieste Symposium on
Perception and Cognition

Cognition and Language: Research conference in memory of Patrizia Tabossi
Aula Magna, ground floor. H3 building (download the POSTER)

Program

9.00 – 9.10
Walter Gerbino
Introduction
University of Trieste

9.10 – 9.20
Cristina Burani
The contribution of Patrizia Tabossi to Cognitive Science
ISTC-CNR

Comprehending idioms and figurative language

Chair person: Lucia Lumbelli
University of Trieste

9.20 – 9.30
Introduction of the Chair

9.30 – 9.55
Evelyn Ferstl
Processing idioms in the passive form: An eye-tracking study (Abstract)
University of Freiburg

9.55 – 10.20
Costanza Papagno
Motion verbs in literal and figurative contexts (Abstract)
University of Milano-Bicocca

10.20 – 10.45
Cristina Cacciari
The comprehension of multiword units in schizophrenic patients. A new test for the Configuration Hypothesis (Abstract)
University of Modena

10.45 – 11.10
Marina Sbisà
Loose meanings
University of Trieste

11.10 – 11.40
Coffee break

LEXICAL-SEMANTIC PROCESSING IN WORD COMPREHENSION AND PRODUCTION

Chair person: Carlo Umiltà
University of Padova

11.40 – 11.50
Introduction of the Chair

11.50 – 12.15
Remo Job
Is semantic processing perceptual processing in disguise? (Abstract)
University of Trento

12.15 – 12.40
Alessandro Laudanna
Lexical processing of ambiguous nouns (Abstract)
University of Salerno

12.40 – 13.05
Nicoletta Caramelli
Interactions between gesture, nouns and verbs: behavioural and neurophysiological evidence (Abstract)
University of Bologna

13.05 – 13.30
Niels Schiller
Morphological processing in language production (Abstract)
Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition & Leiden University

13.30 – 15.00
Lunch, poster display

NOUN VS. VERB PROCESSING AND REPRESENTATION

Chair person: Anna Basso
University of Milan

15.00 – 15.10
Introduction of the Chair

15.10 – 15.35
Maria Caterina Silveri
Lexical and executive components in verb processing: evidence from Parkinson's disease (Abstract)
Catholic University, Roma

15.35 – 16.00
Rachele Fanari
Noun and verb reading in school-age children (Abstract)
University of Cagliari

16.00 – 16.25
Lucia Colombo
Naming actions and objects in Italian preschool children (Abstract)
University of Padova

16.25 – 16.50 :
Simona Collina
The role of morphological factors in the processing of event nouns (Abstract)
Suor Orsola Benincasa University, Napoli

16.50 – 17.15
Giuseppe Longobardi
Mind, grammars and history (Abstract)
University of Trieste