FRANCESCO VESPIGNANI

Associate Professor
francesco.vespignani@unipd.it
francesco.vespignani@gmail.com
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Research Areas

ERPs and sentence comprehension.

Syntax, pragmatics and their interactions during processing.

Language and visual attention.

Language in bilingualism, aging and deafness.

Selected Publications

2021

Calignano, Giulia; Valenza, Eloisa; Vespignani, Francesco; Russo, Sofia; Sulpizio, Simone

The unique role of novel linguistic labels on the disengagement of visual attention Journal Article

In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, vol. 74, no. 10, pp. 1755–1772, 2021.

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2020

Delogu, Francesca; Jachmann, Torsten; Staudte, Maria; Vespignani, Francesco; Molinaro, Nicola

Discourse expectations are sensitive to the question under discussion: Evidence from ERPs Journal Article

In: Discourse Processes, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 122–140, 2020.

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2018

Biondo, Nicoletta; Vespignani, Francesco; Rizzi, Luigi; Mancini, Simona

Widening agreement processing: a matter of time, features and distance Journal Article

In: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 890–911, 2018.

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2017

Canal, Paolo; Pesciarelli, Francesca; Vespignani, Francesco; Molinaro, Nicola; Cacciari, Cristina

Basic composition and enriched integration in idiom processing: An EEG study. Journal Article

In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 928, 2017.

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Kasparian, Kristina; Vespignani, Francesco; Steinhauer, Karsten

First Language Attrition Induces Changes in Online Morphosyntactic Processing and Re-Analysis: An ERP Study of Number Agreement in Complex Italian Sentences Journal Article

In: Cognitive science, vol. 41, no. 7, pp. 1760–1803, 2017.

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Publications

2022

Dona, Giuseppe Di; Mantione, Federica; Alber, Birgit; Sulpizio, Simone; Vespignani, Francesco

Allophonic familiarity differentiates word representations in the brain of native speakers of regional linguistic varieties Journal Article

In: Brain and Language, vol. 227, pp. 105085, 2022.

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Lorenzoni, Anna; Pagliarini, Elena; Vespignani, Francesco; Navarrete, Eduardo

Pragmatic and knowledge range lenience towards foreigners Journal Article

In: Acta Psychologica, vol. 226, pp. 103572, 2022.

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2021

Amenta, Simona; Artesini, Luca; Musola, Debora; Frau, Giuseppe Nicol`o; Vespignani, Francesco; Pavani, Francesco

Probing language processing in cochlear implant users with visual word recognition: effects of lexical and orthographic word properties Journal Article

In: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 187–198, 2021.

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Calignano, Giulia; Valenza, Eloisa; Vespignani, Francesco; Russo, Sofia; Sulpizio, Simone

The unique role of novel linguistic labels on the disengagement of visual attention Journal Article

In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, vol. 74, no. 10, pp. 1755–1772, 2021.

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Biondo, Nicoletta; Bergamini, Emma; Vespignani, Francesco

The processing of temporal concord in sentences: an ERP investigation into the role of adverb--verb distance Book Chapter

In: Torrens, V. (Ed.): vol. Syntax Processing, pp. 1-47, Cambridge Scholars Publishing., 2021.

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2020

Delogu, Francesca; Jachmann, Torsten; Staudte, Maria; Vespignani, Francesco; Molinaro, Nicola

Discourse expectations are sensitive to the question under discussion: Evidence from ERPs Journal Article

In: Discourse Processes, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 122–140, 2020.

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2019

Delogu, Francesca; Jachmann, Torsten; Staudte, Maria; Vespignani, Francesco; Molinaro, Nicola

Discourse Expectations Are Sensitive to the Question Under Discussion: Evidence From ERPs Journal Article

In: Discourse Processes, pp. 1–19, 2019.

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Mascelloni, Matteo; Zamparelli, Roberto; Vespignani, Francesco; Gruber, Thomas; Mueller, Jutta L

Distinct neural processes for memorizing form and meaning within sentences Journal Article

In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol. 13, pp. 412, 2019.

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Grecucci, Alessandro; Sulpizio, Simone; Tommasello, Elisa; Vespignani, Francesco; Job, Remo

Seeing emotions, reading emotions: Behavioral and ERPs evidence of the regulation of pictures and words Journal Article

In: PloS one, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. e0209461, 2019.

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Biondo, Nicoletta; Vespignani, Francesco; Dillon, Brian

Attachment and concord of temporal adverbs: evidence from eye movements Journal Article

In: Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 10, 2019.

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2018

Biondo, Nicoletta; Vespignani, Francesco; Rizzi, Luigi; Mancini, Simona

Widening agreement processing: a matter of time, features and distance Journal Article

In: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 890–911, 2018.

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Zappoli, Alessandra; Vespignani, Francesco; Baumann, Stefan; Grice, Martine; Schumacher, Petra B

The processing of German Pitch Accents by Italian learners of German.(Oral presentation at workshop The relation between prosodic and referential structure.) Journal Article

In: 2018.

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2017

Canal, Paolo; Pesciarelli, Francesca; Vespignani, Francesco; Molinaro, Nicola; Cacciari, Cristina

Basic composition and enriched integration in idiom processing: An EEG study. Journal Article

In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 928, 2017.

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Kasparian, Kristina; Vespignani, Francesco; Steinhauer, Karsten

First Language Attrition Induces Changes in Online Morphosyntactic Processing and Re-Analysis: An ERP Study of Number Agreement in Complex Italian Sentences Journal Article

In: Cognitive science, vol. 41, no. 7, pp. 1760–1803, 2017.

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2016

Sulpizio, Simone; Vespignani, Francesco; Job, Remo

On the time course of lexical stress priming in speech production: Behavioral and ERPs evidence from a free-stress language Journal Article

In: Brain research, vol. 1648, pp. 202–213, 2016.

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2015

Didino, Daniele; Knops, Andr'e; Vespignani, Francesco; Suchada, Kornpetpanee

Asymmetric activation spreading in the multiplication associative network due to asymmetric overlap between numerosities semantic representations? Journal Article

In: Cognition, vol. 141, pp. 1–8, 2015.

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Caffarra, Sendy; Siyanova-Chanturia, Anna; Pesciarelli, Francesca; Vespignani, Francesco; Cacciari, Cristina

Is the noun ending a cue to grammatical gender processing? An ERP study on sentences in Italian Journal Article

In: Psychophysiology, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1019–1030, 2015.

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Scappini, Maria; Delfitto, Denis; Marzi, Carlo Alberto; Vespignani, Francesco; Savazzi, Silvia

On the non-incremental processing of negation: A pragmatically licensed sentence-picture verification study with Italian (dyslexic) adults Journal Article

In: Nouveaux cahiers de linguistique française, vol. 32, pp. 45–58, 2015.

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Sulpizio, Simone; Fasoli, Fabio; Maass, Anne; Paladino, Maria Paola; Vespignani, Francesco; Eyssel, Friederike; Bentler, Dominik

The Sound of Voice: Voice-Based Categorization of Speakers’ Sexual Orientation within and across Languages Journal Article

In: Plos One, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 1–38, 2015.

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2014

Didino, Daniele; Lombardi, Luigi; Vespignani, Francesco

Operand-Order Effect in Multiplication and Addition Journal Article

In: Experimental psychology, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 470–497, 2014.

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2013

Molinaro, Nicola; Canal, Paolo; Vespignani, Francesco; Pesciarelli, Francesca; Cacciari, Cristina

Are complex function words processed as semantically empty strings? A reading time and ERP study of collocational complex prepositions Journal Article

In: Language and Cognitive Processes, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 762–788, 2013.

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Vespignani, Francesco

Gli ERP nello studio dei processi di comprensione frasale Incollection

In: La ricerca sperimentale sul linguaggio: acquisizione, uso, perdita, pp. 15, Pavia University Press, 2013.

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Caffarra, S; Siyanova Chanturia, S; Pesciarelli, Francesca; Vespignani, F; Cacciari, Cristina

Gender-to-ending consistency and agreement processing in Italian: two independent effects? Journal Article

In: 2013.

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2011

Molinaro, Nicola; Vespignani, Francesco; Zamparelli, Roberto; Job, Remo

Why brother and sister are not just siblings: Repair processes in agreement computation Journal Article

In: Journal of Memory and Language, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 211–232, 2011.

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2010

Canal, Paolo; Vespignani, Francesco; Molinaro, Nicola; Cacciari, Cristina

Anticipatory mechanisms in idiom comprehension: Psycholinguistic and electrophysiological evidence Incollection

In: Neuropsychology of communication, pp. 131–144, Springer, Milano, 2010.

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Delogu, Francesca; Vespignani, Francesco; Sanford, Anthony J

Effects of intensionality on sentence and discourse processing: Evidence from eye-movements Journal Article

In: Journal of Memory and Language, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 352–379, 2010.

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Vespignani, Francesco; Canal, Paolo; Molinaro, Nicola; Fonda, Sergio; Cacciari, Cristina

Predictive mechanisms in idiom comprehension Journal Article

In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 1682–1700, 2010.

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2009

Manara, Renzo; Burlina, Alessandro P; Citton, Valentina; Ermani, Mario; Vespignani, Francesco; Carollo, Carla; Burlina, Alberto B

Brain MRI diffusion-weighted imaging in patients with classical phenylketonuria Journal Article

In: Neuroradiology, vol. 51, no. 12, pp. 803–812, 2009.

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2008

Molinaro, Nicola; Vespignani, Francesco; Job, Remo

A deeper reanalysis of a superficial feature: An ERP study on agreement violations Journal Article

In: Brain research, vol. 1228, pp. 161–176, 2008.

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Molinaro, Nicola; Kim, Albert; Vespignani, Francesco; Job, Remo

Anaphoric agreement violation: An ERP analysis of its interpretation Journal Article

In: Cognition, vol. 106, no. 2, pp. 963–974, 2008.

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Molinaro, Nicola; Vespignani, Francesco; Canal, Paolo; Fonda, Sergio; Cacciari, Cristina

Cloze probability does not only affect N400 amplitude: The case of complex prepositions Journal Article

In: Psychophysiology, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 1008–1012, 2008.

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2005

Dell'Acqua, R.; Jolicœur, P.; Vespignani, F.; Toffanin, P.

Central processing overlap modulates P3 latency Journal Article

In: Exp Brain Res, vol. 165, no. 1, pp. 54–68, 2005.

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2003

De Vincenzi, Marica; Job, Remo; Di Matteo, Rosalia; Angrilli, Alessandro; Penolazzi, Barbara; Ciccarelli, Laura; Vespignani, Francesco

Differences in the perception and time course of syntactic and semantic violations Journal Article

In: Brain and language, vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 280–296, 2003.

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2002

Angrilli, Alessandro; Penolazzi, Barbara; Vespignani, Francesco; De Vincenzi, Marica; Job, Remo; Ciccarelli, Laura; Palomba, Daniela; Stegagno, Luciano

Cortical brain responses to semantic incongruity and syntactic violation in Italian language: an event-related potential study Journal Article

In: Neuroscience letters, vol. 322, no. 1, pp. 5–8, 2002.

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