2018
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Arcara, Giorgio; Franzon, Francesca; Gastaldon, Simone; Brotto, Silvia; Semenza, Carlo; Peressotti, Francesca; Zanini, Chiara One can be some but some cannot be one: ERP correlates of numerosity incongruence are different for singular and plural Journal Article Cortex, 2018. Abstract | Links | BibTeX @article{Arcara2018,
title = {One can be some but some cannot be one: ERP correlates of numerosity incongruence are different for singular and plural},
author = {Giorgio Arcara and Francesca Franzon and Simone Gastaldon and Silvia Brotto and Carlo Semenza and Francesca Peressotti and Chiara Zanini},
doi = {10.1016/j.cortex.2018.10.022},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-11-03},
journal = {Cortex},
abstract = {Humans can communicate information on numerosity by means of number words (e.g. one hundred, a couple), but also through Number morphology (e.g. through the singular vs. the plural forms of a noun). Agreement violations involving Number morphology (e.g. *one apples) are well known to elicit specific ERP components such as the Left Anterior Negativity (LAN); yet, the relationship between a morphological Number value (e.g. singular vs. plural) and its referential numerosity has been scantly considered in the literature. Moreover, even if agreement violations have been proved very useful, they do not typically characterise the everyday language usage, thus narrowing the scope of the results. In this study we investigated Number morphology from a different perspective, by focusing on the ERP correlates of congruence and incongruence between a depicted numerosity and noun phrases. To this aim we designed a picture–phrase matching paradigm in Italian. In each trial, a picture depicting one or four objects was followed by a grammatically well-formed phrase made up of a quantifier and a content noun inflected either in the singular or in the plural. When analysing ERP time-locked to the content noun, plural phrases after pictures presenting one object elicited a larger negativity, similar to a LAN effect. No significant congruence effect was found in the case of the phrases whose morphological Number value conveyed a numerosity of one. Our results suggest that 1) incongruence elicits a negativity (LAN-like) independently from the grammaticality of the utterances and irrespective the P600 component; 2) the reference to a numerosity can be partially encoded in an incremental way when processing Number morphology; and, most importantly, 3) the processing of the morphological Number value of plural is different from that of singular as the former shows a narrower interpretability than the latter.},
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Humans can communicate information on numerosity by means of number words (e.g. one hundred, a couple), but also through Number morphology (e.g. through the singular vs. the plural forms of a noun). Agreement violations involving Number morphology (e.g. *one apples) are well known to elicit specific ERP components such as the Left Anterior Negativity (LAN); yet, the relationship between a morphological Number value (e.g. singular vs. plural) and its referential numerosity has been scantly considered in the literature. Moreover, even if agreement violations have been proved very useful, they do not typically characterise the everyday language usage, thus narrowing the scope of the results. In this study we investigated Number morphology from a different perspective, by focusing on the ERP correlates of congruence and incongruence between a depicted numerosity and noun phrases. To this aim we designed a picture–phrase matching paradigm in Italian. In each trial, a picture depicting one or four objects was followed by a grammatically well-formed phrase made up of a quantifier and a content noun inflected either in the singular or in the plural. When analysing ERP time-locked to the content noun, plural phrases after pictures presenting one object elicited a larger negativity, similar to a LAN effect. No significant congruence effect was found in the case of the phrases whose morphological Number value conveyed a numerosity of one. Our results suggest that 1) incongruence elicits a negativity (LAN-like) independently from the grammaticality of the utterances and irrespective the P600 component; 2) the reference to a numerosity can be partially encoded in an incremental way when processing Number morphology; and, most importantly, 3) the processing of the morphological Number value of plural is different from that of singular as the former shows a narrower interpretability than the latter. |
2017
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Theofanopoulou, Constantina; Gastaldon, Simone; O’Rourke, Thomas; Samuels, Bridget D; Martins, Pedro Tiago; Delogu, Francesco; Alamri, Saleh; Boeckx, Cedric Self-domestication in Homo sapiens: Insights from comparative genomics Journal Article PLoS One, 12 (10), pp. e0185306, 2017. Abstract | Links | BibTeX @article{theofanopoulou2017self,
title = {Self-domestication in Homo sapiens: Insights from comparative genomics},
author = { Constantina Theofanopoulou and Simone Gastaldon and Thomas O’Rourke and Bridget D Samuels and Pedro Tiago Martins and Francesco Delogu and Saleh Alamri and Cedric Boeckx},
url = {http://colab.psy.unipd.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Theofanopoulou-et-al.-2017.-Self-domestication-in-Homo-sapiens.-Insights-from-comparative-genomics.pdf},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185306},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-10-18},
journal = {PLoS One},
volume = {12},
number = {10},
pages = {e0185306},
publisher = {Public Library of Science},
abstract = {This study identifies and analyzes statistically significant overlaps between selective sweep screens in anatomically modern humans and several domesticated species. The results obtained suggest that (paleo-)genomic data can be exploited to complement the fossil record and support the idea of self-domestication in Homo sapiens, a process that likely intensified as our species populated its niche. Our analysis lends support to attempts to capture the “domestication syndrome” in terms of alterations to certain signaling pathways and cell lineages, such as the neural crest.},
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This study identifies and analyzes statistically significant overlaps between selective sweep screens in anatomically modern humans and several domesticated species. The results obtained suggest that (paleo-)genomic data can be exploited to complement the fossil record and support the idea of self-domestication in Homo sapiens, a process that likely intensified as our species populated its niche. Our analysis lends support to attempts to capture the “domestication syndrome” in terms of alterations to certain signaling pathways and cell lineages, such as the neural crest. |
2016
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Gastaldon, Simone; Zanini, Chiara; Arcara, Giorgio; Peressotti, Francesca; Franzon, Francesca Referential numerosity and morphosyntactic number agreement: A psycholinguistic study on Italian Qualche/Alcuni Journal Article Research in Generative Grammar, 38 , pp. 105–113, 2016. Abstract | Links | BibTeX @article{gastaldon2016referential,
title = {Referential numerosity and morphosyntactic number agreement: A psycholinguistic study on Italian Qualche/Alcuni},
author = { Simone Gastaldon and Chiara Zanini and Giorgio Arcara and Francesca Peressotti and Francesca Franzon},
url = {http://colab.psy.unipd.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/09.-Gastaldon-1.pdf},
doi = {http://hdl.handle.net/11707/5674},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-01-01},
journal = {Research in Generative Grammar},
volume = {38},
pages = {105--113},
abstract = {The present study aims at shedding new light on the relationship between morphological Number and the numerosity of the referent(s). Previous studies exploiting agreement violations suggested a possible involvement of numerosity processing in the encoding of morphological Number (Carreiras et al., 2010). By employing the two Italian quantifiers qualche and alcuni, and exploiting their diverging requirements for Number agreement, we developed a picture–phrase matching paradigm. This minimal pair enabled us to test the hypothesis that when the morphological information of Number is incongruent with the numerosity encoded on the whole expression, more processing time is needed. The results are consistent with previous studies, and add evidence to a relationship between certain aspects of language and numerical cognition. Notably, contrary to previous literature, our results were obtained by exploiting well-formed expressions only.},
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The present study aims at shedding new light on the relationship between morphological Number and the numerosity of the referent(s). Previous studies exploiting agreement violations suggested a possible involvement of numerosity processing in the encoding of morphological Number (Carreiras et al., 2010). By employing the two Italian quantifiers qualche and alcuni, and exploiting their diverging requirements for Number agreement, we developed a picture–phrase matching paradigm. This minimal pair enabled us to test the hypothesis that when the morphological information of Number is incongruent with the numerosity encoded on the whole expression, more processing time is needed. The results are consistent with previous studies, and add evidence to a relationship between certain aspects of language and numerical cognition. Notably, contrary to previous literature, our results were obtained by exploiting well-formed expressions only. |
2019
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Gastaldon, Simone; Navarrete, Eduardo; Arcara, Giorgio; Peressotti, Francesca Patterns of alpha and beta oscillations in language prediction and production Conference 7th Cognitive Science Arena 2019, February 15-16, 2019, Bressanone-Brixen, Italy, 2019. BibTeX @conference{Gastaldon2019b,
title = {Patterns of alpha and beta oscillations in language prediction and production},
author = {Simone Gastaldon and Eduardo Navarrete and Giorgio Arcara and Francesca Peressotti},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-02-15},
publisher = {7th Cognitive Science Arena 2019, February 15-16, 2019, Bressanone-Brixen, Italy},
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Gastaldon, Simone; Navarrete, Eduardo; Arcara, Giorgio; Peressotti, Francesca Oscillazioni neurali α e β in predizione e produzione linguistica: Caratteristiche comuni e distintive Conference Giornate di Studi Scientifici sul Linguaggio 2019, February 11-12, 2019, Rovereto, Italy, 2019. BibTeX @conference{Gastaldon2019,
title = {Oscillazioni neurali α e β in predizione e produzione linguistica: Caratteristiche comuni e distintive},
author = {Simone Gastaldon and Eduardo Navarrete and Giorgio Arcara and Francesca Peressotti},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-02-11},
publisher = {Giornate di Studi Scientifici sul Linguaggio 2019, February 11-12, 2019, Rovereto, Italy},
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2018
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Gastaldon, Simone; Navarrete, Eduardo; Peressotti, Francesca Producing, comprehending, and predicting: Project outline on spoken and signed language electrophysiology Conference 6th Cognitive Science Arena 2018, February 23–25, 2018, Bressanone-Brixen, Italy, 2018. BibTeX @conference{Gastaldon2018,
title = {Producing, comprehending, and predicting: Project outline on spoken and signed language electrophysiology},
author = {Simone Gastaldon and Eduardo Navarrete and Francesca Peressotti},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-02-23},
publisher = {6th Cognitive Science Arena 2018, February 23–25, 2018, Bressanone-Brixen, Italy},
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2017
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Zanini, Chiara; Franzon, Francesca; Semenza, Carlo; Peressotti, Francesca; Gastaldon, Simone; Brotto, Silvia; Arcara, Giorgio Referential numerosity in quantification expressions. An ERP study on Italian Conference 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, November 5–7, 2017, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2017. BibTeX @conference{Zanini2017b,
title = {Referential numerosity in quantification expressions. An ERP study on Italian},
author = {Chiara Zanini and Francesca Franzon and Carlo Semenza and Francesca Peressotti and Simone Gastaldon and Silvia Brotto and Giorgio Arcara},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-11-05},
publisher = {55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, November 5–7, 2017, Baltimore, Maryland, USA},
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Zanini, Chiara; Franzon, Francesca; Semenza, Carlo; Peressotti, Francesca; Brotto, Silvia; Gastaldon, Simone; Giorgio, Arcara The encoding of numerosity in quantification expressions. Insight from an ERP study Conference 18th Science of Aphasia, September 11–14, 2017, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017. BibTeX @conference{Zanini2017,
title = {The encoding of numerosity in quantification expressions. Insight from an ERP study},
author = {Chiara Zanini and Francesca Franzon and Carlo Semenza and Francesca Peressotti and Silvia Brotto and Simone Gastaldon and Arcara Giorgio},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-09-14},
publisher = {18th Science of Aphasia, September 11–14, 2017, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland},
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Arcara, Giorgio; Franzon, Francesca; Gataldon, Simone; Brotto, Silvia; Semenza, Carlo; Peressotti, Francesca; Zanini, Chiara Encoding Numerosity into Number Morphology: An ERP Study Conference 10th International Morphological Processing Conference (MoProc), June 22–24, 2017, SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies), Trieste, Italy, 2017. BibTeX @conference{Arcara2017,
title = {Encoding Numerosity into Number Morphology: An ERP Study},
author = {Giorgio Arcara and Francesca Franzon and Simone Gataldon and Silvia Brotto and Carlo Semenza and Francesca Peressotti and Chiara Zanini},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-07-23},
publisher = {10th International Morphological Processing Conference (MoProc), June 22–24, 2017, SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies), Trieste, Italy},
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2015
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Gastaldon, Simone; Zanini, Chiara; Arcara, Giorgio; Peressotti, Francesca; Franzon, Francesca Referential Numerosity and Morphosyntactic Number Agreement: a Psycholinguistic Study on Italian qualche/alcuni Conference 41° Incontro di Grammatica Generativa (IGG41) [41st Generative Grammar Meeting], February 26–28, 2015, Università per Stranieri di Perugia, Perugia, Italy, 2015. BibTeX @conference{Gastaldon2015,
title = {Referential Numerosity and Morphosyntactic Number Agreement: a Psycholinguistic Study on Italian qualche/alcuni},
author = {Simone Gastaldon and Chiara Zanini and Giorgio Arcara and Francesca Peressotti and Francesca Franzon},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-02-26},
publisher = {41° Incontro di Grammatica Generativa (IGG41) [41st Generative Grammar Meeting], February 26–28, 2015, Università per Stranieri di Perugia, Perugia, Italy},
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