The COGNITION, SOCIAL MULTIMODAL INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION LABORATORY (CoSMIC Lab) at the Department of Philosophy, Communication and Performing Arts (Roma Tre University) is devoted to the investigation of the cognitive and neural foundations of language, communication and social interaction.

Researchers in this laboratory are engaged in theoretical and experimental investigations, mainly focused on:

• Cognitive foundations of discourse processing

• ERPs and narrative comprehension

• Production and comprehension of narrative in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and children with typical development

• Language disorders

• Pragmatic aspects of human communication from an evolutionary point of view

• Persuasive communication 

• Cognitive foundations of religious beliefs