Selected Conference Presentations

2025

• Adornetti I, Deriu V. (2025) Narrative identity in addictive disorders: an empirical investigation, webinar "Seminario PRIN-PNRR Metaphor and Epistemic Injustice in Mental Illness", University of Cagliari, 6 March. 

• Chiera A. (2025) Quale linguaggio alla luce delle nuove prospettive sull'evoluzione della mente?, talk @ Darwin day "L'eredità di Darwin tra scienza e progresso", Roma Tre Univ., 28 February. 

2024

• Adornetti I (2024) Sperimentare la narrazione persuasiva: le teorie del complotto come caso di studio, XXIX SFL (Italian Society of Philosophy of Language) annual conference, Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Rome, 28 Sept. 

• Chiera A. , Deriu V. (2024) Come la narrazione modula la cognizione sociale: studi con elettroencefalogramm, XXIX SFL (Italian Society of Philosophy of Language) annual conference, Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Rome, 28 Sept. 

• Ferretti F. (2024) I fondamenti cognitivi della narrazione persuasiva, XXIX SFL (Italian Society of Philosophy of Language) annual conference, Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Rome, 28 Sept. 

• Ferretti F. (2024) Why stories enchant the brain. The splendors and miseries of an extraordinary human ability, "Mind matters: navigating neuroethics in the 21st century", 10th Conference of the Italian Society for Neuroethics (SINe) and 15th International Scientific Conference on Neuroethics. , Rome, June 5, 2024

• Ferretti F. (2024) Dalla comunicazione animale al linguaggio umano, Roma Capodarte 2024, Museo Civico di Zoologia, Rome, January 1. 2024.

2023

• Adornetti I. (2023) Narrazione, pantomima ed evoluzione del linguaggio: uno studio sperimentale, convegno "Le origini del linguaggio: mente, emozioni, gesti. Il dibattito attuale e le prospettive storiche”, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Roma, 11 dicembre.

• Adornetti I. (2023) Quando non vengono le parole. Patologie e terapie del linguaggio, lezione magistrale al Festivalfilosofia – Modena/Carpi/Sassuolo, Sassuolo 16 settembre 2023.

• Adornetti I., Chiera A., Deriu V., Altavilla D. & Ferretti F. (2023) Cognitive underpinnings of pantomimic stories comprehension: A pilot study in children with typical development, Protolang8 – Roma Tre University 27-28 Settembre 2023 [poster]

• Adornetti I., Ferretti F. (2023) New methods and tools for studying narrative, CLES meetings, Collegium Maius, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 2 June 2023. 

• Altavilla D., Adornetti I., Deriu V.,  Chiera A., Ferretti F. (2023) First- and third-person narrative modulates neural activation during social cognition task. An ERPs study, 19th Annual Conference of the Italian Association for Cognitive Sciences. “Values and Cognition", University of Genova, Genova, 15 December. 

• Ferretti F. (2023) Raccontare storie all'origine del linguaggio, convegno "Le origini del linguaggio: mente, emozioni, gesti. Il dibattito attuale e le prospettive storiche”, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Roma, 11 dicembre.

2022

• Ferretti F., Adornetti I., Progovac L., Benítez Burraco A. (2022) From Proto-Conversation to Modern Conversation: The Role of Human Self-Domestication, Joint Conference on Language Evolution, Kanazawa & Online, 7th September 2022 

• Adornetti I., Chiera A., Altavilla D., Deriu V., Lecci C., Marini A., Magni R., Valeri G., Ferretti F. (2022)  Comprehension of linguistic and visual narratives: an empirical study in children with typical development, IACS 4 (International Association of Cognitive Semiotics), Aachen, 17 June 2022.  

• Benítez-Burraco A., Adornetti I., Ferretti F., Progovac L. (2022) The evolution of conversational and grammar skills under the effects of human self-domestication: from (verbal) aggression to persuasive reciprocity,  X International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics (EPICS X), Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, 23 May 2022 

• Ferretti F., Adornetti I. (2022) Conversation, Pragmatics, and the Origin of Language, X International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics (EPICS X), Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, 23 May 2022 .

• Adornetti I., Ferretti F., Comprehension of linguistic and visual narratives: An empirical study with children with typical development, CogSem seminars, Division for Cognitive Semiotics, Center for Languages and Literature, Lund University, 17 February 2022.

2021

• Adornetti I., Chiera A., Altavilla D., Deriu V., Marini A., Magni R., Valeri G., Ferretti F. (2021), Cognitive underpinnings of written and visual narrative processing in children with typical development, XVII Annual Conference of AISC (Italian Association of Cognitive Science), Noto (SR), 13-15 dic 2021 [talk]

• Altavilla D., Adornetti I., Chiera A., Deriu V., Acciai A. Ferretti F. (2021), How introspective self-narrative modulates affective empathy: An event-related potentials (ERPs) pilot study, XVII Annual Conference of AISC (Italian Association of Cognitive Science), Noto (SR), 13-15 dic 2021 [talk]

• Ferretti F., Chiera A., Adornetti I. (2021) Narrative pantomime and the origins of language, Workshop “Perspectives on pantomime: evolution, development, interaction”, Centre for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 18 November 2021.

• Marini A, Ferretti F., Chiera A., Adornetti I., Nicchiarelli S., Magni R., Valeri G., Sorbo C., Roccaforte M. (2021)  La valutazione delle abilità narrative nei Disturbi dello Spettro Autistico,  Congresso della Società di Linguistica Italiana 8-10 September 2021 [talk]

• Żywiczyński P., Sibierska M., Wacewicz S., van de Weijer J., Ferretti F., Adornetti I., Chiera A., Deriu V. (2021) Between universality and conventionality: a cross-cultural study of pantomimic enactments of transitive events, Protolang7 HHU Düsseldorf, September 6-8, 2021  [talk]

• Benítez Burraco A., Ferretti F., Progovac L. (2021) Human self-domestication and the evolution of pragmatics, Evolutionary Pragmatics Forum, 28 May 2021. 

• Ferretti F., Adornetti I., Chiera A. (2021) Narrative pantomime: a protolanguage for persuasive communication, AppEEL webinars, 23 April [talk]

2019

• Adornetti I., Chiera A., Deriu V., Altavilla D., Lucentini S., Marini A., Valeri G., Magni R., Vicari S., Ferretti (2019),  Do children with Autism Spectrum Disorder comprehend visual narratives?  XVI AISC Annual Conference 2019, Roma Tre University, 11-13 dicembre 2019 [talk].

• Chiera A., Adornetti I., Altavilla D., Acciai A., Cosentino E., Deriu V., McCarroll C., Nicchiarelli S., Preziotti V., Ferretti F. (2019),  The impact of character perspective-taking on narrative processing. An Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) study,  XVI AISC Annual Conference 2019, Roma Tre University, 11-13 dicembre 2019 [talk].

• Ferretti F. (2019) Narrazione e persuasione. Linguaggio, emozioni e controllo del comportamento, Scuola di Neuroetica, SISSA ,Trieste, 16 September 2019 [talk]

• Ferretti F., Adornetti I., Chiera A., Deriu V. (2019) The Development of Narrative in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Children with Typical Development: Implications for Language Origins, Protolang6, Lisbon, 9-11 September 2019 [talk]

• Chiera A., Adornetti I., Altavilla D., Acciai A., Cosentino E., Deriu V., McCarroll C., Nicchiarelli S., Preziotti V., Ferretti F. (2019) The role of character perspective-taking in story processing: an electroencephalographic study, CogEvo 2019 –Rovereto Workshop on Cognition and Evolution, Rovereto, 10-12 July 2019 [poster]

2018

• D’Errico F. Paciello M. Amadei M. (2018) ‘Behind the words’: psychological paths underlying the un/supportive stance toward immigrants in social media environments. SENTIMENT, EMOTION, AND CREDIBILITY OF INFORMATION IN SOCIAL DATA. Torino. Special Session @ DSAA 2018, October 1-4, Turin, Italy. 

• Ferretti F., Adornetti I., Chiera A., Nicchiarelli S., Wacewicz S., Żywiczynski P., Marini A., Vicari V., Magni R., Valeri G. (2018), Pantomime and Perspective-taking in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Eighth conference of the international society for gesture studies (ISGS): gesture and diversity, Cape Town (Sudafrica), 4-8 luglio 2018

• Poggi I., Vincze L., D’Errico F., Origlia A., Ansani A., Cecconi C., Savy R. The gestures of the tourist guide and their communicative functions. SpAM – Speech in the Age of Multimodal humanities (Pisa, 11/10/2018)

• Poggi, I, Ansani, A. & Cecconi C., [poster]. Sighs in everyday life and in political communication. Workshop on Laughter 2018 (Paris, 27-28/9/2018)

• Poggi, I, Ansani, A. & Cecconi C. Virtual sighs to understand human sighs. XV Congresso dell’Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (sezione Psicologia Sociale) 2018 (Bari, 19-21/9/2018)

• Poggi, I & Ansani, A. “Alzò gli occhi al cielo”. Semantics of an item in the lexicon of gaze. Conference MidTerm AISC 2018 - “Levels of cognition” (Genoa, 25-27/6/2018)

• Zlatev J., Adornetti I., Chiera A., Devydler S., Ferretti F., Wacewicz S, Zywiczynski P. (2018), Pantolang: a synthetic cognitive-semiotic approach to language origins, EVOLANG12, Torun (Polonia), 16-19 April 2018.

2017

• Adornetti I., Marini A., Magni R., Mental time travel nel disturbo dello spettro autistico. Course "Days of Developmental Neuropsychology - XII edition", Brixen (It), 18-19 Jan. 2017. [invited talk]

• D’Errico F. Poggi I.  Political charisma and emotions conveyed through Facebook: a multimodal approach, Stockholm (25th August, 2017) http://www.npu-aslp.org/asmmc2017/content/program.html [talk]

• D’Errico, F., & Poggi, I.  The lexicon of feeling offended. Proceedings of AISB (Artificial Intelligence & simulation of Behavior). Emotion Modeling and Detection in Social Media and Online Interaction. Liverpool 5th April 2018.

• Ferretti F., Adornetti I., Chiera A., Nicchiarelli S., Narrative and pantomime in language evolution. Protolang5, University of Barcelona, Spain, 27 September 2017. [talk]

• Ferretti F., Adornetti I., Chiera A., The narrative dimension of pantomime: an evolutionary perspective. Symposium "The Role of Pantomime in Cognitive-Semiotic Evolution", Center for Language and Literature, Lund (Sweden), 8 Sept. 2017.  [invited talk]

• Ferretti F., Mental time travel, narrazione e linguaggio. Course "Days of Developmental Neuropsychology - XII edition", Brixen (It), 18-19 Jan.. 2017. [invited talk]

2016

• Adornetti I., Chiera A., Nicchiarelli S., Ferretti F., Travelling in Time & storytelling. Insights from Autism Spectrum Disorder.  Research Colloquium "The Cornerstone of Self-Control. A Philosophical Investigation into the Role of Mental Time Travel in Overcoming Temporal Discounting", Università Roma Tre, Roma - 24 November [invited talk]

2015

• Adornetti I., Action, tools and language evolution: from syntax to pragmatics, “Protolang 4 – Ways to (proto)language conference series”, Università Roma Tre, 24-26 September [poster]

• Chiera A., Alignment as the Key for Communication: An Evolutionary Hypothesis. “Protolang 4 – Ways to (proto)language conference series”, Università Roma Tre, 24-26 September [poster]

• Ferretti F., Valeri G., Adornetti I., Chiera A., Magni R., Nicchiarelli S., Marini A., Mental Time Travel, storytelling and the evolution of language: insights from Autism Spectrum Disorder, “Protolang 4 – Ways to (proto)language conference series”, Università Roma Tre, 24-26 September [talk]

• Ferretti F., Valeri G., Adornetti I., Chiera A., Magni R., Nicchiarelli S., Marini A., Le origini protodiscorsive del linguaggio umano: autismo, storytelling e Mental Time Travel, IX Convegno del CODISCO, “Origini, Immaginari, Etiche”, Noto (Sr), 29-31 October [talk]

• Nicchiarelli S., Language in Action. Holophrases as Verbal Motor Gestures in Holistic Protolanguage, “Protolang 4 – Ways to (proto)language conference series”, Università Roma Tre, 24-26 September [poster]

• Nicchiarelli S., Dal Complesso al Semplice. Le espressioni Olofrastiche alle Origini del Linguaggio Umano, IX Convegno del CODISCO, “Origini, Immaginari, Etiche”, Noto (Sr), 29-31 October [talk]  

• Valeri G., Adornetti I., Chiera A., Magni R., Nicchiarelli S., Vicari S., Marini A., Mental time travel e Storytelling: uno studio su bambini con disturbo dello spettro autistico, “XXII Convegno nazionale della Società di Filosofia del Linguaggio – La ricerca attuale”, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia, 1-3 October [talk]

• Valeri G., Vicari S., Ferretti F., Magni R., Adornetti I., Chiera A., Nicchiarelli S., Marini A., Mental Time Travel e capacità narrative in bambini con disturbo dello spettro autistico (ASD): una possibile dissociazione tra memoria episodica e proiezione nel futuro (episodic future thinking), “Giornate di Neuropsicologia dell’età evolutiva” X edizione, Bressanone, 21-24 January [poster].