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Submitted or under revision

• Barca, L., Iodice, P., Chaigneau, A., Lancia, GL., Pezzulo, G. (under review). Emotional distress and affective knowledge representation beyond the Covid-19 outbreak. 

• De Marchis, M., Barca, L., (submitted). Il Web2.0 e l’eredità intellettuale e clinica del cognitivismo post-razionalista: riflessioni e direzioni possibili.

• Quétard, B., Quinton, J.C., Barca, L., Pezzulo, G., Izaute, M., Colomb, M., Mermillod, M. (under review). Tracking the time course of perceptual decisions reveals the effects of contextual and noisy sensory information on the speed and accuracy of the responses.

In press or forthcoming

• Barca, L., De Livio, C., Rossi, V., Borghi, A.M. (accepted). Utilizzo del ciuccio ed elaborazione di frasi astratte, concrete e metaforiche in bambini di classe elementary. 

2023 

• Barca, L., Candidi, M., Lancia, GL. Maglianella, V., Pezzulo, G.. (2023). Mapping the mental space of emotional concepts through kinematic measures of decision uncertainty. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0615 

• Barca, L., Maisto, D., Pezzulo, G. (2023). Modeling and controlling the body in maladaptive ways: an Active Inference perspective on non-suicidal self-injuries behaviors. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2023 (1), https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niad025 

• Barca, L., Iodice, P., Chaigneau, A., Lancia, G., & Pezzulo, G. (2023, June 8). Emotional distress and affective knowledge representation one year after the Covid-19 outbreak. Retrieved from  https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/gmazn 

• Barca, L., De Livio, C., Rossi, V., & Borghi, A. M. (2023, May 23). Utilizzo del ciuccio ed elaborazione di frasi astratte, concrete e metaforiche in bambini di classe elementare. Retrieved from osf.io/7rshw 

• Barca, L., Mazzuca, C., & Borghi, A. M. (2023, May 22). Impact of pacifier use and parenting characteristics on toddlers’ vocabulary development. Retrieved from osf.io/eszdq 

• Schoeller, F., Horowitz, A. H., Maes, P., Jain, A., Reggente, N., Moore, L. C., … Friston, K. (2023). Interoceptive technologies for clinical neuroscience. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 10547, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105478. 

2022

• D'Aversa, F. M., Lugli, L., Borghi, A. M., & Barca, L. (2022). Implicit morphological effects in the categorization of abstract and concrete Chinese stimuli. Journal of Cognitive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2022.2049279 

• Pecora, G., Focaroli, V., Paoletti, M., Barca, L., Chiarotti, F., Borghi, A.M., Gasparini, C., Caravale, B., Bombaci, I., Gastaldi, S., Bellagamba, F., Addessi, E. (2022).  Infant sleep and development: Concurrent and longitudinal relations during the first 8 months of life. Infant Behavior & Development, 67. DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2022.101719 

• Schoeller, F., Horowitz, A. H., Maes, P., Jain, A., Reggente, N., Moore, L. C., … Friston, K. (2022, October 18). Interoceptive technologies for clinical neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/sqr6z

• Tschantz, A., Barca, L., Maisto, D., Buckley, C.L., Seth, A.K., Pezzulo, G. (2022). Simulating homeostatic, allostatic and goal-directed forms of interoceptive control using Active Inference. Biological Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108266 

2021

• Barca, L., Candidi, M., Lancia, G. L., Maglianella, V., & Pezzulo, G. (2021, December 21). Mapping the mental space of emotional concepts through kinematic measures of decision uncertainty. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xrqwf 

• Barca, L. (2021). Toward a speech-motor account of the effect of Age of Pacifier Withdrawal. Journal of Communication Disorders, 90, 106085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2021.106085

• D'Aversa, F. M., Lugli, L., Borghi, A. M., & Barca, L. (2021, July 7). Categorization of Chinese words_preprint. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/6ex9y 

• Maisto, D., Barca, L., Van den Bergh, O., Pezzulo, G. (2021). Perception and misperception of bodily symptoms from an Active Inference perspective: Modelling the case of panic disorder. Psychological Review,128(4), 690–710. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000290 

• Pecora, G., Focaroli, V., Paoletti, M., Barca, L., Chiarotti, F., Borghi, A. M., … Addessi, E. (2021, July 7). Preprint_Infant sleep. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/sebnv 

• Tschantz, A., Barca, L., Maisto, D., Buckley, C.L., Seth, A.K., Pezzulo, G. (2021).  Simulating homeostatic, allostatic and goal-directed forms of interoceptive control using Active Inference. bioRxiv 2021.02.16.431365; https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.16.431365 

• Yu, A.A.N., Iodice, P., Pezzulo, G., Barca, L. (2021). Bodily Information and Top-Down Affective Priming Jointly Affect the Processing of Fearful Faces. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:625986.doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.625986 

2020

• Pezzulo G., Barca L., Maisto D., Donnarumma F. (2020) Social epistemic actions, Behavioral and Brain Sciences 43, e113

• Dove, G., Barca, L., Tummolini, L., Borghi. A.M. (2020). Words have a weight: Language as a source of inner grounding and flexibility in abstract concepts. Psychological Research, 10.1007/s00426-020-01438-6

• Barca, L., Mazzuca, C., Borghi, A. (2020). Overusing the pacifier sets a footprint on abstract words processing. Journal of Child Language. 1-16, doi:10.1017/S0305000920000070

• Barca, L., Pezzulo, G. (2020). Keep your interoceptive streams under control. an active inference perspective on Anorexia Nervosa. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-020-00777-6

• Yu, A.A.N., Iodice, P., Pezzulo, G., Barca, L. (2020, January 29). Bodily Information and Top-Down Affective Priming Jointly Affect the Processing of Fearful Faces. Preprint retrieved from https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/h76a9 

2019

• Barca, L. (2019, November 19). Toward a speech-motor account of the effect of Age of Pacifier Withdrawal. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/whmp3 

• Barca, L., Napolitano, A., Castrataro, M., Rinaldi, P., Cannatà, V., Caselli, M.C. (2019). ‘Neural correlates of covert word reading in hearing and deaf adults’. In Sulpizio, S., Barca, L., Primativo, S., Arduino, L.S., (Eds.), Word recognition, morphology and lexical reading. College Publication. 

• Borghi, A.M., Barca, L.,  Binkofski, F., Castelfranchi, C., Pezzulo, G., Tummolini, L., (2019). Words As social Tools: language, sociality and inner grounding in abstract concepts. Physics of Life Reviews, 29, 2120-2135. 

• Iodice, P., Porciello, G., Barca, L., Bufalari, I., Pezzulo, G. (2019). An interoceptive illusion of effort. PNAS, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1821032116 . 

• Napolitano,A., Andellini, M., Cannatà, V., Randisi, F., Bernardi, B., Castrataro, M., Pezzulo, G., Rinaldi, P., Caselli, M.C., Barca, L. (2019, April 15). Analysis of Group ICA functional connectivity of task-driven fMRI: application to language processes in adults with auditory deprivation. Preprint retrieved from https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/cnvk8

• Pezzulo, G., Maisto, D., Barca, L., Van den Bergh, O. (2019). Symptom perception from a predictive coding perspective. Clinical Psychology in Europe , 1 (4), 1-14 

• Pezzulo, G., Maisto, D., Barca, L., & Van den Bergh, O. (2019, December 2). Perception and misperception of bodily symptoms from an Active Inference perspective: Modelling the case of panic disorder. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/dywfs 

2018

• Barca, L. (2018). Interoceptive inference in Anorexia Nervosa. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/2s7qk 

• Barca, L., De Marchis, M. (2018). The case of Sofia: an example of the dynamic properties of the therapeutic relationship. Preprint retrieved from osf.io/s3m6p. 

• Borghi, A. M., Barca, L., Binkofski, F., & Tummolini, L. (2018). Abstract concepts, language and sociality: from acquisition to inner speech. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, part B, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0134

• Borghi, A. M., Barca, L., Binkofski, F., & Tummolini, L. (2018). Abstract concepts, language and sociality: from acquisition to inner speech. Retrieved from psyarxiv.com/r67hk. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0134

• Borghi, A. M., Barca, L., Binkofski, F., & Tummolini, L. (2018). Varieties of abstract concepts: development, use and representation in the brain. Philophical Transactions of the Royal Society, part B, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0121

• Pezzulo, G., Iodice, P.,  Barca, L., Chausse, P., Monceau, S., Mermillod, M. (2018). Increased heart rate after exercise facilitates the processing of frearful but not disgusted faces. Scientifc Reports, 8,  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18761-5

2017

• Barca, L., Mazzuca, C., Borghi, A. (2017). Pacifier overuse and conceptual relations of abstract and emotional concepts. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02014

• Barca, L., Mazzuca, C., Borghi, A. (2017). Pacifier overuse interferes with children’s abstract concept processing. http://dx.doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/P7A9U

• Barca, L., Pezzulo, G. (2017). The influence of communication mode on written language processing and beyond. Behavioral and Brain Sciences Commentary Invitation. 40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X15002824

• Barca, L., Pezzulo, G., Ouellet, M., Ferrand, L. (2017). Dynamic lexical decision in French: Evidence for a feedback inconsistency effect. Acta Psychologica, 180, 23-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2017.08.005

• Iodice, P., Calluso, C., Barca, L., Bertollo, M., Ripari, P., Pezzulo, G. (2017). Fatigue increases the perception of future effort during decision making. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 33, 140-150.

• Mazzuca, C., Barca, L., Borghi, A. (2017). The particularity of emotional words: a grounded approach. Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia, 8 (2), 124-133.

2016

• Quétard, B., Quinton, J.C., Mermillod, M., Barca, L., Pezzulo, G., Colomb, M., Izaute, M. (2016). Differential effects of visual uncertainty and contextual guidance on perceptual decisions: Evidence from eye and mouse tracking in visual search. Journal of Vision, 16 (11), 1-21

• Smeding, A., Quinton, J.C., Lauer, K., Barca, L., Pezzulo, G. (2016). Tracking and simulating dynamics in implicit stereotypes: A situated social cognition perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.  DOI:10.1037/pspa0000063

2015

• Barca, L., Benedetti, F., Pezzulo. G. (2015). The effects of phonological similarity on the semantic categorization of pictorial and lexical stimuli: evidence from continuous behavioral measures. Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 28:2, 159-170

• Barca, L., Pezzulo, G. (2015). Tracking second thoughts: continuous and discrete revision processes during visual lexical decision. PlosOne, 10(2): e0116193. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116193 

• Pezzulo, G., Barca, L., Friston, K. (2015). Active inference and cognitive-emotional interactions in the brain. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38, e85.

• Quétard, B., Quinton, J.C., Colomb, M., Pezzulo, G., Barca, L., Izaute, M., Appadoo, O.K., Mermillod, M. (2015). Combined effects of expectations and visual uncertainty upon detection and identification of a target in the fog. Cognitive Processing, DOI:10.1007/s10339-015-0673-1.

2014

• De Marchis, M., Barca, L. (2014).  Da un mosaico andato in pezzi all’arte del “Kintsugi”: un percorso verso nuove integrità. Costruttivismi, 1, 58-66

• Flumini, A., Barca, L., Borghi, A., Pezzulo, G. (2014). How do you hold your mouse? Mouse-tracking the compatibility effect between hand posture and stimulus size. Psychological Research, DOI 10.1007/s00426-014-0622-0

• Pezzulo, G., Barca, L., D'Ausilio, A. (2014). The sensorimotor and social sides of the architecture of speech. Behavioral and Brain Sciences Commentary Invitation, 37(6), 569-570

• Urooi, U., Cornelissen, P., Simpson, M., Wheat, K.L., Woods, W., Barca, L., Ellis, A.W. (2014). Interaction between visual and semantic processing during object recognition revealed by modulatory effects of age of acquisition. Neuroimage, 87, 252-264  

2013

• Barca, L., Pezzulo, G., Castrataro, M., Rinaldi, P., Caselli, M.C. (2013). Visual word recognition in deaf readers: Lexicality is modulated by communication mode. PlosOne 8(3): e59080.  [link]

• Pezzulo, G., L., Candidi, M., Dindo, H., & Barca, L. (2013). Action simulation in the human brain: twelve questions. New Ideas in Psychology. [ link]

• Quinton, J. C., Catenacci Volpi, N., Barca, L., and Pezzulo, G. (2013) . The cat is on the mat. Or is it a dog? Dynamic competition in perceptual decision making. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems. DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2013.2279664 [link]

2012

• Barca, L., & Pezzulo, G.  (2012). Unfolding visual lexical decision in time. PlosOne, 7(4): e3593. [link]

2011

• Barca, L., Frascarelli, F., Pezzulo, G. (2011). Working memory and Mental Imagery in Cerebral Palsy: A single case investigation. Neurocase. DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2011.588183. [pdf]

• Barca, L., Cornelissen, P., Simpson, M., Urooj, U., Woods, W., Ellis, A.W. (2011). The neural basis of the right visual field advantage in reading: An MEG analysis using virtual electrodes. Brain & Language, 118, 53–71. [pdf]

2010

• Pezzulo, G., Barca, L., Lamberti Bocconi, A., & Borghi, A. (2010). When affordances climb into your mind: Advantages of motor simulation in a memory task performed by novice and expert rock climbers. Brain and Cognition. 73, 68-73. [pdf]

• Barca, L., Bello, A., Volterra, V., & Burani, C. (2010). Lexical-semantic reading in a shallow orthography: Evidence from a girl with Williams Syndrome. Reading and Writing. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 23, (5), 569. [pdf]

• Barca, L., Cappelli, F.R., Di Giulio, P., Staccioli, S., and Castelli, E. (2010). Outpatient assessment of neurovisual functions in children with Cerebral Palsy. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 31, 488-495. [pdf]

2009

• Ellis, A., Ferreira, R., Cathles-Hagan, P., Holt, K., Jarvis, L., & Barca, L. (2009). Word learning and the cerebral hemispheres: from serial to parallel processing of written words. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, part B, 364, 3675-3696. [pdf]

• Barca, L., Cappelli, F.R., Amicuzi, I., Apicella, G., Castelli, E., & Stortini, M. (2009). Modality specific naming impairment after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Brain Injury, 23, 920-929.  [pdf]

2008

• De Luca, M., Barca, L., Burani, C., & Zoccolotti, P. (2008). Word length effect in developmental dyslexia. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, 21, 227-235. [pdf]

• Pagliuca, G., Arduino, L.S., Barca, L., & Burani, C. (2008). Fully transparent orthography, yet lexical reading aloud: New evidence from Italian. Language and Cognitive Processes, 23, 422-433. [pdf]

2007

• Henderson, L., Barca, L., & Ellis, A. (2007). Interhemispheric cooperation and non-cooperation during word recognition: evidence for callosal transfer dysfunction in dyslexic adults. Brain and Language, 103, 276-291. 

• Burani, C., Barca, L., & Arduino, L.S. (2007). Frequency, not age of acquisition affects Italian word naming. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 19, 828-866. [pdf]

• Barca, L., Ellis, A.W., & Burani, C. (2007). Context-sensitive rules and word naming in Italian children. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 20, 495-509.  [pdf]

2006

• Burani, C., Bimonte, D., Barca, L., & Vicari, S. (2006). Word morphology and lexical comprehension in Williams Syndrome. Brain & Language, 99, 8-219. [pdf] 

• Barca, L., Burani, C., Di Filippo, G., & Zoccolotti, P. (2006). Italian developmental dyslexic and proficient readers: Where are the differences? Brain & Language, 98, 347-351. [pdf]

• Burani, C., Barca, L., & Ellis, A.W. (2006). Orthographic complexity and word naming in Italian: Some words are more transparent than others. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 346-352. [pdf]

2005

• Mazzotta, S., Barca, L., Marcolini, S., Stella, G., & Burani, C. (2005). Frequenza, immaginabilità ed età di acquisizione delle parole: in che misura queste variabili influenzano la lettura dei bambini italiani? Psicologia e Clinica dello Sviluppo, 2, 247-266. 

2004

• Traficante, D., Barca, L., & Burani, C. (2004). Accesso lessicale e lettura ad alta voce: il ruolo delle componenti morfologiche delle parole. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 31, 821-838. [pdf]

• Rinaldi, P., Barca, L., & Burani, C. (2004b). A database for semantic, grammatical and frequency properties of the first words acquired by Italian children. Behaviour Research Methods, Instruments & Computer, 36, 525-530. [pdf]

• Rinaldi, P., Barca, L., & Burani, C. (2004a). Caratteristiche semantiche, grammaticali e di frequenza delle parole del “Primo Vocabolario del Bambino”.  Psicologia e Clinica dello Sviluppo, 1, 119-143.

2002

• Barca, L., Burani, C., & Arduino, L.S. (2002). Word naming times and psycholinguistic norms for Italian nouns. Behaviour Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, 34, 424-434. [pdf]

• Barca, L. & Burani, C. (2002). Età di acquisizione delle parole e disturbi acquisiti del linguaggio: Una rassegna. Ricerche di Psicologia, 25, 2, 73-94.

• Barca, L. (2002). Lessico e ortografia nella lettura ad alta voce di adulti e bambini di lingue diverse. Età evolutiva, 73, 118-128.

2001

• Burani, C., Barca, L., & Arduino, L.S. (2001). Una base di dati sui valori di età di acquisizione, frequenza, familiarità, immaginabilità, concretezza, e altre variabili lessicali e sublessicali per 626 nomi dell’Italiano. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 4, 839-854.

• Bates, E., Burani, C., D’Amico, S., & Barca, L. (2001). Word reading and picture naming in Italian. Memory & Cognition, 29, 986-999. [pdf]

Conference Proceedings

• Quétard, B., Guilhe, J. Marcotte, M., Quinton, J.C., Barca, L., Pezzulo, G., Colomb, M.,  Mermillod, M., Izaute, M. (2015). Effects of noise and scene-target spatial congruence through visual exploration and target identification in a perceptual decision-making process. Perception, 44, 10-10.

• Barca, L., and Pezzulo, G. (2012). Is visual lexical decision a dynamic and competitive process? No, if we look at reaction times. Yes, if we study how it unfolds in time. Frontiers Neuroscience Conference Abstract: Neural Coding, Decision-Making & Integration in Time. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2012.86.00001. [link]

• Barca, L., Pezzulo, G., Castelli, E. (2010). Egocentric and allocentric spatial references in children with Cerebral Palsy. Proceedings annual meeting Cognitive Science Society 2010. [pdf]

• Pezzulo, G., Barca. L., Lamberti Bocconi, A., Borghi, A. M. (2010). Mental simulations and memory for actions in rock climbing Proceedings del meeting annual Cognitive Science Society 2010. 

• Barca, L., Cappelli, F., Di Giulio, P., Staccioli, S., Castelli, E. (2010). Outpatient assessment of neurovisual functions in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 52, 1-78.

• Ellis, A., Barca, L., Urooj, U., Cornelissen, P., Simpson, M. (2008). Analyzing reading processes with MEG. International Journal of Psychology, 43, 3-4. 

• Cappelli, F.R., Amicuzi, I., Apicella, G., Di Giulio, P., Barca, L., Castelli, E., & Stortini, M. (2008). La riabilitazione delle difficoltà linguistiche in esito a trauma cranioencefalico: un caso di afasia ottica.  EUROPA MEDICOPHYSICA, 44, 1-3. [pdf]

• Stortini, M., Giannarelli, P., Cherubini, S., Luttazi, P., Latini, B., Pagnacco, A., Barca, L., Mattogno, F., Castelli, E. (2008). Rapporto postura/movimento: training specifico per la stabilità e l’azione. EUROPA MEDICOPHYSICA, 44, 1-3. [pdf]

• Stortini, M., Barca, L., Bisozzi, E., Cherubini, S., Luttazi, P., Morocutti A., Castelli, E. & Giannarelli P., Randisi, F., Longo, D., Genovese, E., Cannatà, V., Nogueira Delfino, L., Fariello G. (2008). Clinica delle emiparesi in età evolutiva: un caso clinico di sinergie tra trattamento riabilitativo e studio con neuroimmagini. EUROPA MEDICOPHYSICA, 44, 1-3. [pdf]

Technical Reports and Web Publications

• Pezzulo, G., Barca, L., Lamberti Bocconi, A.M., Borghi, A. (2012). Simulazione motoria e memoria: il caso dell'arrampicata sportiva. Highlights 2010-2011, Cognitive Science, CNR.it 

• Barca, L., (2011). Tra perdita e sconfitta. Breve saggio sulla depressione. Psycommunity. [link]

• Pezzulo, G., Barca, L., Lamberti Bocconi, A.M., Borghi, A. (2010). Motor simulation in a memory task: evidence from rock climbing. Highlights 2009-2010, Cognitive Science, CNR.it

Lexical Databases

• Rinaldi, P., Barca, L., & Burani, C. (2004). A database for semantic, grammatical and frequency properties of the first words acquired by Italian children. Database (CFV-lexvar.xls) [link]

• Rinaldi, P., Barca, L., & Burani, C. (2003). Valori di età di acquisizione, immaginabilità e frequenza per 527 parole del Primo Vocabolario del Bambino. Database (PVBvarless.xls) [database link] 

• Barca, L., Burani, C., & Arduino, L. S. (2001). Lexical and sublexical variables: norms for 626 Italian nouns. Database (lexvar.xls) [database link]

• Burani, C., Barca, L., & Arduino, L. S. (2000). Variabili lessicali e sub-lessicali: valori per 626 nomi dell'italiano. Database (varless.xls) [database link]