Anna M. Borghi (she/her)

QUESTIONS. How does language help us coordinate with others? How does language, especially inner speech, change how we think and interact with objects and other people? Are there some concepts/words, like abstract ones (e.g., fantasy, terrific), for which social interaction is particularly important? In dialogues, why are we sometimes vague and not precise? When do we turn to others (people or artificial systems) for information or explanations, and when do we outsource our knowledge to them? 

These are some research questions we are currently working on in the Body, Action, Language Lab (BALLab). We build on the idea that language is a tool that changes our inner and social lives. 

BIO. I received a Master's degree in Philosophy and a PhD in Psychology (1997) from the University of Bologna. I currently work as a professor in General and Cognitive Psychology at Sapienza University of Rome, in the Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies. Before moving to Sapienza, I held a faculty position at the University of Bologna. I am also a research associate at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC-CNR), a unit of the Italian National Research Council, in Rome. 

Here, you can discover more about me: research, publications (including papers and books), contacts, and some (minimal) personal notes.