Keynote Speakers

Valentina Bambini is Full Professor of Linguistics at the University School for Advanced Studies (IUSS) in Pavia, Italy, where she serves as Vice-Rector for PhD Courses, directs the Neurolinguistics and Experimental Pragmatics Laboratory (NEPLab), and coordinates the PhD Program in Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics. As a linguist trained in neurolinguistics, her research investigates the cognitive and neural mechanisms of language use, with a particular focus on figurative language, pragmatics, and social communication in both typical and clinical populations. She was awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant PROMENADE, which explores the neurocognitive correlates of metaphor processing across the lifespan and in clinical groups. She is co-PI of the Wellcome-funded DIALOG project, aimed at elucidating the neurobiological underpinnings of language disorganization in psychosis. She also co-leads the Experimental Pragmatics in Italy network (XPRAG.it), which brings together more than 150 researchers in a biannual series of meetings.

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