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LAURA BARCA

Date of birth: 25/07/1974Nationality: ItalianEmail: [email protected]; [email protected];

PEC: [email protected] Office address: Via san Martino della Battaglia, 44, 00185 Rome, Italy; +39 6 44595312

PERSONAL STATEMENT

I am a Researcher in Cognitive Sciences at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the Italian National Research Council of Rome (ISTC-CNR). My scientific interests are placed within the fields of Cognitive and Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Psychiatry. Specifically:

predictive brain, emotion and interoceptive inference; sensorimotor influences on (abstract and emotional) concepts acquisition and representation; biological and cognitive factors involved in visual word recognition;

CURRENT POSITION 2012 Researcher at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the Italian

National Research Council (ISTC-CNR)

2013 Psycotherapist (Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapy)

2013 Parenting Trainer with Circle of Security – Parenting Training©

MATERNITY LEAVE 2013 Maternity leave from February to June 2013; compulsory part-time working

period from July 2013 to March 2014.2016 Maternity leave from November 2016 to April 2017; compulsory part-time

working period from May 2017 to December 2017.

CAREER2012-current Researcher (permanent position), Institute of Cognitive Sciences and

Technologies of the Italian National Research Council (ISTC-CNR). Bando 364.96, Prot. N. 0020473 del 26/03/2012

2011-2012 Researcher (fixed term position), Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the Italian National Research Council (ISTC-CNR). Bando n. ISTC-AdR-159-2011-RM del 18/04/2011, Prot. N. 0002542 del 13/07/2011

2011 march-september Post-doc fellowship, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the Italian National Research Council (ISTC-CNR).

2008-2011 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neurosciences and Neurorehabilitation of the Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù of Rome, Italy.

Pagina 1 - Curriculum vitae Dr. Laura Barca

Autorizzo il trattamento dei miei dati personali ai sensi del Decreto Legislativo 30 giugno 2003, n. 196 "Codice in materia di protezione dei dati personali" .

OPBG07_04, Research Fellowship Program 2008-2010.

2005-2007 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, “Research Training Network on Language and Brain”. Department of Psychology, University of York, UK.

2005 march-september Post-doc fellowship Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the Italian National Research Council (ISTC-CNR), Bando n. 49/2005 del 21/01/2005. Prot. 332 del 02/03/2005

GRANTS

2017 Taking part in ‘Abstract concepts, language and sociality’, PI Prof. Anna M. Borghi. University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ funding scheme: "Progetti di Ricerca Grandi - Progetti Grandi"- RG11715C7F1549F7

2011-2014 Taking part in ‘GOAL-Leaders: Goal-directed, Adaptive Builder Robots’ PI Dr. Giovanni Pezzulo (2011-2014). FP – European Framewok Programmes, Project no. FP7 270108

2008-2012 Principal Investigator - Marie Curie European Re-Integration Grant (ERG). Call: FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-2-ERG, title of the project: ‘WoRHD. Written language processing in Hearing and Deaf’.

2005-2007 Postdoctoral Marie Curie Research Fellowship, “Research Training Network on Language and Brain”. http://www.hull.ac.uk/RTN-LAB/

2000-2005 Italian National Research Council Fellowship for the PhD in Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Rome 'La Sapienza’.

AWARDS

2013 Italian National Scientific Qualification to function as Associate Professor – Disciplinary area 11/E1 (General psychology, psychobiology and psychometrics), Call 2012, DD n. 222/2012

2009 Cavalierato Giovanile (research field), award for the best talents (under 35) of Provincia di Roma.

TEACHING 2011-2012 'Cultore della Materia' on Cognitive Psychology ('Libera Università Maria SS.

Assunta' (LUMSA), Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione')

2010-2011 'Docente a contratto' on Developmental Psychology ('Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta' (LUMSA), Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione')

2005-2006 'Cultore della Materia' on Cognitive Processes (University of Urbino, 'Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione')

EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2008-2013 Specialization course in Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapy (LUMSA)

January 2013 Circle of Security Parenting DVD Training



2012, March Conference Il Disturbo di Panico: attualità e prospettive, Istituto Superiore di sanità, Università La sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I di Roma

2010, 11-14 august Tutorial “Doing Bayesian Data Analysis With R and Bugs”, 2010 Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Portland, Oregon, USA.

2007 BESA workshop. From row data to source images and source coherence, BESA (Brain Electrical Source Analysis), software di analisi dati di EEG e MEG [New York, USA].

2006, june Course Electromagnetic MEG/EEG Brain Mapping, 12th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain (Florence).

2000-2005 Ph.D in Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’

2002 Course in Brain Imaging Techniques, Brain Health Centre, Center for Clinical and Neuropsychophysiological Research, Rome.

2001 Oxford Summer School on Connectionist Modelling, University of Oxford, Department of Experimental Psychology, England.

2000, may-june Seminar series in Developmental Neuropsychology. Theory, practice and rehabilitation hypothesis, Children's Hospital 'Bambino Gesù' of Rome.

2000 february Course in Clinical Phonology, SAIP -Servizi di Aggiornamento e Formazione.

1999-2000 Training post-laurea, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, ISTC-CNR, Rome

1999-2000 Course in Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Departement of Developmental Neurologic and Psychiatric Sciences.

1994-1999 Degree in Psychology.

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

MOTHER TONGUE Italian

OTHER LANGUAGE English

COMPUTER SKILLS Office. Experimental Softwares: E-Prime, MATLAB ,Mouse Tracker, Statistica, SPSS for Windows, R.

RESEARCH KEY WORDS

Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Neuroscience, Visual Word Recognition

RESEARCH TOPICS AND KEY SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS



PREDICTIVE BRAIN, EMOTION AND INTEROCEPTIVE INFERENCE

I recently get interested in Predictive Coding models of the brain in the framework of emotional processing and psychopathological conditions. I am interested in developing models that include multiple, hierarchically arranged brain-body variables (e.g., sensory, physiological, interoceptive), and study quantitatively how these variables interact over time; how they are dynamically weighted; if a specific variable or dynamical state of the system might work as a "marker" of psychopathological conditions (e.g., anxiety disorders) that could be possibly used for screening and prevention; and if ways of restoring the correct system dynamics can be found to be used as treatments.

Key publications on this topicPezzulo, G., Barca, L., Friston, K. (2015). Active inference and cognitive-emotional interactions in the brain. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38, e85.

SENSORIMOTOR INFLUENCES ON (ABSTRACT AND EMOTIONAL) CONCEPTS ACQUISITION AND REPRESENTATION

This new line of research explores the impact of the extensive use of an oral device since infancy (pacifier) on acquisition of concrete, abstract and emotional concepts. While recent evidence showed a negative relation between pacifier use and children's emotional competence, the possible interaction between use of pacifier and processing of emotional and abstract language has not been investigated. According to recent theories, while all concepts are grounded in sensorimotor experience, abstract concepts activate linguistic and social information more than concrete ones. Since the pacifier affects facial mimicry forcing mouth muscles into a static position, we hypothesize its possible interference on acquisition/consolidation of abstract and emotional concepts, which are mainly conveyed during social and linguistic interactions, than of concrete concepts. First grade children, with a history of different frequency of pacifier use, provided oral definitions of the meaning of abstract, emotional and concrete words. Main effect of concept type emerged, with higher accuracy in defining concrete and emotional concepts with respect to abstract concepts, independently from pacifier use. Further analyses suggest that the use of pacifier differently modulates the conceptual relationships elicited by emotional and abstract concepts. Children who overused the pacifier (for more than three years) tend to distinguish less clearly between concrete and emotional concepts and between concrete and abstract concepts than children who did not use it or used it for short. As to the conceptual relations they produced, children who overused the pacifier tend to refer less to their experience and to social and emotional situations, use more exemplifications and functional relations, and less free associations.

Key publications on this topicBarca, L., Mazzuca, C., Borghi, A. (submitted). Pacifier modulates conceptual relationships of abstract and emotional conceptsBarca, L., Mazzuca, C., Borghi, A. (preprint). Pacifier overuse interferes with children’s abstract concept processing. http://dx.doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/P7A9U

THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN PERCEPTION, ACTION AND COGNITION

In a series of experiments within Goal-Leaders and WoRHD projects, we are measuring healthy adults' hand movements toward one of two items alternatives, and recording the streaming x, y coordinates of the computer mouse (i.e., a kinematic measure) during categorization tasks. Results show that decision-making and action execution are not separate cognitive stages. Rather, we observe dynamic competition between different processing levels, where partially activated representations (for the decision alternatives) continuously interact into a single categorization outcome. The use of an action-dynamics approach allowed to visualize the link between cognitive processes and hand



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movements, with mouse trajectories mirroring online mental processing.

Key publications on this topic: 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

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

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

BEHAVIORAL MEASURES OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING IN NORMAL AND IMPAIRED POPULATIONS

The research topic that I have investigated the most is visual word recognition. I consider visual word recognition a primer phenomenon to study high-level cognitive processes, and how they interact with sensorimotor processes. To this end (within the Reading and Lexical Processing Lab [W-READ] of the ISTC-CNR and the Adult Cognition and Neuropsychology group of the Department of Psychology of the University of York), we use behavioral experimental paradigms (i.e., Visual Single Word Recognition and Visual Lexical Decision) to study language processes in participants with different expertise (adult and children) and different proficiency (typical readers, acquired/developmental dyslexia). We have also developed two lexical databases, reporting norms for psycholinguistic variables for a large number of Italian words. Within the WoRHD project, I explored the impact of auditory deprivation on word recognition. Results showed that mode of communication (oral vs signed language) modulates the lexicality effect, suggesting that learning a sign language during development shapes visuo-motor representations of words, which are tuned to the actions used to express them (phono-articulatory movements vs. hand movements) and to associated perceptions.

Key publications on this topic: 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

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

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

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

COGNITIVE PROFILES AND REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND ACQUIRED DEFICITS

Within the field of Developmental Neuropsychology, I am studying how does deficits in sensory-motor domains occurring at different developmental stages affect cognitive processes. I am particularly interested in Cerebral Palsy, a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitations that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. In the context of this clinical condition, I have explored neurovisual functions, visuo-spatial and working memory abilities.



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Key publications on this topic: Barca, L., Frascarelli, F., Pezzulo, G. (2011). Working memory and Mental

Imagery in Cerebral Palsy: A single case investigation. Neurocase. 18 (4), 298-304

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

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

GOOGLE SCHOLAR STATISTICS MARCH 2018

H-Index 18; Total citation > 1329; i10-index: 23

SCOPUS STATISTICS

H-Index 13; Total citation >746

ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8553-7717

RESEARCHER ID J-8274-2018 Profile URL: http://www. researcherid .com/rid/J-8274-2018

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY

2018 Editorial Board Member of PLOS ONE (Academic Editor)

2018 Editorial Board Member of Language Sciences (Review Editor for Frontiers in Communication and Frontiers in Psychology)

CLINICAL ACTIVITY

2012 Specialization training in Developmental Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapy.'Studio professionale In Evolutiva'. Rome

2008-2013 Specialization training in Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapy.'Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, Istituto di Psichiatria e Psicologia'. Rome

2007-2011 Assessment of cognitive and neurovisual functions. Department of Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation, Children's Hosptial Bambino Gesù of Rome.

MEMBERSHIPS

2009_ Ordine degli Psicologi del Lazio nr. 16783

2010_ S.I.T.C.C. Società Italiana di Terapia Cognitivo ComportamentaleSocio aderente, nr. 3277

2013_ Associazione Italiana di Psicologia - A.I.P. sezione sperimentale



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Socio ordinario 2010-2011 E.A.B.C.T. European Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy

2010- 2011 A.I.D. Associazione Italiana Dislessia Sezione Roma, nr. 18092

PUBLICATIONSSubmitted or under revision

Barca, L., (in preparation). Have a grip on yourself. Interoceptive active inference in Anorexia Nervosa.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.

Preprint Barca, L., De Marchis, M. (2018, January 9). The case of Sofia: an example of the dynamic properties of the therapeutic relationship. Preprint retrieved from osf.io/s3m6p.Barca, L., Mazzuca, C., Borghi, A. (2017, October 9). Pacifier overuse interferes with children’s abstract concept processing. Preprint retrieved from osf.io/p7a9u

2018 Borghi, A. M., Barca, L., Binkofski, F., & Tummolini, L. (2018). Abstract concepts, language and sociality: from acquisition to inner speech. Phil. Trans. R. Soc.B 20170134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0134 Borghi, A.M., Barca, L., Binkofski, F., Castelfranchi, C., Pezzulo, G., Tummolini, L., (in press). Words As social Tools: language, sociality and inner grounding in abstract concepts. Physics of Life.Borghi, A. M., Barca, L., Binkofski, F., & Tummolini, L. (2018). Varieties of abstract concepts: development, use and representation in the brain. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 20170134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0121Pezzulo, G., Barca, L., Chausse, P., Monceau, S., Mermillod, M. (2018). The embodiment of fear: Emotional congruent body-state facilitates expressive face recognition. Scientific 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. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 2014, 1-19 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02014Barca, L., Pezzulo, G. (2017). The influence of communication mode on written language processing and beyond. Behavioral and Brain Sciences Commentary Invitation, 40, DOI: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.2017.08.005Iodice, 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, 140-150Mazzuca, C., Barca, A., 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), 1-21Smeding, A., Quinton, J.C., Lauer, K., Barca, L., Pezzulo, G. (2016). Tracking and



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simulating dynamics in implicit stereotypes: A situated social cognition perspec-tive. 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, 159-170Flumini, A., Barca, L., Borghi, A., Pezzulo. G. (2015). How do you hold your mouse? Mouse tracking the compatibility effect between hand posture and stimulus size. Psychological Research, 79, 928-938Quétard, 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, 16 (1), 343-348Pezzulo, G., Barca, L., Friston, K. (2015). Active inference and cognitive-emotional interactions in the brain. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38, e85.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

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. DOI Doi: 10.23826/2014.01.058.066.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), 569-570Urooj, U., Cornelissen, P., Simpson, M., Wheat, K.L., Woods, W., Barca, L., Ellis, A.W. (2014). Interactions 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):e59080Pezzulo, G., Candidi, M., Dindo, H., & Barca, L. (2013). Action simulation in the human brain: Twelve questions. New Ideas in Psychology. New Ideas in Psychology. 31, (3), 270-290.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. 44(5):539 - 551

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

2011 Barca, L., Frascarelli, F., Pezzulo, G. (2011). Working memory and Mental Imagery in Cerebral Palsy: A single case investigation. Neurocase. 18 (4), 298-304Barca, 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.

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, 68-73Barca, 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.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.

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-



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3696. 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.

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

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.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.

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

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.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.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. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, 34, 424-434.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.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

2012 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

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

2008 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.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.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.

TECHNICAL REPORT

2013 Barca, L., (2013). Stabilire e sviluppare la relazione terapeutica: una questione di setting. Tesi di Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Cognitivo-Comportamentale (manoscritto non pubblicato)

2012 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

2011 Barca, L., (2011). Tra perdita e sconfitta. Breve saggio sulla depressione. PsycommunityBarca, L., (2011). Questione di setting. Tesina III anno di Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Cognitivo-Comportamentale (manoscritto non pubblicato).

2010 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 Barca, L., (2010). Il Disturbo della Condotta Alimentare nell’ottica costruttivista. Inquadramento teorico ed esemplificazione clinica. Tesina II anno di Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Cognitivo-Comportamentale (manoscritto non pubblicato).

PRODUCTS

2015 Barca, L., Arduino, L.S., Marinelli, C.M., & Burani, C. (2015). Lexical and sublexical variables_2: norms for 626 Italian nouns. http://www.istc.cnr.it/grouppage/lexvar2Burani, C., Arduino, L.S., Marinelli, C.M., & Barca, L. (2015). Variabili lessicali e sub-lessicali_2: valori per 626 nomi dell'italiano. http://www.istc.cnr.it/grouppage/varless2

2004 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) in http://psychonomic.org/JOL/



2003 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) in http://www.istc.cnr.it/material/database/

2001 Barca, L., Burani, C., & Arduino, L. S. (2001). Lexical and sublexical variables: norms for 626 Italian nouns. Database (lexvar.xls) in http://www.istc.cnr.it/material/database/

2000 Burani, C., Barca, L., & Arduino, L. S. (2000). Variabili lessicali e sub-lessicali: valori per 626 nomi dell'italiano. Database (varless.xls) in http://www.istc.cnr.it/material/database/

CONFERENCES

2017 Mazzuca, C, Barca, L., Borghi, A.M. (2017). Pacifier overuse and processing of abstract, concrete and emotional concepts. Poster at the X Annual Conference on Embodied and Situated Language Processing, September 10-12. Moscow, RussiaMazzuca, C, Barca, L., Borghi, A.M. (2017). The influence of pacifier on conceptual acquisition: a multimodal approach. Poster at the conference Language as a form of Action, June 21-23. Rome.

2016 Barca, L., Mazzuca, C., Notte, M., Borghi, A.M. (2016). Influenza dell’utilizzo del ciuccio sull’elaborazione di concetti astratti, concreti ed emotivi. Poster at XXII Convegno Nazionale dell’Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale. September, 20-22. Rome.

2015 Quétard, B., Quinton, J.C., Colomb, M., Pezzulo, G., Barca, L., Izaute, M., Appadoo, O.K., Mermillod, M. (2015). Detecting a pedestrian in the fog: The role of target expectation and visual exploration in perceptual decision making under uncertainty. Talk at the ICSC 6th International Conference on Spatial Cognition. September 7-11, 2015. Rome.

2014 Barca, L., Veronelli, L., Arduino, L.S. (2014). Mouse tracking emispatial neglect. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. 20-23 November, long Beach, CaliforniaFlumini, A., Barca, L., Borghi, A., Pezzulo, G. (2014). Tracking the compatibility effect of handgrip and stimulus size. Talk at the XI AISC-CODISCO conference. 2-5- December, RomeBarca, L., Chausse, P., Monceau, S., Mermillod, M., Pezzulo, G. (2014).Emotionally congruent body-state speeds up the recognition of expressive faces. Talk at Rome Workshop on Experimental Psychopathology. February, Rome.Napolitano,A., Andellini, M., Cannatà, V., Randisi, F., Bernardi, B., Castrataro, M., Pezzulo, G., Rinaldi, P., Caselli, M.C., Barca, L. (2014). Analysis of Group ICA functional connectivity of task-driven fMRI: application to language processes in adults with auditory deprivation. Poster at the Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB 2014. Milan.

2013 Barca, L., Benedetti, F., Pezzulo. G. (2013). Phonological similarity attracts the hand during the semantic categorization of words and pictures. Poster XVIII Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, August, Budapest, Hungary.Flumini, A., Barca, L., Borghi, A.M., Pezzulo. G. (2013). Effetti di compatibilità tra postura della mano e affordances: Uno studio su parole ed oggetti con MouseTracker. Talk at XIX Convegno Nazionale dell’Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale. September, 16-19. Rome.

2012 Barca, L., (2012). Questione di setting. Talk at XVI Congress SITCC (Italian Society of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy), October, 4-7. RomeAringolo, K., Sette, S., Barca, L., (2012). In giro per dermatologi a cerca della diagnosi. Talk at XVI Congress SITCC (Italian Society of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy), October, 4-7. RomeBarca, L., Pezzulo, G. (2012). Mouse tracking the lexicality decision. Talk at XIII ASIC (Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference), June, 6-13. Cala Gonone, Sardinia (Italy)



2011 Barca, L., Castrataro, M., Rinaldi, P., Caselli, M.C. (2011). Written language processing in Hearing and Deaf readers. Poster XVII Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, September, San Sebastian, Spain.

2010 Barca, L., Pezzulo, G., Castelli, E. (2010). Sistemi di riferimento spaziali egocentrici e allocentrici in bambini con Paralisi Cerebrale Infantile. Poster al 23rd

Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Sviluppo. September 26-28. Bressanone.Barca, L., Pezzulo, G., Castelli, E. (2010). Egocentric and allocentric spatial references in children with Cerebral Palsy. Poster Cognitive Science Society. Agosto, 11-14. Portland, Oregon, USA. Pezzulo, G., Barca. L., Lamberti Bocconi, A., Borghi, A. M. (2010). Mental simulations and memory for actions in rock climbing. Talk Cognitive Science Society. Agosto, 11-14. Portland, Oregon, USA.Barca, L., Cappelli, F.R., Di Giulio, P., Staccioli, S., and Castelli, E (2010). Outpatient assessment of neurovisual functions in children with Cerebral Palsy. Talk European Academy of Childhood Disability, Maggio, 27-29. Brussels, Belgium.

2009 Lijoi, I., Cappelli, F.R., De Meis, I., Barca, L., and Castelli, E. (2009). Visual disorder of central origin in developing age: Evaluation of real objects matching, recognition, and naming. Poster OPAM ‘Meeting on Object Perception, Attention and Memory’, November 19. Chicago, USABarca, L., Cappelli, F.R., Stortini, M., & Castelli, E. (2009). Neurovisual profile in children with developmental impairments: Results from the ABCDEFV test battery. Poster XVI Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, September 2-5. Cracovia, Polonia.Pezzulo, G., Borghi, A., Lamberti Bocconi, A., Barca, L. (2009). Simulazione ed effetto sul ricordo dei chunks motori: Uno studio su scalatori esperti e non esperti. Talk XV Convegno Nazionale dell’Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale. September, 24-26. Chieti. Barca, L., Cappelli, F.R., Amicuzi, I., Apicella, M.G., Di Giulio, P., Castelli, E., Stortini, M., (2009). Modality specific recognition and naming impairment after traumatic brain injury: A case study. Poster al 'Corso-Convegno in Neuropsicologia dell'Età Evolutiva'. Gennaio, 21-24. Brixen-Bressanone.

2008 Barca, L., Cornelissen, P., Urooj, U., Simpson, M., & Ellis, A.W. (2008). Spatiotemporal evolution of visual word recognition through the brain: A neuromagnetic study. Poster al workshop Concepts, Actions, and Objects: Functional and Neural Perspectives. April, 24-27. Rovereto. 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. Talk 'HUMAN FABRICA', 36th National Congress of the Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine (S.I.M.F.E.R). November, 16-28. Rome.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. Talk 'HUMAN FABRICA', 36th National Congress of the Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine (S.I.M.F.E.R). November, 16-28. Rome.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. Poster 'HUMAN FABRICA', 36th National Congress of the Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine (S.I.M.F.E.R). November, 16-28. Rome.Ellis, A.W., Barca, L., Urooj, U., Simpson, M., & Cornelissen, P. (2008). Tracking words through the brain with MEG. Talk 29th International Congress of Psychology. July, 20-25. Berlin.



2007 Barca, L., Cornelissen, P., Urooj, U., Simpson, M., & Ellis, A.W. (2007). Seeking the neural basis of the left hemisphere superiority for reading using MEG. Poster al Cognitive Neuroscience meeting, May 5-8. New York, USA.Barca, L., Cornelissen, P., Urooj, U., Simpson, M., & Ellis, A.W. (2007). The neuronal origins of the RVF advantage for reading: Evidence from an MEG study. Poster Human Brain Mapping Conference, June 10-14. Chicago, Illinois, USA.Ellis, A.W., Henderson, L., & Barca, L. (2007). Reading and the cerebral hemispheres. Paper presentato a Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society, Cork. March 2007.

2006 Burani, C., Bimonte, D., Barca, L., & Vicari, S. (2006). Word morphology and lexical comprehension in Williams Syndrome. Poster Academy of Aphasia, October 15-17. Victoria, Canada.

2005 Barca, L., De Luca, M., Di Filippo, G., Zoccolotti, P., & Burani, C., (2005). Orthographic neighbourhood effects on Italian dyslexic children’s reading. Poster XIV Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Agosto 31-Settembre 4. Leiden, The Netherlands.Pagliuca, G., Arduino, L.S., Barca, L., & Burani, C., (2005). The lexical route is still the winning horse in the race: New evidence from Italian. Poster presented at the XIV Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, August 31- September 4. Leiden, Netherlands.

2004 Burani, C., Barca, L., Di Filippo, G., & Zoccolotti, P. (2004). Context-sensitive rules in a shallow orthography: A comparison between Italian dyslexic children and normally developing readers. Poster Fourth International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, June 30-Lulgio 3. Windsor, Ontario, CanadaBarca, L., Burani, C., Di Filippo, G., & Zoccolotti, P. (2004). Orthographic complexity and word naming in Italian dyslexic children. III Australian Conference for Cognitive Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, July 2-3. Sydney, Australia.Barca, L., Burani, C., Di Filippo, G., & Zoccolotti, P. (2004). Complessità ortografiche e velocità di lettura in bambini italiani con dislessia. Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Sviluppo. September, 18-20. Sciacca.Barca, L., Burani, C., Di Filippo, G., & Zoccolotti, P. (2004). Regole contestuali, velocità di lettura ed errori: un confronto tra dislessici e normolettori. Poster al Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Sviluppo. September 20-23. Sciacca.Marcolini, S., Barca, L., De Luca, M., Mancini, M., Zoccolotti, P., & Burani, C. (2004). La lettura morfo-lessicale nei bambini dislessici italiani. Poster al Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Sviluppo. September 20-23. Sciacca.Bimonte, D., Burani, C., Barca, L., & Vicari, S. (2004). Morphology and vocabulary learning in Williams Syndrome. Poster al European Conference on Williams Syndrome, November 19-20, Roma.

2003 Rinaldi, P., Barca, L., & Burani, C. (2003). First words acquired by Italian children: Semantic, grammatical and frequency properties. Poster al XIth European Conference on Developmental Psychology, August 27-31, 2003. Milan.Barca, L., Burani, C., & Ellis, A. (2003). Context-sensitive rules and word naming in Italian. XIII Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, September 17-20, 2003. Granada, Spagna.Barca, L. (2003). Complessità ortografiche e velocità di lettura: bambini e adulti normolettori a confronto. Poster al Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Sviluppo. September, 22-25. Bari.Mazzotta, S., Barca, L., Marcolini, S., & Stella, G. (2003). La lettura nei bambini italiani di III e V elementare: come influiscono frequenza, immaginabilità ed età di acquisizione delle parole? Poster al Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Sviluppo. September,22-25. Bari.



Barca, L., & Burani, C. (2003). Effetti di frequenza, ma non di età di acquisizione nella lettura dell’italiano. Poster al Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Sperimentale. September, 22-25. Bari.Barca, L., Burani, C., & Ellis, A.W. (2003). Reading aloud in a shallow orthography: Effects of orthographic complexity. Trieste symposium on perception and cognition. October, 16-18. Trieste.Bimonte, D., Burani, C., Barca, L., & Vicari, S. (2003). Morfologia derivazionale e apprendimento del vocabolario: un confronto tra ragazzi con Sindrome di Williams e bambini con sviluppo tipico. XII National Congress on Learning Disabilities, AIRIPA, October, 17-18, 2003. Novara.

2002 Barca, L., Bello, A., Burani, C., Sabbadini, L., & Volterra, V. (2002). Lettura lessicale in bambini italiani: un confronto tra normo-lettori ed un caso di sindrome di Williams. Poster al Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Sviluppo. September 15-17, 2002. Rimini-Bellaria.Barca, L., Bello, A., Burani, C., Sabbadini, L., & Volterra, V. (2002). Lexical effects in Italian children's reading aloud: A comparison between normally developing readers and one case of Williams syndrome. Poster al Congresso Update on Dyslexia. Marzo 25-27, 2002. Urbino.

2001 Barca, L., Burani, C., & Ellis, A., W. (2001). Regole contestuali e velocità di lettura. Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Sperimentale. September 16-18, 2001. Rimini-Bellaria.Barca, L., Arduino, L.S., & Burani, C. (2001). Child written frequency, age of acquisition or adult written frequency? Effects on adult word naming and lexical decision. Poster The Science of Aphasia EuroConference: From Theory to Therapy, September, 14-19. Giens, France.Barca, L., Burani, C., & Arduino, L.S. (2001). Le prime parole lette dai "piccoli" sono quelle lette più velocemente dai "grandi"? X Congresso AIRIPA, October, 19-20, 2001. Repubblica di San Marino. Burani, C., Barca, L., & Arduino, L.S. (2001). Frequency in the child written lexicon and adult word naming time. XII Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, September 5-8, 2001. Edinburgh, England.Burani, C., Barca, L., & Arduino, L.S. (2001). Età di acquisizione o frequenza nello scritto infantile? Effetti sulla lettura e la decisione lessicale. Poster al Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Sperimentale. September, 23-25, 2001. Alghero.Burani, C., Traficante, D., & Barca, L. (2001). Processing morfologico di verbi, aggettivi e nomi: il ruolo dell'ampiezza del paradigma flessivo. National meeting on representation, description and use of nouns and verbs: Linguistics and Psycholinguistics issues, December 17-18, 2001. Salerno.

2000 Barca, L., Arduino, L.S., & Burani, C. (2000). Frequenza delle parole nello scritto infantile e velocità di lettura. Poster al Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Sviluppo. September, 26-28, 2000. Alghero.Burani, C., Barca, L., & Arduino, L.S. (2000). Età di acquisizione e altre variabili lessicali e sublessicali: effetti sulla lettura degli adulti. Workshop Età di acquisizione delle parole e altre variabili lessicali, ISTC-CNR (CNR), June, 14, 2000. RomaBurani, C., Barca, L., & Arduino, L.S. (2000). Età di acquisizione delle parole fra frequenza e immaginabilità: effetti sulla lettura. Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sezione Sperimentale. September, 24-26, 2000. Alghero.



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