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Francesco Vespignani is an Associate Professor at the University of Padova. His research focuses on the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying language comprehension, particularly sentence processing, ERPs (event-related potentials), and interactions between syntax and pragmatics. He investigates how language influences visual attention, bilingualism, aging, and deafness. His work integrates psycholinguistic, ERP, and EEG methodologies.
- Research areas: ERPs and sentence comprehension, syntax-pragmatics interaction, language and visual attention, language in atypical populations (bilingualism, aging, deafness).
- Publications: Over 40 peer-reviewed articles in journals like Journal of Experimental Psychology, Brain and Language, and Discourse Processes.
Recent articles highlight speaker-specific speech prediction, pragmatic leniency toward foreigners, and neural mechanisms of language processing in cochlear implant users. His work bridges cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics.
Key findings include the role of novel linguistic labels in visual attention disengagement and ERP evidence of discourse expectations linked to the question under discussion. Collaborations span Italy, Germany, and the UK, focusing on bilingualism and neurocognitive language processing.
