GIPSI - Research Group

Research Group on Inferential Processes in Social Interaction @unito | Research topics: Cognitive and Clinical Pragmatics - Theory of Mind - Cognitive Functions

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New paper out in #JPR 📰📢
Updated Italian #ABaCo norms, including adults aged 75–86, to support a boader assessment of #pragmatic difficulties in aging and clinical contexts
Project funded by @mur_gov_ #PRIN2022 #PNRR #ACTIVELY #NextGenerationEU

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PAPER OUT in Journal of Neurolinguistics 📷
Children after pediatric brain tumor showed poorer pragmatic comprehension and production.
#pragmatics #PBT
Funded by @UNITO #STARTINGGRANTS2025

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PAPER OUT in Journal of Neurolinguistics 📷
Higher cognitive reserve relates to lexical accuracy, coherence & informativeness in discourse production processing.
Project funded by @mur_gov_ #PRIN2022 #PNRR #SMOOTH #NextGenerationEU

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Feb 2 | Rome, Sapienza. At #SIpEIA2026 Epistemology & Reliability, Arianna Boldi presented a method to test LLM pragmatic understanding using ABaCo, a validated assessment protocol.
Thanks to @MontiumUnita and @EUErasmusPlus project #AIforPragmatics #DigitalTransition

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On Jan 23, 2026, the workshop “Exploring the results of the ACTIVe communication research project (ACTIVELY)” showed key findings on healthy aging.
The project achieved all its goals!
Funded by @mur_gov_  #PRIN2O22 #nextgenerationeu  #ACTIVELYproject

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Workshop “Esplorando i risultati della ricerca” #ACTIVELY #PRIN2022 #nextgenerationeu 🥳 Comunicazione e abilità pragmatiche e narrative nell’invecchiamento sano. Finanziato da @mur_gov_
📅 23/01/2026 ore 10
📍 Univ. di Torino
✉️ [email protected]

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#PubblicEngagement. Yesterday, in the second lesson of the course “Communicative and Cognitive Abilities Across the Lifespan: Is There More Beyond Words?" at University of the Third Age, we explored mindfulness in communication. Thanks @mur_gov_- #PRIN22 #ACTIVELY project

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📢 PAPER OUT on Sage Open!
🧠 Can we assess Theory of Mind via telepractice? Our new study demonstrates the effectiveness of telepractice and reliability of the Theory of Mind Assessment Scale (Th.o.m.a.s.) for remote ToM assessment.
Funded by @FondazioneCRT
#Telepractice #ToM

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#PublicEngagement: fourth edition of the course "Communicative and cognitive abilities across the lifespan: Is there more beyond words?" at the University of the Third Age in Nichelino! 📣 
Thanks to the @mur_gov_ - #PRIN22 #ACTIVELY project

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Federica Simonelli presented at the 3rd #AGCONF in London her poster “Long-term improvements in older adults’ pragmatic communication: a controlled evaluation of the Advanced Cognitive Pragmatic Treatment.” @mur_gov_ #PRIN2022 #NextGenerationEU #ACTIVELY

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🥳New paper out!
Can GPT-4o assess pragmatic ability?
In our new study by Boldi et al. (2025), GPT-4o shows potential as a supervised text-only coder in healthy aging pragmatic assessment.
Funded by @mur_gov_, project #PRIN2022 #Actively #NextGenerationEU

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📷 NEW PAPER OUT!
How do narrative structure and pragmatic ability interact in older adults?
Our new study funded by @mur_gov_ examines how coherence and informativeness in narrative production relate to pragmatic efficiency.
#PRIN2022 #ACTIVELY #pragmatics #NextGenerationEU

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📍Giorgia Vegna presented at #ASCIC25 in Sweden her poster “Communication, Social Appropriateness and Cognitive Vulnerability in Subclinical Aging. Can Multimodal Pragmatic Difficulty Reflect Emerging Cognitive Changes?”
@mur_gov_ #NextGenerationEU #PRINPNRR22 #SMOOTH

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🥳Congratulations to Dr. Agata Marchetti for successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis in Neuroscience! 👏
🎓 Thesis title: “Pragmatic and cognitive abilities in atypical development: assessment and analysis of different expressive means.”  
#PhDDefense #Neuroscience #Pragmatics

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📚LLC Poster Day 2025 closes with Ariele Merlini’s work on developmental pathways of pragmatic comprehension, inferential ability, EFs and ToM. 📝
Founded by @FondazioneCRT and thanks to Mente e Cervello Association #LLC2025 #pragmatics #inferences

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📣 New insights into tele-assessment of pragmatic ability!  
📸  Ilaria Traetta, from the GIPSI group, presented new evidence on the effectiveness of e-ABaCo for assessing pragmatic ability in healthy adults at the LLC Poster Day 2025. 💬💡
Supported by @FondazioneCRT

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Can an LLM assess pragmatic ability? 🤖
Dr. Arianna Boldi compared GPT-4o with a human coder on pragmatics tasks- showing where AI matches human judgment and where clinical insight is still key. #NeuroMI #milanobicocca
Funded by @mur_gov_ #PRIN2022 #NextGenerationEU #ACTIVELY

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Yesterday, Ariele Merlini PhD student at the @GipsiGroup presented the group’s main contributions on irony at the 1st #GRISU Symposium on Humor, organized and chaired by Dott. Luca Bischetti at IUSS Pavia.
#GRISU #Pragmatics #Irony #Humor

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🥳Paper out on Philosophical Transactions B! 📚
How does pragmatic ability develop in children? We investigated its complex relationship with inferential ability, ToM & EFs.
Funded by @FondazioneCRT, full text: https://t.co/EjP7dch13F

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The #XPrag2025 has just ended!
📸 Ilaria Traetta from the GIPSI group presents the Cognitive Pragmatic Treatment in telepractice (@CPT), in improving pragmatic ability in autistic adolescents.
🔬 Supported by Fondazione CRT in collaboration with Associazione Mente e Cervello.