Publications

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Books (in Italian)

Papers

Presentations

Reviewer / editorial boards

Organization

Books

• • under review / in press
  • 91. Borghi, A.M., Flumini, A., Natraj, N., Wheaton, L.A. (accepted). One hand, two objects: Emergence of affordance in contexts. Brain and Cognition. preprint Materials
  • 90. Anelli, F., Nicoletti, R., Kalkan, S., Sahin, E., Borghi, A.M. (accepted). Humans and robotics hands grasping danger, International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN). pre-print
  • 89. Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R.(in press).In Cubelli R. e JOb. R.(Eds.) I processi Cognitivi.Roma: Carocci. pre-print
  • 90. Borghi, A.M., Scorolli, C.(accepted). Le parole, utensili che estendono il nostro corpo.Sistemi intelligenti. pre-print
  • 89. Tummolini, L. Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M. (accepted). Disentangling the sense of ownership from the sense of fairness. Commentary on Baumard, André and Sperber, Behavioral and Brain Sciences. pre-print
  • 88. Lugli, L., Baroni, G., Gianelli, C., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R. (accepted). Self, others, objects: How this triadic interaction modulates our behavior. Memory and Cognition. Materials (pdf)
  • 87. Gianelli, C., Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M. (in press). Acting in perspective: The role of body and of language as social tools. Psychological Research. pre-print
  • 86. Caligiore, D., Borghi, A.M., Parisi, D., Ellis, R., Cangelosi, A., Baldassarre, G. (in press). How affordances associated with a distractor object affect compatibility effects: A study with the computational model TRoPICALS. Psychological Research. pre-print
  • 85. Borghi, A.M. (in press). Action language comprehension, affordances and goals. In Yan Coello, Angela Bartolo (Eds). (in press early 2012). Language and action in cognitive neuroscience. Contemporary topics in cognitive neuroscience series. Psychology Press. pre-print
  • 84. Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R. (in press). Movimento e azione. In R. Cubelli, R. Job (Eds). I processi cognitivi. Roma: Carocci.
  • 2012
  • 83. Borghi, A.M., Cimatti, F. (2012). Words are not just words: the social acquisition of abstract words. RIFL - ISSN: 2036-6728. doi: 10.4396/20120303. pre-print - link
  • 82. Liuzza, M.T., Setti, A., Borghi, A.M. (2012). Kids observing other kids’ hands: visuomotor priming in children. Consciousness & Cognition, 21, 383-392. pre-print.
  • 2011
  • 81. Borghi, A.M. (2011).Simulating the elimination of simulation: the case of language comprehension. Journal of Mental Imagery, 3-4, 27-33. (commentary to Iachini, T. Mental imagery and embodied cognition: A multimodal approach (2011), JMI. pre-print
  • 80. Ranzini, M., Lugli, L., Anelli, M., Carbone, R., Nicoletti, R., Borghi, A.M. (2011). Graspable objects shape number processing.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5, art.147, doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00147. pre-print
  • 79.Jacquet, P., Binkofski, F., Tessari, A., Borghi, A.M. (in press).Can object affordances impact on human social learning of tool use? Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Commentary to the target article The cognitive bases of human tool use by K. Vaesen. pre-print
  • 78.Scorolli, C., Binkofski, F., Buccino, G., Nicoletti, R., Riggio, L., Borghi, A.M. (2011). Abstract and concrete sentences, embodiment, and languages. Frontiers in Psychology, 2, 227. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00227. link to download the pdf.
  • 77. Borghi, A.M., Pecher, D. (2011). Introduction to the special topic Embodied and Grounded Cognition. Frontiers in Psychology, 2, 187. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00187. link to download the pdf.
  • 76. Ranzini, M., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R. (2011). With hands I don’t centre! Action- and object-related effects of hand-cueing in the line bisection. Neuropsychologia, 49, 2918-2928. pre-print; Table
  • 75. Caruana, F., Borghi, A.M.(2011). Anthropos physei politikon zoon: la Social Cognition a vent’anni dalla scoperta dei Neuroni Mirror. Brain Factor. pdf .link
  • 74. Borghi, A.M, Caruana, F. (2011). Cognizione sociale. Introduction to the special issue Cognizione sociale, edited by A.M.Borghi, F. Caruana. Sistemi intelligenti, XXIII, 2, 219-222. pre-print. index of the special issue on Social Cognition. (pdf) recensione su Brain Factor. recensione SOLE XXIV ore.
  • 73. Borghi, A.M, Gianelli, C., Lugli, L. (2011).La dimensione sociale delle affordance: Affordance tra io e altri. Special issue Cognizione sociale, edited by A.M.Borghi, F. Caruana. Sistemi intelligenti, XXIII, 2, 291-300. pre-print
  • 72. Lugli, L., Baroni, G., Gianelli, C., Borghi, A.M (2011). L'importanza degli “altri”: come il contesto relazionale influenza il sistema motorio. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 38, 577-584. Materiali
  • 71. Costantini, M., Ambrosini, E., Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M (2011).When objects are close to me: affordances in the peripersonal space. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 18, 32-38. pre-print
  • 70. Gianelli, C., Lugli, L., Baroni, G., Nicoletti, R., Borghi, A.M (2011). “The object is wonderful or prickly": how different object properties modulate behavior in a joint context. In: Kokinov, B., Karmiloff-Smith, A., Nersessian, N. J. (eds.) European Perspectives on Cognitive Science. © New Bulgarian University Press, 2011 ISBN 978-954-535-660-5 (Eurocogsci, paper 269).pre-print
  • 69.Ambrosini, E., Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M., Costantini, M. (2011).Experiencing objects. The role of the body. In: Kokinov, B., Karmiloff-Smith, A., Nersessian, N. J. (eds.) European Perspectives on Cognitive Science. © New Bulgarian University Press, 2011 ISBN 978-954-535-660-5 (Eurocogsci, paper 235, pp. 1-5). (best student award).pre-print
  • 68. Borghi, A.M., Flumini, A., Cimatti, F., Marocco, D. & Scorolli, C. (2011).Manipulating objects and telling words: A study on concrete and abstract words acquisition. Frontiers in Psychology, 2:15. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00015, special issue on Embodied and Grounded Cognition (editors: A.M. Borghi, D. Pecher). pre-print. link to download the pdf.
  • 67. Hommel, B., Colzato, L., Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M., van den Wildenberg, L.P.M.(2011). Action control and religion: Faith-specific modulation of the Simon effect but not stop-signal performance. Cognition. pre-print
  • 66. Borghi, A.M., Di Ferdinando, A., & Parisi, D. (2011). Objects, spatial compatibility, and affordances: A connectionist study. Cognitive Systems Research, 12, 33-44. pre-print
  • 65. Caligiore, D., Borghi, A.M., Parisi, D., Ellis, R., Cangelosi, A., & Baldassarre, G. (2011). Affordances of distractors and compatibility effects: A study with the computational model TROPICALS. Nature Precedings, link.
  • 2010
  • 64. Caligiore, D., Borghi, A.M., Parisi, D. & Baldassarre, G. (2010). TRoPICALS: A Computational Embodied Neuroscience Model of Experiments on Compatibility Effects. Psychological Review, 117,1188-228. pre-print
  • 63. Ferri, F., Stoianov, I. P., Gianelli, C., D'Amico, L., Borghi, A.M. & Gallese, V. (2010).When action meets emotions. How facial displays of emotion influence goal-related behavior. PLoS ONE 5(10): e13126. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013126. link
  • 62. Jirak, D., Menz, M., Buccino, G., Borghi, A.M., & Binkofski, F. (2010). Grasping language. A short story on embodiment. Consciousness and Cognition, 19, 711-720. pre-print
  • 61.Colzato, L., van Beest, I., van den Wildenberg, W.P.M., Scorolli, C., Dorchin, S., Meiran, N., Borghi, A.M., Hommel, B. (2010). God, do I have your attention? Cognition, 117, 87-94. pre-print. Press release: La repubblica, Il corriere Bologna, Il giornale, National Geographic Italia, Radio 24 (interview).
  • 60. Pellicano, A., Iani, C., Borghi, A.M., Rubichi, S., Nicoletti, R. (2010). Simon-like and functional affordance effects with tools: The effects of object perceptual discrimination and object action state. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63, 2190 — 2201. pre-print
  • 59. Caligiore, D., Guglielmelli, E., Borghi, A.M., Parisi, D., Baldassarre, G. (2010). A reinforcement learning model of reaching integrating kinematics and dynamic control in a camera-arm robot. In In: IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL2010), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp 211–218. pre-print
  • 58. Pezzulo, G., Barca, L., Lamberti Bocconi, A., Borghi, A.M. (2010), Motor simulation in a memory task: Evidence from rock climbing,. Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society, 2010.
  • 57. Morlino, G., Gianelli, C., Borghi, A.M., Nolfi, S. (2010). Developing the ability to manipulate objects: A comparative study with humans and artificial agents. In B. Johansson, E. Sahin, C. Balkenius (Eds). Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics, Lund University Cognitive Studies, pp. 169-170. pre-print
  • 56.Chersi, F., Thill, S., Ziemke, T., Borghi, A.M. (2010). Sentence processing: Linking language to motor chain. (Special topic edited by Angelo Cangelosi, Action and language integration in cognitive systems.) Frontiers in neurorobotics. link
  • 55. Borghi, A.M., Gianelli, C., Scorolli, C. (2010). Sentence comprehension: effectors and goals, self and others. An overview of experiments and implications for robotics. (Special topic edited by Angelo Cangelosi, Action and language integration in cognitive systems.) Frontiers in neurorobotics. link
  • 54. Pezzulo, G., Barca, L., Lamberti Bocconi, A., Borghi, A.M. (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, 68-73. pre-print
  • 53. Borghi, A.M., Cimatti, F.(2010). Embodied cognition and beyond: Acting and sensing the body. NeuropsychologiA, 48, 763-773. pre-print
  • 52. Pellicano, A., Iani, C., Rubichi, S., Ricciardelli, P., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R. (2010).Real life motor training modifies spatial performance: The advantage of being drummers. American Journal of Psychology, 123, 169-179. pre-print
  • 51. Borghi, A.M. (2010). Parole, non simboli. Sistemi intelligenti, 1, 161-168. pre-print
  • 50. Tessari, A., Tsakiris, M., Borghi, A.M., Serino, A. (2010). The sense of body: A multidisciplinary approach to body representation. Introduction to the special number on The sense of body, Neuropsychologia, 48, 643-444.
  • 49. Anelli, F., Nicoletti, R., Borghi, A.M. (2010). Categorization and action. What about object consistence? Acta Psychologica, 133, 203-211. pre-print Materials (pdf)
  • 48. Borghi, A.M., Caligiore, D., Scorolli, C. (2010). Objects, words, and actions. Some reasons why embodied models are badly needed in cognitive psychology. In V. Capecchi, M. Buscema, P. Cantucci & B. D’Amore (eds.). Applications of mathematics in models, artificial neural networks and arts. Mathematics and society. Berlin: Springer. preprint
  • 2009
  • 47. Setti, A., Caramelli, N., Borghi, A.M. (2009). Conceptual information about size of objects in nouns. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 21, 7, 1022-1044. pre-print
  • 46. Borghi, A.M., Cimatti, F.(2009). Words as tools and the problem of abstract words meanings. In N. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (eds.). Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2304-2309). Amsterdam: Cognitive Science Society. pre-print; slides
  • 45. Borghi, A.M. (2009). Comprensione del linguaggio: Movimento, azione, socialità. (Language comprehension: Movement, action, social life). Teorie e modelli, 1, 67-77 (numero tematico su "Movimento e funzioni cognitive" a cura di Carmela Morabito e Gloria Galloni). pre-print
  • 44. Kalénine, S., Bonthoux, F., Borghi, A.M. (2009). How action and context priming influence categorization: a developmental study. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27, 717-730. pre-print
  • 43. Freina, L., Baroni, G., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R.(2009).Emotive Concept-Nouns and Motor Responses: Attraction or Repulsion? Memory and Cognition, 37, 493-499. Materials. pre-print
  • 42. Setti, A., Borghi, A.M., Tessari, A. (2009). Moving hands, moving entities. Brain and Cognition, 70, 253-258. preprint
  • 41. Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M., Glenberg, A.M. (2009). Language-induced motor activity in bimanual object lifting. Experimental Brain Research, 193, 43-53. pre-print
  • 40. Caligiore, D., Borghi, A.M., Parisi, D., Baldassarre, G. (2009). Affordances and compatibility effects: A neural-Network computational model. In J. Mayor, N. Ruh, K. Plunkett (Eds.). Connectionist models of behaviour and cognition II: Proceedings of the 11th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop (pp. 15-26).Singapore: WorldScientific. pre-print
  • 39. Borghi, A.M., Riggio, L. (2009). Sentence comprehension and simulation of objects temporary, canonical and stable affordances. Brain Research, 1253, 117-128. pre-print
  • 38. Borghi, A.M., Scorolli, C. (2009). Language comprehension and hand motion simulation. Human Movement Science, 28, 12-27. pre-print. Materials: BS-Exp1a - BS-Exp1b- BS-Exp2- BS-Exp3
  • 2008
  • 37. Bruzzo, A., Borghi, A.M. & Ghirlanda, S. (2008). Hand-object interaction in perspective. Neuroscience Letters, 441, 61-5. pre-print
  • 36. Passini, S., Strazzari, F., Borghi, A.M. (2008). Icon-function relationship in toolbar icons. Displays, 29, 521-525. pre-print
  • 35. Iachini, T., Borghi, A.M., Senese, P. (2008). Categorization and sensorimotor interaction with objects. Brain and Cognition, 67, 31-43. pre-print
  • 34.Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M. (2008). 'Language and embodiment'. Anthropology and Philosophy, 9 (1-2), pp. 7-23. pre-print
  • 33. Borghi, A.M., Montanari, F., Sarti, A. (2008). Il corpo clandestino.Sistemi intelligenti, 2, 341-346. preprint
  • 32. Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R. (2008). “Se leggo cappello mi muovo verso l’alto ­ Movimento e comprensione di parole e frasi” Giornale Italiano di Psicologia. (If I read "hat" I tend to move upwards. Movement and words and sentence comprehension. Italian Journal of Psychology). preprint
  • 2007
  • 31. Borghi, A.M., Bonfiglioli, C., Ricciardelli, P., Rubichi, S. Nicoletti, R. (2007). Do we access object manipulability while we categorize? Evidence from reaction times studies. In A.C. Schalley and Khlentzos,D. (Eds.). Mental states: Evolution, function, nature. (pp.153-170). Amsterdam/Philandelphia: John Benjamins. preprint
  • 30. Tessari, A., Borghi, A.M. (2007). Body image and body schema: The shared representation of body image and the role of dynamic body schema in perspective and imitation. Commentary to the target-article 'Somatosensory processes subserving perception and action' by Dijkerman & de Haan. Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), 30, 2, 221-222. preprint
  • 29. Bazzarin, V., Borghi, A.M., Tessari, A., Nicoletti, R. (2007). Is a small apple more like an apple or more like a cherry? In: S. Vosniadou & D.Kayser (eds.). Proceedings of the  Meeting of the European Society of Cognitive Science, Delphi 2007. London: Erlbaum.(pdf).
  • 28. Sacchetti, S., Borghi, A.M. (2007). Concetti di oggetti e funzione: Ruolo della funzione canonica e effetti di contesto. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 34, 781-788. (Object concepts and function: Role of canonical function and contextual effects. Italian Journal of Psychology). preprint
  • 27. Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M. (2007). Sentence comprehension and action: Effector specific modulation of the motor system. Brain research, 1130, 119-124. preprint
  • 26. Borghi, A.M., Bonfiglioli, C., Lugli, L., Ricciardelli, P., Rubichi, S., Nicoletti, R. (2007). Are visual stimuli sufficient to evoke motor information? Studies with hand primes. Neuroscience Letters, 411, 17-21 . preprint
  • 25. Borghi, A.M. (2007).Object concepts and embodiment: Why sensorimotor and cognitive processes cannot be separated. La nuova critica, 49-50, 90-107 . (pdf)
  • 2006
  • 24. Borghi, A.M., Scorolli, C. (2006). Object concepts and mental images. Anthropology & Philosophy, A&P, 7, 1-2, 64-74. (pdf)
  • 23. Borghi, A. (2006). Vita Artificiale e comportamento: Simulazioni su categorizzazione e azione. Sistemi Intelligenti, 18, 125-132 (Artificial Life and behavior: Simulations on categorization and action, Intelligent Systems).
  • 22. Caramelli, N., Borghi, A.M.., Setti, A. (2006). The identification of definition strategies in children of different ages. Linguistica Computazionale, 26, 155-177.
  • 21. Caramelli, N., Borghi, A.M., Setti, A. (2006). The relational structure of conceptual knowledge in children of different ages. Linguistica Computazionale, 26, 179-196.
  • 2005
  • 20. Borghi, A.M., Bonfiglioli, C., Lugli, L., Ricciarelli, P., Rubichi, S. Nicoletti, R. (2005). Visual hand primes and manipulable objects. In: B.Bara, L. Barsalou, B. Bucciarelli (eds.) COGSCI2005. XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Mahwah, N. J.:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2005. p. 322-327.
  • 19. Tsiotas, G., Borghi, A.M. & Parisi, D. (2005). Objects and affordances: An Artificial Life simulation. In: B.Bara, L. Barsalou, B. Bucciarelli (eds.) COGSCI2005. XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Mahwah, N. J.:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2005. p. 2212-2217.
  • 18. Parisi, D., Borghi, A.M., Di Ferdinando, A. & Tsiotas, G. (2005). Meaning and motor actions: Behavioral and Artificial Life evidence.
     Commentary to the target article ‘From monkey-like action recognition to human language: An evolutionary framework for neurolinguistics’ by Michael A. Arbib. Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), 28, 35-36.
  • 17. Borghi, A.M., Caramelli, N., & Setti, A. (2005). Conceptual Information on Objects' Locations. Brain and Language, 93, 140-151.
  • 16. Borghi, A.M., Parisi, D., e Di Ferdinando, A. (2005) Action and hierarchical levels of categories: A connectionist perspective. Cognitive Systems Research, 6, 99-110.
  • 15. Borghi, A.M. (2005). Object concepts and action. In D. Pecher & R.A. Zwaan (Eds). Grounding Cognition: The role of perception and action in memory, language, and thinking (pp. 8-34). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • 2004
  • 14. Borghi, A.M., Glenberg, A., Kaschak, M. (2004). Putting Words in Perspective. Memory and cognition,32, 863-873 . Materials.
  • 13. Borghi, A.M. (2004). Objects concepts and action: Extracting affordances from objects’ parts. Acta Psychologica, 115, 1, 69-96.
  • 12. Caramelli, N. & Borghi, A.M. (2004). The role of head nouns in conceptual combination. In J. Drevillon, J.Vivier, A. Salinas (Eds.), Psycholinguistics. A multidisciplinary science – Proceedings of the VIth ISAPL international congress (Caen, June 28-July 1^st 2000) (pp. 87-92). Paris: Europia.
  • 2003
  • 11. Borghi, A.M. & Iachini, T. (2003). Risposta a Cristiano Castelfranchi. Teorie e modelli, VIII, 2, 107-113.
  • 10. Borghi, A.M., Di Ferdinando, A. e Parisi, D. (2003). Violation of category boundaries: A connectionist study with action-based categories. In F. Schmalhofer, R.M. Young & F. Katz, Proceedings of the  Meeting of the European Society of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück 2003 (pp.61-66). London: Erlbaum.
  • 9. Borghi, A.M. & Caramelli, N. (2003). Situation Bounded Conceptual Organization in Children: From Action to Spatial Relations. Cognitive Development, 18, 40-60.
  • 2002
  • 8. Borghi, A.M (2002). Violazioni logiche nei processi di categorizzazione e nelle generalizzazioni induttive basate su categorie. In G. Mucciarelli & G. Celani (Eds.). Quando il pensiero sbaglia. La fallacia tra psicologia e scienza. Torino: UTET, pp. 120-156.
  • 7. Borghi, A.M. (2002). Concetti e azione. In Borghi, A.M. & Iachini, T. (eds.). Scienze della mente. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp. 203-222.
  • 6. Borghi A.M., Di Ferdinando A., Parisi D. (2002). The role of perception and action in object categorization. In J.A. Bullinaria & W. Lowe (Eds), Connectionist Models of Cognition and Perception. Singapore: World Scientific, pp. 40-50.
  • 5. Borghi, A.M., Iachini, T. (2002). Introduzione. In Borghi, A.M. & Iachini, T. (eds.). Scienze della mente. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp. 7-26.
  • 4.Caramelli, N., Borghi, A.M. (2002). Sviluppi contemporanei. Immagini mentali. Concetti e categorizzazione. In Schönpflug W. e Schönpflug U. (a cura di), Istituzioni di psicologia generale, III italian edition edited by M. Olivetti Belardinelli e C. Fiorilli. Padova: Cedam, pp. 237-252.
  • 3. Di Ferdinando, A., Borghi, A.M., Parisi, D. (2002). The role of action in object categorization. In S. Haller & G. Simmons (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Flairs Conference, pp. 138-142, AAAI Press, Pensacola (FL).
  • 2001
  • 2. Borghi, A.M. & Caramelli, N. (2001), Taxonomic relations and cognitive economy in conceptual organization, in Moore, J.D., & Stenning, K. (eds.), Proceedings of 23rd Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, London: Erlbaum, 98-103.
  • 2000
  • 1. Borghi, A.M. (2000). Le menzogne della mente. Recensione a Mente di Domenico Parisi. Ricerca e Futuro, 18, 107-108.

• 1999, Discussant, First International Colloquium “Philosophy, Mind, and Society” on Categories and Belief, Turin, organized by the Laboratorio di Scienze Cognitive, Metodologiche ed Economico-Sociali (LASCOMES), Fondazione Rosselli
• 2003. Borghi, A.M. Concetti e azione: tra dati sperimentali e simulazioni connessioniste. Università della Calabria, Cosenza.
• 2005. Borghi, A.M. Azione e conoscenza concettuale. Dipartimento di Fisiologia, Università di Parma.
• 2005. Borghi, A.M. Object concept nouns and motor information. Amsterdam, July 6-9, 2005. Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, Symposium Perception and Action in Language Processing, Organizers: Rolf Zwaan, Katja Wiermer-Hastings.
• 2005. Borghi, A.M. Concetti di oggetti e sistema motorio. Ospedale Maggiore, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche Specialistiche Biomateriali e Bioimpianti, Universita’ di Trieste.
• 2006. Borghi, A.M. Oggetti, affordances, azione. Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita’ di Milano Bicocca.
• 2006. Borghi, A.M. Manipulable objects, words and action. Symposium Embodied Simulation, Kloster Irsee, 9-12 February 2006.
• 2006. Borghi, A.M. Concepts, words, and action. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, April 26.
• 2006. Borghi, A.M. Concetti, parole e azione. Workshop Linguaggio e scienze cognitive, University of Trieste, Department of Psychology, May 18-19.2006.
• 2006. Borghi, A.M. Concetti, azione, imitazione, apprendimento motorio, Master Le basi neurocognitive della riabilitazione motoria, Universita’ di Trieste. September 17, 2006.
• 2006. Borghi, A.M. Concettualizzazione, linguaggio e azione. IV Convegno nazionale di Neuroriabilitazione, Azione, empatia ed imitazione nell'itinerario riabilitativo. Napoli, Centro Studi e Ricerca in Riabilitazione. October 28, 2006.
• 2007. Borghi, A.M. Objects, words and action. Invited talk at the CNRs Laboratoire de Psychologie et Neurocognition (CNRS UMR 5105), Universitè Pierre Mendes, Grenoble, France.
• 2007. Borghi, A.M. Does experimental psychology require embodied models? or Why embodied models are badly needed in cognitive psychology. Invited talk within the 2 days workshop From observations and experiments to modeling styles, Institute of Science and Technologies of Cognition, Rome, October 11-12, 2007.
• 2007. Borghi, A.M., Riggio, L. Sentence comprehension and affordances.Trieste, the XV Kanizsa Lecture & Trieste Symposium on Perception and Cognition. November 22-23. See also Coackroaches to culture: current controversies in cognition, November 24-25, Trieste (poster by Claudia Scorolli).
• 2008. Borghi, A.M. Cognizione embodied e simulazione motoria: Studi sul linguaggio.Tavola rotonda:IMMAGINI DELLE STRUTTURE, IMMAGINI DELLE FUNZIONI? NEUROSCIENZE TEORICHE E APPLICATE. June 5-6, Noto, CODISCO (see website)
• 2008. Borghi, A.M. Visuomotor priming and compatibility effects. Cognitive Neuroscience Conference (see website). School of Psychology, Birmingham. June 26-27.
• 2008. Rome, September 16-17. Tavola quadrata su: Scienze cognitive, neuroscienze, e ISTC. Partecipano: Salvatore Aglioti, Anna Borghi, Patrizio Pasqualetti, Giuseppe Vallar, Pierluigi Zoccolotti.
• 2008. Rome, September 22-24. iTALK (Integration and Transfer of Action and Language Knowledge) Roadmap Meeting Workshop. (program: pdf)
• 2009. Lille, France, January 28-31. Motor representation and language of space. European Science Foundation. Organizers: Angela Bartolo, Yann Coello.
• 2009. Ancona, May 23. Allenare il cervello. Il contributi delle recenti scoperte delle neuroscienze per l'apprendimento motorio-sportivo. CONI.
• 2009. Reggio Emilia, May 25. Perspectives on Embodied and grounded cognition. Giornata su Danza, neuroscienze, transmedialità. (program: pdf)
• 2009. Atlanta, Georgia, USA, September 28-30. Neural correlates of object recognition and action. Title: Sensorimotor transformations: implications for objects and affordances.
• 2009. Philadelphia, PA, October 1. Talk at the University of Pennsylvania, NCRRN. 3400 Spruce Street, 3 West Gates Bldg, Neurology Conference Room. Tittle: Seeing hands, seeing objects, seeing words.
• 2010. Plymouth, UK, January 13. Talk at the University of Plymouth. Title: Acting with objects, interacting with others.
• 2010. Zurich, CogSys, January 27. Talk at the Cognitive Systems Conference. Title: Stable and variable affordances. A contribution of the ROSSI project.
• 2010. Nijmegen. Discussant,Workshop The Embodied Mind: Perspectives and Limitations. Radboud University Nijmegen, October 27-28, 2010.
• 2010. Nijmegen. Talk at Donders Institute, Spinozageboud: Affordances, automaticity and embodied cognition. November, 2, 2010.
• 2010. Milano, talk at University of Milano, Department of Philosophy (seminars organized by C.Sinigaglia). Mani, oggetti e parole. December 17, 2010.
• 2011. Cremona, workshop: Che cos'e' un soggetto, Ontologie della soggettività tra comune e singolare (talks: Anna Borghi, Massimo De Carolis, Vittorio Gallese, Paolo Virno). Organized by singolarecomune, February 19, 2011.
• 2011. Wien. Talk: Embodied cognition and language comprehension: Motor chains and social aspects. within the Workshop The mirror neuron system and embodiment: Implications for Psychotic Disorders. Other speakers: Ferdinand Binkofski, Giovanni Buccino, Anna Borghi, Tilo Kircher. 19th European Congress of Psychiatry – EPA 2011. March 12-15, 2011.
• 2011. Montreal. Talk Comprehending words, comprehending actions within the Symposium Embodied Language Processes: From Words to Stories (speakers: 1. Learning Words and Actions in an Embodied System Erin R. Hahn, Lisa Gershkoff-Stowe, 2. Basic Emotions and Early-Learned English Verbs Josita Maouene, 3. Comprehending Words, Comprehending Actions Anna M. Borghi, 4. Preschoolers Simulate a Character's Movements During Story Comprehension Agnieszka M. Polanowski Fecica, Daniela O'Neill). 2011 Society for Research in Child Development SRCD Biennial Meeting, Montreal, Canada, April 1, 2011.
• 2011. Aachen, April 7. Invited talk: Words, affordances, actions. Colloquium on Disorders of Communication and Cognition, Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen.
• 2011. Aachen, April 8-9,2011. Invited talk Affordances, tools, and words as tools at the symposium Exbodied mind. Motion on communication and cognition research, RWTH Aachen University. pdf of the program.
• 2011. Cefalù, Sicily, April 19. Invited talk at the international workshop on Vision, Action and Language Embodiment. pdf of the program

• 110. Scorolli, C., Daprati, E., Nico, D., Borghi, A.M. (2011). Comprensione del linguaggio e rappresentazione dello spazio: le parole come strumenti. Xvii Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, Catania, September 14-16, 2011.
• 109. Flumini, A., Ranzini, M., Borghi, A.M. (2011). Nomine sunt consequentia rerum: corrispondenze suono-forma nella denominazione di oggetti conosciuti. Xvii Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, Catania, September 14-16, 2011.
• 108. Anelli, F., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R. (2011). Dinamiche del pericolo e affordances. Xvii Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, Catania, September 14-16, 2011.
• 107. Obertis, A.C., Lugli, L., Borghi, A.M. (2011). Dare è femmina, colpire è maschio. Xvii Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, Catania, September 14-16, 2011.
• 106. Ranzini, M., Anelli, F., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R. (2011). Fuggire dal dolore? Uno studio sulla percezione di oggetti Pericolosi. Xvii Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, Catania, September 14-16, 2011.
• 105. Scorolli, C., Jacquet, P.O., Binkofski, F., Nicoletti, R., Tessari, A. & Borghi, A.M. (2011). Does catching an object differ from catching a flower? Embodied and Situated Language Processing 2011(ESLP 2011), Bielefeld University, August 25-27 2011.
• 104. Natraj N., Poole V.N., MizelleJ.C., Flumini A., Borghi A.M. & Wheaton L. (2011). Context and Hand posture Modulate the Neural Dynamics of Tool-Object Perception. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2-5 2011.
• 103. Caligiore, D., Borghi, A.M., Parisi, D., Ellis, R., Cangelosi, A. & Baldassarre, G. (2011). COSYNE 2011. Affordances of distractors and compatibility effects: a study with the computational model TRoPICALS.
• 102. Scorolli, C., Da Prati, E., Nico, D., Borghi, A.M. (2011). Language comprehension and space representation: words as tools. BCCD11 Budapest Conference on Cognitive Development, January 14-16, 2011.
• 101. Costantini, M., Ambrosini, E., Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M.(2010). When objects are close to you: object manipulation and use in the peripersoal space.Poster presented at the Workshop The Embodied Mind: Perspectives and Limitations. Radboud University Nijmegen, October 27-28, 2010
• 100. Ranzini, M., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R.(2010). Effects of motor simulation and motor resonance in a line bisection task..Poster presented at the Workshop The Embodied Mind: Perspectives and Limitations. Radboud University Nijmegen, October 27-28, 2010.
• 99. Flumini, A., Natraj, N., Wheaton, L., Borghi, A.M. (2010). Una mano, due oggetti: Emergere delle affordances nei contesti. Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP), XVII Congresso sez. Psicologia Sperimentale, Bologna, September 2-3, 2010.
• 98. Anelli, M., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R. (2010). Grasping the pain. La simulazione motoria con affordance pericolose. Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP), XVII Congresso sez. Psicologia Sperimentale, Bologna, September 2-3, 2010.
• 97. Marino, B., Borghi, A.M., Buccino, G., Riggio, L. (2010). Lo scopo dell’interazione di un organismo con un oggetto seleziona le affordances. Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP), XVII Congresso sez. Psicologia Sperimentale, Bologna, September 2-3, 2010.
• 96. Nicoletti, R., Lugli, L., Pellicano, A., Borghi, A.M. (2010). L'effetto affordance in compiti go-nogo e sociali. Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP), XVII Congresso sez. Psicologia Sperimentale, Bologna, September 2-3, 2010.
• 95. Scorolli, C., Jacquet, P., Binkofski, F., Nicoletti, R., Tessari, A., Borghi, A.M. (2010). La corteccia motoria primaria nell’elaborazione di frasi concrete e astratte. Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP), XVII Congresso sez. Psicologia Sperimentale, Bologna, September 2-3, 2010.
• 94.Anelli, M., Borghi, A.M., Scorolli, C., Tessari, A. (2010). Verbi e oggetti relati all’azione: Elaborazione linguistica o motoria?Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP), XVII Congresso sez. Psicologia Sperimentale, Bologna, September 2-3, 2010.
• 93. Ranzini, M., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R. (2010). Possibili effetti di risonanza motoria in un compito di bisezione. Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP), XVII Congresso sez. Psicologia Sperimentale, Bologna, September 2-3, 2010.
• 92.Costantini, M., Ambrosini, E., Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M. (2010). Quando l’oggetto è vicino: Manipolazione e uso di oggetti nello spazio peri-personale. Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (AIP), XVII Congresso sez. Psicologia Sperimentale, Bologna, September 2-3, 2010.
• 91.Scorolli, C., Jacquet, P., Binkofski, F., Nicoletti, R., Tessari, A., & Borghi, A.M. (2010). The role of primary motor cortex in concrete and abstract sentences comprehension. 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Melbourne, Australia, July 11-16.
• 90. Lugli, L., Gianelli, C., Baroni, G., Borghi, A.M., & Nicoletti, R.(2010).Interacting with different objects and agents: A behavioral and kinematics study. 3rd UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, University of Hertforshire, 6-8 July 2010.
• 89.Scorolli, C., Jacquet, P., Binkofski, F., Nicoletti, R., Tessari, A., & Borghi, A.M. (2010). Processing abstract and concrete sentences: A role of primary motor cortex? Fourth Annual Rovereto workshop on Concepts Actions and Objects, Functional and Neural perspective: CAOS. Rovereto, May 20-23, 2010.
• 88. Borghi, A.M. Overview of cognitive robotics networks in Europe. Talk within the symposium Embodied Robotics: from Affordances to Action. organized by Martin Fischer, Anna Borghi (see below). 1rst Joint Conference of the EPS and SEPEX, 15-17 April, 2010, Granada.
• 87. Setti, A., Burke, K.E., Liuzza, M.T., Borghi, A.M., Newell, F.N. (2010). Visuo-motor resonance in older adults. EPS Workshop on body representation. London, March 29-30, 2010.
• 86. Borghi, A.M., Cimatti, F.(2010). Abstract words and social development (poster). EPS workshop The representation of abstract concepts. London, UCL, January 8-9.
• 85. Scorolli, C., Binkofski, F., Buccino, G., Nicoletti, R., Riggio, L., Borghi, A.M. (2010). Abstract and concrete sentences, embodiment and languages. EPS workshop The representation of abstract concepts. London, UCL, January 8-9.
• 84. Ferri, F., Stoianov, I., Gianelli, C., D'Amico, L., Borghi, A.M., Gallese, V. (2009). Quando le emozioni e l’azione si incontrano: uno studio di cinematica del comportamento di “dar da mangiare” all’altro. Bologna, Società Italiana di Neuropsicologia, SINP, November 27-28, 2009.
• 83. Anelli, M., Nicoletti, R., Borghi, A.M. Categorizzazione e azione: Risposte motorie a oggetti duri e teneri. XV Congresso AIP sez. Sperimentale. Chieti, September 24-26.
• 82. Pezzulo, G., Borghi, A.M., Lamberti-Bocconi A., Barca, L. Simulazione ed effetto sui chunks motori: Uno studio su scalatori esperti e non esperti. XV Congresso AIP sez. Sperimentale. Chieti, September 24-26.
• 81. Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M., Binkofski, F., Buccino, G., Nicoletti, R., Riggio, L. (2009). Embodiment e linguaggio: Uno studio su frasi astratte e concrete. XV Congresso AIP sez. Sperimentale. Chieti, September 24-26.
• 80. Gianelli, C., Baroni, G., Lugli, L., Borghi, AM., Nicoletti, R. (2009). Tra me e te: parole e oggetti in interazione. XV Congresso AIP sez. Sperimentale. Chieti, September 24-26.
• 79. Gaudiello, I., Caligiore, D., Schiavone, G., Salerno, A., Sergi, F., Zollo, L., Guglielminelli, E., Parisi, D., Baldassarre, G., Nicoletti, R., Borghi, A. (2009). Effects on space representation of using a tool and a button. Cognitive Processing. Special Issue ICSC, 2009, (pp. 153-154). Springer.
• 78. Colzato, L., Scorolli, C., van den Wildenberg, W., Borghi, A.M., Hommel, B. (2009). Losing the big picture: How religion may control visual attention. ESCOP conference, Kracow, September 2-5, 2009.
• 77. Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti. Embodiment and language: Cross-linguistic evidence on abstract and concrete sentences. ESCOP conference, Kracow, September 2-5, 2009.
• 76. Baroni, G., Lugli, L., Gianelli, C., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R. (2009). Self, others and objects: How they interact and modulate the motor system. ESCOP conference, Kracow, September 2-5, 2009.
• 75. Pellicano, A., Iani, C., Rubichi, S., Ricciardelli, P., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R. Real life motor training modifies motor performance: The advantage of being drummers. ESCOP conference, Kracow, September 2-5, 2009.
• 74. Burke, K., Setti, A., Liuzza, M.T., Borghi, A.M., Newell, F.N. (2009). Visuo-motor resonance in older adults. International Multisensory Research Forum 2009, City College New York City, June 29th- July 2nd.
• 73. Gianelli, C., Borghi, A.M.. Engagement in action: How motor chains, goals and agents are translated into language. Third annual workshop on Concepts, Actions, and Objects: Functional and Neural Perspectives, CAOS. Rovereto, April 22-25, 2009.
• 72. Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R. Abstract and concrete sentences in German and Italian.Third annual workshop on Concepts, Actions, and Objects: Functional and Neural Perspectives, CAOS. Rovereto, April 22-25, 2009.
• 71. Lugli, L., Baroni, G., Gianelli, C., Borghi, A.M., Nicoletti, R. Good things to me but not bad ones to others. Workshop: Enacting intersubjectivity. Paying the way for a dialogue between cognitive science, social cognition, and neuroscience. Lugano, February 13-14, 2009.
• 70. Gianelli, C., Borghi, A.M. Il linguaggio dell'azione: Catene motorie e simulazione. AIP, XIV Congresso Annuale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sez. Sperimentale, Padova, Sept. 18-20.
• 69. Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M., Glenberg, A.M. Le parole hanno un peso. AIP, XIV Congresso Annuale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sez. Sperimentale, Padova, Sept. 18-20.
• 68. Lugli L., Baroni G., Gianelli C., Borghi A. M., Nicoletti R. Linguaggio e azione: Il ruolo della social politeness. AIP, XIV Congresso Annuale Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, sez. Sperimentale, Padova, Sept. 18-20.
• 67.Caligiore, D., Borghi, A.M., Parisi, D., & Baldassarre, G. (2008). Affordances and compatibility effects: a neural-network computational model. In Mayor Julien, Ruh Nicholas, Plunkett Kim (orgs.), The 11th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 16-18 July 2008 University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
• 66.Baroni, G., Freina, L., Pellicano, A., Borghi, A.M., Rumiati, R., Nicoletti, R. (2008). How do we React to Gain- and Loss-Words? An Experimental Study on Economic Concepts. Bari, Giornata di Studio su Emozioni e Decisioni, May 22-23, 2008.
• 65. Kalenine, S., Bonthoux, F., Borghi, A.M. (2008). Concepts, Actions and Objects. Rovereto, April 24-27, 2008.
• 64. Scorolli, C., Borghi, A.M., Glenberg, A. (2007). Effects of language on bimanual objects lifting. (poster). Roma, 28-29 novembre. Quarto convegno dell'Associazione Italiana di Scienze Cognitive AISC,
• 63. Baroni, G., Freina, L. Borghi, A., Nicoletti, R. (2007). Come reagisco se leggo "ragno"? E "torta" Un'indagine sui movimenti di attrazione e repulsione. (poster). Roma, 28-29 novembre. Quarto convegno dell'Associazione Italiana di Scienze Cognitive AISC,
• 62. Borghi, A., Riggio, L. (2007). Affordances “stabili” e “temporanee” nella comprensione del linguaggio. Como, AIP, September 17-19.
• 61. Setti, A., Borghi, A., Tessari, A. (2007). L'informazione sull'azione e il movimento in concetti di animati e inanimati. Como, AIP, September 17-19.
• 60. Scorolli, C., Glenberg, A., Borghi, A., Setti, A. (2007).Effetti del linguaggio sulla percezione e sulla valutazione del peso. Como, AIP, September 17-19.
• 59. Bazzarin. V., Freina, L., Borghi, A., Nicoletti, R. (2007). Gabbiani rossi volano nel bianco tramonto... C’è qualcosa che non va?. Como, AIP, September 17-19.
• 58. Setti, A., Borghi, A., Tessari, A. (2007). Motion and action in animate and inanimate objects. ESCOP conference, Marseille, 29 August-2 September.
• 57.Baroni, G., Freina, L., Borghi, A., Nicoletti, R. (2007).Reaction to Positive and Negative Words: Attraction or Repulsion? ESCOP conference, Marseille, 29 August-2 September.
• 56. Scorolli C., Borghi, A. Comprehension of Sentences Implying Actions: Relevance of the Effector and of the Goal. ESCOP conference, Marseille, 29 August-2 September.
• 55. Borghi, A., Bazzarin, V., Tessari, A., Nicoletti, R. (2007). Is a Large Nut Like An Apple? Studies with Real and Modified Sized Objects. ESCOP conference, Marseille, 29 August-2 September. .
• 54. Freina, L., Baroni, G., Borghi, A., Nicoletti, R. (2007). emotive concept-nouns and motor responses: Attraction or repulsion? Rovereto: CAOS: Concepts, action and objects: Functional and neural perspectives, 19-22 April 2007.
• 53. Freina, L., Baroni, G., Borghi, A., Nicoletti, R. (2007). emotive concept-nouns and motor responses: Attraction or repulsion? Rovereto: CAOS: Concepts, action and objects: Functional and neural perspectives, 19-22 April 2007.
• 52. Scorolli, C., Glenberg, A., Borghi, A., Setti, A. (2007). Language comprehension influences perception. Rovereto: CAOS: Concepts, action and objects: Functional and neural perspectives, 19-22 April 2007.
• 51. Borghi, A., Bazzarin, V., Tessari, A., Nicoletti, R. (2007). Do we grasp a small hammer like a hammer or like a nail? A study with real and modified sized objects. Rovereto: CAOS: Concepts, action and objects: Functional and neural perspectives, 19-22 April 2007.
• 50. Setti, A., Borghi, A., Tessari, A. (2007). Motion and action in animate and inanimate objects.Rovereto: CAOS: Concepts, action and objects: Functional and neural perspectives, 19-22 April 2007.
• 49. Scorolli, C. Borghi, A. (2006). Comprensione di frasi che implicano azioni: rilevanza dell'effettore e dello scopo. Genova, III convegno nazionale di scienze cognitive, October 26-27 2006.
• 48. Borghi, A. (2006). Affordances e categorizzazione: tra esperimenti e simulazioni connessioniste. Genova, III convegno nazionale di scienze cognitive, October 26-27 2006.
• 47. Bazzarin, V., Freina, L., Borghi, A., Nicoletti, R. (2006). La neve è sempre bianca, il sangue sempre rosso? E la simpatia com'è? Una ricerca su concetti e effetto Stroop. Genova, III convegno nazionale di scienze cognitive, October 26-27 2006.
• 46. A. Borghi (2006). Oggetti, affordances e categorizzazione. Simposio Affordances: tra percezione e azione. AIP, Sez. di Psicologia Sperimentale, Rovereto, September 13-15 2006.
• 45. A. Borghi, C. Bonfiglioli, P. Ricciardelli, S. Rubichi, R. Nicoletti. (2006) Categorizzazione e manipolabilità. AIP, Sez. di Psicologia Sperimentale, Rovereto, September 13-15 2006.
• 44. Borghi, A., Di Ferdinando A., Tsiotas G., Parisi, D.(2006). Compatibilità visuomotoria: Uno studio di Vita Artificiale. III WORKSHOP ITALIANO DI VITA ARTIFICIALE. Wiva3. Siena, September 12-15 2006.
• 43. C. Scorolli, A. Borghi. (2006) Comprensione di frasi e sistema motorio. Modulazioni in funzione dell'effettore. AIP, Sez. di Psicologia Sperimentale, Rovereto, September 13-15 2006.
• 42. V. Bazzarin, A. Borghi, R. Nicoletti, A. Tessari. (2006) Affordances: Via diretta o via semantica? Uno studio con oggetti con dimensioni modificate. AIP, Sez. di Psicologia Sperimentale, Rovereto, September 13-15 2006.
• 41. R. Lorenzetti, A. Borghi, R. Nicoletti, S. Stame (2006). Effetti dell’arousal empatico sul focus attentivo e sul ricordo in narrazioni autobiografiche. AIP, Sez. di Psicologia Sperimentale, Rovereto, September 13-15 2006.
• 40.Borghi, A., Riggio, L., Oggianu, L. (2006). Objects and affordances: Language and Simulation. Fifth Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference, ASIC, Åndalsnes, Norway
• 39. Lorenzetti, R., Stame, S., Borghi, A. & Nicoletti, R. (2006).In and out of focus. Attention and empathy in autobiographical memory. Toward a science of consciousness 2006, April 4-8, Tucson, Arizona.
• 38. Trentin, G., & Borghi, A. (2006). Esperti e non esperti nell’interazione con l’hardware: il ruolo delle “affordances”. VII Congresso Nazionale SIE, Società italiana di ergonomia, L'ergonomia tra innovazione e progetto, Sistemi di lavoro e stili di vita. Milano, 9-10 February 2006.
• 37. Borghi, A., Bonfiglioli, C., Lugli, L., Ricciardelli, P., Rubichi, S., Nicoletti, R. (2005). Vedere prima una mano e poi un oggetto: Attiviamo informazioni sull’interazione con gli oggetti? AIP – Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, Cagliari, 17-20 September 2005.
• 36. Scorolli, C., Borghi, A. (2005). Comprensione di frasi e sistema motorio: Effetti di interferenza specifici per effettore. AIP – Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, Cagliari, 17-20 September 2005.
• 35. Bruzzo, A., Borghi, A., Ghirlanda, S. (2005). Dare un senso alle azioni: Effetti di prospettiva. AIP – Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, Cagliari, 17-20 September 2005.
• 34. Borghi, A., Bonfiglioli, C., Lugli, L., Ricciardelli, P., Rubichi, S., Nicoletti, R. (2005). Visual hand primes and manipulable objects. XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Stresa, July 21-23, 2005.
• 33. Tsiotas, G., Borghi, A., Parisi, D. (2005).Objects and affordances: An Artificial Life simulations. Poster presented at the XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Stresa, July 21-23, 2005.
• 32. Borghi, A. (2005). Object concepts and action. Summer School Neural network models of perception, action and embodied knowledge, Bologna, July 12-19, 2005.
• 31. Borghi, A. (2005). Object concept nouns and motor information. Amsterdam, July 6-9, 2005. Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, Symposium Perception and Action in Language Processing, Organizers: Rolf Zwaan, Katja Wiermer-Hastings.
• 30. Tsiotas, G., Borghi, A.M., Parisi, D. (2005). Tipi di prensione ed effetti di compatibilita’: Una simulazione connessionista. Roma, ISTC-CNR, 3-5 March 2005.
• 29. Borghi, A.M. (2004). Concetti di oggetti e informazione motoria. AIP – Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale,Sciacca, 18-20 September 2004.
• 28. Lugli, L., Borghi, A.M., Bonfiglioli, C., Ricciarelli, P., Rubichi, S. & Nicoletti, R. (2004). Pre-stimoli visivi e informazione motoria sugli oggetti. AIP – Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale,Sciacca, 18-20 September 2004.
• 27. Borghi, A.M., Bonfiglioli, C., Ricciardelli, P., Rubichi, S. & Nicoletti, R. (2004). Do we access objects manipulability while we categorize? ILCC 2004, International Language and Cognition Conference. Pacific Bay Resort, Coffs Harbour, Australia, 10-12 September 2004.
• 26. Borghi, A.M. (2004). Do object concepts incorporate motor information? 21th Annual Workshop of the European Society for the Study of Cognitive Systems. Genova, 4/6 July 2004.
• 25. Borghi, A.M. (2004). Concepts and affordances. Third Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference (ASIC). Cavalese, Italy. June 27th – July 2nd, 2004.
• 24. Borghi, A.M. (2004) The body’s contribution to object concepts: Why sensorimotor and cognitive processes cannot be separated. International Colloquium Conceptual structures and categorical perception. The emergence of order in human cognition. Rome, 28-29 May 2004.
• 23. Borghi, A.M., Di Ferdinando, A. & Parisi, D. (2004). Oggetti e affordances: Uno studio connessionista. In Atti del II Convegno Nazionale dell’Associazione Italiana di Scienze Cognitive (AISC). (pp. 184-186). Ivrea: Interaction Design Institute. Ivrea, 18/20 March 2004.
• 22. Setti, A., Caramelli, N. & Borghi, A.M. (2004). Information about size in concepts of different ontological kinds. Trends in European Cognitive Psychology. Neaples, 19 March 2004.
• 21. Acerra, F., Di Ferdinando, A., Borghi, A.M. & Parisi, D. (2003). Computational models of sensorimotor processes (talk within the Symposium Action Simulation, Organizers G. Knoblich & J.Proust). In F. Schmalhofer, R.M. Young & F. Katz, Proceedings of the  Meeting of the European Society of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück 2003 (pp.34). London: Erlbaum.
• 20. Setti, A. & Borghi, A.M. (2003). Information about motion in concepts of different ontological kinds In F. Schmalhofer, R.M. Young & F. Katz, Proceedings of the  Meeting of the European Society of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück 2003 (pp.438). London: Erlbaum.
• 19. Di Ferdinando, A., Borghi, A.M. & Parisi, D. (2003). Categorizzazione e azione: uno studio con simulazioni di Vita Artificiale. Abstracts del I Workshop Italiano di Vita Artificiale, Cosenza, September 2003.
• 18. Borghi, A.M., Glenberg, A.M. & Kaschak, M. (2003). Concepts and action. Proceedings of the European Workshop of Imagery and Cognition, 9^th EWIC 2003, Pavia, 25-27 aprile 2003, p.82.
• 17. Iachini, T., & Borghi, A.M. (2003). Conceptualization and sensorimotor interaction with objects. Proceedings of the European Workshop of Imagery and Cognition, 9^th EWIC 2003, Pavia, 25-27 aprile 2003, p.83.
• 16. Borghi, A.M. (2002). Concetti e azione: il ruolo delle parti come guide per agire. Pdf. Università degli studi di Trento, Book of Abstracts, Convegno Nazionale della Società di Scienze Cognitive, Rovereto (Trento), 20 e 21 settembre 2002, pp. 20-22. Papers
• 15. Borghi, A.M., Parisi, D. & Di Ferdinando, A. (2002). Livelli gerarchici e azione: uno studio connessionista. In P. Garotti (ed.), AIP – Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, Riassunti delle comunicazioni, Bellaria-Rimini, 16-18 settembre 2002, edizioni Nautilus: Bologna, pp. 70-72.
• 14. Borghi, A.M. & Barsalou, L.W. (2002). Prospettive nella concettualizzazione. In P. Garotti (ed.), AIP – Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia Sperimentale, Riassunti delle comunicazioni, Bellaria-Rimini, 16-18 settembre 2002, edizioni Nautilus: Bologna, pp. 94-96.
• 13. Borghi, A.M. (2002). Categorization and action. First Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conferencen, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. Tuesday, July 30 - Monday, August 5, 2002.
• 12. Borghi, A.M. & Barsalou, L.W. (2001). Perspective in the conceptualization of categories. Abstracts, Psychonomic Society, Orlando, USA.
• 11. Borghi, A.M. & Caramelli, N. (2001b). Perceptual components in concepts. In Eight European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition – EWIC 2001. Volume of Abstracts. Palais du Grandd Large. Saint-Malo, France. 1-3 April 2001. pp. 34.
• 10. Borghi, A. & Caramelli, N. (2001c). Which fruit is a fruit? Twelfth Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2001.
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• Journal Neuropsychologia, n. 48, 2010. Special issue The sense of body: A multidisciplinary approach to body representation. Alessia Tessari, Andrea Serino, Manos Tsakiris, Anna Borghi.
• Journal Sistemi Intelligenti (in press). Anna M. Borghi, Fausto Caruana: special issue on Social cognition.
• Journal Cognitive Semiotics (in preparation). Special issue on Embodiment and intersubjectivity. Paolo Demuru, Riccardo Fusaroli, Anna Borghi .
• Journal Frontiers in Cognition (in preparation). Anna Borghi, Diane Pecher: special issue on Embodied and Grounded Cognition.
• Journal Topics in Cognitive Science (in preparation). Angelo Cangelosi, Anna M. Borghi, special topic on Language-Action integration.