Maria Antonietta Pinto is a past professor at "Sapienza" University of Rome, where she taught Educational Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Psycholinguistics. Her research areas include metalinguistic development and metalinguistic tests from preschool to adult age, bilingualism, cognitive development, and figurative language in typical and atypical development. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Rivista di Psicolinguistica Applicata/Journal of Applied Psycholinguistics.