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Journal article
Published: 28 August 2021 in Sustainability
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Improving pedestrian safety at urban intersections requires intelligent systems that should not only understand the actual vehicle–pedestrian (V2P) interaction state but also proactively anticipate the event’s future severity pattern. This paper presents a Gated Recurrent Unit-based system that aims to predict, up to 3 s ahead in time, the severity level of V2P encounters, depending on the current scene representation drawn from on-board radars’ data. A car-driving simulator experiment has been designed to collect sequential mobility features on a cohort of 65 licensed university students who faced different V2P conflicts on a planned urban route. To accurately describe the pedestrian safety condition during the encounter process, a combination of surrogate safety indicators, namely TAdv (Time Advantage) and T2 (Nearness of the Encroachment), are considered for modeling. Due to the nature of these indicators, multiple recurrent neural networks are trained to separately predict T2 continuous values and TAdv categories. Afterwards, their predictions are exploited to label serious conflict interactions. As a comparison, an additional Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) neural network is developed to directly predict the severity level of inner-city encounters. The latter neural model reaches the best performance on the test set, scoring a recall value of 0.899. Based on selected threshold values, the presented models can be used to label pedestrians near accident events and to enhance existing intelligent driving systems.

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Matteo Miani; Matteo Dunnhofer; Christian Micheloni; Andrea Marini; Nicola Baldo. Surrogate Safety Measures Prediction at Multiple Timescales in V2P Conflicts Based on Gated Recurrent Unit. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9681 .

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Matteo Miani, Matteo Dunnhofer, Christian Micheloni, Andrea Marini, Nicola Baldo. Surrogate Safety Measures Prediction at Multiple Timescales in V2P Conflicts Based on Gated Recurrent Unit. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (17):9681.

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Matteo Miani; Matteo Dunnhofer; Christian Micheloni; Andrea Marini; Nicola Baldo. 2021. "Surrogate Safety Measures Prediction at Multiple Timescales in V2P Conflicts Based on Gated Recurrent Unit." Sustainability 13, no. 17: 9681.

Systematic review
Published: 17 May 2021 in Brain Sciences
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Background. Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is frequent in childhood and may have long-term sequelae. By employing an evidence-based approach, this scoping review aims at identifying (a) early predictors of DLD; (b) the optimal age range for the use of screening and diagnostic tools; (c) effective diagnostic tools in preschool children. Methods. We considered systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and primary observational studies with control groups on predictive, sensitivity and specificity values of screening and diagnostic tools and psycholinguistic measures for the assessment of DLD in preschool children. We identified 37 studies, consisting of 10 systematic reviews and 27 primary studies. Results. Delay in gesture production, receptive and/or expressive vocabulary, syntactic comprehension, or word combination up to 30 months emerged as early predictors of DLD, a family history of DLD appeared to be a major risk factor, and low socioeconomic status and environmental input were reported as risk factors with lower predictive power. Optimal time for screening is suggested between age 2 and 3, for diagnosis around age 4. Because of the high variability of sensitivity and specificity values, joint use of standardized and psycholinguistic measures is suggested to increase diagnostic accuracy. Conclusions. Monitoring risk situations and employing caregivers’ reports, clinical assessment and multiple linguistic measures are fundamental for an early identification of DLD and timely interventions.

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Alessandra Sansavini; Maria Favilla; Maria Guasti; Andrea Marini; Stefania Millepiedi; Maria Di Martino; Simona Vecchi; Nadia Battajon; Laura Bertolo; Olga Capirci; Barbara Carretti; Maria Colatei; Cristina Frioni; Luigi Marotta; Sara Massa; Letizia Michelazzo; Chiara Pecini; Silvia Piazzalunga; Manuela Pieretti; Pasquale Rinaldi; Renata Salvadorini; Cristiano Termine; Mariagrazia Zuccarini; Simonetta D’Amico; Anna De Cagno; Maria Levorato; Tiziana Rossetto; Maria Lorusso. Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review. Brain Sciences 2021, 11, 654 .

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Alessandra Sansavini, Maria Favilla, Maria Guasti, Andrea Marini, Stefania Millepiedi, Maria Di Martino, Simona Vecchi, Nadia Battajon, Laura Bertolo, Olga Capirci, Barbara Carretti, Maria Colatei, Cristina Frioni, Luigi Marotta, Sara Massa, Letizia Michelazzo, Chiara Pecini, Silvia Piazzalunga, Manuela Pieretti, Pasquale Rinaldi, Renata Salvadorini, Cristiano Termine, Mariagrazia Zuccarini, Simonetta D’Amico, Anna De Cagno, Maria Levorato, Tiziana Rossetto, Maria Lorusso. Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review. Brain Sciences. 2021; 11 (5):654.

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Alessandra Sansavini; Maria Favilla; Maria Guasti; Andrea Marini; Stefania Millepiedi; Maria Di Martino; Simona Vecchi; Nadia Battajon; Laura Bertolo; Olga Capirci; Barbara Carretti; Maria Colatei; Cristina Frioni; Luigi Marotta; Sara Massa; Letizia Michelazzo; Chiara Pecini; Silvia Piazzalunga; Manuela Pieretti; Pasquale Rinaldi; Renata Salvadorini; Cristiano Termine; Mariagrazia Zuccarini; Simonetta D’Amico; Anna De Cagno; Maria Levorato; Tiziana Rossetto; Maria Lorusso. 2021. "Developmental Language Disorder: Early Predictors, Age for the Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Tools. A Scoping Review." Brain Sciences 11, no. 5: 654.

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Published: 01 October 2020 in Behavioral Sciences
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In this study, a cohort of 78 university students performed a driving experience in a virtual urban scenario, by means of a car driving simulator, to examine effects of a planned hands-free mobile phone conversation on young drivers’ braking behaviors. To this aim, a control group was left free to drive without any imposed cognitive task. An experimental group faced the same scenario while engaged in a phone call. The conversation via earphones was arranged to diminish the amount of cognitive resources allocated to the driving task. For both groups, the analyses focused on the moment at which a child entered a pedestrian crossing from a sidewalk. The results of a mixed two-way ANOVA showed the presence of a significant difference for distracted and non-distracted drivers with the absence of gender-related differences across the two groups. Distracted participants assumed lower initial speeds, took the first action to stop at shorter distances from the zebra crossing, and had more difficulty in keeping speed variations under control. These findings suggest that the distraction induced by the use of earphones may induce risk compensation behaviors and delay pedestrian perception. Moreover, the effects on the participants' braking behavior suggest that the procedure adopted to increase cognitive load, based on a story retelling, is an effective method to analyze the impact of hands-free cellphone use on driving skills in a car simulation experiment.

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Nicola Baldo; Andrea Marini; Matteo Miani. Drivers’ Braking Behavior Affected by Cognitive Distractions: An Experimental Investigation with a Virtual Car Simulator. Behavioral Sciences 2020, 10, 150 .

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Nicola Baldo, Andrea Marini, Matteo Miani. Drivers’ Braking Behavior Affected by Cognitive Distractions: An Experimental Investigation with a Virtual Car Simulator. Behavioral Sciences. 2020; 10 (10):150.

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Nicola Baldo; Andrea Marini; Matteo Miani. 2020. "Drivers’ Braking Behavior Affected by Cognitive Distractions: An Experimental Investigation with a Virtual Car Simulator." Behavioral Sciences 10, no. 10: 150.

Articles
Published: 16 June 2020 in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
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Nadja Ruhl; Darya Polkina; Elena Gorobets; Martina Ozbič; Andrea Marini. A characterization of language development in heritage speakers. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 2020, 1 -17.

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Nadja Ruhl, Darya Polkina, Elena Gorobets, Martina Ozbič, Andrea Marini. A characterization of language development in heritage speakers. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 2020; ():1-17.

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Nadja Ruhl; Darya Polkina; Elena Gorobets; Martina Ozbič; Andrea Marini. 2020. "A characterization of language development in heritage speakers." International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism , no. : 1-17.

Original research article
Published: 05 May 2020 in Frontiers in Psychology
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The current investigation assessed linguistic and narrative abilities in a cohort of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The linguistic assessment was performed with both traditional tests and a multilevel procedure for discourse analysis. The results showed difficulties at different stages of message planning, organization, and microlinguistic processing (i.e., lexical selection and grammatical processing). Their macrolinguistic impairments were likely related to more general difficulties in the prelinguistic conceptual phase of message planning and mental model generation. Such weaknesses included a difficulty in the non-verbal conceptualization of the story and the generation of an internal representation of the addressee’s mental model.

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Andrea Marini; Martina Ozbič; Rita Magni; Giovanni Valeri. Toward a Definition of the Linguistic Profile of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in Psychology 2020, 11, 1 .

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Andrea Marini, Martina Ozbič, Rita Magni, Giovanni Valeri. Toward a Definition of the Linguistic Profile of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020; 11 ():1.

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Andrea Marini; Martina Ozbič; Rita Magni; Giovanni Valeri. 2020. "Toward a Definition of the Linguistic Profile of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder." Frontiers in Psychology 11, no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 09 March 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Backgrounds: The relationship between linguistic difficulties and cognitive impairments in children with developmental language disorders (DLDs) is receiving growing interest in international research. Executive functions (EF) appear to be weak in these children. The current investigation aims at exploring the relationship between difficulties in two components of EF (i.e., updating and inhibition) and the linguistic and narrative skills of 16 DLD preschoolers matched with 24 typically developing peers. Methods: Updating skills were tested by administering the forward and backward digit recall subtests of the Wechsler Scales, while children’s inhibition abilities were assessed by completion of Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment (NEPSY-II) inhibition tasks. Information on the linguistic skills of the participants was collected through a set of subtests included in the Batteria per la Valutazione del Linguaggio in bambini dai 4 ai 12 anni (Batteria per la Valutazione del Linguaggio; BVL_4-12), assessing articulatory and phonological discrimination skills, lexical production/comprehension, grammatical production/comprehension, and narrative production skills. Results: Findings revealed that DLD children performed significantly lower than their peers on both updating and inhibitory tasks. Linguistic difficulties were found in the DLD group on articulatory/phonological skills, grammatical production/comprehension, and lexical informativeness on narrative production. Measures of EF correlated with linguistic and narrative measures. Conclusion: The current study confirms a significant association between DLD’s performances on EF and displayed linguistic skills, suggesting the need to include the assessment of executive functions to target early intervention rehabilitation programs for children with DLDs.

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Andrea Marini; Barbara Piccolo; Livia Taverna; Moira Berginc; Martina Ozbič. The Complex Relation between Executive Functions and Language in Preschoolers with Developmental Language Disorders. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 1772 .

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Andrea Marini, Barbara Piccolo, Livia Taverna, Moira Berginc, Martina Ozbič. The Complex Relation between Executive Functions and Language in Preschoolers with Developmental Language Disorders. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (5):1772.

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Andrea Marini; Barbara Piccolo; Livia Taverna; Moira Berginc; Martina Ozbič. 2020. "The Complex Relation between Executive Functions and Language in Preschoolers with Developmental Language Disorders." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 5: 1772.

Original research article
Published: 18 June 2019 in Frontiers in Psychology
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Impairments of motor representation of actions have been reported as a core component of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Individuals with ASD have difficulties in a number of functions such as assuming anticipatory postures, imitating body movements, producing and understanding gestures, and recognizing motor intentions. Such cognitive-motor abilities are all involved in pantomime. However, the available evidence on the production and comprehension of pantomime in individuals with ASD is still inconclusive. The current investigation assessed pantomime comprehension in 40 children with high-functioning ASD and 40 children with typical development balanced for age, IQ, level of formal education, and cognitive profile. The participants were asked to watch video recordings of pantomimes representing simple transitive events enacted by actors and match them to the corresponding pictorial representations. Such pantomimes were delivered in two conditions with different levels of information content (i.e., lean or rich). The two groups of children performed similarly on these tasks. Nonetheless, children with ASD who were administered the pantomimes in the lean condition performed worse than participants who were administered the informatively richer pantomimes. The methodological implications for interpretation of previous findings and future studies are discussed.

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Ines Adornetti; Francesco Ferretti; Alessandra Chiera; Slawomir Wacewicz; Przemysław Żywiczyński; Valentina Deriu; Andrea Marini; Rita Magni; Laura Casula; Stefano Vicari; Giovanni Valeri. Do Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Understand Pantomimic Events? Frontiers in Psychology 2019, 10, 1 .

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Ines Adornetti, Francesco Ferretti, Alessandra Chiera, Slawomir Wacewicz, Przemysław Żywiczyński, Valentina Deriu, Andrea Marini, Rita Magni, Laura Casula, Stefano Vicari, Giovanni Valeri. Do Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Understand Pantomimic Events? Frontiers in Psychology. 2019; 10 ():1.

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Ines Adornetti; Francesco Ferretti; Alessandra Chiera; Slawomir Wacewicz; Przemysław Żywiczyński; Valentina Deriu; Andrea Marini; Rita Magni; Laura Casula; Stefano Vicari; Giovanni Valeri. 2019. "Do Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Understand Pantomimic Events?" Frontiers in Psychology 10, no. : 1.

Articles
Published: 23 May 2019 in Child Neuropsychology
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Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) represent one of the most common types of congenital abnormalities. More than 90% of children with critical heart defects achieve adulthood due to improvements in medical and surgical treatments. Nonetheless, survivors are at risk for neurodevelopmental disorders that may lead also to language impairments. The current study analyzed the linguistic profiles of a group of school-aged children treated surgically for CHD. Fifteen Children with CHDs (7 girls and 8 boys; mean age = 9.31 with SD = 2.10), without intellectual disability (i.e., IQ>70), who underwent cardiac surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), were administered a selection of tests from the language assessment tool BVL 4–12. Their performance was compared with that of 15 healthy children matched for age and gender. As a result, children with CHDs scored significantly lower than healthy peers on tasks tapping lexical and grammatical processing as well as the episodic buffer component of working memory. Interestingly, the two groups did not differ on tasks assessing their lexical repertoire and phonological discrimination abilities. These findings are discussed in light of current theories of cognitive development and functioning.

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Giulia Sommariva; Tiziana Zilli; Cristiano Crescentini; Andrea Marini; Chiara Pilotto; Martina Venchiarutti; Anna Jolanda Gortan; Franco Fabbro; Paola Cogo. Toward a characterization of language development in children with congenital heart disease: A pilot study. Child Neuropsychology 2019, 26, 1 -14.

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Giulia Sommariva, Tiziana Zilli, Cristiano Crescentini, Andrea Marini, Chiara Pilotto, Martina Venchiarutti, Anna Jolanda Gortan, Franco Fabbro, Paola Cogo. Toward a characterization of language development in children with congenital heart disease: A pilot study. Child Neuropsychology. 2019; 26 (1):1-14.

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Giulia Sommariva; Tiziana Zilli; Cristiano Crescentini; Andrea Marini; Chiara Pilotto; Martina Venchiarutti; Anna Jolanda Gortan; Franco Fabbro; Paola Cogo. 2019. "Toward a characterization of language development in children with congenital heart disease: A pilot study." Child Neuropsychology 26, no. 1: 1-14.

Original research article
Published: 07 March 2019 in Frontiers in Psychology
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The current pilot study compared the linguistic characteristics of a cohort of simultaneous bilingual children (Italian, L1; German L2) with developmental language disorders (DLDs) and those of bilingual peers with typical language development (TLD). Importantly, the two groups were balanced for a number of environmental variables (e.g., age of first exposure to the L2, acquisition contexts, degree of exposure to both languages) known to affect linguistic development in both TLD and DLDs. The analyses included the assessment of the participants’ phonological short-term memory. Their lexical, grammatical and narrative abilities were analyzed in both languages by administering the Italian and German equivalent forms of the Battery for the assessment of language in children aged 4 to 12 – BVL_4-12 (Marini et al., 2015). The children with DLDs had reduced phonological short-term memory and lexical skills that, in turn, contributed to the reduced levels of local coherence and informativeness of their narratives. Such difficulties were found at similar levels in their two languages. These results suggest that reduced phonological short-term memory and lexical selection skills may reflect a core symptom in both mono- and bilingual children with developmental language disorders.

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Andrea Marini; Paola Sperindè; Isabella Ruta; Christian Savegnago; Francesco Avanzini. Linguistic Skills in Bilingual Children With Developmental Language Disorders: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Psychology 2019, 10, 1 .

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Andrea Marini, Paola Sperindè, Isabella Ruta, Christian Savegnago, Francesco Avanzini. Linguistic Skills in Bilingual Children With Developmental Language Disorders: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Psychology. 2019; 10 ():1.

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Andrea Marini; Paola Sperindè; Isabella Ruta; Christian Savegnago; Francesco Avanzini. 2019. "Linguistic Skills in Bilingual Children With Developmental Language Disorders: A Pilot Study." Frontiers in Psychology 10, no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 20 February 2019 in Journal of Neurolinguistics
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Pragmatic impairment and narrative difficulties commonly affect individuals after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Rehabilitative programs may improve such impaired capacities and promote social recovery. Cognitive Pragmatic treatment (CPT) is a rehabilitative group program that encompasses different communicative skills, including sessions dedicated to the ability to structure a discourse with an adequate amount of information and relevant contents. This study aims to determine the efficacy of the CPT program in improving informative skills during narrative production. We also investigated the impact of CPT on some of the patients' cognitive abilities that might affect their communicative skills (e.g., inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility). Ten individuals with chronic TBI took part in and completed the CPT program. The participants' narrative abilities were assessed before and after the CPT program, using a picture description task. Moreover, equivalent forms of the Assessment Battery for Communication (ABaCo), and a series of neuropsychological tasks, were administered to the participants to evaluate their pragmatic skills and cognitive profile. The CPT program induced a significant improvement in pragmatic and informative skills, while no significant improvement was observed in neuropsychological tasks. Importantly, the improvement in pragmatic abilities persisted three months post-training. The study highlighted the efficacy of the CPT program in improving patients' informativeness, confirming previous reports of its effectiveness in the rehabilitation of communicative-pragmatic skills.

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Alberto Parola; Francesca M. Bosco; Ilaria Gabbatore; Valentina Galetto; Marina Zettin; Andrea Marini. The impact of the Cognitive Pragmatic Treatment on the pragmatic and informative skills of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Journal of Neurolinguistics 2019, 51, 53 -62.

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Alberto Parola, Francesca M. Bosco, Ilaria Gabbatore, Valentina Galetto, Marina Zettin, Andrea Marini. The impact of the Cognitive Pragmatic Treatment on the pragmatic and informative skills of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Journal of Neurolinguistics. 2019; 51 ():53-62.

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Alberto Parola; Francesca M. Bosco; Ilaria Gabbatore; Valentina Galetto; Marina Zettin; Andrea Marini. 2019. "The impact of the Cognitive Pragmatic Treatment on the pragmatic and informative skills of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI)." Journal of Neurolinguistics 51, no. : 53-62.

Journal article
Published: 17 July 2018 in Journal of Neurolinguistics
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Individuals with Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have difficulties in the recollection of past experiences (Episodic Memory). Accumulating evidence suggests that they might have also difficulties in the ability to imagine potential future scenarios (Episodic Future Thinking, EFT) and in narrative generation skills. This investigation aimed to determine 1) whether impairments of EFT can be identified in a large cohort of children with high functioning ASD using a task with minimal narrative demands; and 2) if such impairments are related to the ability to generate a narrative's scenario. 77 children with high-functioning ASD and 77 children with typical development were recruited for the study. The two groups were balanced for age, level of formal education, and IQ. EFT was assessed by administering a task with minimal narrative demands, whereas narrative generation skills were assessed with three tasks requiring children to generate past, middle or future episodes in a narrative discourse. With respect to control participants, a subgroup of children with ASD had impaired EFT skills and also showed significant impairments in the ability to generate adequate narratives. On the contrary, participants with spared EFT had normal performance on the narrative generation task. Interestingly, EFT skills predicted narrative generation abilities in both groups. The results of this study support the hypothesis that EFT may be impaired in some but not all children with ASD and of a relation between difficulties with EFT and impairments in the process of narrative generation. The assessment of EFT should employ tasks that do not require narrative production, as children with impaired EFT may also have reduced narrative skills.

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A. Marini; F. Ferretti; Alessandra Chiera; R. Magni; Ines Adornetti; S. Nicchiarelli; S. Vicari; G. Valeri. Episodic future thinking and narrative discourse generation in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Neurolinguistics 2018, 49, 178 -188.

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A. Marini, F. Ferretti, Alessandra Chiera, R. Magni, Ines Adornetti, S. Nicchiarelli, S. Vicari, G. Valeri. Episodic future thinking and narrative discourse generation in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Neurolinguistics. 2018; 49 ():178-188.

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A. Marini; F. Ferretti; Alessandra Chiera; R. Magni; Ines Adornetti; S. Nicchiarelli; S. Vicari; G. Valeri. 2018. "Episodic future thinking and narrative discourse generation in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders." Journal of Neurolinguistics 49, no. : 178-188.

Original research article
Published: 19 June 2018 in Frontiers in Psychology
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This study analyzed the relation between mental time travel (MTT) and the ability to produce a storytelling focusing on global coherence, which is one of the most notable characteristics of narrative discourse. As global coherence is strictly tied to the temporal sequence of the events narrated in a story, we hypothesized that the construction of coherent narratives would rely on the ability to mentally navigate in time. To test such a hypothesis, we investigated the relation between one component of MTT—namely, episodic future thinking (EFT)—and narrative production skills by comparing the narratives uttered by 66 children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with those produced by 66 children with typical development. EFT was assessed by administering a task with minimal narrative demands, whereas storytelling production skills were assessed by administering two narrative production tasks that required children to generate future or past episodes with respect to the target stimuli. The results showed that EFT skills were impaired only in a subgroup of children with ASD and that such subgroup performed significantly worse on the narrative production task than ASD participants with high EFT skills and participants with typical development. The practical and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.

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Francesco Ferretti; Ines Adornetti; Alessandra Chiera; Serena Nicchiarelli; Giovanni Valeri; Rita Magni; Stefano Vicari; Andrea Marini. Time and Narrative: An Investigation of Storytelling Abilities in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in Psychology 2018, 9, 944 .

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Francesco Ferretti, Ines Adornetti, Alessandra Chiera, Serena Nicchiarelli, Giovanni Valeri, Rita Magni, Stefano Vicari, Andrea Marini. Time and Narrative: An Investigation of Storytelling Abilities in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in Psychology. 2018; 9 ():944.

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Francesco Ferretti; Ines Adornetti; Alessandra Chiera; Serena Nicchiarelli; Giovanni Valeri; Rita Magni; Stefano Vicari; Andrea Marini. 2018. "Time and Narrative: An Investigation of Storytelling Abilities in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder." Frontiers in Psychology 9, no. : 944.

Journal article
Published: 20 December 2017 in Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
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Purpose This follow-up study assessed (a) the influence of phonological working memory (pWM), home literacy environment, and a family history of linguistic impairments in late talkers (LTs); (b) the diagnostic accuracy of a task of nonword repetition (NWR) in identifying LTs; and (c) the persistence of lexical weaknesses after 10 months. Method Two hundred ninety-three children were assessed at approximately 32 (t1) and 41 (t2) months. At t1, they were administered the Italian adaptation of the Language Development Survey, an NWR task (used to assess pWM), and questionnaires assessing home literacy environment and family history of language impairments. Thirty-three LTs were identified. The linguistic skills of the participants were evaluated at t2 by administering tasks assessing Articulation, Naming, Semantic Fluency, and Lexical Comprehension. Results At t2, LTs performed more poorly as compared with age-matched typically developing peers in articulatory and naming skills, had reduced lexical comprehension abilities, and had limited lexical knowledge. Their performance on the NWR task at t1 correlated with the extension of their vocabularies at t2 (as estimated with a Semantic Fluency task). Conclusions The Language Development Survey recently adapted to Italian is sensitive to LTs. Former LTs still have a mild lexical delay at approximately 40 months. As an indirect measure of pWM, the task of NWR is an early indicator of future lexical deficits.

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Andrea Marini; Milena Ruffino; Maria Enrica Sali; Massimo Molteni. The Role of Phonological Working Memory and Environmental Factors in Lexical Development in Italian-Speaking Late Talkers: A One-Year Follow-Up Study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 2017, 60, 3462 -3473.

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Andrea Marini, Milena Ruffino, Maria Enrica Sali, Massimo Molteni. The Role of Phonological Working Memory and Environmental Factors in Lexical Development in Italian-Speaking Late Talkers: A One-Year Follow-Up Study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 2017; 60 (12):3462-3473.

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Andrea Marini; Milena Ruffino; Maria Enrica Sali; Massimo Molteni. 2017. "The Role of Phonological Working Memory and Environmental Factors in Lexical Development in Italian-Speaking Late Talkers: A One-Year Follow-Up Study." Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 60, no. 12: 3462-3473.

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Published: 01 November 2017 in Journal of Neurolinguistics
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Andrea Marini; Marina Zettin; Erica Bencich; Francesca Marina Bosco; Valentina Galetto. Severity effects on discourse production after TBI. Journal of Neurolinguistics 2017, 44, 91 -106.

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Andrea Marini, Marina Zettin, Erica Bencich, Francesca Marina Bosco, Valentina Galetto. Severity effects on discourse production after TBI. Journal of Neurolinguistics. 2017; 44 ():91-106.

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Andrea Marini; Marina Zettin; Erica Bencich; Francesca Marina Bosco; Valentina Galetto. 2017. "Severity effects on discourse production after TBI." Journal of Neurolinguistics 44, no. : 91-106.

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Published: 20 October 2017 in Cognitive Processing
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The ability to imagine future events (episodic future thinking-EFT) emerges in preschoolers and further improves during middle childhood and adolescence. In the present study, we focused on the possible cognitive factors that affect EFT and its development. We assessed the ability to mentally project forward in time of a large cohort of 135 6- to 11-year-old children through a task with minimal narrative demands (the Picture Book Trip task adapted from Atance and Meltzoff in Cogn Dev 20(3):341-361. doi:10.1016/j.cogdev.2005.05.001, 2005) in order to avoid potential linguistic effects on children's performance. The results showed that this task can be used to assess the development of EFT at least until the age of 8. Furthermore, EFT scores correlated with measures of phonological short-term and verbal working memory. These results support the possibility that cognitive factors such as working memory play a key role in EFT.

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F. Ferretti; A. Chiera; S. Nicchiarelli; Ines Adornetti; R. Magni; S. Vicari; G. Valeri; A. Marini. The development of episodic future thinking in middle childhood. Cognitive Processing 2017, 19, 87 -94.

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F. Ferretti, A. Chiera, S. Nicchiarelli, Ines Adornetti, R. Magni, S. Vicari, G. Valeri, A. Marini. The development of episodic future thinking in middle childhood. Cognitive Processing. 2017; 19 (1):87-94.

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F. Ferretti; A. Chiera; S. Nicchiarelli; Ines Adornetti; R. Magni; S. Vicari; G. Valeri; A. Marini. 2017. "The development of episodic future thinking in middle childhood." Cognitive Processing 19, no. 1: 87-94.

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Published: 05 September 2017 in Practical Issues in Geriatrics
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This chapter introduces the reader to the effects of aging on language production skills. The Introduction outlines the micro- and macrolinguistic dimensions of language processing. The second and third paragraph provide an idea of how aging affects micro- (i.e., lexical and grammatical) and macrolinguistic (i.e., discursive) aspects of language production. A conclusive paragraph reflects on the usefulness of ecological tasks such as discourse production tasks to obtain a coherent picture of language processing in aging.

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Andrea Marini. Neuropsychological Aspects of Language in Older Adults. Practical Issues in Geriatrics 2017, 361 -364.

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Andrea Marini. Neuropsychological Aspects of Language in Older Adults. Practical Issues in Geriatrics. 2017; ():361-364.

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Andrea Marini. 2017. "Neuropsychological Aspects of Language in Older Adults." Practical Issues in Geriatrics , no. : 361-364.

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Published: 01 September 2017 in Language Sciences
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In this paper we propose a narrative account for the origin of language. Such a proposal is based on two assumptions. The first is conceptual and concerns the idea that the distinctive feature of human language (what sets it apart from other forms of animal communication) has to be traced to its inherently narrative character. The second assumption is methodological and connected to the idea that the study of language origin is closely related to the analysis of the cognitive systems at the base of narrative. Research on narrative abilities of subjects with Autism Spectrum Disorder has shown that storytelling requires the capability to link events causally connected to one another, and especially events which are remote from one another on the temporal axis of a story. Based on this research, we hypothesize that an important cognitive device involved in narrative is Mental Time Travel (MTT), that is, the system that allows humans to project themselves into the past and future. We show that such a system is present (to a greater or lesser extent) even in non-human animals. By virtue of this, we argue that MTT is independent of language and that it may be considered a cognitive precursor for the origin of language. Specifically, we propose that MTT allowed our ancestors to develop a form of pantomimic communication that might be considered as the foundation of the narrative origin of language

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F. Ferretti; I. Adornetti; A. Chiera; S. Nicchiarelli; R. Magni; G. Valeri; A. Marini. Mental Time Travel and language evolution: a narrative account of the origins of human communication. Language Sciences 2017, 63, 105 -118.

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F. Ferretti, I. Adornetti, A. Chiera, S. Nicchiarelli, R. Magni, G. Valeri, A. Marini. Mental Time Travel and language evolution: a narrative account of the origins of human communication. Language Sciences. 2017; 63 ():105-118.

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F. Ferretti; I. Adornetti; A. Chiera; S. Nicchiarelli; R. Magni; G. Valeri; A. Marini. 2017. "Mental Time Travel and language evolution: a narrative account of the origins of human communication." Language Sciences 63, no. : 105-118.

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Published: 01 July 2017 in Neuropsychology
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The results demonstrated a developmental cascade of effects, whereby the duration of pregnancy drives vWM functioning that, in turn, may affect expressive linguistic outcome Conclusion: Treatments focused on vWM, specifically to preterm children, may improve their language development, with enduring consequences on educational and psychosocial outcomes. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Valentina Riva; Chiara Cantiani; Ginette Dionne; Andrea Marini; Sara Mascheretti; Massimo Molteni; Cecilia Marino. Working memory mediates the effects of gestational age at birth on expressive language development in children. Neuropsychology 2017, 31, 475 -485.

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Valentina Riva, Chiara Cantiani, Ginette Dionne, Andrea Marini, Sara Mascheretti, Massimo Molteni, Cecilia Marino. Working memory mediates the effects of gestational age at birth on expressive language development in children. Neuropsychology. 2017; 31 (5):475-485.

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Valentina Riva; Chiara Cantiani; Ginette Dionne; Andrea Marini; Sara Mascheretti; Massimo Molteni; Cecilia Marino. 2017. "Working memory mediates the effects of gestational age at birth on expressive language development in children." Neuropsychology 31, no. 5: 475-485.

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Published: 01 January 2017 in Psychology in Russia: State of the Art
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Nadezda N. Eliseeva; Elena N. Guts; Andrea Marini. Comprehension of idiomatic expressions by Russian speaking typically developing children. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art 2017, 10, 22 -32.

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Nadezda N. Eliseeva, Elena N. Guts, Andrea Marini. Comprehension of idiomatic expressions by Russian speaking typically developing children. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art. 2017; 10 (4):22-32.

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Nadezda N. Eliseeva; Elena N. Guts; Andrea Marini. 2017. "Comprehension of idiomatic expressions by Russian speaking typically developing children." Psychology in Russia: State of the Art 10, no. 4: 22-32.

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Published: 01 November 2016 in NeuroImage
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Although different MRI-based techniques have been proposed to assess the hemispheric lateralization for language (HLL), the agreement across methods, and its relationship with language abilities, are still a matter of debate. In the present study we obtained measures of HLL using both task-evoked activity during the execution of three different protocols and task-free methods of functional [resting state functional connectivity (rs-FC)] and anatomical [diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography] connectivity. Regional analyses focusing on the perisylvian language network were conducted to assess the consistency of HLL across techniques. In addition, following a multimodal approach, we identified macro-factors of lateralization and examined their relationship with language performance. Our findings indicate the existence of a negative relationship between the structural asymmetry of the direct segment of the arcuate fasciculus (AF) and the inter-hemispheric rs-FC of key nodes of the perisylvian network. Instead, despite all the language tasks exhibited a leftward pattern of asymmetry, measures of HLL derived from task-evoked activity did not show a direct relationship with those obtained with the two task-free methods. Furthermore, a robust brain-behavioral relationship was observed only with a specific macro-factor that combined HLL measures derived from all MRI techniques. In particular, general language performance was positively related to more symmetrical structural organization, stronger inter-hemispheric communication at rest but more lateralized activation of Wernicke's territory during production tasks. Our findings, while not supporting the existence of a direct relationship between indices of hemispheric lateralization for language derived from different MRI techniques, indicate that general language performance can be indexed using combined MRI measures. The same approach might prove successful for likewise complex human behaviours.

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C. Piervincenzi; A. Petrilli; Andrea Marini; M. Caulo; G. Committeri; C. Sestieri. Multimodal assessment of hemispheric lateralization for language and its relevance for behavior. NeuroImage 2016, 142, 351 -370.

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C. Piervincenzi, A. Petrilli, Andrea Marini, M. Caulo, G. Committeri, C. Sestieri. Multimodal assessment of hemispheric lateralization for language and its relevance for behavior. NeuroImage. 2016; 142 ():351-370.

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C. Piervincenzi; A. Petrilli; Andrea Marini; M. Caulo; G. Committeri; C. Sestieri. 2016. "Multimodal assessment of hemispheric lateralization for language and its relevance for behavior." NeuroImage 142, no. : 351-370.