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Francesca Bosco is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy. Their research concentrate broadly within the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with 33 publications in psychology and 22 in neuroscience. Key subfields include developmental and educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as clinical psychology.

The primary topics covered in their work reflect a focus on language and developmental disorders, autism spectrum disorder research, and neurobiology related to language and bilingualism. Their publications also address child and animal learning development, schizophrenia research and treatment, language, metaphor, and cognition, and hearing impairment and communication.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Francesca Bosco include:

  • Pragmatics, Theory of Mind and executive functions in schizophrenia: Disentangling the puzzle using machine learning (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Multimodal assessment of communicative-pragmatic features in schizophrenia: a machine learning approach (2021, Schizophrenia)
  • Children with hearing impairment and early cochlear implant: A pragmatic assessment (2021, Heliyon)
  • Understanding communicative intentions in schizophrenia using an error analysis approach (2021, Schizophrenia)
  • A cross-sectional study to assess pragmatic strengths and weaknesses in healthy ageing (2022, BMC Geriatrics)

Francesca Bosco frequently publishes in venues such as Schizophrenia, Heliyon, Frontiers in Psychology, Intercultural Pragmatics, and Scientific Reports. These journals reflect the interdisciplinary and applied nature of their research fields.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Ilaria Gabbatore, Alberto Parola, Dize Hilviu, Andrea Marini, and Claudio Brasso. These partnerships contribute to the diverse research outputs across overlapping domains of cognitive science and clinical psychology.

Best Publications

  • Intrinsic intumescent-like flame retardant properties of DNA-treated cotton fabrics.

    Jenny Alongi;Riccardo Andrea Carletto;Alessandro Di Blasio;Fabio Cuttica

  • Thermal stability and flame resistance of cotton fabrics treated with whey proteins.

    Francesca Bosco;Riccardo Andrea Carletto;Jenny Alongi;Luca Marmo

  • Communicative impairment in traumatic brain injury: a complete pragmatic assessment.

    R. Angeleri;F. M. Bosco;M. Zettin;K. Sacco

  • Understanding the communicative impairments in schizophrenia: A preliminary study

    Livia Colle;Romina Angeleri;Marianna Vallana;Katiuscia Sacco

  • Developmental pragmatics in normal and abnormal children.

    Bruno G. Bara;Francesca M. Bosco;Monica Bucciarelli

  • “No more a child, not yet an adult”: studying social cognition in adolescence

    Adelina Brizio;Ilaria Gabbatore;Maurizio Tirassa;Francesca M. Bosco

  • A broad assessment of theory of mind in adolescence: the complexity of mindreading

    Francesca M. Bosco;Ilaria Gabbatore;Maurizio Tirassa

  • Assessment Battery for Communication - ABaCo: A new Instrument for the Evaluation of Pragmatic Abilities

    K Sacco;R Angeleri;F M Bosco;L Colle

  • Why Pragmatics and Theory of Mind Do Not (Completely) Overlap.

    Francesca M. Bosco;Maurizio Tirassa;Ilaria Gabbatore;Ilaria Gabbatore

  • Simple and complex deceits and ironies

    Francesca M. Bosco;Monica Bucciarelli

  • Th.o.m.a.s.: An exploratory assessment of Theory of Mind in schizophrenic subjects

    Francesca M. Bosco;Livia Colle;Silvia De Fazio;Adele Bono

  • The fundamental context categories in understanding communicative intention

    Francesca M. Bosco;Monica Bucciarelli;Bruno G. Bara

  • Recognition and repair of communicative failures: A developmental perspective

    Francesca M. Bosco;Monica Bucciarelli;Bruno G. Bara

  • Recognition of pretend and real actions in play by 1- and 2-year-olds: Early success and why they fail

    Francesca M. Bosco;Ori Friedman;Alan M. Leslie

  • Communicative-pragmatic disorders in traumatic brain injury: The role of theory of mind and executive functions.

    Francesca M. Bosco;Alberto Parola;Katiuscia Sacco;Marina Zettin

  • Sincere, Deceitful, and Ironic Communicative Acts and the Role of the Theory of Mind in Childhood.

    Francesca Marina Bosco;Ilaria Gabbatore

  • Assessment battery for communication (ABaCo): normative data

    Romina Angeleri;Francesca Marina Bosco;Ilaria Gabbatore;Bruno Giuseppe Bara

  • Cognitive Pragmatic Treatment: A Rehabilitative Program for Traumatic Brain Injury Individuals.

    Ilaria Gabbatore;Katiuscia Sacco;Romina Angeleri;Marina Zettin

  • Assessment Battery for Communication: development of two equivalent forms.

    Francesca Marina Bosco;Romina Angeleri;M. Zuffranieri;Bruno Giuseppe Bara

  • Theory of mind deficit in subjects with alcohol use disorder: an analysis of mindreading processes.

    Francesca M. Bosco;Francesca Capozzi;Livia Colle;Paolo Marostica

Frequent Co-Authors

Giulio Malucelli
Giulio Malucelli Polytechnic University of Turin
Jenny Alongi
Jenny Alongi University of Milan
Federico Carosio
Federico Carosio Polytechnic University of Turin
Roberta Maria Bongiovanni
Roberta Maria Bongiovanni Polytechnic University of Turin
Monica Ferraris
Monica Ferraris Polytechnic University of Turin
Andrea Marini
Andrea Marini University of Udine
Giuseppe Caire
Giuseppe Caire Technical University of Berlin
Michele Giordano
Michele Giordano National Research Council (CNR)
Marco Sangermano
Marco Sangermano Polytechnic University of Turin
Fiorenzo Laghi
Fiorenzo Laghi Sapienza University of Rome

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