The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of communicative intention on action. In Experiment 1 participants were requested to reach towards an object, grasp it, and either simply lift it (individual condition) or lift it with the intent to communicate a meaning to a partner (communicative condition). Movement kinematics were recorded using a three-dimensional motion analysis ...

BACKGROUND Issues concerning language development and their relation with social cognitive aspects give direction to the clinical practice when assisting the population with the diagnosis within the autistic spectrum. The deficits or differences in this development can result in different ways of analyzing and counseling this population. Adolescence becomes a question mark in this analysis sinc...

BACKGROUND researches about the relationship between language, cognition and socialization have evolved since the 70s. Language mediates social development allowing the individual to participate in social situations that include balanced communicative exchanges. AIM to assess the effectiveness of the Social-Communicative Adaptation Protocol in two groups of children and adolescents with autis...

The paper presents a model for the construction of an artificial agent that can express performatives through facial expression. The performative of a speech act or communicative act is the particular communicative intention a Sender has to one's Addressee, the way one wants to socially relate oneself to the interlocutor. Performatives are decomposed both on the meaning and on the signal side: ...

The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between cognitive functions such as attention, working memory, long-term memory, planning, i.e. executive functions, theory of mind, and pragmatic deficits resulting as a consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Communicative disorders represent a typical outcome in TBI patients, even if their linguistic abilities remain virtually...