Abstract Whether Theory of Mind (ToM) contributes to metaphor understanding has been
largely investigated in language acquisition and decay. Yet we know very little about the role …

We still know very little about the longitudinal relationships between Theory of Mind (ToM)
and metaphor understanding in typically developing children. We examined this issue by …

The role of executive functions in supporting the pragmatics of communication has been
extensively examined in clinical populations, but is still under-explored in healthy aging. In …

We studied the electrophysiological correlates of verbal humor comprehension by
comparing Event Related Potentials (ERPs) and time-frequency representations recorded …

Pragmatics is the study of language in context, a field that emerged from the traditions of
philosophy of language and linguistics. As such, it is characterized by a theoretical approach …

The problem of spatiotemporal overlap between event-related potential (ERP) components
is generally acknowledged in language research. However, its implications for the …

Theoretical pragmatics in the post-Gricean tradition argued that metaphor requires
understanding of how another person sees the world. Yet, it is unclear what role …

The present study investigates the processing of presupposition accommodation. In
particular, it concerns the processing costs and the time-course of accommodation as …

We investigated the neurocognitive processes behind the asymmetry of affect observed in
irony understanding, where ironic criticism is more easily understood than ironic praise. We …

The goal of the present study was to investigate the interaction between different senses of
polysemous nouns (metonymies and metaphors) and different meanings of homonyms …