claudia scorolli

Claudia Scorolli is Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies of the University of Bologna. She obtained her PhD in Philosophy of Language, Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Bologna with a dissertation on the role of both sensory-motor and linguistic-social experience on language comprehension. She is also a Psychotherapist, specialized in Psychoanalytic and Psychodramatic treatments at the Mosaico School (MIUR).

Her research has been focused on grounding of language in sensorimotor processes, as well as on language as a tool which modifies human's way to interact with the world. Her recent work extends to the investigation of the possibilities for physical/social interactions offered by both the physical environment and the interactive context, with regard also to emotional involvement they imply - i.e. physical and social affordances. Finally her current scientific interest includes cultural differences influencing cognitive processes. The main concern is the study of the effects of specific religious practices on emotional reactions to self-generated errors.

She works in the interface between cognitive neurosciences and clinical psychology. She uses behavioral paradigms (e.g., RTs measurements), kinematic methods (e.g., reach-to-grasp movement analysis), electrophysiological techniques (EEG), subjective-qualitative methods (e.g., questionnaires) and occasionally brain stimulation (TMS) and non-invasive brain imaging (fMRI) techniques.