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Olga Capirci

Email:

olga.capirci@istc.cnr.it

Telephone:

+ 39 06 44161519

Fax:

+ 39 06 44161513

Address:

Via Nomentana 56 - 00161 Rome - Italy

Group membership:

Language and Communication Across Modalities Laboratory

Additional details

Profile

Position:

Research Director

Olga Capirci is currently Research Director at the CNR’s Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Coordinator of LACAM (Language and Communication Across Modalities Laboratory), Coordinator of the Action, Gesture, and Sign language (AG&S) Research Unit. She has been working at ISTC since 1992 and most of her work to date has been dedicated to the study of the co-development of language and perceptuo-motor processes, conceiving language acquisition as semantically driven and embodied. In particular, her research has contributed to enhancing the relevance of a multimodal approach to communication; considering different modalities of expression (e.g. speech, gesture, signs) in children with typical and atypical development (e.g. deaf children, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, and autistic spectrum disorders) at different ages and within different interaction contexts and cognitive tasks (e.g. interaction with caregivers, lexical naming tasks, narration tasks). She has also conducted extensive research on the study of how caregivers’ production of gesture and speech can vary in relation to the child's cognitive status, developmental level, and language ability. Her current efforts are focused on the study of the progression from action to language - spoken and signed - and on the continuity from gesture to sign. She is author of over 60 publications both national and international, member of the International Society for Gesture Studies, member of the Directive board of “Italian Psychologist Association” (AIP), member of the ISTC’ Institute Committee and Ethic Committee, member of the Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed, open access journal Child Development Research.

Tags:

gesture

Iconicity

intentional action

italian sign language

mother-child interaction

motor behavior

multimodal communicative development

Projects

"CABINA DI REGIA” per il piano cittadino. Secondo piano territoriale cittadino ex legge 285/97

Project Funding:

Other - National

Project Timeframe:

31 May 2003 to 29 May 2004

Publications

Articolo

2020

The role of iconicity and simultaneity for efficient communication: The case of Italian Sign Language (LIS)

Slonimska, Anita, Ozyurek, Asli, Capirci, Olga

Source: Cognition (The Hague) 200 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104246, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Slonimska, Anita; Ozyurek, Asli; Capirci, Olga/titolo:The role of iconicity and simultaneity for efficient communication: The case of Italian Sign Language (LIS)/doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104246/rivista:Cognition (The Hague)/

2018

From action to spoken and signed language through gesture some basic developmental issues for a discussion on the evolution of the human language-ready brain

Volterra V., Capirci O., Rinaldi P., Sparaci L.

Source: Interaction studies (Print) 19 (2018): 216–238. doi:10.1075/is.17027.vol, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Volterra V.; Capirci O.; Rinaldi P.; Sparaci L./titolo:From action to spoken and signed language through gesture some basic developmental issues for a discussion on the evolution of the human language-ready brain/doi:10.1075/is.

From Using Tools to Using Language in Infant Siblings of Children with Autism

Sparaci L., Northrup J.B., Capirci O., Iverson J.M.

Source: Journal of autism and developmental disorders 48 (2018): 2319–2334. doi:10.1007/s10803-018-3477-1, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Sparaci L.; Northrup J.B.; Capirci O.; Iverson J.M./titolo:From Using Tools to Using Language in Infant Siblings of Children with Autism/doi:10.1007/s10803-018-3477-1/rivista:Journal of autism and developmental disorders/anno:20

Prospettive di intelligenza artificiale: mente, lavoro e società nel mondo del "machine learning"

Rino Falcone, Olga Capirci, Fabio Lucidi, Pierluigi Zoccolotti

Source: Giornale italiano di psicologia 1 (2018): 13–42. doi:10.1421/90306, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Rino Falcone, Olga Capirci, Fabio Lucidi, Pierluigi Zoccolotti/titolo:Prospettive di intelligenza artificiale: mente, lavoro e società nel mondo del "machine learning"/doi:10.1421/90306/rivista:Giornale italiano di psicologia/an

Riflettere sull'IA rivela la varietà e complessità delle competenze coinvolte. Risposte ai commenti

Rino Falcone, Olga Capirci, Fabio Lucidi, Pierluigi Zoccolotti

Source: Giornale italiano di psicologia 1 (2018): 173–186. doi:10.1421/90324, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Rino Falcone, Olga Capirci, Fabio Lucidi, Pierluigi Zoccolotti/titolo:Riflettere sull'IA rivela la varietà e complessità delle competenze coinvolte. Risposte ai commenti/doi:10.1421/90324/rivista:Giornale italiano di psicologia/

2017

Developmental evidence for continuity from action to gesture to sign/word

Volterra, Virginia, Capirci, Olga, Caselli, Maria Cristina, Rinaldi, Pasquale, Sparaci, Laura

Source: LIA (Amsterdam. Print) 8 (2017): 13–41. doi:10.1075/lia.8.1.02vol, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Volterra, Virginia; Capirci, Olga; Caselli, Maria Cristina; Rinaldi, Pasquale; Sparaci, Laura/titolo:Developmental evidence for continuity from action to gesture to sign/word/doi:10.1075/lia.8.1.02vol/rivista:LIA (Amsterdam. Pri

2015

Cross-linguistic Views of Gesture Usage

Sekine, Kazuki, Stam, Gale, Yoshioka, Keiko, Tellier, Marion, Capirci, Olga

Source: Vigo international journal of applied linguistics 12 (2015): 91–105., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Sekine, Kazuki; Stam, Gale; Yoshioka, Keiko; Tellier, Marion; Capirci, Olga/titolo:Cross-linguistic Views of Gesture Usage/doi:/rivista:Vigo international journal of applied linguistics/anno:2015/pagina_da:91/pagina_a:105/interv

Effects of age and language on co-speech gesture production: an investigation of French, American, and Italian children's narratives.

Colletta, Jean-Marc, Guidetti, Michele, Capirci, Olga, Cristilli, Carla, Demir, Ozlem Ece, Kunene-Nicolas, Ramona N, Levine, Susan

Source: Journal of child language (Print) 42 (2015): 122–45. doi:10.1017/S0305000913000585, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Colletta, Jean-Marc; Guidetti, Michele; Capirci, Olga; Cristilli, Carla; Demir, Ozlem Ece; Kunene-Nicolas, Ramona N; Levine, Susan/titolo:Effects of age and language on co-speech gesture production: an investigation of French, A

2014

Gestural communication in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders during mother-child interaction

Mastrogiuseppe M., Capirci O., Cuva S., Venuti P.

Source: Autism (Lond.) 3 (2014): 1–13. doi:10.1177/1362361314528390, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Mastrogiuseppe M., Capirci O., Cuva S., Venuti P./titolo:Gestural communication in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders during mother-child interaction/doi:10.1177/1362361314528390/rivista:Autism (Lond.)/anno:2014/pagina_da:1

The body and the fading away of abstract concepts and words: a sign language analysis

Borghi, Anna M., Capirci, Olga, Gianfreda, Gabriele, Volterra, Virginia

Source: Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2014). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00811, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Borghi, Anna M.; Capirci, Olga; Gianfreda, Gabriele; Volterra, Virginia/titolo:The body and the fading away of abstract concepts and words: a sign language analysis/doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00811/rivista:Frontiers in Psychology/an

Contributo in volume

2019

More Than Words: Gestures in Typically Developing Children and in Children with Autism

Sparaci Laura, Lasorsa Francesca Romana, Capirci Olga

Source: Manual Sign Acquisition in Children with Developmental Disabilities, edited by Nicola Grove, Kaisa Launonen, pp. 37–58. New York: Nova Scientific Publishing, 2019, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Sparaci Laura, Lasorsa Francesca Romana, Capirci Olga/titolo:More Than Words: Gestures in Typically Developing Children and in Children with Autism/titolo_volume:Manual Sign Acquisition in Children with Developmental Disabilitie

2013

Lo sviluppo della comunicazione e del linguaggio in popolazioni atipiche: il caso dei bambini sordi e dei bambini con deficit cognitivo

Capirci, Olga, Onofrio, Daniela, Caselli, Maria Cristina

Source: Psicologia dello sviluppo del linguaggio, edited by Simonetta D'Amico, Antonella Devescovi, pp. 277–298. Bologna: Societa Editrice il Mulino, 2013

2012

Imitazione e gesti nel trattamento dell'autismo

Capirci O., Mastrogiuseppe M

Source: Intervento e riabilitazione nei disturbi dello spettro autistico, 2012

Lo sviluppo del linguaggio: le radici del ritardo

Bello, A., Capirci, O., Caselli, C.

Source: La sindrome di Williams. Genetica, clinica e riabilitazione, edited by B. Dallapiccola, S. Vicari, pp. 187–202. Milano: Franco Angeli - Codice editore 1862.161, 2012

Contributo in atti di convegno

2013

An experimental protocol for the definition of upper limb anatomical frames on children using magneto-inertial sensors

Ricci, Luca, Formica, Domenico, Tamilia, Eleonora, Taffoni, Fabrizio, Sparaci, Laura, Capirci, O., Guglielmelli, Eugenio

Source: IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc., Conf., pp. 4903–4906, 2013