Language and Cognition
The programme focuses on the study of different cognitive processes and their interrelation, as well as on the design of intervention strategies aimed to improve their optimal functioning both in populations with typical and atypical development (DLD, dyslexia, autism, intellectual disability, hearing impairment…). In this sense, its aim is to advance in the study of topics such as associative learning, language development, emotional regulation or decision-making, among others. The programme works both with basic models of knowledge acquisition from the tradition of animal learning, as well as with higher-level models of human learning and reasoning. Accordingly, it relies on studies with non-human animals based on classical and instrumental experimental conditioning procedures and studies with humans that include both laboratory tasks tapping on basic cognitive processes (eye and motion tracking, reaction times…) as well as other more ecological approaches based on questionnaires, psychometric measures, in addition to educational and clinical interventions.
Principal Investigators
Mari Aguilera
Associate Professor
Antonio A. Artigas
Associate Professor
Javier Rodríguez-Ferreiro
Full Professor
Mònica Sanz-Torrent
Full Professor
Itxaso Barberia
Associate Professor
Technologies & Methods
- AI assisted multimodal and motion tracking
- Behavioral measures
- Classical and instrumental conditioning
- Psychometric technology
- Randomized controlled trials
Research Team
Elena Grau
Early Stage Researcher
Celia Gordón
Early Stage Researcher
Cristina Mumbardó Adam
Early Stage Researcher
Fernanda Pacheco
Early Stage Researcher
Esther Parra
Early Stage Researcher
Marta N. Torres
Early Stage Researcher
Elizabeth Gilboy
Associate Professor
Oriol Verdaguer Ribas
Early Stage Researcher
Ainoa Barreiro
Technician
Active Projects
Ilusión causal y creencias pseudocientíficas
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN). PID2022-138016NB-I00. Javier.
Fundamento cognitivo de las creencias pseudocientíficas
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. PID2019-106102GB-I00. Javier.
Hacia una explicación integradora de los efectos de preexposición
Agencia Estatal de Investigación. PID2019-109233GB-I00. Antonio Álvarez Artigas.
El benestar emocional i la salut mental en infants amb trastorns de laprenentatge i les seves famílies: un abordatge integral
Fundació «La Caixa». CC21-0093. Mari Aguilera.
Oral language intervention program in preschool children for the prevention of reading difficulties
Agencia Estatal de Investigación. PID2020-114690RB-I00. Llorenç Andreu i Mònica Sanz-Torrent.
Grup de recerca Consolidat. Grup de Recerca en Cognició i Llenguatge (GRECIL)
AGAUR - Generalitat de Catalunya. SGR 01102. Mònica Sanz-Torrent.
Selected publications
Braida, B., Rodríguez-Ferreiro, J., & Hernández, M. (2023). The foreign language effect on motivational quotes. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 26(2), 416–424. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728922000505
Buil‐Legaz, L., Suárez‐Coalla, P., Santamarina‐Rabanal, L., Martínez‐García, C., Rodríguez‐Ferreiro, J., & Cuetos, F. (2023). Spelling problems after early oral language difficulties. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 58(3), 756–764. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12819
de Moraes Prata Gaspar, M. C., Soar, C., Aguilera, M., Gomez, M. C., Celorio-Sardà, R., Comas-Basté, O., Larrea-Killinger, C., & Vidal-Carou, M. C. (2023). Perceptions of Food among College Students in the Field of Food Science: A Food Sustainability Approach. Foods, 12(5), 917. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12050917
Martínez, N., Rodríguez-Ferreiro, J., Barberia, I., & Matute, H. (2023). A debiasing intervention to reduce the causality bias in undergraduates: the role of a bias induction phase. Current Psychology, 42(36), 32456–32468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-04197-2
Medina, J. C., Paz, C., Salla, M., Aguilera, M., Montesano, A., Compañ, V., & Feixas, G. (2023). The effect of two cognitive therapies on subjective wellbeing of individuals with depression: results from a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Mental Health, 32(3), 655–661. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2022.2118682
Rodríguez-Ferreiro, J., Vadillo, M. A., & Barberia, I. (2023). Debiasing Causal Inferences: Over and Beyond Suboptimal Sampling. Teaching of Psychology, 50(3), 230–236. https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283211048394
Saltor, J., Barberia, I., & Rodríguez‐Ferreiro, J. (2023). Thinking disposition, thinking style, and susceptibility to causal illusion predict fake news discriminability. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37(2), 360–368. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4008
Torres, M. N., Barberia, I., & Rodríguez-Ferreiro, J. (2023). A validation of the Pseudoscience Endorsement Scale and assessment of the cognitive correlates of pseudoscientific beliefs. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(1), 176. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01681-3
Tubau, E., Colomé, À., & Rodríguez-Ferreiro, J. (2023). Previous beliefs affect Bayesian reasoning in conditions fostering gist comprehension. Memory & Cognition, 51(8), 1819–1835. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-023-01435-1