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MariannaBolog @mariannabolog.bsky.social · 15d

📣 November's Abstraction seminar is all set too!
🗓️ 19 November, 11:30 - 12.30 (CEST)
📍 Bologna (in presenza) or 💻 Microsoft Teams (link: shorturl.at/xW7mF )
🎆 Join us, details in the figure!
👉 Save the date & spread the word!
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MariannaBolog @mariannabolog.bsky.social · 17d

I knew I hired well for @abstractionerc.bsky.social from day 1.
But seeing @tomlamarra.bsky.social presenting this morning his phd progress in front of faculty and this evening to the city, taking part to phd storytelling (part of EU Researchers' night) was a clear confirmation. Brilliant, Tom!

lauraocchipinti.bsky.social @lauraocchipinti.bsky.social · 17d

“What do I mean by simulating through language?” 🤔

At #GenerAzioni, @tomlamarra.bsky.social satisfied our curiosity in one of the most beautiful places in the city.
Science is better when shared 💡

Thank you UniBo, and well done Tom! 👏
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lauraocchipinti.bsky.social @lauraocchipinti.bsky.social · 17d

“What do I mean by simulating through language?” 🤔

At #GenerAzioni, @tomlamarra.bsky.social satisfied our curiosity in one of the most beautiful places in the city.
Science is better when shared 💡

Thank you UniBo, and well done Tom! 👏
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Giulia Rambelli @grambelli.bsky.social · 17d

✈️ Heading to Düsseldorf for the 2nd #CxGsNLP Workshop at #IWCS2025!
I’ll present a non-archival paper from #ACL2024 + some follow-ups on how LLMs interpret existing and novel compounds.
Excited for the discussions and meeting the vibrant community! On a mission for @abstractionerc.bsky.social

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Tommaso Lamarra @tomlamarra.bsky.social · 22d

Glad to be at #XPrag2025 at the #UniversityOfCambridge!
Day 1 was packed with fascinating talks and exciting discussions!

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Tommaso Lamarra @tomlamarra.bsky.social · 22d

This was a project conducted with
@andreaaravelli, @mariannabolog.bsky.social, and @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social

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Tommaso Lamarra @tomlamarra.bsky.social · 22d

Excited to share that @abstractionerc.bsky.social has even reached #CambridgeUniversity and #TrinityCollege!

Yesterday, at the #XPrag2025 conference, I presented how speakers maximize the informativeness of their descriptions in naturalistic conversations.

Thanks for the insightful discussions!

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Caterina Villani @caterinavillani.bsky.social · 22d

📣The chapter "𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀"
w/@mariannabolog.bsky.social is now online & forthcoming in the #ElsevierEncyclopedia of Language & Linguistics
🔍 Theoretical overview, quantification tools, and behavioral evidence on specificity.
👉 Read: urly.it/31c4nm
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MariannaBolog @mariannabolog.bsky.social · 22d

📣 Abstraction seminars are back!
🗓️ 17 October, 10:00 (CEST)
📍 Bologna (in presenza) or 💻 Microsoft Teams (link: shorturl.at/RjrOU)
🎆 Join us for another seminar, details in the figure!
👉 Save the date & spread the word!
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MariannaBolog @mariannabolog.bsky.social · 24d

Prof Kristina Despot from the Institute of Croatian Language visiting the @abstractionerc.bsky.social group to establish collaborations on th use of figurative language and abstraction mechanims, and to brainstorm a fantastic ERC proposal :-)

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MariannaBolog @mariannabolog.bsky.social · 24d

Excited to share that I contributed to an article just published in #Nature. My role was on the cognitive side, as part of a collaboration evolved from a fantastic #Dagstuhl seminar.
Collective works like these are crucial windows into where our communities are going!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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MariannaBolog @mariannabolog.bsky.social · 29d

📣 Abstraction seminars are back!
🗓️ 16 October, 15:00 (CEST)
📍 Bologna (in presenza) or 💻 Microsoft Teams (link: shorturl.at/0fw5a)
🎆 Join us for a thought-provoking seminar, details in the figure!
👉 Save the date & spread the word! ✨
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MariannaBolog @mariannabolog.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thrilled to see our research featured on PsyPost 🚀
Trump vs. Harris, 2024 debate: sharp contrasts and surprising overlaps 👉 www.psypost.org/study-finds-...

Study finds Trump and Harris used distinct rhetoric in 2024—but shared more similarities than expected

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris framed the 2024 presidential debate in starkly different terms, according to a new study—but their language also showed surprising overlap in tone, emotional content, an...

www.psypost.org

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Tommaso Lamarra @tomlamarra.bsky.social · Sep 6

Excited to be at #ESCOP for the first time! 🗣️

Presenting a joint project with @abstractionerc.bsky.social, @mariannabolog.bsky.social and @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social on naturalistic interactions.

Key finding: Speakers use more specific and informative language as a communicative strategy

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Caterina Villani @caterinavillani.bsky.social · Sep 6

No better way to finish my post-doc than with a new publication on #specificityeffect in semantic processing!

I’ll really miss the @abstractionerc.bsky.social team, but exciting projects are still underway. Thrilled and optimistic about what’s next! 💫

Tommaso Lamarra @tomlamarra.bsky.social · Sep 5

New Paper Alert 🚨🆕
"Specificity Effect in Concrete/Abstract Semantic Categorization Tasks"

doi.org/10.1007/s103...

We observed faster response times for specific words compared to general words in a semantic decision task, regardless of their level of concreteness.

Specificity effect in concrete/abstract semantic categorization task - Cognitive Processing

Concrete concepts (banana) are processed faster and more accurately than abstract ones (belief). This phenomenon, supported by empirical studies, is known as the concreteness effect. However, recent r...

doi.org

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Tommaso Lamarra @tomlamarra.bsky.social · Sep 5

New Paper Alert 🚨🆕
"Specificity Effect in Concrete/Abstract Semantic Categorization Tasks"

doi.org/10.1007/s103...

We observed faster response times for specific words compared to general words in a semantic decision task, regardless of their level of concreteness.

Specificity effect in concrete/abstract semantic categorization task - Cognitive Processing

Concrete concepts (banana) are processed faster and more accurately than abstract ones (belief). This phenomenon, supported by empirical studies, is known as the concreteness effect. However, recent r...

doi.org

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Giulia Rambelli @grambelli.bsky.social · Aug 29

Just gave my talk “How Analogy Drives Language Comprehension: The Case of Novel Compounds Interpretation” 🤔🥑🤖

Explored how L1, L2 speakers & LLMs interpret brand-new compounds- L2+LLMs leaning on compositionality, L1 speakers often rely on analogy.

Presented at the #Analogy workshop, #SLE2025 ✨

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MariannaBolog @mariannabolog.bsky.social · Aug 25

Abstractions all the way down. This is an amazing study! Congrats to @tommasoc80.bsky.social @grambelli.bsky.social and @piasommerauer.bsky.social

Tommaso Caselli @tommasoc80.bsky.social · Aug 22

'Simulating Identity, Propagating Bias: Abstrction and Stereotypes in LLM-Generated Text' (w. @piasommerauer.bsky.social and @grambelli.bsky.social)

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MariannaBolog @mariannabolog.bsky.social · Aug 25

Great accomplishment for your visiting period at #gronlp funded by @abstractionerc.bsky.social ! Congrats @grambelli.bsky.social ! Well deserved :-)

Giulia Rambelli @grambelli.bsky.social · Aug 25

I will end my postdoc with my first #EMNLP paper! So honored to work with such amazing researchers (and people!)

Tommaso Caselli @tommasoc80.bsky.social · Aug 22

Could't get a better way to end my summer break: two papers accepted at #EMNLP Findings.

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Giulia Rambelli @grambelli.bsky.social · Aug 25

✈️ Off to Bordeaux for #SLE2025!
On Friday I’ll present “How Analogy Drives Language Comprehension: The Case of Novel Compounds Interpretation” (a study on humans and LLMs) at the workshop Towards a better understanding of #analogy.

Excited for talks, discussions & some Bordeaux-buzz 🍷

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Tommaso Lamarra @tomlamarra.bsky.social · Aug 25

Road to Bordeaux ✈️🇫🇷 for #SLE2025! Where I am going to present IconicITA!!
An @abstractionerc.bsky.social @unibo and @unimib joint project on iconicity ratings ☑️ for the Italian language across L1 and L2 speakers!

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Tommaso Lamarra @tomlamarra.bsky.social · Aug 25

It's me again!
Road to Bordeaux 🇫🇷✈️ for #SLE2025 to take part in the "lexical ambiguity in the mind" workshop! 🏏🦇
Tomorrow, I'll be presenting @abstractionerc.bsky.social results on referential ambiguity in abstraction and generality!
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MariannaBolog @mariannabolog.bsky.social · Aug 19

Last year, when I came to Denver for our summer holiday, I asked @TatteredCover bookshop at Stanley Marketplace if I could put up a flyer for the @abstractionerc.bsky.social app Word Ladders.
Today I saw it’s still there on the door! 💜 Feeling happy, grateful, and proud!

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Giulia Rambelli @grambelli.bsky.social · Jul 28

Let's this #ACL2025 begin! Now speaking the general chair @robertonavigli.bsky.social @aclmeeting.bsky.social

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