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Ana Zappa

Ana Zappa Postdoctoral Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow Brainvitge Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit Dept. of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology University of Barcelona
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My research focuses on the role of motor processes in language processing and second-language acquisition. I am especially interested in using virtual reality to investigate the role of action in verb processing and L2 verb learning in more ecologically valid environments.
My research focuses on the role of motor processes in language processing and second-language acquisition. I am especially interested in using virtual reality to investigate the role of action in verb processing and L2 verb learning in more ecologically valid environments.

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Brain Signatures of Embodied Semantics and Language: A Consensus Paper

 Laura Bechtold , Samuel H Cosper , Anastasia Malyshevskaya , Maria Montefinese , Piermatteo Morucci
Journal of Cognition, 2023, 6, ⟨10.5334/joc.237⟩
Journal articles hal-04444634v1
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Encorporer les langues vivantes : Reconnaître la place du corps pour enseigner et pour apprendre

 Sandrine Eschenauer , Marion Tellier , Ana Zappa
Travaux Interdisciplinaires sur la Parole et le Langage, 2022, Panorama des recherches au Laboratoire Parole et Langage, 38
Journal articles hal-03927899v1
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Cross-linguistic gender congruency effects during lexical access in novice L2 learners: evidence from ERPs

 Ana Zappa , Daniel Mestre , Jean-Marie Pergandi , Deirdre Bolger , Cheryl Frenck-Mestre
Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 2022, 37 (9), pp.1073-1098. ⟨10.1080/23273798.2022.2039726⟩
Journal articles hal-03599139v1
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Motor resonance during linguistic processing as shown by EEG in a naturalistic VR environment

 Ana Zappa , Deirdre Bolger , Jean-Marie Pergandi , Pierre Mallet , Anne-Sophie Dubarry
Brain and Cognition, 2019, 134, pp.44-57. ⟨10.1016/j.bandc.2019.05.003⟩
Journal articles hal-02309994v1
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Does embodied L2 verb learning affect retention and representation? A VR-EEG study

 Ana Zappa , Deirdre Bolger , Jean-Marie Pergandi , Raphaël Fargier , Daniel Mestre
2021
Preprints, Working Papers, ... hal-03219269v1

Embodied semantics put to the test: electrophysiological evidence from virtual reality and classical environments

 Ana Zappa
Cognitive science. Aix-Marseille Université, 2020. English. ⟨NNT : ⟩
Theses tel-03193699v1
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Is Motor Activation Necessary For Action Language Processing? Evidence From EEG

 Ana Zappa , Cheryl Frenck-Mestre
International meeting of the Psychonomic Society, 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Conference poster hal-03219583v1
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EMBODIED SECOND LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND LEARNING FROM A NEUROCOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

 Ana Zappa , Cheryl Frenck-Mestre
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Neurolinguistics, 2023, 9781003816461. ⟨10.4324/9781003190912-35⟩
Book sections hal-04382063v1