Center for Cognitive Science
Francesca Marina Bosco   Francesca Marina Bosco

Degree in Psychology
Ph.D. in Cognitive Sciences
Cognitive psychotherapist
Associate Professor


tel: 0039 011 670.3058


Research areas

   Communication
   Psychopathology
   Metacognition


International publications

Bosco F.M., Vallana, M. & Bucciarelli M. (2012). The inferential chain makes the difference between familiar and novel figurative expressions. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, in press.

Bosco F.M., & Angeleri, R. (2012). Communicative impairment after traumatic brain injury: Evidence and pathways to recovery. In A. Agrawal (Ed.), Brain Injury Book 2 (pp. 1-11). Rijeka, KR: InTech Open Access Publisher. ISBN 979-953-307-025-3, in press.

Angeleri, R., Bosco F.M., Gabbatore, I., Bara, B. G., & Sacco, K. (2012). Assessment battery for communication: Normative data. Behavior Research Methods, DOI: 10.3758/s13428-011-0174-9, in press.

Castellino N., Bosco F.M., Marshall W. L, Marshall L. E. & Veglia F. (2011). Mindreading abilities in sexual offenders: An analysis of theory of mind processes. Consciousness and Cognition, 20, 1612–1624. [PDF]

Bosco F.M., Tirassa M. (2010). Communication, failure. In: The Pragmatics Encyclopedia, 1st edition, (pp. 63-65), Louise Cummings (Ed.), London/New York: Routledge.

Bosco F.M., Angeleri (2010). Communication. In: The Pragmatics Encyclopedia, 1st edition (pp.59-61), Louise Cummings (Ed.), London/New York: Routledge.

Bosco F.M. (2010). Rehabilitation, communication. In: The Pragmatics Encyclopedia, 1st edition (pp. 391-393), Louise Cummings (Ed.), London/New York: Routledge.

Bosco F.M., Vallana, M., Bucciarelli, M. (2009). Comprehension of communicative intentions: The case of figurative language, Journal of Cognitive Science 10: 245-277. [PDF - 29 MB]

Bosco F.M., Colle L., De Fazio, S., Bono A., Ruberti, S., Tirassa M. (2009). Th.o.m.a.s.: An exploratory assessment of Theory of Mind in schizophrenic subjects. Consciousness and Cognition, 18, 306-319. [PDF]

Bosco F.M., Colle L., Tirassa M. (2009). The complexity of theory of mind. Consciosness and Cognition, 18, 323-324. [PDF]

Angeleri R., Bosco F.M., Zettin M., Sacco K., Colle L., Bara B.G. (2008). Communicative impairment in traumatic brain injury: A complete pragmatic assessment, Brain and Language, 107, 229-245. [PDF]

Bosco F.M., Bucciarelli M. (2008). Simple and Complex Deceits and Ironies, Journal of Pragmatics, 40, 583-607. [PDF]

Sacco K., Angeleri R., Bosco F.M., Colle L., Mate D., Bara B.G. (2008). Assessment Battery for Communication - ABaCo: A new instrument for the evaluation of pragmatic abilities. Journal of Cognitive Science, 2, 111-157. [PDF]

Tirassa M., Bosco F.M. (2008). On the nature and role of intersubjectivity in human communication. In: Enacting intersubjectivity: A cognitive and social perspective on the study of interactions, (pp. 81-95), Morganti F., Riva, B. and Carassa A. (Eds.). IOS Press.

Bosco, F.M., Friedman, O., Lesile A. (2006). Recognition of pretend and real actions in play by one- and two-year-olds: Early success and why they fail, Cognitive Development, 21, 3-10. [PDF]

Tirassa M, Bosco F.M., Colle L. (2006). Sharedness and privateness in human early social life, Cognitive Systems Research, 7, 128-139. [PDF]

Tirassa M., Bosco F.M., Colle L., (2006). Rethinking the ontogeny of mindreading, Consciousness and Cognition, 15, 197-217. [PDF]

Bosco F.M., Bucciarelli M., Bara B. G. (2006). Recognition and repair of communicative failures: A developmental perspective. Journal of Pragmatics, 38, 1398-1429. [PDF]

Bosco F.M. (2006). Cognitive Pragmatics. In: Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd Ed, (pp. 546 - 552), Keith Brown (Ed.). Elsevier.

Bosco F.M., Bucciarelli M., Bara B.G. (2004). The fundamental context categories in understanding communicative intention, Journal of Pragmatics, 36, 467- 488. [PDF]

Bara B.G., Bosco F.M., Bucciarelli M. (1999). Developmental pragmatics in normal and abnormal children, Brain and Language, 68, 507-528.



International proceedings

Angeleri R., Bosco F.M., Zettin M., Sacco K., Colle L., Bara B.G. (2008). The role of cognitive functions in communication: The case of traumatic brain injury . In: V. Sloutsky, B. Love, and K. McRae (Eds.) Proceedings of the XXX Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science (pp. 805-810). Austin, TX.: Cognitive Science Society.

Vallana M., Bosco F.M., Angeleri R., Sacco K., Bara B.G., Colle L. (2007). Communicative ability in schizophrenic patients: Executive functions, theory of mind and mental representations. In: D.S. McNamara & J.G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1593-1598). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Vallana M., Bosco F.M., Bucciarelli M. (2006). Grasp the meaning: children's comprehension of sincere, deceitful and ironic use of the same metaphor. In: Chernigovskaya T. V. (Ed.), The Second Biennial Conference on Cognitive Science Society (pp.171-173). St. Petersburg: Cognitive Science Society.

Angeleri R., Bosco F.M., Colle L., Sacco K., Zettin M., B. G. Bara. (2006). Pragmatic Competence in Closed Head Injury: Extralinguistic and Paralinguistic Aspects. In: Chernigovskaya T. V. (Ed.), The Second Biennial Conference on Cognitive Science Society (pp. 17–18). St. Petersburg: Cognitive Science Society.

Bosco F.M., Sacco K., Colle L., Angeleri R., Enrici I., Bo G., Bara B.G. (2004). Simple and Complex Extralinguistics Communicative Acts. In: Forbus K. Gentner D. Reiger D. (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 144-149). Chicago, Illinois: Cognitive Science Society.

Bosco F.M., Bucciarelli M., Bara B.G. (2003). Literal meaning and context categories in the attribution of communicative intentions: A developmental study. In: R. Alterman & D. Kirsh (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp.162-167). Boston, Massachussetts: Cognitive Science Society.

Bara B.G., Bosco F.M., Bucciarelli M. (1999). Simple and complex speech acts: What makes the difference within a developmental perspective. In: M. Hahn & S.C. Stoness (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 55-60). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Bosco F.M., Tirassa M. (1998). Sharedness as an innate basis for communication in the infant. In: Gernsbacher & S.J. Derry (Eds.), Proceedings of the XX Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 162-166). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.



Publications in Italian

Angeleri R., Enrici I., Sacco K., Bosco F.M., Colle l., Bo. G., Bara B.G. (2007). Valutazione della competenza pragmatica: Uno studio evolutivo. Ricerche di Psicologia, 1, 119-165.

Bosco F.M., Colle L., Pecorara R. Tirassa M. (2006) Th.O.M.A.S., Theory of Mind Assessment Scale: Uno strumento per la valutazione della teoria della mente. Sistemi Intelligenti, 2, 215-242.

Conti L., Bosco F.M., Semerari A., Bara B.G. (2001). Condivisione e funzioni metacognitive: Analisi di sedute psicoterapeutiche attraverso L’Indice di Condivisione e la S.Va. M., Quaderni di psicoterapia, 9, 6-24.

Bara B.G., Bosco F.M. (2000). L'Indice di Condivisione: uno strumento di analisi delle sedute psicoterapeutiche. Psicoterapia, 19/20, 38-49.

Bara B.G., Bosco F.M., Bucciarelli M. (2000). Rappresentazioni mentali e competenza pragmatica nei bambini. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 1, 91-133.



Chapters book in italian

Bara B.G., Colle L., Bosco F.M. (2005). Metacognizione: aspetti rilevanti per la clinica. Nuovo manuale di psicoterapia cognitiva, pp. 197-229. Torino, Bollati Boringhieri.

Bosco F.M. (2002). Linguaggio e comunicazione. In: Processi cognitivi e personalita’: Introduzione alla Psicologia, 175-199, a cura di G. Pravettoni e M. Miglioretti. Milano: Franco Angeli.




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