Education

PhD, Language Sciences

Research interest

First and second language processision and learning, Social interaction, EEG, Virtual reality, Embodied semantics, Neurolinguistics

Publications

Zappa, A., Bolger, D., Pergandi, J.M., Mestre, D., Frenck-Mestre, (2022). Cross-linguistic gender-congruency effects during lexical access in novice L2 learners: Evidence from EEG. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience.

Zappa, A., Bolger, D., Pergandi, J.-M., Mallet, P., Dubarry, A.-S., Mestre, D., & Frenck-Mestre, C. (2019). Motor resonance during linguistic processing as shown by EEG in a naturalistic VR environment. Brain and Cognition, 134, 44‑57.

Zappa, A., Bolger, D., Pergandi, J.M., Mestre, D., Frenck-Mestre, C. The neural corelates of embodied L2 learning. Neurobiology of Language (Registered report,  In principle Acceptance)

*Bechtold, L., Cosper, S. H., Malyshevskaya, A., Montefinese, M., Morucci, P., Niccolai, V., Repetto, C., Zappa, A., Shtyrov, Y., Brain Signatures of Embodied Semantics and Language: A Consensus Paper. Journal of Cognition (in press)

Zappa, A., & Frenck-Mestre, C. Embodied L2 processing and learning from a neurocognitive perspective, Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Neurolinguistics (in press)

Tellier, M., Eschenauer, S. & Zappa, A. (2022) Incorporating languages: recognizing the role of the body in teaching and learning, TIPA Travaux interdisciplinaires sur la parole et le langage 38(38)