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I completed my PhD at Birkbeck on the topic of second language development. My research focuses on second language acquisition and its effects on attention and executive control. Does bilingualism enhance cognitive functioning in childhood and adulthood? How do bilinguals manage to control their two languages? Will brain structure change as a function of increased ability to control both languages? These are some of the most important questions that I address in my research by using a combination of behavioural, computational and neuroimaging techniques.
PublicationsRichardson, F., Thomas, M.S.C, F., Filippi, R., Harth, H., and Price, C.J. (2009). Contrasting effects on vocabulary knowledge on temporal and parietal brain structures across lifespan. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 83, 109-113. Filippi, R., Richardson, F., Dick, F., Leech, R., Green, D.W., Thomas, M.S.C., and Price, C.J. (submitted). The right posterior paravermis and the control of verbal interference in bilinguals. Manuscript submitted for publication - Journal of Neuroscience. Filippi, R., Leech, R., ., Thomas, M.S.C., Green, D.W., Dick, F. (submitted). The effect of Native and Non-Native Language interference: A bilingual advantage in sentence comprehension. Manuscript submitted for publication - Bilingualism: Language & Cognition.
Publications in preparationFilippi, R., Karmiloff-Smith, A. (in prep.). What can developmental disorders teach us about typical development? Invited chapter for Marshall, C. R. (Ed.) Current issues in developmental psychology. London, UK: Psychology Press. Filippi, R., Thomas, M.S.C. (in prep.). Bilingual language switching in production: empirical and computational studies. Special Issue on Computational Modeling of Bilingualism. Bilingualism: Language & Cognition (invited contribution) Filippi, R., Richardson, F., Dick, F., Leech, R., Green, D.W., Thomas, M.S.C., and Price, C.J. (in prep.). The cerebellum and its involvement in the control of verbal and non-verbal interference: a VBM study with adult late bilinguals. Filippi, R., Green, D.W. (in prep.). Local dynamics of language control in Italian-English bilingual speakers.
Other publicationsEditor of the English pages of one of the most important football websites in Italy, www.calciomercato.com. Webdesigner and editor of Serie A striker Cristiano Lucarelli's official website (www.cristianolucarelli.com).
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