Florit, E., Bastianello, T., Andalò, B., Majorano, M. (under review). I-MovE. An intervention to promote movement at childcare centers: benefits for motor cognitive and socio-emotional development.
Publications
Bastianello, T., Silletti, F., Cassibba, R., Coppola, G., Musso, P., Rossini, V., Zusi, C., Unali, I., Florit, E., Majorano, M., Maffeis, C., & Lavelli, M. (under review). Short-term Effects of an Outdoor Activities Intervention on Children’s and Caregivers’ Stress, and Children’s Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Regulation Skills.
Persici, V., & Majorano, M. (under review). Second language phonolexical representations in Italian first-grade children enrolled in an English immersion program: effects of receptive vocabulary and environmental factors.
Majorano, M., Persici, V., Santangelo, M., Ferrari, R., Bertelli, B., Florit, E., Lavelli, M., Bastianello, T., Guerzoni, L., & Cuda, D. (under review). Narrative skills and language comprehension in preschool children with cochlear implants: a comparison with children with Developmental Language Disorder or typical development.
Persici, V., Bastianello, T., Hoff, E.*, & Majorano, M.* (under review). The relationship between receptive vocabulary and word and nonword reading skills in monolingual and language minority bilingual children in Italy across grades.
Persici, V., Castelletti, G., Guerzoni, L., Cuda, D., & Majorano, M. (under review). The role of lexical and prosodic characteristics of mothers’ child-directed speech for the early vocabulary development of Italian children with cochlear implants.
Persici, V., Santangelo, M., Guerzoni, L., Cuda, D., Gordon, R. L., & Majorano, M. (in press). Music exposure and maternal musicality predict vocabulary development in children with cochlear implants. Music Perception.
Santangelo, M.*, Persici, V.*, Caricati, L., Corsano, P., Gordon, R. L., & Majorano, M. (2023). The adaptation and validation of the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index (Gold-MSI) in Italian: The Gold-MSI-IT. Psychology of Music. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356231204855
Persici, V., Blain, S. D., Iversen, J. R., Key, A. P., Kotz, S. A., McAuley, J. D., & Gordon, R. L. (2023). Individual differences in neural markers of beat processing relate to spoken grammar skills in six-year-old children. Brain and Language, 246, 105345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2023.105345
Florit, E., De Carli, P., Lavelli, M., & Mason, L. (2023). Digital reading in beginner readers: Advantage or disadvantage for comprehension of narrative and informational linear texts? Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 39, 432–445. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12754
Florit, E., Barachetti, C., Majorano, M., & Lavelli, M. (2023). Linguistic interactions at nursery school and language acquisition of toddlers from low-income bilingual immigrant families and monolingual families. International Journal of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. Advanced online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2023.2223905
Bastianello, T., Lorenzini, I., Nazzi, T., & Majorano, M. (2023). The Language ENvironment Analysis system (LENA): A validation study with Italian-learning children. Journal of Child Language, 1–21. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000923000326
Alduais, A., Majorano, M., & Bastianello, T. (2023). Examining pragmatic language development in preschoolers with and without neurodevelopmental disorders: A cross-sectional study. Applied Neuropsychology: Child. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622965.2023.2224483
Florit, E., Roch, M., Dicataldo, R., & Levorato, M. C. (2022). The Simple View of Reading in Italian beginner readers: Converging evidence and open debates on the role of the main components. Learning and Individual Differences, 93, 101961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2020.101961
Florit, E., De Carli, P., Rodà, A., Domenicale, S., & Mason, L. (2022). Precursors of reading text comprehension from paper and screen in first graders: A longitudinal study. Reading and Writing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-022-10327-w
Majorano, M., Bastianello, T., Florit, E., Lavelli, M., Bertelli, B., & Ferrari, R. (2022). An Intervention Program Based on the Syllabic Method for Enhancing Early Literacy in Preschool Children, Journal of Research in Childhood Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2022.2147258
Nitin, R., Gustavson, D. E., Aaron, A., Boorom, O., Bush, C. T., Wiens, N., Vaughan, C., Persici, V., Blain, S., Soman, U., Hambrick, D. Z., Camarata, S. C., McAuley, J. D., & Gordon, R. L. (2023). Exploring individual differences in musical rhythm and grammar skills in school-aged children with typically developing language. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 2201. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21902-0
Barachetti, C., Majorano, M., Rossi, G., Antolini, E., Zerbato, R., & Lavelli, M. (2021). Vocabulary production in toddlers from low-income immigrant families: evidence from children exposed to Romanian-Italian and Nigerian English-Italian. Journal of Child Language, 49(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000921000222
Majorano, M., Bastianello, T., Bodea-Hategan, C., Fantuzzi, P., Fontana, G., Hoste, E., Lombardi, M.,Standaert, A., Talas, D., Trifu, R., Vescogni, L., & Persici, V. (2021). Early literacy skills and later reading and writing performance across countries: the effects of orthographic consistency and preschool curriculum. Child & Youth Care Forum, 50(6), 1063-1085. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-021-09611-7
Verity, L., Schellekens, T., Adam, T., Sillis, F., Majorano, M., Wigelsworth, M., Qualter, P., Peters, B., Stajniak, S., & Maes, M. (2022). Tell me about loneliness: Interviews with young people about what loneliness is and how to cope with it. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 11904. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211904
Persici, V., Morelli, M., Lavelli, M., Florit, E., Guerzoni, L., Cuda, D., Yoshinaga-Itano, C., & Majorano, M. (2022). Bidirectional language influence in mother-child interaction and its effects on the lexical and communicative development of children with cochlear implants. First Language, 42(4), 499-522. https://doi.org/10.1177/01427237221086473
Bastianello, T., Keren-Portnoy, T., Majorano, M., & Vihman, M. (2022). Infant looking preferences towards dynamic faces: A systematic review. Infant Behavior and Development, 67, 101709. https://doi.org/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2022.101709
Persici, V., Majorano, M., Bastianello, T., & Hoff, E. (2022). Vocabulary and reading speed in the majority language are affected by maternal language proficiency and language exposure at home: a study of language minority bilingual children in Italy. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25(10), 3729-3744. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2022.2076552
Alduais, A., Majorano, M., Andrés-Roqueta, C., Hamaguchi, P., Persici, V., & Qasem, F. (2022). Conceptualizing, defining, and assessing pragmatic language impairment in clinical settings among preschoolers: a scoping review. Infant and Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2368
Bastianello, T., Brondino, M., Persici, V., & Majorano, M. (2022). A novel computer-based assessment tool for evaluating early literacy skills in Italian pre-schoolers. Journal of Research in Childhood Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2022.2118913
Raccanello, D., Florit, E., Brondino, M., Rodà, A., & Mason, L. (2022). Control and value appriasals and online multiple-text comprehension in primary school: The mediating role of boredom and the moderating role of word-reading fluency. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 92(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12448
Ronconi, A., Veronesi, V., Mason, L., Manzione, L., Florit, E., Anmarkrud, Ø., Bråten, I. (2022). Effects of reading medium on the processing, comprehension, and calibration of adolescent readers. Computers & Education, 185, 104520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2022.104520
Florit, E., De Carli, P., Roda, A., Domenicale, S., & Mason, L. (2022). Precursors of reading text comprehension from paper and screen in first graders: a longitudinal study. Reading and Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-022-10327-w
Anmarkrud, Ø., Bråten, I., Florit, E. et al. The Role of Individual Differences in Sourcing: a Systematic Review. Educational Psychology Review, 34, 749–792 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09640-7
Florit, E., De Carli, P., Lavelli, M., & Mason, L. (2022). Digital reading in beginner readers: Advantage or disadvantage for comprehension of narrative and informational linear texts? Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12754
Florit, E., Barachetti, C., Majorano, M. & Lavelli, M. (2021). Home language activities and expressive vocabulary of toddlers from low-SES monolingual families and bilingual immigrant families. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 296. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010296
Barachetti, C., Majorano, M., Rossi, G., Antolini, E., Zerbato, R., & Lavelli, M. (2021). Bilingual vocabulary production in toddlers from low-income immigrant families: evidence from children exposed to Romanian-Italian and Nigerian English-Italian. Journal of Child Language, online first publication April 22, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000921000222
Cena, L., Biban, P., Janos, J., Lavelli, M., Langfus, J., Tsai, A., Youngstrom, E. A., & Stefana, A. (2021). The collateral impact of COVID-19 emergency on neonatal intensive care units and family-centered care: Challenges and opportunities. Frontiers in Psychology, Health Psychology section, 12:630594. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.630594
Majorano, M., Brondino, M., Guerzoni, L., Murri, A., Ferrari, R., Lavelli, M., Cuda, D., Yoshinaga-Itano, C., Morelli, M., & Persici, V. (2021). Do acoustic environment characteristics affect the lexical development of children with cochlear implants? A longitudinal study before and after cochlear implant activation. American Journal of Audiology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJA-20-00104
Majorano, M., Bastianello, T., Bodea-Hategan, C., Fantuzzi, P., Fontana, G., Hoste, E., Lombardi M., Standaert A., Talas, D., Trifu, R., & Vescogni, L., & Persici, V. (2021). Language and early literacy evaluation in preschool: A cross-linguistic comparison among Belgian, Italian and Romanian children using the Talk assessment. Child and Youth Care Forum. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-021-09611-7
Majorano, M., Persici, V., Ferrari, R., Bertelli, B., & Bastianello, T. (2021). Talk—An intervention programme for enhancing early literacy skills in preschool children: A pilot study. Child Care in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/13575279.2021.1929844
Majorano, M., Brondino, M., Morelli, M., Ferrari, R., Lavelli, M., Guerzoni, L., Cuda, D., & Persici, V. (2020). Preverbal production and early lexical development in children with cochlear implants: A longitudinal study following pre-implanted children until 12 months after cochlear implant activation. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 591584. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.591584