Publications

Manfredi, M., Ger, E., Dietler, F., Proverbio, A.M, & Daum, M. M. (2025). Can you spot the funny face ? An EEG study on slapstick humour processing in children. Brain and Cognition, 188(July), 106334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2025.106334

Ger, E., Manfredi, M., & Daum, M. M. (2025). Children find others’ misfortune funnier than adults. Social Development, 34(3), e12805.

Ger, E., Manfredi, M., Osório, A. A. C., Ribeiro, C. F., Almeida, A., Güdel, A., Calbi, M., & Daum, M. M. (2024). Duration of face mask exposure matters: evidence from Swiss and Brazilian kindergartners’ ability to recognise emotions. Cognition and Emotion, 1–15.

Vanutelli, M. E., Daum, M. M., & Manfredi, M. (2024). Mini-review: Wild laughs: Ontogenesis and phylogenesis of humour. Neuroscience Letters, 822, 137615.

Proverbio, A. M., Arcuri, G., Pantaleo, M. M., Zani, A., & Manfredi, M. (2024). The key role of the right posterior fusiform gyrus in music reading: an electrical neuroimaging study on 90 readers. Frontiers in Cognition, 3, 1323220.

Manfredi, M., & Coderre, E. (2024). Electrophysiology of Semantic Processing in ASD. Neurobiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 417–432.

Pantaleo, M. M., Arcuri, G., Manfredi, M., & Proverbio, A. M. (2024). Music literacy improves reading skills via bilateral orthographic development. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 3506.

Ger, E., Daum, M. M., & Manfredi, M. (2024). Children’s recognition of slapstick humor is linked to their Theory of Mind. Frontiers in Cognition, 3, 1369638.

Manfredi, M., Comfort, W. E., Marques, L. M., Rego, G. G., Egito, J. H., Romero, R. L., & Boggio, P. S. (2023). Understanding racial bias through electroencephalography. BMC Psychology, 11(1), 81.

Reinelt, T., Wermelinger, S., Beck, S., Brehm, J., Helbling, N., Manfredi, M., ... & Daum, M. M. (2022). Infancy researchers need to change the way they develop their measures: A comment on Byers‐Heinlein et al.(2021). Infant and Child Development, e2322. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2322.

Vanutelli, M.E., Manfredi, M., Amir, O., Lucchiari, C. (2022). Editorial: Not Funny! A Multidisciplinary Scientific Exploration of Humor Creativity. Frontiers Psychology, 13:834558. 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.834558.

Manfredi, M., Morello, L.Y. N., Marques, L.M., Boggio, P.S. (2022). When humor is a matter of heart: effects on emotional state and Interbeat Interval. Social Neuroscience, 16 (6), 653-667. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2022.2095019.

Daum, M., Manfredi, M. Developmental Psychology. In J. Zumbach, D.A. Bernstein, S. Narciss, G. Marsico (Eds.). International Handbook of Psychology Learning and Teaching (in press). Springer Nature; Springer International Handbooks of Education.

Manfredi, M., Boggio, P.S. (2021). Neural correlates of sex differences in communicative gestures and speech comprehension: a preliminary study. Social Neuroscience, 16 (6), 653-667.

Manfredi, M., Asta, C., & Daum, M. M. (2021). When dogs meow: An electrophysiological study of lexical– semantic processing in toddlers. Infancy, 00, 1– 21. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12434.

Manfredi, M., Sanchez Mello de Pinho, P., Marques, L. M., Ribeiro, B. (2021). Crossmodal processing of environmental sounds and everyday life actions: an ERP study. Heliyon, e07937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07937.

Manfredi, M., Fernandez E. Horta Tabosa do Egito, J, Mendonça J, Osório AAC. (2021). Altruistic helping in young children with ASD: a preliminary study. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 118, 104067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104067.

Manfredi, M., Cohn, N., Ribeiro, B., Fernandes, E., Boggio P.S. (2021). The electrophysiology of audiovisual processing in visual narratives in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Brain and Cognition, 151, 105730. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2021.105730.

Manfredi, M., Proverbio, A.M., Pinho Mello, P., Ribeiro, B., Comfort, W.E., Marques Murrins, L. & Boggio, P.S. (2020). Electrophysiological indexes of ToM and non-ToM humor in healthy adults. Experimental Brain Research, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-020-05753-7. 

Manfredi M., Cohn, N., Sanchez Mello, P., Fernandez, E., Boggio P.S. (2020). Visual and verbal narrative comprehension in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders: an ERP study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04374-x.

Manfredi M., Proverbio, A.M., Marques Murrins, L., Ribeiro, B., Morello Nakao, L.Y. & Boggio, P.S. (2019). Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of MPFC enhances humor processing. Social Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2019.1674687.

Manfredi M., Cohn, N., De Araujo Andreoli, M., Boggio P.S. (2018). Listening beyond seeing: Event-related potentials to speech processing in visual narrative. Brain and Language, 185, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2018.06.008.

Baptista N., Manfredi, M., Boggio P.S. (2018). Medial prefrontal cortex stimulation modulates irony comprehension processing as indexed by the N400. Social Neuroscience, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2017.1356744.

Manfredi M., Proverbio, A.M., Gonçalves Donate A., Macarini S., De Araujo Andreoli M., Boggio P.S. (2017). tDCS application over the right STG improves facial expression recognition during humor detection. Experimental Brain Research, 235-1843. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-017-4932-5.

Manfredi M., Cohn N., Kutas, M. (2017). When a hit sounds like a kiss: An electrophysiological exploration of semantic processing in visual narrative. Brain and Language, 169, 28-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2017.02.001.

Proverbio A.M., Calbi M., Manfredi M., Zani A (2014). Audio-visuomotor processing in the Musician’s brain: an ERP study on professional violinists and clarinetists. Scientific Reports, Nature 4, 5866.  https://www.nature.com/articles/srep05866

Manfredi, M., Adorni, R., Proverbio, A.M. (2014). Why do we laugh at misfortunes? An electrophysiological exploration of comic situation processing. Neuropsychologia, 61, 324-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.06.029.

Adorni, A., Manfredi, M., Proverbio, A.M. (2014). Electro-cortical manifestations of common vs. proper name processing during reading, Brain & Language 135, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2014.05.002.

Proverbio, A.M., Calbi, M., Manfredi, M., Zani, A. (2014). Comprehending Body Language and Mimics: An ERP and Neuroimaging Study on Italian Actors and Viewers, PLoS ONE, 9(3): e91294. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091294.

Spironelli, C., Manfredi, M., Angrilli, A. (2013). Beta EEG band: A measure of functional brain damage and language reorganization in aphasic patients after recovery. Cortex,  49(10): 2650–2660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2013.05.003.

Adorni, R., Manfredi, M., Proverbio, A.M. (2013). Congenital unilateral deafness affects cerebral organization of reading. Brain Science, 3(2):908-922. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci3020908.

Proverbio, A.M., Manfredi, M., Adorni, R. (2013). Musical expertise affects neural processing of word reading. Neuropsychologia,51(3):538-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.12.001.

Adorni, R., Manfredi, M., Proverbio, A.M. (2013). Since when or how often? Dissociating the roles of age of acquisition (AoA) and lexical frequency in early visual word processing. Brain and Language, 124(1):132-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2012.11.005.

Proverbio, A.M., Mazzara, R., Riva, F., Manfredi, M. (2012). Sex differences in callosal transfer (IHTT) and hemispheric specialization for face coding. Neuropsychologia, 50(9), 2325-32.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.05.036.

Proverbio, A.M., Crotti, N., Manfredi, M., Zani, A., Adorni, R. (2012). Who needs a referee? How incorrect basketball actions are automatically detected by basketball players' brain. Scientific Report, Nature. 2:883. https://www.nature.com/articles/srep00883.

Manfredi M., Crotti N., Zani. A., Proverbio AM. (2012). Shooting the basketbrain: electrophysiological evidence for a similar semantic processing involved in language and action visual perception. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 85(3), 386.

Proverbio, A.M., De Gabriele, V., Manfredi, M., Adorni, R. (2011). No Race Effect (ORE) in the automatic orienting toward Baby Faces: When Ethnic Group does not matter, Psychology, 2(9), 931-935. http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=8871.   

Bergamaschi, S., Spironelli, C., Cesaro, L., Manfredi, M., Calza, A., Mondini, S. (2009). Apprendimento e riorganizzazione plastica dei network cerebrali in pazienti con demenza di Alzheimer. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 36 (2), 527-536.

Manfredi M. (2025). Il cervello che ride. Carocci.