Publications
Journal Articles
2026
Manfredi, M., Iliopoulos, F., Hehl, N. L., Walitza, S., & Giroud, N. (2026). Neural correlates of language disfunction in psychiatric disorders: A developmental perspective. Journal of Neural Transmission. Advance online publication. DOI
Moreno, L., Manfredi, M., Di Poi, G., Gruber, J., McPartland, J. C., & Samson, A. C. (2026). A scoping review on positive emotions and affect in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Advance online publication. DOI
Manfredi, M., Laulan, P., & Samson, A. C. (2026). Humour as emotion regulation and resource in autism: A narrative review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 17, 1770298. DOI
2025
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, 106334. DOI
Ger, E., Manfredi, M., & Daum, M. M. (2025). Children find others’ misfortune funnier than adults. Social Development, 34(3), e12805. DOI
Vanutelli, M. E., & Manfredi, M. (2025). Laughing your… brain off. New insights on the adaptive meaning of humour. Neuroscience Letters, 867, 138411. DOI
2024
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, 38(6), 857–871. DOI
Vanutelli, M. E., Daum, M. M., & Manfredi, M. (2024). Mini-review: Wild laughs: Ontogenesis and phylogenesis of humour. Neuroscience Letters, 822, 137615. DOI
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. DOI
Pantaleo, M. M., Arcuri, G., Manfredi, M., & Proverbio, A. M. (2024). Music literacy improves reading skills via bilateral orthographic development. Scientific Reports, 14, 3506. DOI
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. DOI
2023
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, 81. DOI
2022
Reinelt, T., Wermelinger, S., Beck, S., Brehm, J., Helbling, N., Manfredi, M., Moersdorf, L., Wagner, L., & 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, 31(5), e2322. DOI
Vanutelli, M. E., Manfredi, M., Amir, O., & Lucchiari, C. (2022). Editorial: Not Funny! A [Super] Serious Multidisciplinary Exploration of Humor Creativity. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 834558. DOI
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, 17(4), 329–338. DOI
2021
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. DOI
Manfredi, M., Celebic, C., & Daum, M. M. (2021). When dogs meow: An electrophysiological study of lexical–semantic processing in toddlers. Infancy, 26(6), 1076–1096. DOI
Manfredi, M., Sanchez Mello de Pinho, P., Marques, L. M., Ribeiro, B. de O., & Boggio, P. S. (2021). Crossmodal processing of environmental sounds and everyday life actions: An ERP study. Heliyon, 7(9), e07937. DOI
Manfredi, M., Rodrigues Pereira, E. F., Horta Tabosa do Egito, J., Scarano de Mendonça, J., & Caldas Osório, A. A. (2021). Altruistic helping in young children with ASD: A preliminary study. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 118, 104067. DOI
Manfredi, M., Cohn, N., Ribeiro, B., Pinho, P. S., Rodrigues Pereira, E. F., & Boggio, P. S. (2021). The electrophysiology of audiovisual processing in visual narratives in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Brain and Cognition, 151, 105730. DOI
2020
Manfredi, M., Proverbio, A. M., Sanchez Mello de Pinho, P., Ribeiro, B., Comfort, W. E., Marques, L. M., & Boggio, P. S. (2020). Electrophysiological indexes of ToM and non-ToM humor in healthy adults. Experimental Brain Research, 238(4), 789–805. DOI
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, 50(8), 2658–2672. DOI
Manfredi, M., Proverbio, A. M., Marques, L. M., Ribeiro, B., Morello, L. Y. N., & Boggio, P. S. (2020). Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of MPFC enhances humor processing. Social Neuroscience, 15(2), 199–213. DOI
2018
Manfredi, M., Cohn, N., De Araújo Andreoli, M., & Boggio, P. S. (2018). Listening beyond seeing: Event-related potentials to audiovisual processing in visual narrative. Brain and Language, 185, 1–8. DOI
Baptista, N. I., Manfredi, M., & Boggio, P. S. (2018). Medial prefrontal cortex stimulation modulates irony processing as indexed by the N400. Social Neuroscience, 13(4), 495–510. DOI
2017
Manfredi, M., Proverbio, A. M., Gonçalves Donate, A. P., Macarini Gonçalves Vieira, S., Comfort, W. E., De Araújo Andreoli, M., & Boggio, P. S. (2017). tDCS application over the STG improves the ability to recognize and appreciate elements involved in humor processing. Experimental Brain Research, 235(6), 1843–1852. DOI
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. DOI
2014
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, 4, 5866. DOI
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. DOI
Adorni, R., Manfredi, M., & Proverbio, A. M. (2014). Electro-cortical manifestations of common vs. proper name processing during reading. Brain and Language, 135, 1–8. DOI
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. DOI
2013
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. DOI
Adorni, R., Manfredi, M., & Proverbio, A. M. (2013). Congenital unilateral deafness affects cerebral organization of reading. Brain Sciences, 3(2), 908–922. DOI
Proverbio, A. M., Manfredi, M., Zani, A., & Adorni, R. (2013). Musical expertise affects neural bases of letter recognition. Neuropsychologia, 51(3), 538–549. DOI
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), 132–141. DOI
2012
Proverbio, A. M., Mazzara, R., Riva, F., & Manfredi, M. (2012). Sex differences in callosal transfer and hemispheric specialization for face coding. Neuropsychologia, 50(9), 2325–2332. DOI
Proverbio, A. M., Crotti, N., Manfredi, M., Adorni, R., & Zani, A. (2012). Who needs a referee? How incorrect basketball actions are automatically detected by basketball players’ brain. Scientific Reports, 2, 883. DOI
2011
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. DOI
2009
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. DOI
Book Chapters
2023
Manfredi, M., & Coderre, E. (2023). Electrophysiology of semantic processing in ASD. In A. El Idrissi & D. McCloskey (Eds.), Neurobiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders (pp. 417–432). Springer. DOI
Daum, M. M., & Manfredi, M. (2023). Developmental psychology. In J. Zumbach, D. A. Bernstein, S. Narciss, & G. Marsico (Eds.), International Handbook of Psychology Learning and Teaching (pp. 239–272). Springer. DOI
Conference Abstracts
2025
Proverbio, A. M., Manfredi, M., & Zani, A. (2025). Orthographic processing and neuroplasticity: How music literacy boosts reading ability. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 213(Suppl.), 113009. DOI
2012
Manfredi, M., Crotti, N., Zani, A., & Proverbio, A. M. (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. DOI
Books
2025
Manfredi, M. (2025). Il cervello che ride: Neuroscienze dell’umorismo. Carocci.