Olga Capirci
Research Director
Olga Capirci is Research Director at the CNR Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Head of the Language and Communication Across Modalities (LaCAM) Laboratory, and Coordinator of the Action, Gesture, and Sign Language (AG&S) Research Unit; she is furthermore Professor in the Psychology Faculty of International Telematic University UNINETTUNO. Her research is focus on the study of the co-development of language and perceptuo-motor processes, conceiving language acquisition as semantically driven and embodied. In particular, her research has contributed to enhancing the relevance of a multimodal approach to communication, considering different modalities of expression (e.g., speech, gesture, signs).
Author of numerous national and international scientific publications, member of the International Society for Gesture Studies, member of the CNR interdepartmental working group on Accessibility and Universal Design.
