Basque Center on Cognition, Brain & Language
Nicola Molinaro
Research
Group Leader. Ikerbasque Research Professor.
Keywords: Sentence-level composition, Agreement processing, Prediction/Reaction processes, Language learning, Multi-Word Expressions, Visual word recognition, Dyslexia, Electrophysiology.
Research line: The neurophysiological basis of reading in expert and non-expert readers. Language disorders.
Ikerbasque Research Professor at BCBL - Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language in San Sebastián.
Research experience in the United States (University of Washington), Italy (University of Padova and University of Trento). Granted with a Juan de la Cierva post-doc fellowship in 2008. Visiting researcher at the University of Trento and the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Doctor in Cognitive Sciences (2007) from the University of Padova, Italy.
Research group: Brain Rhythms and Cognition
n.molinaro@bcbl.eu
+34 943 309 300 Ext.: 206
2025
Fernández-Merino, L., Lizarazu, M., Molinaro, N., & Kalashnikova, M. (2025). Temporal Structure of Music Improves the Cortical Encoding of Speech. Human Brain Mapping, 46(5). Doi:10.1002/hbm.70199
Jhilal, S., Molinaro, N., & Klimovich-Gray, A. (2025). Non-verbal skills in auditory word processing: implications for typical and dyslexic readers. Language Cognition and Neuroscience, 40(3), 341-359. Doi:10.1080/23273798.2024.2438012
Morucci, P., Giannelli, F., Richter, C.G., & Molinaro, N. (2025). Spoken words affect visual object recognition via the modulation of alpha and beta oscillations. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 19. Doi:10.3389/fnins.2025.1467249
Nara, S., Rathee, D., Molinaro, N., Du Bois, N., Bhushan, B., & Prasad, G. (2025). Visual Angles and Emotional Valence Affect Temporal Dynamics of Neural Representations of Facial Expression: An MEG Study. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 33, 1-9. Doi:10.1109/TNSRE.2024.3506737
2024
Gastaldon, S., Busan, P., Molinaro, N., & Lizarazu, M. (2024). Cortical Tracking of Speech Is Reduced in Adults Who Stutter When Listening for Speaking. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 67(11), 4339-4357. Doi:10.1044/2024_JSLHR-24-00227
Issa, M.F., Khan, I., Ruzzoli, M., Molinaro, N., & Lizarazu, M. (2024). On the speech envelope in the cortical tracking of speech. Neuroimage, 297. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120675
Molinaro, N., Nara, S., & Carreiras, M. (2024). Early language dissociation in bilingual minds: magnetoencephalography evidence through a machine learning approach. Cerebral Cortex, 34(2). Doi:10.1093/cercor/bhae053
Pérez-Navarro, J., Klimovich-Gray, A., Lizarazu, M., Piazza, G., Molinaro, N., & Lallier, M. (2024). Early language experience modulates the tradeoff between acoustic-temporal and lexico-semantic cortical tracking of speech. Iscience, 27(7). Doi:10.1016/j.isci.2024.110247
Souganidis, C., Molinaro, N., & Stoehr, A. (2024). Bilinguals produce language-specific voice onset time in two true-voicing languages: The case of Basque-Spanish early bilinguals. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 14(3), 370-399. Doi:10.1075/lab.21081.sou
Antonicelli, G., Molinaro, N., De La Riva, P., Laspiur, R., De Turiso, A.L., Carrera, M., & Mancini, S. (2024). Cortical tracking of prosody after stroke and in aging: preliminary evidence from magnetoencephalography. Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech Prosody, 21-26. Doi:10.21437/SpeechProsody.2024-5
2023
Bertels, J., Niesen, M., Destoky, F., Coolen, T., Vander Ghinst, M., Wens, V., Rovai, A., Trotta, N., Baart, M., Molinaro, N., De Tiège, X., & Bourguignon, M. (2023). Neurodevelopmental oscillatory basis of speech processing in noise. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 59. Doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101181
Geng, S., Quiñones, I., Gil-Robles, S., Pomposo Gastelu, I.C., Bermudez, G., Timofeeva, P., Molinaro, N., Carreiras, M., & Amoruso, L. (2023). “Neural dynamics supporting longitudinal plasticity of action naming across languages: MEG evidence from bilingual brain tumor patients”. Neuropsychologia, 181. Doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108494
Klimovich-Gray, A., Di Liberto, G., Amoruso, L., Barrena, A., Agirre, E., & Molinaro, N. (2023). Increased top-down semantic processing in natural speech linked to better reading in dyslexia. Neuroimage, 273. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120072
Lizarazu, M., Carreiras, M., & Molinaro, N. (2023). Theta-gamma phase-amplitude coupling in auditory cortex is modulated by language proficiency. Human Brain Mapping, 44(7), 2862-2872. Doi:10.1002/hbm.26250
Nara, S., Raza, H., Carreiras, M., & Molinaro, N. (2023). Decoding numeracy and literacy in the human brain: insights from MEG and MVPA. Scientific Reports, 13(1). Doi:10.1038/s41598-023-37113-0
2022
Geng, S., Molinaro, N., Timofeeva, P., Quiñones, I., Carreiras, M., & Amoruso, L. (2022). Oscillatory dynamics underlying noun and verb production in highly proficient bilinguals. Scientific Reports, 12(1). Doi:10.1038/s41598-021-04737-z
Ríos-López, P., Molinaro, N., Bourguignon, M., & Lallier, M. (2022). Right-hemisphere coherence to speech at pre-reading stages predicts reading performance one year later. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 34(2), 179-193. Doi:10.1080/20445911.2021.1986514
Ristic, B., Mancini, S., Molinaro, N., & Staub, A. (2022). Maintenance Cost in the Processing of Subject–Verb Dependencies. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition, 48(6), 829-838. Doi:10.1037/xlm0000863
2021
Amoruso, L., Geng, S., Molinaro, N., Timofeeva, P., Gisbert-Muñoz, S., Gil-Robles, S., Pomposo, I., Quiñones, I., & Carreiras, M. (2021). Oscillatory and structural signatures of language plasticity in brain tumor patients: A longitudinal study. Human Brain Mapping, 42(6), 1777-1793. Doi:10.1002/hbm.25328
Caffarra, S., Lizarazu, M., Molinaro, N., & Carreiras, M. (2021). Reading-related brain changes in audiovisual processing: Cross-sectional and longitudinal MEG evidence. Journal of Neuroscience, 41(27), 5867-5875. Doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3021-20.2021
Klimovich-Gray, A., Barrena, A., Agirre, E., & Molinaro, N. (2021). One Way or Another: Cortical Language Areas Flexibly Adapt Processing Strategies to Perceptual and Contextual Properties of Speech. Cerebral Cortex, 31(9), 4092-4103. Doi:10.1093/cercor/bhab071
Lizarazu, M., Carreiras, M., Bourguignon, M., Zarraga, A., & Molinaro, N. (2021). Language Proficiency Entails Tuning Cortical Activity to Second Language Speech. Cerebral Cortex, 31(8), 3820-3831. Doi:10.1093/cercor/bhab051
Lizarazu, M., Lallier, M., Bourguignon, M., Carreiras, M., & Molinaro, N. (2021). Impaired neural response to speech edges in dyslexia. Cortex, 135, 207-218. Doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2020.09.033
Molinaro, N., Lizarazu, M., Baldin, V., Pérez-Navarro, J., Lallier, M., & Ríos-López, P. (2021). Speech-brain phase coupling is enhanced in low contextual semantic predictability conditions. Neuropsychologia, 156. Doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107830
Nara, S., Lizarazu, M., Richter, C.G., Dima, D.C., Cichy, R.M., Bourguignon, M., & Molinaro, N. (2021). Temporal uncertainty enhances suppression of neural responses to predictable visual stimuli. Neuroimage, 239. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118314
2020
Aurtenetxe, S., Molinaro, N., Davidson, D., & Carreiras, M. (2020). Early dissociation of numbers and letters in the human brain. Cortex, 130, 192-202. Doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2020.03.030
Bourguignon, M., Baart, M., Kapnoula, E.C., & Molinaro, N. (2020). Lip-reading enables the brain to synthesize auditory features of unknown silent speech. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(5), 1053-1065. Doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1101-19.2019
Bourguignon, M., Molinaro, N., Lizarazu, M., Taulu, S., Jousmäki, V., Lallier, M., Carreiras, M., & De Tiège, X. (2020). Neocortical activity tracks the hierarchical linguistic structures of self-produced speech during reading aloud. Neuroimage, 216. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116788
Delogu, F., Jachmann, T., Staudte, M., Vespignani, F., & Molinaro, N. (2020). Discourse Expectations Are Sensitive to the Question Under Discussion: Evidence From ERPs. Discourse Processes, 57(2), 122-140. Doi:10.1080/0163853X.2019.1575140
Ordin, M., Polyanskaya, L., Soto, D., & Molinaro, N. (2020). Electrophysiology of statistical learning: Exploring the online learning process and offline learning product. European Journal of Neuroscience, 51(9), 2008-2022. Doi:10.1111/ejn.14657
Ríos-López, P., Molinaro, N., Bourguignon, M., & Lallier, M. (2020). Development of neural oscillatory activity in response to speech in children from 4 to 6 years old. Developmental Science, 23(6). Doi:10.1111/desc.12947
Ristic, B., Mancini, S., & Molinaro, N. (2020). Finding identity in the midst of ambiguity: case and number disambiguation in Basque. Language Cognition and Neuroscience, 35(10), 1272-1282. Doi:10.1080/23273798.2020.1734639
Klimovich-Gray, A., & Molinaro, N. (2020). Synchronising internal and external information: a commentary on Meyer, Sun & Martin (2020). Language Cognition and Neuroscience, 35(9), 1129-1132. Doi:10.1080/23273798.2020.1743875
Molinaro, N. (2020). “Words and emotions in sentence context”: a commentary on Hinojosa, Moreno and Ferré (2019). Language Cognition and Neuroscience, 35(7), 862-864. Doi:10.1080/23273798.2019.1647346
2019
Gussow, A.E., Kapnoula, E.C., & Molinaro, N. (2019). Any leftovers from a discarded prediction? Evidence from eye-movements during sentence comprehension. Language Cognition and Neuroscience, 34(8), 1041-1058. Doi:10.1080/23273798.2019.1617887
Lizarazu, M., Lallier, M., & Molinaro, N. (2019). Phase−amplitude coupling between theta and gamma oscillations adapts to speech rate. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1453(1), 140-152. Doi:10.1111/nyas.14099
Mancini, S., Massol, S., Duñabeitia, J.A., Carreiras, M., & Molinaro, N. (2019). Agreement and illusion of disagreement: An ERP study on Basque. Cortex, 116, 154-167. Doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2018.08.036
Martin, C.D., Underwood, A., & Molinaro, N. (2019). I'm doing better on my own: Social inhibition in vocabulary learning in adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(JUN). Doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01350
Ríos-López, P., Molinaro, N., & Lallier, M. (2019). Tapping to a beat in synchrony predicts brain print sensitivity in pre-readers. Brain and Language, 199. Doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2019.104693
2018
Bourguignon, M., Molinaro, N., & Wens, V. (2018). Contrasting functional imaging parametric maps: The mislocation problem and alternative solutions. Neuroimage, 169, 200-211. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.033
Giannelli, F., & Molinaro, N. (2018). Reanalyzing language expectations: Native language knowledge modulates the sensitivity to intervening cues during anticipatory processing. Psychophysiology, 55(10). Doi:10.1111/psyp.13196
Molinaro, N., & Lizarazu, M. (2018). Delta(but not theta)-band cortical entrainment involves speech-specific processing. European Journal of Neuroscience, 48(7), 2642-2650. Doi:10.1111/ejn.13811
Molinaro, N., & Monsalve, I.F. (2018). Perceptual facilitation of word recognition through motor activation during sentence comprehension. Cortex, 108, 144-159. Doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2018.07.001
Monsalve, I.F., Bourguignon, M., & Molinaro, N. (2018). Theta oscillations mediate pre-activation of highly expected word initial phonemes. Scientific Reports, 8(1). Doi:10.1038/s41598-018-27898-w
Quiñones, I., Molinaro, N., Mancini, S., Hernández-Cabrera, J.A., Barber, H., & Carreiras, M. (2018). Tracing the interplay between syntactic and lexical features: fMRI evidence from agreement comprehension. Neuroimage, 175, 259-271. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.03.069
2017
Caffarra, S., Barber, H., Molinaro, N., & Carreiras, M. (2017). When the end matters: influence of gender cues during agreement computation in bilinguals. Language Cognition and Neuroscience, 32(9), 1069-1085. Doi:10.1080/23273798.2017.1283426
Caffarra, S., Martin, C.D., Lizarazu, M., Lallier, M., Zarraga, A., Molinaro, N., & Carreiras, M. (2017). Word and object recognition during reading acquisition: MEG evidence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 24, 21-32. Doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2017.01.002
Canal, P., Pesciarelli, F., Vespignani, F., Molinaro, N., & Cacciari, C. (2017). Basic composition and enriched integration in idiom processing: An EEG study. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition, 43(6), 928-943. Doi:10.1037/xlm0000351
Mancini, S., Quiñones, I., Molinaro, N., Hernandez-Cabrera, J.A., & Carreiras, M. (2017). Disentangling meaning in the brain: Left temporal involvement in agreement processing. Cortex, 86, 140-155. Doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2016.11.008
Molinaro, N., Giannelli, F., Caffarra, S., & Martin, C. (2017). Hierarchical levels of representation in language prediction: The influence of first language acquisition in highly proficient bilinguals. Cognition, 164, 61-73. Doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2017.03.012
Lallier, M., Molinaro, N., Lizarazu, M., Bourguignon, M., & Carreiras, M. (2017). Amodal Atypical Neural Oscillatory Activity in Dyslexia: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective. Clinical Psychological Science, 5(2), 379-401. Doi:10.1177/2167702616670119
2016
Molinaro, N., Lizarazu, M., Lallier, M., Bourguignon, M., & Carreiras, M. (2016). Out-of-synchrony speech entrainment in developmental dyslexia. Human Brain Mapping, 37(8), 2767-2783. Doi:10.1002/hbm.23206
Molinaro, N., Monsalve, I.F., & Lizarazu, M. (2016). Is there a common oscillatory brain mechanism for producing and predicting language?. Language Cognition and Neuroscience, 31(1), 145-158. Doi:10.1080/23273798.2015.1077978
Molinaro, N., Su, J.J., & Carreiras, M. (2016). Stereotypes override grammar: Social knowledge in sentence comprehension. Brain and Language, 155-156, 36-43. Doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2016.03.002
Ristić, B., Molinaro, N., & Mancini, S. (2016). Agreement attraction in Serbian: Decomposing markedness. Mental Lexicon, 11(2), 242-276. Doi:10.1075/ml.11.2.04ris
Su, J.J., Molinaro, N., Gillon-Dowens, M., Tsai, P.S., Wu, D.H., & Carreiras, M. (2016). When "He" Can also be "She": An ERP study of reflexive pronoun resolution in written Mandarin Chinese. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. Doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00151
2015
Carreiras, M., Monahan, P.J., Lizarazu, M., Duñabeitia, J.A., & Molinaro, N. (2015). Numbers are not like words: Different pathways for literacy and numeracy. Neuroimage, 118, 79-89. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.06.021
Lizarazu, M., Lallier, M., Molinaro, N., Bourguignon, M., Paz-Alonso, P.M., Lerma-Usabiaga, G., & Carreiras, M. (2015). Developmental evaluation of atypical auditory sampling in dyslexia: Functional and structural evidence. Human Brain Mapping, 36(12), 4986-5002. Doi:10.1002/hbm.22986
Massol, S., Molinaro, N., & Carreiras, M. (2015). Lexical inhibition of neighbors during visual word recognition: An unmasked priming investigation. Brain Research, 1604, 35-51. Doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2015.01.051
Molinaro, N., Paz-Alonso, P.M., Duñabeitia, J.A., & Carreiras, M. (2015). Combinatorial semantics strengthens angular-anterior temporal coupling. Cortex, 65, 113-127. Doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2015.01.004
Pérez, A., Gillon Dowens, M., Molinaro, N., Iturria-Medina, Y., Barraza, P., García-Pentón, L., & Carreiras, M. (2015). Complex brain network properties in late L2 learners and native speakers. Neuropsychologia, 68, 209-217. Doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.01.021
Canal, P., Pesciarelli, F., Vespignani, F., Molinaro, N., & Cacciari, C. (2015). Electrophysiological correlates of idiom comprehension: Semantic composition does not follow lexical retrieval. Ceur Workshop Proceedings, 1347, 98-101.
Pagnotta, M.F., Zouridakis, G., Li, L., Lizarazu, M., Lallier, M., Molinaro, N., & Carreiras, M. (2015). Low frequency overactivation in dyslexia: Evidence from resting state Magnetoencephalography. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBS, 2015-November, 6959-6962. Doi:10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319993
Caffarra, S., Molinaro, N., Davidson, D., & Carreiras, M. (2015). Second language syntactic processing revealed through event-related potentials: An empirical review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 51, 31-47. Doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.01.010
Molinaro, N., Barber, H.A., Caffarra, S., & Carreiras, M. (2015). On the left anterior negativity (LAN): The case of morphosyntactic agreement: A Reply to Tanner etal.. Cortex, 66, 156-159. Doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2014.06.009
2014
Mancini, S., Molinaro, N., Davidson, D.J., Avilés, A., & Carreiras, M. (2014). Person and the syntax-discourse interface: An eye-tracking study of agreement. Journal of Memory and Language, 76, 141-157. Doi:10.1016/j.jml.2014.06.010
Monsalve, I.F., Pérez, A., & Molinaro, N. (2014). Item parameters dissociate between expectation formats: A regression analysis of time-frequency decomposed EEG data. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(AUG). Doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00847
Quiñones, I., Molinaro, N., Mancini, S., Hernández-Cabrera, J.A., & Carreiras, M. (2014). Where agreement merges with disagreement: FMRI evidence of subject-verb integration. Neuroimage, 88, 188-201. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.11.038
2013
Mancini, S., Molinaro, N., & Carreiras, M. (2013). Anchoring Agreement in Comprehension. Linguistics and Language Compass, 7(1), 1-21. Doi:10.1111/lnc3.12008
Molinaro, N., Barber, H.A., Pérez, A., Parkkonen, L., & Carreiras, M. (2013). Left fronto-temporal dynamics during agreement processing: Evidence for feature-specific computations. Neuroimage, 78, 339-352. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.04.025
Molinaro, N., Barraza, P., & Carreiras, M. (2013). Long-range neural synchronization supports fast and efficient reading: EEG correlates of processing expected words in sentences. Neuroimage, 72, 120-132. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.01.031
Molinaro, N., Canal, P., Vespignani, F., Pesciarelli, F., & Cacciari, C. (2013). Are complex function words processed as semantically empty strings? A reading time and ERP study of collocational complex prepositions. Language and Cognitive Processes, 28(6), 762-788. Doi:10.1080/01690965.2012.665465
Duñabeitia, J.A., & Molinaro, N. (2013). The wide-open doors to lexical access. Frontiers in Psychology, 4(JUL). Doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00471
2012
Leone-Fernandez, B., Molinaro, N., Carreiras, M., & Barber, H.A. (2012). Objects, events and " to be" verbs in Spanish - An ERP study of the syntax-semantics interface. Brain and Language, 120(2), 127-134. Doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2010.12.006
Molinaro, N., Carreiras, M., & Duñabeitia, J.A. (2012). Semantic combinatorial processing of non-anomalous expressions. Neuroimage, 59(4), 3488-3501. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.11.009
Pérez, A., Molinaro, N., Mancini, S., Barraza, P., & Carreiras, M. (2012). Oscillatory dynamics related to the Unagreement pattern in Spanish. Neuropsychologia, 50(11), 2584-2597. Doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.07.009
2011
Duñabeitia, J.A., Molinaro, N., & Carreiras, M. (2011). Through the looking-glass: Mirror reading. Neuroimage, 54(4), 3004-3009. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.10.079
Mancini, S., Molinaro, N., Rizzi, L., & Carreiras, M. (2011). A person is not a number: Discourse involvement in subject-verb agreement computation. Brain Research, 1410, 64-76. Doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2011.06.055
Mancini, S., Molinaro, N., Rizzi, L., & Carreiras, M. (2011). When persons disagree: An ERP study of Unagreement in Spanish. Psychophysiology, 48(10), 1361-1371. Doi:10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01212.x
Molinaro, N., Vespignani, F., Zamparelli, R., & Job, R. (2011). Why brother and sister are not just siblings: Repair processes in agreement computation. Journal of Memory and Language, 64(3), 211-232. Doi:10.1016/j.jml.2010.12.002
Molinaro, N., Barber, H.A., & Carreiras, M. (2011). Grammatical agreement processing in reading: ERP findings and future directions. Cortex, 47(8), 908-930. Doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2011.02.019
2010
Molinaro, N., & Carreiras, M. (2010). Electrophysiological evidence of interaction between contextual expectation and semantic integration during the processing of collocations. Biological Psychology, 83(3), 176-190. Doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.12.006
Molinaro, N., Conrad, M., Barber, H.A., & Carreiras, M. (2010). On the functional nature of the N400: Contrasting effects related to visual word recognition and contextual semantic integration. Cognitive Neuroscience, 1(1), 1-7. Doi:10.1080/17588920903373952
Molinaro, N., Duñabeitia, J.A., Marìn-Gutièrrez, A., & Carreiras, M. (2010). From numbers to letters: Feedback regularization in visual word recognition. Neuropsychologia, 48(5), 1343-1355. Doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.12.037
Vespignani, F., Canal, P., Molinaro, N., Fonda, S., & Cacciari, C. (2010). Predictive mechanisms in idiom comprehension. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22(8), 1682-1700. Doi:10.1162/jocn.2009.21293
2009
Carreiras, M., Duñabeitia, J.A., & Molinaro, N. (2009). Consonants and vowels contribute differently to visual word recognition: ERPs of relative position priming. Cerebral Cortex, 19(11), 2659-2670. Doi:10.1093/cercor/bhp019
Duñabeitia, J.A., Molinaro, N., Laka, I., Estévez, A., & Carreiras, M. (2009). N250 effects for letter transpositions depend on lexicality: 'Casual' or 'causal'?. Neuroreport, 20(4), 381-387. Doi:10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283249b1c
2008
Molinaro, N., Kim, A., Vespignani, F., & Job, R. (2008). Anaphoric agreement violation: An ERP analysis of its interpretation. Cognition, 106(2), 963-974. Doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2007.03.006
Molinaro, N., Vespignani, F., Canal, P., Fonda, S., & Cacciari, C. (2008). Cloze probability does not only affect N400 amplitude: The case of complex prepositions. Psychophysiology, 45(6), 1008-1012. Doi:10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00694.x
Molinaro, N., Vespignani, F., & Job, R. (2008). A deeper reanalysis of a superficial feature: An ERP study on agreement violations. Brain Research, 1228, 161-176. Doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2008.06.064
2006
Osterhout, L., McLaughlin, J., Pitkänen, I., Frenck-Mestre, C., & Molinaro, N. (2006). Novice learners, longitudinal designs, and event-related potentials: A means for exploring the neurocognition of second language processing. Language Learning, 56(SUPPL. 1), 199-230. Doi:10.1111/j.1467-9922.2006.00361.x
2025
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BetiSens: Sensórica avanzada para aplicaciones de altas prestaciones para composición química y magnetometría
Program: ELKARTEK programme, KK-2025/00107
Funding agency: Basque Government
01/2025- 12/2026
Funding: 97.810 €
BCBL PI: Nicola Molinaro
2023
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BodyLingual: La relación temporal entre el habla y los movimientos corporales simúltaneos y su papel en el procesamiento del habla audiovisual
Program: PID2022-136991NB-I00
Funding agency: Plan Nacional 2022, Spanish Ministry
09/2023- 05/2026
Funding: 144.375 €
PI: Nicola Molinaro
2022
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Loop: Closing the loop between the brain and real-life
Program: Prueba de Concepto 2022, PDC2022-133917-I00
Funding agency: Spanish Ministry
12/2022- 11/2024
Funding: 74.750 €
PI: Nicola Molinaro Team members: Manuela Ruzzoli & Mikel Lizarazu -
NEUROSPEECH: Tracking and modeling the neurobiology of multilingual speech recognition
Program: Proyectos de Colaboración Internacional 2022, PCI2022-135031-2
Funding agency: Spanish Ministry
12/2022- 12/2025
Funding: 263.220 €
PI: Nicola Molinaro -
MultiCRCI: MultiModal Cancer Related Cognitive Impairment
Program: Gipuzkoa Next 2022, 2022-CIEN-000029-01
Funding agency: Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa
10/2022- 10/2023
Funding: 148.440 €
PI: Manuela Ruzzoli co-PI: Nicola Molinaro collaborators: Kepa Paz-Alonso & Manuel Carreiras -
Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa: BCBL
Program: CEX2020-001010-S
Funding agency: Spanish Ministry
01/2022- 12/2025
Funding: 4.000.000 €
PI: Prof. Manuel Carreiras Guarantors: Pedro M. Paz-Alonso, Cesar Caballero-Gaudes, Brendan Costello, Marina Kalashnikova, Marie Lallier, Nicola Molinaro, Carmen Vidaurre, Arthur G. Samuel, Clara Martin, & Efthymia Kapnoula.
2019
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trainSynchro: Why does musical training enhances speech processing? A cortical entrainment perspective
Program: RTI2018-096311-B-I00
Funding agency: Plan Nacional 2018, Spanish Ministry
01/2019- 12/2022
Funding: 141.600 €
PI: Nicola Molinaro Staff: Christoforos Souganidis
2017
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The specific language impairment (SLI) in bilingual children: neurobiological markers
Program: RED I+D 2017, EXP.99/17
Funding agency: Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa
09/2017- 09/2018
Funding: 25.620 €
PI: Marie Lallier & Nicola Molinaro -
Neurobiological markers for the diagnosis of language disorders in bilingual children
Program: PI_2016_1_0014
Funding agency: Basque Government
01/2017- 01/2019
Funding: 57.260 €
PI: Nicola Molinaro
2016
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Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa: BCBL
Program: SEV-2015-0490
Funding agency: Spanish Ministry
01/2016- 12/2019
Funding: 4.000.000 €
PI: Prof. Manuel Carreiras Guarantors: Arthur Samuel, David Soto, Clara D. Martin, Nicola Molinaro, Mari Cruz Rodriguez-Oroz, Marie Lallier, Kepa Paz-Alonso, Doug Davidson, Simona Mancini & Loretxu Bergouignan -
Predictive coding and predictive timing in different modalities and cognitive domains
Program: PSI2015-65694-P
Funding agency: Spanish Ministry
01/2016- 12/2018
Funding: 72.900 €
PI: Nicola Molinaro
2014
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ATHEME: Advancing the European Multilingual Experience
Program: FP7-SSH-2013-1-613465
Funding agency: European Commission (7PM)
03/2014- 02/2019
Funding: 245.430 €
PI: Manuel Carreiras at BCBL Team members: Clara Martin, Nicola Molinaro & Jon Andoni Duñabeitia
2013
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Learning a new language: The role of collocational regularities!
Program: PSI2012-32350
Funding agency: Spanish Ministry
02/2013- 02/2015
Funding: 60.000 €
PI: Nicola Molinaro
2012
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Bi-Literacy: Learning to read in L1 and L2
Program: European Research Council (ERC), ERC-2011-ADG_295362
Funding agency: European Commission (European Research Council)
04/2012- 04/2017
Funding: 2.487.000 €
PI: Manuel Carreiras Team members: Clara D. Martin, Nicola Molinaro, Pedro M. Paz-Alonso, Jon A. Duñabeitia, Sendy Caffarra, Brendan Costello -
LangMind - Language and Mind
Program: Gaitek, LangMind
Funding agency: Basque Government
01/2012- 12/2014
Funding: 52.920 €
PI: Manuel Carreiras Team members: Kepa Paz-Alonso & Nicola Molinaro
2008
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Cognicion y Educacion - COEDUCA - CONSOLIDER INGENIO-2010 CSD2008-00048
Program: Cognicion y Educacion (COEDUCA), CSD2008-00048
Funding agency: Spanish Ministry
12/2008- 12/2013
Funding: 4.000.000 €
PI: Manuel Carreiras Team members: Clara Martin, Nicola Molinaro, Marie Lallier, Kepa Paz-Alonso & Simona Mancini
In progress
Longitudinal evaluation of MCI and tracking speech in noise University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2024 - 2028)
Abstract phonological representations in bilinguals with or without previous musical training University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2018 - 2022)
A predictive coding approach to modeling brain activity University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2017 - 2021)
Bilinguals At Risk of Specific Language Impairment: Early Behavioral, Cognitive and Neurophysiological Markers University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2017 - 2021)
The neurophysiology of prediction University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2017 - 2021)
Understanding oscillatory entrainment to linguistic structure University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2017 - 2021)
Defended
Subject-verb Agreement in Real Time: Active Feature Maintenance as Syntactic Prediction University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2014 - 2020)
Oscillatory characterization of sensory wordform pre-activation in the visual and auditory domains University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2014 - 2019)
Investigation of the Development of Neural and Behavioural Auditory Rhythmic Sensitivity and of its Contribution to Reading Acquisition University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2014 - 2018)
Lexical prediction mechanisms in early bilingual speakers Universitá di Milano-Bicocca (2013 - 2017)
Speech-brain synchronization: a possible cause for developmental dyslexia University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2013 - 2017)
From minimal dependencies to sentence context: Neural correlates of agreement processing University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2012 - 2016)
The processing of gender information in languages of distinct morpho-syntactic gender marking systems University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (2010 - 2017)
2022
Fernández-Merino, L., Lizarazu, M., Molinaro, N., Kalashnikova, M. (2022). Follow the rhythm: Basque-Spanish bilingual infants' cortical tracking of speech after brief exposure to music. Oral presentation at the International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS) Ottawa, Canada.
Fernández-Merino, L., Lizarazu, M., Molinaro, N., Kalashnikova, M. (2022). The rhythm takes it all: A developmental approach to Basque-Spanish bilingual speakers' cortical tracking of speech after brief exposure to music. Oral presentation at the Workshop on Infant Language Development (WILD), Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
2021
Martorell, J., Mancini, S., Molinaro, N., & Carreiras, M. (2021). Neural tracking of syntax from a cross-linguistic perspective Poster Society for the Neurobiology of Language Annual 13th Meeting (SNL 2021) Society for the Neurobiology of Language
Pastureau, R., Lizarazu M., Molinaro, N. (2021). How the Entrainment to Gesturing, Lip-Reading and Speech Contribute to Comprehension - A MEG Exploratory Study Poster presenter CuttingEEG 2021 Université d'Aix-Marseille (France)
2013
Molinaro, N., Paz-Alonso, P.M., Duñabeitia, J.A., & Carreiras, M. (2013). Semantic combinatorial processing of low-typical aexpressions. Poster presentation at the XVIIIth ESCoP conference, Budapest, Hungary.
2014-2020
Sentence and discourse processing.
Master in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language, UPV/EHU, Spain.
2014
EEG/MEG methods lectures.
ESCOP Summerschool. BCBL, Spain.
The electric mind.
Phd program in Neuroscience, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Modena, Italy
2016
Architectures and Mechanisms of LAnguage Processing, Scientific Committee of the 2016 Bilbao conference
Member of the BCBL Scientific Committee (MEG/EEG projects)
2015
‘Morphological processing in agreement’ symposium organizer. Morphological processing conference, Berlin, June 2015.
2016
Award by the Spanish society of Experimental Psychology as the best 2015 paper on behavioral and brain science
Molinaro, N., Paz-Alonso, P.M., Duñabeitia, J.A. & Carreiras, M. (2015). Combinatorial semantics strengthens Angular-Anterior Temporal coupling. Cortex, 65, 113-127. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.01.004
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