Alessia Rossetto

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Language and Brain Lab. My current research focuses on morphophonology and its cognitive correlates in L1 and L2, employing both behavioural methods and EEG.

I completed my PhD in 2026. As part of the IDEALAB program, I studied at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) and at the University of Groningen (the Netherlands). My doctoral thesis explored the interface between morphology, semantics, and syntax by investigating the reading of healthy and impaired individuals. The findings from the experimental studies allowed me to suggest possible improvements to current reading models.

Publications

• Rofes A., Beyersmann E., Rossetto A., Castro N. (2026). Limited evidence of morphology in semantic and phonological free association tasks. Language and Cognition, 18:e15. https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2026.10065
• Rossetto, A., Popov, S., Saar, L., Reading, M., & Beyersmann, E. (2026). The role of semantic interpretability and syntactic legality in complex nonword recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 52(5), 797–814. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001511
• Rossetto, A., Toraldo, A., Laratta, S., Tonin, P., Poletto, C., Bencini, G., & Semenza, C. (2022). Linguistic structure modulates attention in reading: Evidence from negative concord in Italian. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 39(5–8), 356–374. https://doi.org/10.1080/02643294.2023.2199918