37.2524, Calls: Reti, saperi, linguaggi - Italian Journal of Cognitive Sciences - "Special Issue: Beyond Diagnostic Boundaries Mentalizing, Theory of Mind, and Cognitive Heterogeneity in Neurodevelopmental Conditions" (Jrnl)

[The LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List: Vol-37-2524. Fri Jul 31 2026. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 37.2524, Calls: Reti, saperi, linguaggi - Italian Journal of Cognitive Sciences - "Special Issue: Beyond Diagnostic Boundaries Mentalizing, Theory of Mind, and Cognitive Heterogeneity in Neurodevelopmental Conditions" (Jrnl)

Moderator: Steven Moran (linguist at linguistlist.org)
Managing Editor: Valeriia Vyshnevetska
Team: Helen Aristar-Dry, Daniel Swanson
Jobs: jobs at linguistlist.org | Conferences: callconf at linguistlist.org | Pubs: pubs at linguistlist.org

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Editor for this issue: Valeriia Vyshnevetska <valeriia at linguistlist.org>

================================================================


Date: 27-Jul-2026
From: Paola Pennisi [ppennisi at unime.it]
Subject: Reti, saperi, linguaggi - Italian Journal of Cognitive Sciences - "Special Issue: Beyond Diagnostic Boundaries Mentalizing, Theory of Mind, and Cognitive Heterogeneity in Neurodevelopmental Conditions" (Jrnl)


Journal: Reti, saperi, linguaggi - Italian Journal of Cognitive
Sciences
Issue: Beyond Diagnostic Boundaries Mentalizing, Theory of Mind, and
Cognitive Heterogeneity in Neurodevelopmental Conditions
Call Deadline: 18-Oct-2026

The Special Issue “Beyond Diagnostic Boundaries: Mentalizing, Theory
of Mind, and Cognitive Heterogeneity in Neurodevelopmental Conditions”
invites contributions examining mentalizing and Theory of Mind across
autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions, including ADHD,
developmental language disorder, intellectual disability,
developmental coordination disorder, dyslexia, tic disorders, genetic
syndromes, and related profiles.
The Special Issue aims to use neurodevelopmental diversity to
reconsider the architecture and development of social cognition.
Comparative, dimensional, developmental, and transdiagnostic
approaches are especially welcome.
Relevant topics include:
* explicit, implicit, spontaneous, cognitive, and affective Theory of
Mind;
* individual variation within diagnostic categories and overlap across
conditions;
* developmental trajectories and lifespan changes;
* language, pragmatics, narrative, irony, and figurative language;
* communicative intentions and embodied or non-verbal interaction;
* empathy, perspective-taking, metacognition, and social prediction;
* the relationships between mentalizing, executive functions,
perception, affect, and motivation;
* ecological validity and differences between laboratory performance
and everyday social understanding;
* compensation, masking, camouflaging, and alternative strategies;
* cross-cultural research, lived experience, and participatory
approaches;
* conceptual and methodological issues concerning neurodiversity,
disability, competence, and performance.
Original empirical studies, theoretical and conceptual papers,
critical or systematic reviews, and methodological contributions are
welcome. Empirical papers should clarify their implications for
broader models of cognition and neurodevelopment, while theoretical
papers should engage closely with relevant evidence.
The Special Issue will be published in *Reti, saperi, linguaggi –
Italian Journal of Cognitive Sciences*, a prestigious international,
interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal published by Il Mulino and
indexed in Scopus, Web of Science–ESCI, The Philosopher’s Index, and
ERIH Plus.
To express interest, authors should email Guest Editor Paola Pennisi
at [paola.pennisi at unime.it](mailto:paola.pennisi at unime.it), including
only a provisional title and a 300–400-word abstract. No keywords or
author biography are required at this stage.
Expression of interest: 18 October 2026
Preliminary decision: 2 November 2026
Full manuscript: 30 May 2027
Expected publication: July 2027
English-language manuscripts are especially encouraged. All full
papers will undergo peer review. There are no submission or
publication fees.
Further information about the journal:
https://www.mulino.it/riviste/issn/2279-7777

Linguistic Field(s): Clinical Linguistics
                     Cognitive Science
                     Language Acquisition
                     Philosophy of Language
                     Pragmatics




------------------------------------------------------------------------------

********************** LINGUIST List Support ***********************
Please consider donating to the Linguist List, a U.S. 501(c)(3) not for profit organization:

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=87C2AXTVC4PP8

LINGUIST List is supported by the following publishers:

Australian Linguistics Society https://als.asn.au/Home

Bloomsbury Publishing http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/

Cambridge University Press http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics

Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/

De Gruyter Brill https://www.degruyterbrill.com/?changeLang=en

Edinburgh University Press http://www.edinburghuniversitypress.com

European Language Resources Association (ELRA) http://www.elra.info

John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/

Language Science Press http://langsci-press.org

Lincom GmbH https://lincom-shop.eu/

MDPI Languages https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages

MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/

Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/

Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG http://www.narr.de/

Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT) http://www.lotpublications.nl/

Peter Lang AG http://www.peterlang.com

SIL International Publications http://www.sil.org/resources/publications


----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-37-2524
----------------------------------------------------------