PUBLICATIONS
Asterisks (*) denote student 1st authors
Frances, C. (2024). Traductores e intérpretes, ¿en qué se diferencial del resto de los mortales a nivel cognitivo y neuronal? In Casero, A & Loose M. S. (Eds.), Traducción y neurociencia. (1st ed., pp. 10-14). Rosario: CEI ediciones. ISBN 978-987-82864-7-1. https://rephip.unr.edu.ar/server/api/core/bitstreams/2d36b68f-dc6f-4bb5-b8aa-315b49dbb404/content
Peirolo, M.*, Meyer, A. & Frances, C. (accepted). Investigating the causes of prosodic marking in self-repairs: an automatic process? Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2024.
Yang, W.*, Rauwolf, P., Frances, C., Molina-Nieto, O., Duñabeitia, J. A.., & Thierry, G. (accepted). Chinese-English bilinguals prefer being truthful in the native language. Frontiers in Language Sciences.
Frances, C. (2024). Good enough processing: What have we learned in the 20 years since Ferreira, Bailey, & Ferraro (2002)?. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1323700.
He, J.*, Frances, C., Creemers, A., & Brehm, L. (2024). Effects of irrelevant unintelligible and intelligible background speech on spoken language production. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 17470218231219971.
Vives, ML., Frances, C., & Baus, C. (2023). Automating weighing of faces and voices based on cue saliency in trustworthiness impressions. Scientific Reports. 13(1), 20037. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45471-y
Harley, H. E., Fellner, W., Frances, C., Thomas, A., Losch, B., Newton, K., & Feuerbach, D. (2022). Information-seeking across auditory scenes by an echolocating dolphin. Animal Cognition. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01679-5
Frances, C., Navarra-Barindelli, E., and Martin, C. D. (2022) Speaker accent modulates the effects of orthographic and phonological similarity on auditory processing by learners of English. Frontiers in Psychology. 13:892822. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.892822
Frances, C., Navarra-Barindelli, E., & Martin, C. D. (2021). Inhibitory and facilitatory effects of phonological and orthographic similarity on bilingual word recognition. Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group ), 11(12812). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92259-z
Frances, C., De Bruin, A., & Duñabeitia, J. A. (2020) The effects of language and emotionality of stimuli on vocabulary learning. PLOS ONE. 15(10): e0240252. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240252 [Link to full text]
Frances, C., De Bruin, A., & Duñabeitia, J. A. (2020) The Influence of Emotional and Foreign Language Context in Content Learning. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 42(4), 891-903. https://doi.org/10.1017/S027226311900072X [Link to pre-print]
Frances, C., Martin, C. D., & Duñabeitia, J. A. (2020) The effects of contextual diversity on incidental vocabulary learning in the native and a foreign language. Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group), 10(13967). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70922-1 [Link to full text]]
Frances, C., Pueyo, S., Anaya, V., & Duñabetia, J. A. (2020) Interpreting Foreign Smiles: Language Context and Type of Scale in the Assessment of Perceived Happiness and Sadness. Psicológica Journal. 41(1), 21-38. https://doi.org/10.2478/psicolj-2020-0002 [Link to full text]
Frances, C., Costa, A., & Baus, C. (2018). On the effects of regional accents on memory and credibility. Acta Psychologica, 186, 63-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.04.003 [Link to pre-print]
Gaspard, J. C., Bauer, G. B., Mann, D. A., Boerner, K., Denum, L., Frances, C., & Reep, R. L. (2017). Detection of hydrodynamic stimuli by the postcranial body of Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 203(2), 111-120. doi:10.1007/s00359-016-1142-8 [Link to full text]
Harley, H. E., Fellner, W., Frances, C., Thomas, A., Losch, B., & Feuerbach, D. (2016). Information-seeking in an echolocating dolphin. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(4), 3180-3180. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4969994 [Link to full text]
Tyler-Julian, K., Chapman, K. M., Frances, C., & Bauer, G. B. (2016). Behavioral lateralization in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 29(1). http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1hg3g3vt [Link to full text]
Tzekov, R., Quezada, A., Gautier, M., Biggins, D., Frances, C., Mouzon, B., . . . Crawford, F. (2014). Repetitive mild traumatic brain injury causes optic nerve and retinal damage in a mouse model. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, 73(4). doi: 10.1097/NEN.0000000000000059. [Link to full text]
Nomi, J. S., Frances, C., Nguyen, M. T., Bastias, S., & Troup, L. J. (2013). Interaction of threat expressions and eye gaze: An event related potential study. NeuroReport, 24(14), 813-817. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283647682. [Link to pre-print]
2023
(Apr 2023) Invited talk at the Instituto de Lingüística de la Universidad de Buenos Aires
Efectos contextuales en el aprendizaje de nuevo vocabulario en una lengua extranjera. [Contextual effects in new vocabulary learning in a foreign language].
(Sep. 2023) Contextual Diversity Workshop—Frances, C. Contextual diversity improves new foreign language vocabulary learning: The mediating role of reading measures. London, UK.
(Sep 2023) AMLaP—Frances, C., Molina-Nieto, O., Navarra-Barindelli, E., & Martin, C. D. . How do native Spanish speakers spell novel English words? AMLaP, San Sebastian, Spain. [Poster]
(July 2023) EPS—Frances, C., Navarra-Barindelli, E., & Martin, C. D. . L1 writing system influence on consonant doubling in L2 speakers of English. Swansea, UK. [Poster]
(June 2023) PaPE—Frances, C., Navarra-Barindelli, E., & Martin, C. D. L1 writing system influence on consonant doubling in L2 speakers of English., Nijmegen, The Netherlands. [Poster]
(May 2023) PiF—Frances, C. & Duñabeitia, J. A. The mediating role of reading on contextual diversity effects in foreign language learning: an eye-tracking study, Ghent, Belgium. [Poster]
(May 2023) ISP—Frances, C. & Duñabeitia, J. A.Contextual diversity effects in foreign language vocabulary learning: An eye-tracking study., Vitoria, Spain
2022
(Sep 2022) AMLaP—Frances, C., Molina-Nieto, O., Navarra-Barindelli, E., & Martin, C. D. L1-L2 influence on novel word writing in an opaque language: How do native Spanish speakers spell novel English words? York, UK. [Poster]
(May 2022). SEPEX—Frances, C., Martin, C. D., & Duñabeitia, J. A. Contextual diversity boost in vocabulary learning for the native and foreign language. Faro, Portugal.
(Jan. 2022) Workshop on Phonology and Dyslexia—Molina-Nieto, O., Navarra-Barindelli, E., Martin, C. D., & Frances, C. Spelling in an opaque second language: Evidence from Spanish-English bilinguals. Donostia, Spain.
2021
(May 2021) SEPEX—Frances, C., Martin, C., & Duñabeitia, J. A. Contextual diversity boost in vocabulary learning for the native and foreign language. Faro, Portugal [Presentation]
(Mar. 2021) CNS—Frances, C., Navarra-Barindelli, E., & Martin, C. Effect of orthographic and phonological similarity and speaker accent on auditory processing by L2 learners of English. Online. [Poster]
2020
(Oct. 2020) Society for the Neurobiology of Language Meeting (SNL 2020)
—Frances, C., Navarra-Barindelli, E., Pinet, S., & Clara Martin. The effects of accent and likelihood on spellings of unknown words for L2 speakers of English. Online. [Poster]
—Frances, C., Navarra-Barindelli, E., & Clara Martin. Effect of speaker accent on auditory cognate processing by L2 learners of English. Online. [Poster]
(Sep. 2020) Bilingualism and the Brain workshop—Frances, C., Martin, C., & Duñabeitia, J. A. The effects of contextual diversity on first exposures to new vocabulary in a foreign and native language. Tromsø, Norway [Poster] [Cancelled due to COVID-19]
(May 2020) Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting (CNS 2020)—Frances, C. & Duñabeitia, J. A. The effects of contextual diversity on reading measures in foreign and native language vocabulary learning. Online. [Poster]
(May 2020 ) 3rd International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC 2020)—Frances, C., Navarra-Barindelli, E., & Martin, C. How Modality and Visual Similarity Affect Performance on a Lexical Decision Task. Nijmegen, the Netherlands [Poster] [Cancelled due to COVID-19]
2019
(Nov. 2019) CNIC PhDay: PhD… What else?—Frances, C., Martin, C., De Bruin, A., & Duñabeitia, J. A. The effects of contextual factors on learning in a native and a foreign language. Madrid, Spain. [Poster]
(Sep. 2019) 21st European Society of Cognitive Psychology Meeting (ESCoP)
—Frances, C., DeBruin, A., Duñabeitia, J. A. The influence of emotional and foreign language context in learning. Tenerife, Spain. [Poster]
—Frances, C., Navarra-Barindelli, E., & Martin, C. D. Modality differences in the cognate effect. Tenerife, Spain. [Poster]
(Sep. 2019) Barcelona Summer School on Bilingualism and Multilingualism (BSBM)
—Frances, C., Thierry, G., & Duñabeitia, J. A. Investigating strategic language choice in fluent bilinguals during a deception inducing game. Barcelona, Spain. [Presentation]
—Frances, C., Martin, C. D., Duñabeitia, J. A. The effects of contextual diversity on foreign and native language vocabulary learning. Barcelona, Spain. [Presentation]
(July 2019) Salzburg Mind-Brain Annual Meeting (SAMBA)—Frances, C., DeBruin, A., & Duñabeitia, J. A. The effects of language and emotional context on learning. Salzburg, Austria. [Poster]
(Apr. 2019) XIV International Symposium of Psycholinguistics—Frances, C., DeBruin, A., & Duñabeitia, J. A. The Influence of Emotional and Foreign Language Context in Learning. Zaragoza, Spain. [Presentation]
(Feb. 2019) Language, Bilingualism, and Cognitive Development group meeting at Bangor University—Dice Game Project. Bangor, UK. [Presentation]
(Jan. 2019) Invited Talk at the C3 lab in Universidad Nebrija—Frances, C. The foreign language does not make emotional concepts more difficult to learn. (Original title: La lengua extranjera no dificulta el aprendizaje de conceptos emocionales). Madrid, Spain. [Presentation]
2018
(Nov. 2018) SICELE Conference—Frances, C., De Bruin, A., & Duñabeitia, J. A. Las emociones en la lengua extranjera y su impacto en el aprendizaje. Rosario, Argentina. [Presentation]
(Sep. 2018) CoNSALL Conference
—Frances, C., Sevilla, Y., Planelles Almeida, M., & Duñabeitia, J. A. GPS: Latin lover or naggy spouse? Bangor, UK [Science Slam Presentation]
—Frances, C., De Bruin, A., & Duñabeitia, J. A. Learning Emotional Concepts in a Foreign or a Native Language. Bangor, UK [Poster]
(July 2018) Sepex – Sepneca – AIP Experimental Joint conference—Frances, C., De Bruin, A., & Duñabeitia, J.A. Foreign language does not hinder learning emotional concepts. Madrid, Spain. [Presentation]
(Apr. 2018) Speech Production and Bilingualism Group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra—Frances, C. The effects of foreign language and emotionality on learning novel objects. Barcelona, Spain. [Presentation]
2017
(Sep. 2017) 20th European Society of Cognitive Psychology Meeting (ESCoP)—Frances, C., & Duñabeitia, J. A. Ew! Disgust perception in native and foreign languages. Potsdam, Germany. [Poster]
(Sep. 2017) 20th European Society of Cognitive Psychology Meeting (ESCoP)—Frances, C., & Duñabeitia, J. A. Ew! Disgust perception in native and foreign languages. Potsdam, Germany. [Science Slam Presentation]
2016
(Nov. 2016) Workshop on Audiovisual Speech Processing and Language Learning—Frances, C., Baus, C., & Costa, A. "The Effects of Regional Accents on Memory and Credibility." Barcelona, Spain [Poster]
(Oct. 2016) Workshop red Consolider Brainglot—Frances, C., Baus, C., & Costa, A. "The Effects of Regional Accents on Memory and Credibility." Barcelona, Spain. [Poster]
2015
(Oct. 2015) Marcuba Conference—Bauer, G. B., Reep, R. L., Frances, C., Gaspard III, J. C., and Mann, D. “Sensory and Motor Processes of Florida Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris)” Havana, Cuba. [Poster]
(Apr. 2015) Comparative Cognition Conference—Harley, H. E., Newton, K. T., Fellner, W., Frances, C., Losch, B., & Hagopian, K. “The Influence of Object Familiarity and Discriminability on Echoic Effort”. Melbourne, FL, USA [Presentation]
2014
(May 2014) New Scholars New College—Frances, C. “Language and memory: Language change and language mixing in a proactive interference task” (Undergraduate thesis) Sarasota, FL, USA. [Presentation]
2013
(May 2013) New Scholars New College—Frances, C. “Interaction of threat expressions and eye gaze: An event related potential study”. Sarasota, FL, USA. [Poster]
(Apr. 2013) Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting (CNS)—Nomi, J. S., Frances, C., Nguyen, M. T., Bastias, S., & Troup, L. J. “Interaction of threat expressions and eye gaze: An event related potential study”. San Francisco, CA, USA [Poster]
POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS
WORK IN PROGRESS
Frances, C., Molina-Nieto, O., Navarra-Barindelli, E., & Martin, C. D. (in preparation). How do native Spanish speakers spell novel English words?
Frances, C. & Duñabeitia, J. A. (in preparation). The effects of contextual diversity on reading in L1 and L2: An eye-tracking experiment.
Dylman, A. S., Champoux-Larsson, M. F. & Frances, C. (submitted). Prosody! When intonation helps and there is an effect… on listening comprehension in children. Educational Psychology