8 papers
Early Language Learning via Spreading Activation and Category Exploration in Complex Networks
Salvatore Citraro
Is word acquisition in children uneven with respect to semantic and lexical categories? To answer this question, we model early language learning as a search on a graph-based menta…
LLMs can persuade only psychologically susceptible humans on societal issues, via trust in AI and emotional appeals, amid logical fallacies
Alexis Carrillo, Salvatore Citraro, Ali Aghazhadeh Ardebili +5
Scarce longitudinal evidence examines LLMs' persuasiveness and humanness along time-evolving psychological frameworks. We introduce Talk2AI, a longitudinal framework quantifying ps…
A survey on the impacts of recommender systems on users, items, and human-AI ecosystems
Luca Pappalardo, Salvatore Citraro, Giuliano Cornacchia +12
Recommendation systems and assistants (in short, recommenders) influence through online platforms most actions of our daily lives, suggesting items or providing solutions based on…
SpreadPy: A Python tool for modelling spreading activation and superdiffusion in cognitive multiplex networks
Salvatore Citraro, Edith Haim, Alessandra Carini +3
We introduce SpreadPy as a Python library for simulating spreading activation in cognitive single-layer and multiplex networks. Our tool is designed to perform numerical simulation…
Online posting effects: Unveiling the non-linear journeys of users in depression communities on Reddit
Virginia Morini, Salvatore Citraro, Elena Sajno +4
Social media platforms have become pivotal as self-help forums, enabling individuals to share personal experiences and seek support. However, on topics as sensitive as depression,…
Forma mentis networks predict creativity ratings of short texts via interpretable artificial intelligence in human and GPT-simulated raters
Edith Haim, Natalie Fischer, Salvatore Citraro +2
Creativity is a fundamental skill of human cognition. We use textual forma mentis networks (TFMN) to extract network (semantic/syntactic associations) and emotional features from a…