Sergio Melogno is an Associate Professor at "Niccolò Cusano" Telematic University in Rome, where he teaches Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience and Psychology of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. He also holds a professorship at the Pontifical Salesian University of Rome, where he lectures on Developmental Neuropsychology, Neuroscience and Learning. His research focuses on neuropsychological profiles, particularly in the linguistic-pragmatic and metalinguistic areas, in both typically and atypically developing children. This research informs his clinical practice at the Developmental Neuropsychology Laboratory at "Niccolò Cusano" University and in other laboratories at "Sapienza" University of Rome. He has extensively published on figurative language production and comprehension in both typical and atypical children, and developed treatments to enhance these abilities by leveraging the strengths of children with neurodevelopmental disorders and other clinical conditions.

Maria Antonietta Pinto is a past Professor of Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology at the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology - "Sapienza" University of Rome. She has published extensively on cognitive and language development in sociolinguistic complex contexts in Italy, with a special focus on metalinguistic aspects. To this end, she has elaborated a particular theoretical construct of metalinguistic development which underlies the metalinguistic tests she created, which extend from preschool age to adulthood. These tests have been translated into several languages and are widely used in international research on bilingualism and language learning. In 2001, she founded the Rivista di Psicolinguistica Applicata/Journal of Applied Psycholinguistics, of which she is currently Editor-in-Chief.