Perception and action

• Multisensory interactions
• Attention
• Motor control
• Human-computer interactions
• Learning

We study how multiple inputs originating from the various senses are integrated to create a coherent percept, how they are selected through mechanisms of attention and contribute to motor control and how the organisms interact with the environment. Our approach is grounded in psychophysics but also includes methods from electrophysiology, brain imaging, neuropsychology, transcranial magnetic stimulation, cognitive modeling and computer science.

The applied aspect of our research includes the study of plasticity following partial or complete sensory-loss (e.g., blindness, macular degeneration, deafness) and sensory-reafferentation (cochlear implants), neurological diseases affecting perception and action (e.g., hemineglect, apraxia, Parkinson’s disease), as well as the use of neurocognitive models to guide the development of new products in industry and food research and in the areas of cognitive ergonomics and human-computer interactions.

Multisensory interactions

• Daniel Adams
• Claudia Bonfiglioli
• Christoph Braun
• Luigi Cattaneo
• Uri Hasson
• Angelika Lingnau
• Veronica Mazza
• David Melcher
• Francesco Pavani
• Liuba Papeo
• Nicu Sebe

Attention

• Christoph Braun
• Federica Cavicchio
• Cinzia Chiandetti
• Talia Konkle
• Veronica Mazza
• David Melcher
• Francesco Pavani
• Marius Peelen
• Nicu Sebe
• Valeria Anna Sovrano

Motor control

• Daniel Adams
• Claudia Bonfiglioli
• Christoph Braun
• Luigi Cattaneo
• Angelika Lingnau
• David Melcher

Human-computer interactions

• Federica Cavicchio
• Nicu Sebe
• Egon Stemle

Learning

• Christoph Braun
• Talia Konkle
• Uri Hasson
• Francesco Pavani
• Nicu Sebe
• Valeria Anna Sovrano