2023 Research Topics

Action and intention understanding

Conceptual representations

• Investigating the Language of thought Hypothesis (J. Szymanik)

Decision making and reasoning

• Modelling human and machine logical abilities (J. Szymanik) 
• Investigating decision-making processes and nudging strategies in medical communication (S. Pighin) 
• Investigating the explanatory function of counterfactual thinking (S. Pighin) 

Dementia and cognitive decline

• Clinical, neuropsychological and structural differences between neurodegenerative dementias (G. Fumagalli)

Development

• Neural and Cognitive Basis of Communication and Reference in Infants (E. Parise)
• Language Development, Understanding Words and Forming New Concepts in Infants (E. Parise) 
• Intuitive Physics in Infants (E. Parise)

Language

• Computational and cognitive explanations of linguistic universals (J. Szymanik)
• Neurobiology and cognition of quantifying expressions in language (J. Szymanik)
• Zero-shot language-driven action recognition and localization (P. Rota)

Machine intelligence

• Human-understandable models for machine learning and reasoning (S. Teso)
• Machine Learning for Brain Connectivity in Clinical Neuroscience (P. Avesani)

Neurodevelopmental disorders

• Neuroimaging and electrophysiological biomarkers behind autisms distinguished by disability versus difference over development (M. Lombardo)

Neuroimaging and brain connectivity

• Synaptic modulation of functional connectivity (A. Gozzi)
• Synaptic logic of visuo-motor circuits (F. Rossi)

Numerical cognition

• Neurobiology and cognition of quantifying expressions in language (J. Szymanik)

Perception and attention

• Neural circuit mechanisms for cognitive processes (G. Iurilli)

Vision

• Zero-shot language-driven action recognition and localization (P. Rota)