PhD programmes - Cognitive sciences
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2023 Research Topics

Perception and attention

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)

Vision

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