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Department of Philosophy - FILO

Cognitive Dynamics 4E (Embodied, Enacted, Embedded, Extended) Lab - CODE4 Lab

Areas: General psychology

Scientific coordinator: Elena Gherri , Luisa Lugli 

Research topics

The group’s research interests encompass the following topics:

  • Motor and attentional processes in individual and social contexts and within and across different sensory modalities (vision, hearing, touch):

     -- spatial compatibility and Simon effect;

     -- interaction between emotions and gaze orientation

     -- affordance effect and use of objects

  • embodied and grounded perspective of cognition:

     -- processing and representation of concepts

     -- interaction between high-level cognitive processes (language processing and numerical cognition) and motor processes;

  • interaction of high-level cognitive processes and perceptual processes;
  • interaction between cognitive and affective processes in visual perception;
  • Integration of cognitive and artificial models of the world (grounded world models) also through extended reality (XR)

Settori ERC

  • SH4 - The Human Mind and Its Complexity. Specifically: SH4_5 Attention, perception, action, consciousness; SH4_6 Learning, memory; cognition in ageing; SH4_7 Reasoning, decision-making; intelligence; SH4_8 Language learning and processing (first and second languages); SH4_12 Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of language
  • PE6 - Computer Science and Informatics. Specifically: PE6_7 Artificial intelligence, intelligent systems, natural language processing
  • LS5 - Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System. Specifically:  LS5_9 Neural basis of cognition

Members

Giuseppe Fucà

PhD Student

Aldo Gangemi

Full Professor

Gioacchino Garofalo

Adjunct professor

Research fellow

Teaching tutor

Elena Gherri

Associate Professor

Filomena Rita Guarino

PhD Student

Chiara Lucifora

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

Luisa Lugli

Full Professor

Eduardo Umberto Cristiano Naddei Grasso

PhD Student

Valter Prpic

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

Elisa Scerrati

Fixed-term Assistant Professor working in a different University

Claudia Scorolli

Associate Professor

John James Sykes

PhD Student

Caterina Villani

Research fellow

Other members of the group

  • Laura Rio

Collaboration with Institution, groups and research centers:

  • CIRSFID – University of Bologna
  • ALMA-AI - University of Bologna
  • INSTITUTE for COGNITIVE SCIENCES and TECHNOLOGIES - CNR (ISTC-CNR - https://istc.cnr.it/)
  • Body Representation and Action Cognition (BRACCO) - University of Bologna
  • Linguaggio e Pratiche sociali (LIPS) - University of Bologna
  • Body, Action, Language LAB (BALLAB) - University La Sapienza
  • Human Cognition Lab (HUCOG) – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
  • Dipartimento di Neuroscienze - University of Parma
  • Dipartimento di Psicologia - University of Milano Bicocca
  • Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita – University of Trieste
  • Potsdam Embodied Cognition Group (PECoG) - Potsdam University
  • Sensorimotor Integration Group - University of Lubeck
  • Department of Behavioural Sciences - Ariel University

Aims

Our research aim is the development of scientific knowledge on the cognitive processes of human beings and their interactions through a series of different research methods. Results are disseminated through the publication of scientific manuscripts in national and international journals and presented at national and international conferences. The research group contributes to several national and international projects, collaborating with other research groups both in Italy and abroad. Our work is supported by national and international funding bodies.

The group organizes research meetings monthly for the presentation and discussion of research data.

Publications

Fundings