Betella, Alberto (Date of defense: 2015-10-23)
Due to the complexity of the natural world, scientific studies on cognitive, behavioral and physiological phenomena are typically conducted under strict laboratory conditions. Nonetheless, recent ...
Vouloutsi, Vasiliki (Date of defense: 2017-11-07)
Due to technological advancements, robots will soon become part of our daily lives and interact with us on a frequent basis. Robot acceptance is important, as it delineates whether users will potentially ...
Inderbitzin, Martin Pascal (Date of defense: 2011-09-19)
The investigation of the influence of emotions on human cognition and behavior challenges scientist since a long time. So far the most popular approach to investigate this phenomenon was to observe brain ...
Grechuta, Klaudia (Date of defense: 2019-07-05)
Contrary to the classical theory of mind, largely inspired by dualism, the theoretical framework of embodiment emphasizes the constitutive role of the body in the process of cognition. This view also ...
Rennó Costa, César (Date of defense: 2012-09-17)
Actualment, no hi ha consens científic respecte a la informació representada en la activitat de les célules del hipocamp. D'una banda, experiments amb humans sostenen una visión de la funció de ...
Puigbò Llobet, Jordi-Ysard (Date of defense: 2019-10-01)
Learning systems are, by default, adaptive. Experience shapes the parame- ters of artificial systems, as well as it changes the connectivity of biological brains. Nonetheless, our attempts to create ...
Luvizotto, André Luiz (Date of defense: 2012-09-17)
The mammalian visual system has a remarkable capacity of processing a large amount of information within milliseconds under widely varying conditions into invariant representations. Recently a model of ...
Herreros Alonso, Ivan (Date of defense: 2013-12-05)
Animals excel in skilled motor behavior, especially when compared to arti cial systems. Several adaptive and predictive motor control frameworks have been proposed to account for such performance, but ...
Pacheco Estefan, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-12-15)
Human memory is fundamentally linked to experience. Traditionally, however, it has been studied in restricted tasks, under constrained experimental conditions. Understanding memory from a situated, ...
Zucca, Riccardo (Date of defense: 2015-02-13)
The human brain is undoubtedly the most complex product of evolution. Understanding how complex behaviour is generated by the intricacy of hundred billion of neurons and synapses fascinated scientists ...