Marcos Sanmartín, Encarni (Date of defense: 2014-12-12)
Decisions are the result of a deliberative process that evaluates the suitability of specific options. Studies about decision making have been mainly conducted by using restricted tasks in which humans ...
Santos-Pata, Diogo (Date of defense: 2018-07-10)
Every animal on our planet wanders around when looking for something. Whether it is in search of food, a mate, or home, navigation is one of the most performed cognitive behaviors in Nature. Nevertheless, ...
Maffei, Giovanni (Date of defense: 2018-05-04)
Animals evolved to survive in dynamic environments by developing multiple behavioral strategies to adapt and to learn from their interaction with the world. Associative mechanisms and internal representations ...
Le Groux, Sylvain (Date of defense: 2011-05-19)
This thesis introduces a novel situated interactive composition system called the SMuSe (for Situated Music Server) that is grounded on principles of modern cognitive science, provides perceptual ...
Rubio Ballester, Belén (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
Stroke represents one of the main causes of adult disability and will be one of the main contributors to the burden of disease in 2030. However, our healthcare systems do not have enough resources to ...
Da Silva Cameirao, Mónica (Date of defense: 2010-10-06)
Donat el nivell d'incidència i impacte de l'ictus, hi ha la necessitat de trobar mètodes de rehabilitació més automatitzats que els actuals. Un candidat prometedor és la Realitat Virtual, on múltiples ...
Mathews, Zenon (Date of defense: 2011-01-12)
Es considera que la cognició biològica fa servir mecanismes com la predicció, l'anticipació i l'atenció per resoldre tasques complexes. S'ha suggerit que aquests mecanismes es materialitzen en els ...