Development and neural bases of the spatial recoding of acoustic pitch 

    Fernández Prieto, Irene (Date of defense: 2016-12-22)

    Our perceptual system tends to associate higher-pitched sounds with upper spatial positions and smaller visual sizes, and lower pitched-sounds with lower positions and bigger visual sizes. This processes, known as crossmodal ...

    Once and for all: post-encoding neural mechanisms promoting rapid episodic memory formation in humans 

    Wu, Xiongbo (Date of defense: 2022-12-16)

    [eng] Deciphering the mechanisms of human declarative memory is one of the main goals of neuroscience. Theoretical models such as Standard Consolidation Theory (Alvarez and Squire, 1994) and the Multiple Trace Theory (Nadel ...

    Sensorimotor decision-making with moving objects 

    Aguilar Lleyda, David (Date of defense: 2017-12-15)

    Moving is essential for us to survive, and in countless occasions we move in response to visual information. However, this process is characterized as uncertain, given the variability present both at the sensory and motor ...

    The self in the face of error: neural signatures of agency attribution 

    Gómez Andrés, Alba (Date of defense: 2022-12-15)

    [eng] How do we recognize that “I” am the one acting upon the world? This experience of knowing oneself as the author of our actions and their consequences, the sense of agency, is a basic feature of our subjective experience. ...

    Theta synchronization correlates of musical pleasure 

    Ara Romero, Alberto (Date of defense: 2021-07-21)

    Arguably, one of the stimuli that move human the most is music. What physically consists in an array of sounds organized in time and frequency, is capable of evoking a rich palette of emotions, thoughts and behaviors in ...

    Vergencia en Procesos Cognitivos 

    Jiménez Pérez, Elizabeth Carolina (Date of defense: 2021-07-05)

    [spa] Hablar del cerebro, sus funciones y procesos nunca es tarea sencilla. Asimismo, hablar de un tema tan nuevo como es la vergencia relacionada con la atención y otros procesos cognitivos resulta complicado. A continuación, ...