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The role of the ventrolateral anterior temporal lobes in social cognition

The role of the ventrolateral anterior temporal lobes in social cognition

A recent collaboration between researchers at Bangor University (UK; Eva Balgova, Richard Binney & Veronica Diveica) and University of Coimbra (Jon Walbrin; Proaction Lab), reveals important insights about the role of anterior temporal cortex and semantic processing.

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Neurocobots

Neurocobots

Could you imagine yourself working side by side with a robot in your professional tasks? Would you trust him to be a major help to your work?

A team of researchers from Proaction Lab is developing a scientific project called “Neurocobots”, which aims to develop a brain-machine interface to improve dynamic collaboration between humans and robots in a professional context.

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Virtual Reality for Safe Testing and Development in Collaborative Robotics

Virtual Reality for Safe Testing and Development in Collaborative Robotics

How do humans cooperate with robots that do not resemble a human being?

Are we made to more intuitively cooperate with robots similar to humans or do we treat all robots as mindless machines?

We want to answer these questions. Thanks to the use of virtual reality, we can simulate any sort of robots, such the currently available industrial robots such as Baxter.

In our latest article published together with Neurohab LabPaula Alexandra Silva and Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR|Lisboa) we summarize the state of the art in the use of VR for testing collaborative robots.

 

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International APPE – SEPEX Meeting Talks

International APPE – SEPEX Meeting Talks

Professor Óscar Gonçalves is an invited speaker in the International APPE – SEPEX Meeting (5-7 May) in University of Algarve.

The neuroscientists Daniela Valério and Lénia Amaral will also present their research projects.

 

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Do age related differences influence risk perception during a pandemic crisis?

Do age related differences influence risk perception during a pandemic crisis?

Do age related differences influence risk perception during a pandemic crisis?

An interdisciplinary group investigated how age influenced predicted risk during the COVID-19 emergency state in Portugal. They showed that projected risk decreased more steeply for younger than older adults. Their findings suggest that younger adults might had a different prediction of how the epidemic-related risk will evolve.

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