The Cognition in Action (CIA) Lab aims to understand the link between action and perception, the mechanisms underlying action planning and observation, and the brain and psychological features distinctive to joint action. Our approach combines theoretical research with psychophysical and electrophysiological techniques.
CIA LAB is part of the PHILAB unit and its research is funded by the Department of Philosophy “Piero Martinetti” of the University of Milan under the Projects “Department of Excellence” 2018-2022 and 2023-2027, awarded by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR).
TGR Leonardo features the MultiMEP project, highlighting our work on using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and machine-learning methods to decode imagined actions from muscle activity and to study otherwise “invisible”...
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A new study, directed by Guido Barchiesi and conducted by Francesca Genovese and Elena Mussini of the Cognition in Action Lab at the University of Milan, shows how subtle muscle activations mirror...
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Led by the Cognition in Action Lab at the University of Milan, an international team investigated the brain mechanisms that enable coordination with others. The study shows how the brain integrates individual...
Read moreCognition in Action Lab Meetings – Elvira Di Bona
Speaker: Elvira Di Bona (University of Turin) Elvira is Associate Professor at the University of Turin. She is currently the Principal Investigator of a FIS project on the relationship between...
Read moreCognition in Action Lectures – Susan Carey
Speaker: Susan Carey (Harvard) The human conceptual repertoire poses a formidable challenge to the cognitive sciences. Humans are the only species who can ponder orders of infinity, the causes and cure...
Read moreCognition in Action Lab Meetings – Guillaume Dumas
Speaker: Guillaume Dumas (University of. Montreal) Guillaume Dumas is Associate Professor in Computational Psychiatry of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal and the Director of the Precision Psychiatry and Social Physiology laboratory in...
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