CatLab
Cognition, Action and Touch Lab
We study how the human brain represents, predicts, and constructs sensory and motor experience. Our work sits at the intersection of sensorimotor neuroscience, multisensory perception, and immersive technologies, combining virtual reality, EEG, fMRI, and brain stimulation to address questions that were previously out of experimental reach.
Active Research Lines
Predictive Crossmodal Perception & Phantom Sense
We discovered the Phantom Touch Illusion, a phenomenon in which people feel tactile sensations they never physically received when immersed in virtual reality. We use it as a model system for studying how the brain constructs perceptual experience from predictive signals in the absence of sensory input.
VR Games for Motor Function Diagnostics
We lead development and research of Waves, a game and analysis suite for machine-learning-powered analysis of movement kinematics for diagnostics and rehabilitation of motor function.
Non-Visual Saccades
Why do people move their eyes while thinking, and what happens in the brain during these moments? We investigate the neural mechanisms behind non-visual eye movements and their role in cognition.
Human–Robot Collaboration & Brain–Machine Interfaces
We investigate the psychophysiological and neural correlates of human trust in collaborative robots, developing neurally-assisted interfaces in which robot behaviour adapts to the user's brain state in real time.
Body Schema & Action Perception
Our work demonstrates that humans systematically underestimate the movement range of their own bodies—findings that reveal how the brain's internal model of the body biases perception and action.
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