This seminar introduces the fundamentals and latest research developments, challenges and opportunities related to social robotics in learning contexts, with a strong focus on psychological and neuroscientific techniques, and critical evaluation of research practices for studying robots’ effectiveness as pedagogical tools. Common perspectives, controversies and empirical evidence are considered.

This seminar introduces the fundamentals and latest research related to social robotics across different contexts (education, healthcare, social/home contexts), with a focus on psychological and neuroscientific techniques, and critical evaluation of research practices for studying robots’ effectiveness as social tools. We consider common perspectives, controversies and empirical evidence.

This seminar introduces the fundamentals and latest research developments of brain imaging in real-world contexts. We explore topics from imaging multiple people’s brains simultaneously as they interact to neuro-ethics and neuro-art, while maintaining a strong focus on critical evaluation of research practices and applications of brain imaging of and during social interaction.