Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience

The Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience (Bertarelli Chair in Cognitive Neuroprosthetics) targets the brain mechanisms of body perception, body awareness and self-consciousness.

New experimental platform powered by Sonceboz Robotics

07.05.21Research

The Blanke Lab at EPFL is delighted to announce a new partnership with world-leading mechatronics company Sonceboz SA. We are launching a custom-made research platform that merges a motion platform with vestibular stimulation as well as virtual reality technology and robotics. We will study perception and consciousness and develop novel methods to induce such intriguing mental states as out-of-body experiences that have fascinated mankind since time immemorial.

The robotic task developed by Olaf Blanke et al. © 2021 EPFL / Alain Herzog

Awakening “ghosts” in patients with Parkinson's

28.04.21EPFL

EPFL scientists are developing a completely new “brain stress test” for evaluating the mental status of patients with Parkinson’s disease, the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease worldwide. It involves awakening the “ghosts” hidden in specific networks of the brain to predict the onset of hallucinations.

Dr Mariana Babo Rebelo joins LNCO

28.04.21EPFL community

Dr Mariana Babo Rebelo has joined LNCO to work on action, memory, and first/third person perspective.

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