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.
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Cognetics to study Thought Insertion

Research

Thought insertion, an enigmatic and key symptom of schizophrenia, induced in healthy subjects by joining robotics and cognition.

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Personalised VR enhances Analgesic Effects of SCS for Chronic Pain

Research

In their latest publication on personalised VR for analgesia, Dr Marco Solca and colleagues describe a new digiceutical method for chronic pain, SCS-VR, that combines neuromodulation (Spinal Cord Simulation), VR (Virtual Reality), and the latest research from cognitive neuroscience of multisensory integration into a single therapeutic solution.

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Virtual reality helps measure vulnerability to stress

EPFL

Behavioral scientists at EPFL have developed a virtual reality test that assesses a person’s vulnerability to stress while exploring immersive environments. The resulting model offers the field of stress research one of the first such tools that does not rely on subjective evaluations.

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