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We investigate under which conditions humans socially attune with humanoid robots using neuroscience methods 🤖💡🧠
🧠 New paper out in Cognition!
Can we feel a sense of agency over the actions of an artificial agent, even when we’re not acting ourselves?
Read the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Can we feel a sense of agency over the actions of an artificial agent, even when we’re not acting ourselves?
Read the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🧠 New paper out in Cognition!
Can we feel a sense of agency over the actions of an artificial agent, even when we’re not acting ourselves?
Read the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Can we feel a sense of agency over the actions of an artificial agent, even when we’re not acting ourselves?
Read the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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@awykowska.bsky.social, head of the IIT @s4hri.bsky.social unit and coordinator of the IIT Center for Human Technologies, is this year’s winner of the André Mischke Prize.
#HumanRobotInteraction #sciencecommunication #policyengagement
yacadeuro.org/andre-mischk...
#HumanRobotInteraction #sciencecommunication #policyengagement
yacadeuro.org/andre-mischk...
October 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
@awykowska.bsky.social, head of the IIT @s4hri.bsky.social unit and coordinator of the IIT Center for Human Technologies, is this year’s winner of the André Mischke Prize.
#HumanRobotInteraction #sciencecommunication #policyengagement
yacadeuro.org/andre-mischk...
#HumanRobotInteraction #sciencecommunication #policyengagement
yacadeuro.org/andre-mischk...
We’re thrilled to share that our PI @awykowska.bsky.social is this year’s winner of the André Mischke Prize by Young Academy of Europe for outstanding contributions to science.
The award will be presented at Building Bridges Conference on Oct 17 in Barcelona.
🔗 yacadeuro.org/andre-mischk...
The award will be presented at Building Bridges Conference on Oct 17 in Barcelona.
🔗 yacadeuro.org/andre-mischk...
October 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We’re thrilled to share that our PI @awykowska.bsky.social is this year’s winner of the André Mischke Prize by Young Academy of Europe for outstanding contributions to science.
The award will be presented at Building Bridges Conference on Oct 17 in Barcelona.
🔗 yacadeuro.org/andre-mischk...
The award will be presented at Building Bridges Conference on Oct 17 in Barcelona.
🔗 yacadeuro.org/andre-mischk...
📢 We’re #hiring 2 postdocs to join our research on mental workload in human-robot collaboration!
The positions are part of the Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction unit at the @iitalk.bsky.social in Genoa, coordinated by @awykowska.bsky.social
Apply here 👉 app.ncoreplat.com/jobposition/...
The positions are part of the Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction unit at the @iitalk.bsky.social in Genoa, coordinated by @awykowska.bsky.social
Apply here 👉 app.ncoreplat.com/jobposition/...
2 postdoc positions on the topic of cognitive neuroscience methods for studying mental workload in human-robot collaboration
Commitment & contract: Collaborator, temporal contract, up to 16 months
Location: IIT CHT – Via Enrico Melen 83, Genova
Step into a world of endless possibilities, together let’s leave something...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
📢 We’re #hiring 2 postdocs to join our research on mental workload in human-robot collaboration!
The positions are part of the Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction unit at the @iitalk.bsky.social in Genoa, coordinated by @awykowska.bsky.social
Apply here 👉 app.ncoreplat.com/jobposition/...
The positions are part of the Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction unit at the @iitalk.bsky.social in Genoa, coordinated by @awykowska.bsky.social
Apply here 👉 app.ncoreplat.com/jobposition/...
New paper out in AI and Ethics! 🦾
How do people react when a humanoid robot makes decisions that challenge our values, such as privacy, freedom, or social norms?
Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How do people react when a humanoid robot makes decisions that challenge our values, such as privacy, freedom, or social norms?
Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
New paper out in AI and Ethics! 🦾
How do people react when a humanoid robot makes decisions that challenge our values, such as privacy, freedom, or social norms?
Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How do people react when a humanoid robot makes decisions that challenge our values, such as privacy, freedom, or social norms?
Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This week we are at ESCOP 2025 in Sheffield! ⭐ Here are some highlights from us:
Our PI, Prof. @awykowska.bsky.social introduced the symposium "Perception of Artificial Agents as Social or Self-Aware Others", co-organised with Tony Prescott.
Our PI, Prof. @awykowska.bsky.social introduced the symposium "Perception of Artificial Agents as Social or Self-Aware Others", co-organised with Tony Prescott.
September 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This week we are at ESCOP 2025 in Sheffield! ⭐ Here are some highlights from us:
Our PI, Prof. @awykowska.bsky.social introduced the symposium "Perception of Artificial Agents as Social or Self-Aware Others", co-organised with Tony Prescott.
Our PI, Prof. @awykowska.bsky.social introduced the symposium "Perception of Artificial Agents as Social or Self-Aware Others", co-organised with Tony Prescott.
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#SAVETHEDATE 🇪🇺🗞️"Why fund frontier research? The role of journalism in answering a crucial question for society"
🗓️September 5, 2025 🕙 10:00 a.m.
📍Auditorium, CCT@Morego
➡️ free entry upon registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
opentalk.iit.it/en/why-fund-...
🗓️September 5, 2025 🕙 10:00 a.m.
📍Auditorium, CCT@Morego
➡️ free entry upon registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
opentalk.iit.it/en/why-fund-...
August 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#SAVETHEDATE 🇪🇺🗞️"Why fund frontier research? The role of journalism in answering a crucial question for society"
🗓️September 5, 2025 🕙 10:00 a.m.
📍Auditorium, CCT@Morego
➡️ free entry upon registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
opentalk.iit.it/en/why-fund-...
🗓️September 5, 2025 🕙 10:00 a.m.
📍Auditorium, CCT@Morego
➡️ free entry upon registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
opentalk.iit.it/en/why-fund-...
We enjoyed sharing our research and catching up with the community at IEEE RO-MAN 2025!
Our PI @awykowska.bsky.social gave a keynote at the “Movement Matters” workshop on "Joint action with a humanoid: how robot’s behavioural human-likeness affects human cognitive mechanisms".
Our PI @awykowska.bsky.social gave a keynote at the “Movement Matters” workshop on "Joint action with a humanoid: how robot’s behavioural human-likeness affects human cognitive mechanisms".
August 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We enjoyed sharing our research and catching up with the community at IEEE RO-MAN 2025!
Our PI @awykowska.bsky.social gave a keynote at the “Movement Matters” workshop on "Joint action with a humanoid: how robot’s behavioural human-likeness affects human cognitive mechanisms".
Our PI @awykowska.bsky.social gave a keynote at the “Movement Matters” workshop on "Joint action with a humanoid: how robot’s behavioural human-likeness affects human cognitive mechanisms".
New paper out in Scientific Reports! 🤖
Can humanoid robots enhance social cognition in children with autism beyond traditional interventions?
Read full paper here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Can humanoid robots enhance social cognition in children with autism beyond traditional interventions?
Read full paper here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
New paper out in Scientific Reports! 🤖
Can humanoid robots enhance social cognition in children with autism beyond traditional interventions?
Read full paper here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Can humanoid robots enhance social cognition in children with autism beyond traditional interventions?
Read full paper here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🤖 We’re excited to be part of Living Machines!
Our PI, @awykowska.bsky.social will give a plenary talk on “Using robots to understand human cognition” on July 17th.
Looking forward to the discussions ahead!
Our PI, @awykowska.bsky.social will give a plenary talk on “Using robots to understand human cognition” on July 17th.
Looking forward to the discussions ahead!
Delighted to announce that Prof Agniezska Wykowska, head of the Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction unit at the Italian Institute of Technology, will give a plenary talk at Living Machines 2025 in Sheffield next July. CfP now open. livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/plenary... #lm2025
PLENARY SPEAKERS - Living Machines 2025
livingmachinesconference.eu
July 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🤖 We’re excited to be part of Living Machines!
Our PI, @awykowska.bsky.social will give a plenary talk on “Using robots to understand human cognition” on July 17th.
Looking forward to the discussions ahead!
Our PI, @awykowska.bsky.social will give a plenary talk on “Using robots to understand human cognition” on July 17th.
Looking forward to the discussions ahead!
Great to be part of #JAMX in Turin and to share our recent work!
Many thanks to the organizers and community for the thoughtful discussions throughout the event!
Many thanks to the organizers and community for the thoughtful discussions throughout the event!
July 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Great to be part of #JAMX in Turin and to share our recent work!
Many thanks to the organizers and community for the thoughtful discussions throughout the event!
Many thanks to the organizers and community for the thoughtful discussions throughout the event!
Applications are still open!
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📢 We’re looking for a postdoc with strong EEG expertise to join our research on neuro-cognitive mechanisms in human-robot interaction in Genoa!
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POSTDOC in Neuro-cognitive mechanisms in human-robot interaction (ID: 2400000Y)
Project: Neuro-cognitive mechanisms in human-robot interaction
Commitment & contract: 2 years, temporary
Location: Genoa, Italy, via Enrico Melen 83
WHO WE ARE
At IIT we work enthusiastically t...
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July 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Applications are still open!
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🆕 New paper in Technology, Mind, Behavior!
How does perceiving a robot as intentional shape joint attention?
👉 tmb.apaopen.org/pub/dg8p1kxu...
How does perceiving a robot as intentional shape joint attention?
👉 tmb.apaopen.org/pub/dg8p1kxu...
July 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🆕 New paper in Technology, Mind, Behavior!
How does perceiving a robot as intentional shape joint attention?
👉 tmb.apaopen.org/pub/dg8p1kxu...
How does perceiving a robot as intentional shape joint attention?
👉 tmb.apaopen.org/pub/dg8p1kxu...
📢 We’re looking for a postdoc with strong EEG expertise to join our research on neuro-cognitive mechanisms in human-robot interaction in Genoa!
Please share!
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@iitalk.bsky.social
@awykowska.bsky.social
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@iitalk.bsky.social
@awykowska.bsky.social
POSTDOC in Neuro-cognitive mechanisms in human-robot interaction (ID: 2400000Y)
Project: Neuro-cognitive mechanisms in human-robot interaction
Commitment & contract: 2 years, temporary
Location: Genoa, Italy, via Enrico Melen 83
WHO WE ARE
At IIT we work enthusiastically t...
app.ncoreplat.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
📢 We’re looking for a postdoc with strong EEG expertise to join our research on neuro-cognitive mechanisms in human-robot interaction in Genoa!
Please share!
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@iitalk.bsky.social
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We’re joining the FutureShots Innovation Festival in Venice tomorrow!
Catch us at 16:10 for Human-Robot Interaction Through Human Eyes, a talk by our PI @awykowska.bsky.social, exploring how we assign meaning, emotion and intention to social robots.
futureshots.h-farm.com/en
Catch us at 16:10 for Human-Robot Interaction Through Human Eyes, a talk by our PI @awykowska.bsky.social, exploring how we assign meaning, emotion and intention to social robots.
futureshots.h-farm.com/en
FutureShots - H-FARM’s Innovation Festival
An event about the future and a new renaissance era of innovation through AI, tech, and science: from medicine and robotics to spatial computing, art, and sustainability.
futureshots.h-farm.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
We’re joining the FutureShots Innovation Festival in Venice tomorrow!
Catch us at 16:10 for Human-Robot Interaction Through Human Eyes, a talk by our PI @awykowska.bsky.social, exploring how we assign meaning, emotion and intention to social robots.
futureshots.h-farm.com/en
Catch us at 16:10 for Human-Robot Interaction Through Human Eyes, a talk by our PI @awykowska.bsky.social, exploring how we assign meaning, emotion and intention to social robots.
futureshots.h-farm.com/en
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We are delighted to welcome Prof. Agnieszka Wykowska from the Italian Institute of Technology, who will be presenting a seminar on 'Using humanoid robots to study human cognition', here on Thursday the 22nd of May, at 2pm🧠
May 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We are delighted to welcome Prof. Agnieszka Wykowska from the Italian Institute of Technology, who will be presenting a seminar on 'Using humanoid robots to study human cognition', here on Thursday the 22nd of May, at 2pm🧠
We had an inspiring time at the sense of self meeting in London, where we talked about the interpersonal self and sense of agency!
Thanks to organisers @tonyjprescott.bsky.social, @awykowska.bsky.social, @sarahgarf.bsky.social, Paul Verschure, and to the @royalsociety.org for hosting
Thanks to organisers @tonyjprescott.bsky.social, @awykowska.bsky.social, @sarahgarf.bsky.social, Paul Verschure, and to the @royalsociety.org for hosting
May 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We had an inspiring time at the sense of self meeting in London, where we talked about the interpersonal self and sense of agency!
Thanks to organisers @tonyjprescott.bsky.social, @awykowska.bsky.social, @sarahgarf.bsky.social, Paul Verschure, and to the @royalsociety.org for hosting
Thanks to organisers @tonyjprescott.bsky.social, @awykowska.bsky.social, @sarahgarf.bsky.social, Paul Verschure, and to the @royalsociety.org for hosting
🚨 We’re #hiring a #postdoc to join an exciting joint project to study cognitive load in human-robot collaboration in Genoa!
Apply here 👉 app.ncoreplat.com/jobposition/...
@iitalk.bsky.social @awykowska.bsky.social
Apply here 👉 app.ncoreplat.com/jobposition/...
@iitalk.bsky.social @awykowska.bsky.social
Postdoc - Measuring Cognitive Load in Human-Robot Collaborative Tasks
Commitment & contract: Postdoctoral Researcher – 2 years contract
Location: Genoa, Italy, via Enrico Melen 83
Step into a world of endless possibilities, together let’s leave something for the fu...
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May 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🚨 We’re #hiring a #postdoc to join an exciting joint project to study cognitive load in human-robot collaboration in Genoa!
Apply here 👉 app.ncoreplat.com/jobposition/...
@iitalk.bsky.social @awykowska.bsky.social
Apply here 👉 app.ncoreplat.com/jobposition/...
@iitalk.bsky.social @awykowska.bsky.social
New paper out!🦾
How do we experience a sense of agency over others’ actions, including robots?
In the study, we examined vicarious agency, asking whether the perceived voluntariness of actions shapes intentional binding (IB), an implicit measure of agency.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How do we experience a sense of agency over others’ actions, including robots?
In the study, we examined vicarious agency, asking whether the perceived voluntariness of actions shapes intentional binding (IB), an implicit measure of agency.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
New paper out!🦾
How do we experience a sense of agency over others’ actions, including robots?
In the study, we examined vicarious agency, asking whether the perceived voluntariness of actions shapes intentional binding (IB), an implicit measure of agency.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How do we experience a sense of agency over others’ actions, including robots?
In the study, we examined vicarious agency, asking whether the perceived voluntariness of actions shapes intentional binding (IB), an implicit measure of agency.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New paper out on Scientific Reports! 🚀
How do people judge intentionality and moral responsibility for robots vs. humans?
Read here -> lnkd.in/dAAtr-Q7
How do people judge intentionality and moral responsibility for robots vs. humans?
Read here -> lnkd.in/dAAtr-Q7
February 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New paper out on Scientific Reports! 🚀
How do people judge intentionality and moral responsibility for robots vs. humans?
Read here -> lnkd.in/dAAtr-Q7
How do people judge intentionality and moral responsibility for robots vs. humans?
Read here -> lnkd.in/dAAtr-Q7