Spinosa, Vittoria (Date of defense: 2019-12-16)
Perception can be considered as the bridge necessary to interact with the surroundings. Indeed, through our senses we are continuously exchanging information between the physical world around us and our ...
Domínguez Martin de la Torre, Ona (Date of defense: 2022-06-21)
[eng] This thesis focuses on cognition and how non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (NIBS) can modify it. In addition, we consider personality. Therefore, this thesis analyzes, in depth, the effects ...
Gorina Careta, Natàlia (Date of defense: 2019-01-28)
The auditory scene that we face during our day life is highly complex. The human auditory system is able to allow us to maintain a conversation with another person whilst ignoring the surrounding sounds ...
Kishore, Sameer (Date of defense: 2016-07-15)
It has been shown that with appropriate multisensory stimulation an illusion of owning an artificial object as part of their own body can be induced in people. Such body ownership illusions have been ...
Banakou, Domna (Date of defense: 2017-04-26)
Over the past two decades extensive research in experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and virtual reality has provided evidence for the malleability of our brain's body representation. It has ...