Periodic Reporting for period 1 - TeAMH-Robot (Temporal Adaptation and anticipation Mechanisms in Human-Robot interaction)
Période du rapport: 2021-08-01 au 2022-07-31
Experiment 2 aims to evaluate neural correlates of attention allocation towards errors during a musical task in which human participants synchronize with a computerized metronome that makes both content and timing errors. Participants were presented with a visual metronome presenting the timing of a sequence to play. During the task, participants were asked to passively observe the metronome and to play the sequence trying to synchronize with the visual metronome presented on the screen. In each session the metronome executed an error in content, i.e. it mismatches one element of the sequence with another one. Across blocks, we manipulated the timing of the events preceding the error. Specifically, the metronome was programmed to be constant or variable in the timing of events before the content error occurred. Behavioural and EEG data of 30 participants have been collected. Data analysis of Experiment 2 is ongoing.
TeAMH-Robot also aimed to increase the independency of the ER and enrich her expertise in transferable skills, such as grant writing, teaching, dissemination, and outreach. The ER has co-supervised both Ph.D. and Master's Degree candidates, and she held a series of departmental seminars across different universities in Europe and overseas (i.e. Italy, Denmark, and Australia). She attended international conferences both on the topic of cognitive and social neuroscience and robotics. She organized an interactive demonstration of TeAMH-Robot at a Science Fair targeting pupils and adults.