Social Perception Thesis
My research interests articulate around three axes: social perception in social cognition; foundational issues in cognitive science, and collaborative work on the mental files theory.
My dissertation was devoted to social perception, the question whether perceptual content can represent social properties, for example being an agent, being a person, being a goal-directed action, and being in an emotional state. I argued in my thesis that goal-directed actions, agents and emotional expressions can be fully represented in visual perception, integrating philosophical arguments with recent empirical work in psychology and neuroscience. During my Phd I published a co-authored paper in Topics in Cognitive Science about perception of persons and agents.
My dissertation was devoted to social perception, the question whether perceptual content can represent social properties, for example being an agent, being a person, being a goal-directed action, and being in an emotional state. I argued in my thesis that goal-directed actions, agents and emotional expressions can be fully represented in visual perception, integrating philosophical arguments with recent empirical work in psychology and neuroscience. During my Phd I published a co-authored paper in Topics in Cognitive Science about perception of persons and agents.