Project Description

2011 Publications

M. Sánchez-Fibla, Duff, A., and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “The acquisition of intentionally indexed and object centered affordance gradients : a biomimetic controller and mobile robotics benchmark”, Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference. IEEE, San Francisco, 2011.
iros2011.pdf (960.51 KB)
R. Prueckl, Grünbacher, E., Ortner, R., Taub, A. H., Hogri, R., Magal, A., Segalis, E., Zreik, M., Nossenson, N., Herreros, I., Giovannucci, A., Ofek-Almong, R., Bamford, S., Marcus-Kalish, M., Shacham, Y., Verschure, P. F. M. J., Messer, H., Mintz, M., Scharinger, J., Silmon, A., and Guger, C., “The Application of a Real-Time Rapid-Prototyping Environment for the Behavioral Rehabilitation of a Lost Brain Function in Rats”, IEEE CCMB. Paris, France, pp. 1-8, 2011.DOI

E. Marcos, Pani, P., Brunamonti, E., Ferraina, S., and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “Behavioral and neural modulation during motor decision making in a countermanding task”, in 2011 Society for Neuroscience meeting (SfN), Washington, USA, 2011.

R. Prueckl, Taub, A. H., Herreros, I., Hogri, R., Magal, A., Bamford, S., Giovannucci, A., Ofek-Almog, R., Sacham-Diamand, Y., Verschure, P. F. M. J., Mintz, M., Scharinger, J., Silmon, A., and Guger, C., “Behavioral Rehabilitation of the Eye Closure Reflex in Senescent Rats using a Real-Time Biosignal Acquisition System”, 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’11). Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2011.

A. Duff, Sánchez-Fibla, M., and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “A biologically based model for the integration of sensory-motor contingencies in rules and plans: A prefrontal cortex based extension of the Distributed Adaptive Control architecture”, Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 85, no. 5, pp. 289-304, 2011.DOI
Duff_2011_PFC_rules_and_plans_DAC_BrainRB.pdf (1.03 MB)
M. Sánchez-Fibla, Duff, A., Bernardet, U., and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “A biomimetic robot controller based on minimizing the unpredictability of the environment: allostatic control revised”, European Conference on Artificial Life – ECAL 2011. MIT Press, Paris, 2011.

H. Proske, Jeanmonod, D., and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “A computational model of thalamocortical dysrhythmia”, European Journal for Neuroscience, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 1281-1290, 2011.DOI

R. B. Ballester, Bermúdez i Badia, S., and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “The effect of social gaming in virtual reality based rehabilitation of stroke patients”, ICVR 2011. IEEE, Zurich, Switzerland, 2011.DOI

M. Inderbitzin, “Embodied Models of Emotions. Verification of Psychological and Neurobiological Theories of Emotions Using Virtual and Situated Agents”, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 2011.

A. Pesquita, Bernardet, U., Väljamäe, A., Verschure, P. F. M. J., and Pozo-Rosich, P., “Emotion response patterns to transient stimuli in migraineurs and non-migraineurs”, 11th International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (2011) – ICON XI. 2011.

A. Luvizotto, Rennó-Costa, C., Pattacini, U., and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “The encoding of complex visual stimuli by a canonical model of the primary visual cortex: temporal population coding for face recognition on the iCub robot”, in 2011 IEEE International Conference on RObotics and BIOmimetics (IEEE-ROBIO 2011), Phuket Islands, Thailand, 2011.

M. P. Inderbitzin, Väljamäe, A., Calvo, J. M. B., Verschure, P. F. M. J., and Bernardet, U., “Expression of Emotional States during Locomotion based on Canonical Parameters”, EmoSPACE 1st International Workshop on Emotion Synthesis, rePresentation, and Analysis in Continuous spaces (EmoSPACE) In conjunction with the 9th IEEE FG 2011 (Automatic Face & Gesture Recognition Conference). Santa Barbara, Califormia, pp. 809 – 814 , 2011.DOI
emoSpace_2011.pdf (347.16 KB)
C. Pennartz, Verschure, P. F. M. J., Battaglia, F. P., and Robbins, T. W., “The hippocampal-striatal axis in learning, prediction and goal-directed behavior”, Trends in Neuroscience, vol. 34, no. 10, pp. 548-559, 2011.DOI
2011_Trends_Hippocampal.pdf (1.72 MB)
F. Johansson, Jirenhed, D. A., Rasmussen, A., Zucca, R., and Hesslow, G., “In vivo parallel fibre stimulation as conditional stimulus in Pavlovian conditioning of Purkinje neuron responses”. 2011.

C. Rennó-Costa, Luvizotto, A., Marcos, E., Duff, A., Sánchez-Fibla, M., and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “Integrating Neuroscience-based Models Towards an Autonomous Biomimetic Synthetic”, in 2011 IEEE International Conference on RObotics and BIOmimetics (IEEE-ROBIO 2011), Phuket Island, Thailand, 2011.

H. Järvinen, Bernardet, U., and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “Interaction Mapping affects Spatial Memory and the Sense of Presence when navigating in a Virtual Environment”, TEI 2011: Fifth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction. pp. 321-324, 2011.DOI

L. L. López, Vouloutsi, V., Chimeno, A. E., Marcos, E., Bermúdez i Badia, S., Mathews, Z., Ziyatdinov, A., i Lluna, A. P., and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “Moth-Like Chemo-Source Localization andClassification on an Indoor Autonomous Robot”, in On Biomimetics , A. P. D. L. D. Pramatarova InTech, 2011.
InTech-Moth_like_chemo_source_localization_and_classification_on_an_indoor_autonomous_robot.pdf (349.92 KB)
S. L. Groux and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “Music is All Around Us: a Situated Approach to Interactive Music Composition”, in Situated Esthetics: Art beyond the Skin, Riccardo Manzotti., Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2011.

A. Rasmussen, Johansson, J., Zucca, R., and Hesslow, G., “The neural foundation of overexpectation”. 2011.

Z. Mathews, Bermúdez i Badia, S., and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “PASAR: An Integrated Model of Prediction, Anticipation, Sensation, Attention and Response for Artificial Sensorimotor Systems”, Information Sciences Journal, vol. Volume 186, no. number 1, pp. 1-19, 2011.DOI
Mathews – 2011 – PASAR An Integrated Model of Prediction, Anticipation, Sensation, Attention and Response for Artificial Sensorimotor Systems.pdf (2.31 MB)
U. Bernardet, Väljamäe, A., Inderbitzin, M. P., Wierenga, S., Mura, A., and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “Quantifying human subjective experience and social interaction using the eXperience Induction Machine.”, Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 85, pp. 305-312, 2011.DOI

C. Guger, Gener, T., Pennartz, C., Brotons-Mas, J. R., Edlinger, G., Bermúdez i Badia, S., Verschure, P. F. M. J., and Sanchez-Vives, M. V., “Real-time position reconstruction with hippocampal place cells”, Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol. 5, pp. 1-10, 2011.DOI
Guger et al. – 2011 – Real-Time Position Reconstruction with Hippocampal Place Cells.pdf (1023.25 KB)
S. L. Groux, “Situated, perceptual, emotive and cognitive music systems: a psychologically grounded approach to interactive music composition”, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 2011.

M. Cameirão, Bermúdez i Badia, S., Duarte, E., and Verschure, P. F. M. J., “Virtual reality based rehabilitation speeds up functional recovery of the upper extremities after stroke: A randomized controlled pilot study in the acute phase of stroke using the Rehabilitation Gaming System”, Restorative Neurology and Neuroscince, vol. 29, pp. 287-298, 2011.DOI
2011_RNN_VirtualReality.pdf (723.75 KB)