On 27 July 2026, the SMARTcognition Lab at Heidelberg University hosted the international 4EU+ workshop “Gaze, Communication, and Interaction: Interdisciplinary Perspectives […]

Our late-breaking work, Disfluencies in robot- and human-directed narration: Preliminary findings on partner effects and temperamental shyness, by Nils F. Tolksdorf

We are very pleased to welcome Allegra Bixio as a guest PhD student and visiting researcher at the SMARTcognition Lab for the

We are pleased to share that the article by Adriana Hanulíková, Freya Gastmann, and Sarah Schimke, “Experience and personality modulate pupillary

We are delighted to welcome our new PhD student Hao Cui to the SMARTcognition Lab. Her research focuses on the

On April 23, 2026, the SMARTcognition Lab will participate in Girls’ Day. In the workshop “A Day in the SMARTcognition Lab –

The workshop “Configuring Robot Roles for Children: Developmental, Communicative, and Ethical Dimensions Across Contexts and Domains” has been accepted for the 18th International

Interested in supporting cutting-edge research at the intersection of language, cognition, and technology? We are currently looking to fill a laboratory

In a recent article published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, titled “Robot speech: how variability matters for child–robot interactions” Adriana Hanulíková, Nils

Prof. Adriana Hanulíková recently gave a talk at the European Parliament in Luxembourg City entitled “Multilingualism from a cognitive perspective.” Her presentation