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Talk on Multilingualism at the European Parliament
Prof. Adriana Hanulíková recently gave a talk at the European Parliament in Luxembourg City entitled “Multilingualism from a cognitive perspective.” Her presentation addressed how multilingualism influences cognitive abilities and how a second language can affect the processing of a first language, and whether decision-making differs…
Publication on Speech Variability in Child–Robot Interaction
In a recent article published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, titled “Robot speech: how variability matters for child–robot interactions” Adriana Hanulíková, Nils Tolksdorf, and Sarah Kapp discuss the relevance of speech variability for interaction, learning, and ethical transparency in the use of social robots with children.
Lab presentation & winter gathering at the IDF
We were happy to present the SMARTcognitionLab at the IDF and share snapshots of our ongoing work. Afterwards, we were delighted to help organize this year’s IDF winter gathering—thank you to all colleagues for the inspiring conversations, exchange, and warm atmosphere!
Ethics-Seed-Funding (Camilla und Georg Jellinek Center for Ethics, Uni Heidelberg)
Our project ECHO (Ethics in Child–Robot Interaction; PIs: Nils Tolksdorf, Adriana Hanulíková) has received seed funding from Heidelberg University’s Camilla and Georg Jellinek Center for Ethics. We examine how social roles of socially assistive robots (e.g., tutor, peer) influenve children’s interactions, relationships, and normative expectations—and we advance ethically informed role…
Navel goes to Prague
As part of the collaborative seminar „Grammar and Cognition in German as a First and Foreign Language“ led by Prof. Adriana Hanulíková and Dr. Vitek Dovalil (Charles University, Prague), we will be travelling to Prague together with the seminar participants and Navel, funded by 4EU+.
Exchange with the Clinical Neuropsychology Research Group
As part of a colloquium, the SMARTcognition Lab took part in an inspiring scientific exchange with Prof. Bastian Schiller's Clinical Neuropsychology research group. The focus was on shared research interests such as interactions in technology-mediated contexts.
We look forward to continuing the exchange!
