The Neuroscience Research Centre (NEUREC) brings together a multidisciplinary team from Psychology, Neuroimaging, Computing & Engineering, Economics & Finance, and Marketing to address today’s most pressing societal, health, and financial challenges.
We adopt a unique holistic, interdisciplinary approach, combining neurophysiological, psychophysiological, behavioural, and computational methods to drive innovation in mental health, education, markets, and leadership. Our ultimate goal is to improve well-being and health, organisational performance and productivity, and to create innovative and resilient communities by bridging research, education, and industry.
NEUREC also plays a vital role in training the next generation of researchers and creating a thriving neuroscience community in South East Europe.
Using neuroimaging to develop biomarkers for neurodevelopmental disorders. We explore technology-enabled training and interventions (e.g. robotics, serious games) to better understand the Autism Spectrum Disorder and improve children’s lives, and the impact of traumatic brain injury on brain maturation and development in youth.
Understanding cognition and emotion in patients with Dementia, Parkinson, and Neurovascular disorders, aiming to achieve earlier diagnoses and novel non-invasive therapeutical approaches. We research how social and behavioural risk factors interact with brain mechanisms responsible for cognitive and daily functionality in healthy older adults. Our aim is to apply technology and non-invasive approaches to improve quality of life and promote healthy ageing.
Exploring human connectivity, and graph theoretical modeling to investigate affective modulation in the healthy and pathological brain. Unraveling brain mechanisms of the so-called moral emotions (e.g, shame, guilt and self-disgust) in healthy populations and in conditions with impulse control problems (e.g, Parkinson disease, gambling).
Decoding customer’s emotions, feelings and perceptions towards products and services, so as to better explain and predict consumers’ decision making process and behaviours. By integrating information from neural (EEG) and physiological (e.g, Heart Rate variability and skin conductance) activity with behavioural (e.g, eye tracking) and psychometric measures we expect to better comprehend what is behind customer’s desires and choices.
Investigating how the brain processes financial information, and makes decisions in the light of psychological, emotional, individual and stress-related biases. Our research aims at combining recent insights and methodologies from neuroscience with traditional theories of finance to better explain how leaders, organizations and investors make financial decisions. This promising emerging field aims to impact society by improving retirement plans and wealth management among others.
Studying emergent phenomena in natural systems in order to devise biologically (nature) inspired artificial solutions, and using innovative Internet of Things architectures and sensor networks, to inform neuroscience and behavioural models.
Meet the multidisciplinary researchers behind NEUREC’s mission.
