The goal of the second year of the master is for students to discover interdisciplinary topics and to produce first-hand research in cognitive science.

In the first semester, students are exposed to current research topics in cognitive science through interdisciplinary courses.

The goal of the first year is for students to assimilate the fundamental concepts of cognitive science, and to receive advanced methodological training.

In the first semester, students follow a pluri-disciplinary core curriculum that introduces them to the conceptual and methodological foundations of cognitive science.

In the second semester, students complete an internship in a research laboratory and choose advanced specialized courses. 

Being able to place yourself “in someone else's shoes” requires two main perspective-taking abilities. First, perceiving another’s spatial point of view (spatial perspective-taking) and second, representing their thoughts and intentions (hereafter social perspective-taking). Recent findings point towards critical links between the processing of higher-order mental information and lower-level spatial abilities using behavioural methods in neurotypicals, in patients, and using neuro-imaging.

Touch is at the boundary between the self, the body, and the environment. It is also a pivotal route for social interactions between individuals. Tactile interactions have been of particular interest in recent years and research suggests that touch can convey specific pro-social and affective signals, which cannot be communicated through any other sensory modality. However, our knowledge of what are the key parameters fostering the experience of touching and being touched during an interaction are limited, thus hindering our ability to simulate touch gestures with a virtual agent.

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