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Current Research Projects
Interdisciplinary Clusterprojekte UniVie & MedUni Vienna
UNRAVELING THE AESTHETIC MIND IN ANHEDONIA: Insights from pharmacological imaging of the human brain
Period: Starting until 31.12.2021
Principal investigators: Dr. Julia Crone
Co-Principal investigators: Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Rupert Lanzenberger
Funding program: University of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna
WWTF
A novel approach to investigate multi-modal attractiveness in humans and animals
Period: June 2019 - May 2022
Principal investigators: Univ.-Prof. Dott. Leonida Fusani, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Helmut Leder
Funding program: WWTF - Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und Technologiefonds
Externe Kooperationspartner: Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien
Involved fields: Cognitive Science, Empirical Aesthetics, Cognitive Biology
Project Website: Comparative Aesthetics
FWF
Die Rolle des Opiatsystems bei Empathie für Schmerz
Period: May 2019 - May 2022
Principal investigators: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Claus Lamm, Mag.Dr. Markus Rütgen, Isabella Wagner, Georgia Silani
Funding program: FWF - Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Involved fields: Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Neuropsychopharmacology
WWTF
Urban intervention with art in public space - cognitive attraction, resilience, orsimply positive emotions?
Period: July 2021 - January 2025
Principal investigators: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Helmut Leder, Dr. Elisabeth Oberzaucher
Funding program: WWTF
External partners: Universität Wien
Involved fields: Cognitive Science, Evolutionary Anthropology
FWF
Die Mikrophänomenologie zwischenleiblicher Synergiepraktiken
Period: March 2020 - March 2023
Principal investigators: Mag. Dr. Michael Kimmel
Funding program: FWF - Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
WWTF
Convergent evolution of the social brain? A comparative dog-human fMRI approach | EVOSOCBRAIN
Period: October 2019 - September 2022
Principal investigators: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Claus Lamm, Mag. Dr. Ludwig Huber, DI Dr. Christian Windischberger
Funding program: WWTF
External partners: Veterinärmedizinische Universität, Medizinische Universität Wien
Involved fields: Cognitive Science, Cognitive Biology, Neuroscience
WWTF
A novel approach to investigate multi-modal attractiveness in humans and animals
Period: June 2019 - May 2022
Principal investigators: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Leonida Fusani, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Helmut Leder
Funding program: Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und Technologiefonds (WWTF)
ÖAW
AI-supported adaptive serious gaming
Period: October 2017 - September 2020
Principal investigators: DI Barbara Göbl, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Slunecko,
Funding program: ÖAW DOC Team
Involved fields: Cultural anthropology, Cognitive science
ÖAW
Difficulty and strategies in emotion regulation
Period: October 2017 - September 2020
Principal investigators: Dayana Hristova, M.Sc., Dr. Michael Kimmel, Univ.-Prof. Thomas Slunecko,
Funding program: ÖAW DOC Team
Involved fields: Cultural anthropology, Cognitive science
FWF
Embodied Creativity in Dyadic Interaction
Period: June 2015 - (preliminary December 2017) prolonged and running
Principal investigator(s): Dr. Michael Kimmel
Funding program: FWF Stand-alone Projects
Involved fields: Cognitive Ethnography (Empirical Phenomenology, Joint Action/Interaction, Embodied Cognition)
FWF
Unalternativen-Bedingungen im S
Period: November 2016 - February 2020
Principal investigator(s): Univ.-Prof. Dr. Daniel Büring
Funding program: FWF
Involved fields: Cognitive Science, Linguistics
FWF
The Cultural Eye / The Gendered Eye
Period: September 2013 - (preliminary Mai 2017) pro-longed and running
Principal investigator(s): Univ.-Prof. Raphael Rosenberg
Funding program: FWF Stand-alone Projects
Involved fields: Art History, Psychology
Past Projects
The Vienna CogSciHub emerged from the former Research Platform Cogntive Science, in which many projects in the field of Cognitive Science were located.
FFG
Development and Evaluation of a Meta-Heuristic for Business Continuity Management (BCM)
Period: December 2013
Principal investigators: Dr. Eva Gatarik
Funding program: FFG Innovationsscheck
Involved fields:
WWTF
Like Me: The evolutionary and neuro-cognitive basis of the link between imitation, empathy and prosocial behaviour in dogs and humans
Period: April 2012 - April 2015
Principal investigators: Univ.-Prof. Ludwig Huber (Messerli - Research Institute, Vetmeduni Vienna), Univ.-Prof. Claus Lamm
Funding program: WWTF "Cognition" 2011
Involved fields: Cognitive Biology, Psychology
WWTF
Modeling Visual Attention as a Key Factor in Visual Recognition
Period: March 2012 - March 2016
Principal investigators: Univ.-Prof. Ulrich Ansorge, Dr. Shelley Buchinger, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ottmar Scherzer
Funding program: WWTF "Cognition" 2011
Involved fields: Psychology, Computer Science, Mathematics
ERC FP7
Man4Gen: Manual Operation of 4th Generation Airliners
Period: September 2012 - December 2015
Principal investigators: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Claus Lamm; A.o.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Peschl; Mag. Irene Stepniczka, MSc
Funding program: FP7 - Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union
Involved fields: Cognitive Science, Aviation