In this project (a collaboration with Kristian Tylén from Aarhus University), we use agent-based simulations to investigate: a) whether and how performing a divergent thinking task with others makes us come up with better and more creative solutions; b) how this is modulated by cognitive diversity within the group.
We have published a paper on the 2022 CogSci proceedings, which is available here: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/58v5d82w Code is publicly available here and follow-ups are in progress.
Humans perceive space as functional to action. Several studies have shown that humans organize space into a peripersonal (i.e., within reach) and an extrapersonal (i.e., outside reach) region.
Interestingly, a lot of the actions we perform in our daily life are performed together with others. Do we adapt the way in which we parse space as near vs. far oto the position of other people when action goals are shared?
We tested this hypothesis over two interactive experiments using language as a proxy for spatial representations. We found that, in the context of joint action, linguistic coding of locations as proximal vs. distal is based on the position of the partner rather than oneself’s.
These studies (part of my PhD) are published in Nature Scientific Reports. The article is available here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51134-8