Departmental Seminar: “Cracking the Kinematic Code” – Professor Cristina Becchio, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
| Dates: | 26 October 2026 |
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| Times: | 15:30 - 16:30 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Department of Computer Science |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Professor Cristina Becchio |
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Abstract:
Our movements carry information about what we intend, decide, and feel. How is this information encoded, and how do others read it out? I present a framework for quantifying the information encoded in movement and measure how observers use it to read mental states. I discuss what this reveals about human mindreading, social difficulties, and communication between humans and machines.
Speaker
Professor Cristina Becchio
Role: Professor of Neuroscience
Organisation: University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
Biography: Cristina Becchio is Professor of Neuroscience at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. She originally studied philosophy before shifting her research focus to cognitive science and neuroscience. Prior to joining Hamburg, she was a Full Professor at the University of Turin and a Senior Scientist at the Italian Institute of Technology. Her research explores the relationship between movement and cognition, investigating how mental state information is encoded in movement and read out by observers. She has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant, an ERC Proof of Concept Grant and, in 2026, an ERC Advanced Grant.
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