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CURRENT PROJECTS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

INTERSELF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m the PI of the project \u201cThe Interacting Self: From Self-Consciousness to Social Interactions in Humans and Artificial Agents<\/em>\u201d  \u2013 INTERSELF <\/strong><\/a>\u2013 examining the effect of interacting with artificial selves and bodies on the human bodily and social self. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It brings together an interdisciplinary team of world-leading experts and rising young researchers in philosophy, psychology, computational and cognitive  neuroscience and robotics to provide a new understanding of how social interactions with human and artificial agents impacts the way we relate to ourselves, to our bodies and to others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

INTERSELF<\/strong> is funded by a Funda\u00e7ao para a Ci\u00eancia e a Tecnologia<\/a> (FCT) grant under the reference PTDC\/FER-FIL\/4802\/2020, awarded to Dr Anna Ciaunica (PI) and Prof. Antonia Hamilton (co-PI). <\/a>(https:\/\/doi.org\/10.54499\/DL57\/2016\/CP1367\/CT0017) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 BLUE MAGIC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m the PI of the project \u2018It\u2019s a Kind of Magic\u2019: Exploring Multisensory Modulation of the Sense of Self Through Bodily Movements and Action Observation in Depersonalisation and Psychedelic Experiences <\/em>\u2013 BLUE MAGIC<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong>Our project <\/strong>uses the \u2018Magic Shoes\u2019<\/a> innovative device, developed by Ana Tajadura Jimenez,<\/a> to explore <\/strong>the multisensory modulation of the sense of self and sense of presence through bodily movements and action observation in Depersonalisation. Depersonalisation is a condition that makes people feel detached from their self, body and other. The BLUE MAGIC project also explores the phenomenological markers of radical alterations of the self-experiences, as lived from a first-person perspective, in Depersonalisation and psychedelic experiences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our project\u2019s outcomes pave the way to potential new therapeutic sensory approaches for people experiencing body-perception disturbances. For example, by making people more aware of their dynamic bodily movements in order to counterbalance the feeling of being statically \u2018trapped\u2019 and living in one\u2019s head.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our team<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Anna CIAUNICA (PI)<\/strong>
Dr Adam SAFRON (co-PI)<\/strong><\/a>
Prof. Ana TAJADURA-JIM\u00c9NEZ<\/strong><\/a>
Dr Alejandro GALVEZ-POL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project It\u2019s a Kind of Magic\u2019: Exploring Multisensory Modulation of the Sense of Self Through Bodily Movements and Action Observation in Depersonalisation and Psychedelic Experiences<\/em>) funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation<\/a> and SSNAP Duke University<\/a> award n\u00b0 TWCF0384 to Dr Anna Ciaunica (PI), Dr Adam Safron (co-PI), Prof Ana Tajadura Jimenz, Prof Alex Galvez Pol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.  WALKING WITH MY HEART<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m the PI of the Project \u201cWalking with my Heart : Examining the Effect of Dynamic Real-Time Sensory Feedback of Bodily Movements and Heartbeats on the Sense of Self and Sense of Presence in Depersonalisation<\/em>\u201d<\/strong>. It aims to investigate the relationship between bodily movements and self-awareness in depersonalization, a condition that makes people that feel detached from one\u2019s self, body and the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We explore whether a dynamic embodiment intervention, targeting multiple aspects of the bodily self simultaneously (self-face, body ownership, agency and interoception), may increase the integration of the bodily self in people experiencing depersonalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Project WALKING BODY is funded by the  Mind & Life Europe Francisco J. Varela Research Award Grant, reference : # 2021EVA-Ciaunica, Anna. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our team:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Anna Ciaunica ( PI)
Prof Ana Tajadura Jimenez<\/a>
Prof Lara Maister<\/a>
Simon Knogler\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. THE ESTRANGED SELF IN DREAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m also the co-PI  in tandem with Helge Gillmesiter (PI)<\/a> of the project \u201cThe estranged self \u2013 Exploring the dream continuity of phenomenological self-detachment in Depersonalisation-derealisation disorder<\/em>.\u201d REF: ASD\/DSF 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here we investigate for the first time dream reports in a clinical sample of people diagnosed with Depersonalisation Disorder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. LIVING IN A DREAM<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, I\u2019m also a research team member of the project  “Living in a Dream: Body and Self-Experience during Waking and Dream States in Depersonalisation<\/em>” (awarded by the Bial Foundation, REF 115) aiming to understand how we experience our self and body in our dreams in a non-clinical depersonalisation. The project features international collaborators, including PI Dr. Jane Aspell<\/a> Prof. Bigna Lenggenhager<\/a>, Prof. Jennifer Windt, Matt Gwyther. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAST (completed) PROJECTS as PI)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project \u2018Estranged from Oneself, Estranged from the Others: Investigating the Effect of Depersonalisation on Self-Other Mirroring<\/em>\u201d \u2013 SELF-ESTRANGED<\/strong> \u2013 was a 3-year Bial foundation<\/a> -awarded project based at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto, Portugal, in collaboration with the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London<\/a>, London, The United Kingdom.  The project was hosted by the Mind, Language and Action (MLAG)<\/a>interdisciplinary research group at the Institute of Philosophy, Porto. 

The project aimed to explore the relationship between the experience of (i) Depersonalisation \u2013 a condition characterised by feelings of being \u201cestranged\u201d, cut-off from oneself and surroundings \u2013 and (ii) the sensorimotor processing of self and other. The outcomes of our project advanced our understanding of how feelings of being disconnected from oneself influences the social processing of others\u2019 emotional states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OUR TEAM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Anna CIAUNICA<\/a> \u2013 Principal Investigator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Harry FARMER<\/a> \u2013 Co-Principal Investigator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Ophelia DEROY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Vittorio GALLESE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Antonia HAMILTON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Bial Workshop<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 28th<\/sup> of September 2017 \u2018Estranged from Oneself, Estranged from the Others : Depersonalisation and Self-Other Mirroring\u2019, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Bial Workshop<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 17th-19th  of October 2018 organised in tandem with the International and Interdisciplinary conference \u2018(Dis)Embodied Perception of the Self and Other\u2019<\/em> – at the Institute of Philosophy, Porto : https:\/\/disself.wordpress.com<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Bial Workshop<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 23rd<\/sup> of October 23rd 2019 \u2013 organised in tandem with the Research Day Self-Perception in Human and Artificial Agents<\/em> at the Institute of Philosophy, Porto. https:\/\/disself2019.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CURRENT PROJECTS INTERSELF I\u2019m the PI of the project \u201cThe Interacting Self: From Self-Consciousness to Social Interactions in Humans and Artificial Agents\u201d  \u2013 INTERSELF \u2013 examining the effect of interacting with artificial selves and bodies on the human bodily and social self.  It brings together an interdisciplinary team of world-leading experts and rising young researchers in philosophy, psychology, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annaciaunica.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annaciaunica.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annaciaunica.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annaciaunica.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annaciaunica.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/annaciaunica.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/annaciaunica.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annaciaunica.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}