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New paper by Luke McEllin, Arianna Curioni, Natalie Sebanz, and Günther Knoblich out in Cognition

April 24, 2025

In their ‘Tree Shaker’ task, one participant reached for a tree containing fruits of varying value, while another participant then shook that tree to forage for its fruits. The researchers found that the faster a co-actor reached for a tree, the more it was foraged—both for longer and with greater effort—by participants.

 

New paper by Maximilian Marschner, David Dignath, and Günther Knoblich out in Cognition

April 9, 2024

Co-actors represent joint actions on a group level

In their latest publication, Maximilian Marschner, David Dignath and Günther Knoblich find new evidence that people represent joint actions from a group-level perspective. Co-actors view joint action outcomes as a result of their group-level performance, rather than their individual efforts alone.

 

Natalie Sebanz and Thomas Wolf awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant

February 8, 2022

Making music together while being apart

Natalie Sebanz and Thomas Wolf have been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant for their project Training Alone to Play Together App (TAPTAPP)They are developing an app that will allow musicians to improve their coordination with others while being physically apart. 

The ERC Funding will be 150.000€ over 18 months. 

Budapest Lab closed down permanently

January 3, 2022

We'd like to let you know that on January 1st the Somby Lab in Budapest has closed down for good, and we will continue our operations in Vienna.