The Sense Innovation and Research Center

🎗️ Pain Awareness Month
🧠 At The Sense, Prof. Chantal Berna Renella’s team studies how hypnosis & mindfulness affect stress, pain, and cognition.
💡 Translating neuroscience into hospital care to improve lives.
🔗 the-sense.ch/pain-interoception/?lang=en
#PainAwarenessMonth #Neuroscience

🔬 Alix Trouillet (Neuro-Otology, The Sense) gave the keynote at the Career & Poster Day, Master in Medical Biology @CHUV 🎓
🦻 Topic: “Bionic Hearing through a Soft Auditory Cortex Implant” 💡
Students engaged directly & asked questions 🙌
#TheSense #BionicHearing #Innovation

Selon une récente étude, l'attirance pour l'alcool se retrouve chez le chimpanzé - 19h30 - Play RTS Play RTS vous permet de visionner ou d'écouter de nombreuses émissions tv ou radio, quand et aussi souvent que vous le souhaitez.

🐒 Chimpanzees also enjoy alcohol!
🗣️ Prof. Erica Van de Waal shares her expert view on RTS 19h30
🎥 https://f.mtr.cool/ufgnlniwvl
#PrimateResearch #Neuroscience

🧠 Aging affects body perception! Changes in proprioception can alter body ownership and size estimation in older adults.

Discover new insights in this iScience study: 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/vcdyoxqowt

#Neuroscience #HealthyAging #Proprioception #iScience

💡 Intuition: your brain’s secret superpower!

That gut feeling, instant insight, or sudden idea isn’t mystical—it’s your brain working fast, syncing networks, memories & senses to help you decide quickly.

🎙️ : Prof. M. Murray

📖 https://f.mtr.cool/weieqzfxhx

EEG brain waves and alpha rhythms: Past, current and future direction Nearly a century after the first EEG recordings, we assess the progress made in EEG research, focusing on the challenges, novel theories and methods, …

🧠 Advances in Brain Oscillations 🧠

Following the symposium "Oscillatory Brain Waves", Prof. David Pascucci (PI of The Sense) and his team have published an article. 

👉 Read the article: https://f.mtr.cool/rjweukaazm

#EEG #BrainWaves #Research

🧠 Sense Seminar: Decision in Context
🎙️ Dr. Pinar Goktepe (ATR Kyoto)
📅 Aug 28 | 🕑 14:00–15:00
Explore how context shapes flexible decision-making using EEG, fMRI & machine learning.
🔗ℹ️📹 https://f.mtr.cool/kjkmilvvbs

🧠 What role does feedback play? 👁️

This was the focus of the workshop “Closing the Loop: The Role of Feedback in Neural Processing and Perception”, co-organized by Prof. David Pascucci, Maëlan Menétrey and Prof. Michael Herzog.

👉 Read the full article here: https://f.mtr.cool/erdnvkdtft

#Workshop

Anticipatory and reactive mechanisms of habituation to visual distractors - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Anticipatory and reactive mechanisms of habituation to visual distractors

🧠 How our brain learns to ignore distractions

A news study by David Pascucci and colleagues in Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio) reveals that the brain anticipates repeated distractor and reallocates attention.

📖 The article: https://f.mtr.cool/fyblizjnzh

#Research

🔍 On June 30, @TheSense & @ZS met at @CHUV to explore #synergies in #biopharma.

🎯 Goal: understand each other & identify future #collaborations.

💡 Focus: #patientcentered innovation, treatment experience, #digitalhealth tools & #medtech.

🧠 World Brain Day 🧠

Today, we shine a light on brain health and its impact on individuals, families and communities around the world. ✨

This year’s theme "Brain Health for All Ages" reminds us that it's a lifelong journey. 👶👴 

👉 A key focus in The Sense's research. 

#WBD2025

📰 New interesting study
by @davidpascucci.bsky.social
@unil.bsky.social @thesensech.bsky.social
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Defining the Future of Human Augmentation From May 19 to 23, 2025, the Swiss-Korean Innovation Week took place in Seoul to explore the theme of “human augmentation”.

🔬 Exploring Human Augmentation

From May 19 to 23, The Sense took part in the Swiss–Korean Innovation Week 2025 in Seoul, where Swiss and Korean experts gathered to explore this very question. 👥

👉 Read the article here: https://f.mtr.cool/vejoltcogi

#HumanAugmentation #Innovation

👶 When research begins at birth 👶

The Sense congratulates Marion Décaillet, PhD student in neuroscience, on her successful thesis defense! 🎓

With Dr Juliane Schneider, she explored the neurodevelopment in very preterm or asphyxiated newborns. 🧠

#Neurosciences #Defense

Comment le cerveau se trompe en représentant le corps – Revue Hémisphères

🧠 What if our brain distorts how we perceive our own body?

This is one of the questions explored by Michela Bassolino, Professor at the HEdS and member of The Sense, and her team.

👉 Read the full article: https://f.mtr.cool/lgjdavntmm

#Research

🧠 The workshop “Closing the Loop” is taking place this week in Lausanne

This event, organized by Prof. David Pascucci and Maëlan Menétrey, in collaboration with Prof. Michael Herzog, is currently being held and runs until Wednesday. 🌟

#Neurosciences #Perception #Brain #Feedback

🏠 In-home physiotherapy in Switzerland

To better understand the reality of in-home physiotherapists, Prof. de Preux-Allet and her team conducted a study highlighting their role, needs and challenges.

👉 Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/aegjddtmnt

👁️ Does myopia alter the way the brain processes visual information? 🧠

Katia Steinfeld and Micah Murray explored this in a recently study published in Neuropsychologia. 👏

📄 Read the article: https://f.mtr.cool/mkvkxhjxts

#Myopia #Neuroscience #EEG

Workshop "Closing the Loop" - The Sense From June 23 to 25 2025, Prof. David Pascucci and Maëlan Menétrey will co-host a workshop titled: "Closing the Loop"

🧠 Workshop “Closing the Loop”

Join this workshop hosted by Prof. David Pascucci, Maëlan Menétrey and Prof. Michael Herzog, with support from SNSF.

🗓️ June 23-25
📍 UNIL-Dorigny, Lausanne
📄 Info: https://f.mtr.cool/neqesfiqdr

#Neurosciences #Brain #Research

🌍 World Multiple Sclerosis Day 🌍

👉 The Sense highlights Prof. Michela Bassolino's research on body perception in MS to improve care and boost patient autonomy.
Collaborating with FISM and AISM, leaders in MS research in Italy. 🤝

#WorldMSDay #MyMSDiagnosis #MultipleSclerosis

Postdoc.Mobility Increase your research experience by making a stay abroad!

🚀 Applying for a #PostdocMobility fellowship from SNSF?
📄 Details & application: https://www.snf.ch/en/XIZpfY3iVS5KRRoD/funding/careers/postdoc-mobility
🇨🇭 The Sense is an interdisciplinary host lab in Switzerland—ideal for bold postdoctoral research!
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 5, 2025
#Postdoc #SNSF #JoinUs

🚀 Our 2024 Annual Report is out!
🔍 Explore indicators, projects, partnerships, key moments & 2025 PI goals:
👉 https://rapport2024.the-sense.ch/en/

#TheSense #Research #SocialInnovation #AnnualReport #PI

Two Sense Researchers Featured in Arte’s Documentary - The Sense Arte broadcast a three-part documentary highlighting the research work carried out by two Sense researchers.

🎥 Two Sense researchers featured on Arte

The documentary "Animal Cultures" highlights Prof. van de Waal’s work on vervet monkeys’ social learning and Prof. Franceschiello’s innovative tracking collars.

Read more:

Synchronisation des cerveaux: quand nos esprits sʹaccordent Comment notre cerveau s’aligne-t-il à un stimulus extérieur? Et que se passe-t-il lorsqu’il s’aligne à un autre cerveau?  Les recherches en neurosciences collectives explorent ces questions grâce à des outils comme l’EEG ou l’hyperscanning. Dans le laboratoire de psychophysique et dynamique neurale du Chuv, avec le chercheur Maëlan Ménétrey, nous découvrons comment l’activité cérébrale d’un individu peut se synchroniser avec un signal extérieur. Puis, avec Micah Murray, nous élargissons le cadre à la synchronisation entre deux cerveaux, un phénomène encore mystérieux, mais bien réel. 

🧠 We say we’re “on the same wavelength”—but can our brains really sync up?

Maelan Ménétrey & Prof. Micah Murray explore brain & inter-brain synchronization on RTS' CQFD. 🎧

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Newsletter #05 Stay up-to-date with all the latest news related to The Sense Innovation and Research Center with this new edition of its interactive digital brochure.

📢 Our 5th digital newsletter is out ! 📢

Explore the latest edition of our digital newsletter and take a closer look at the collaborations, events and people shaping research and innovation at The Sense. ✨

📰 Read the newsletter: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/4e2ba8d690.html

#Innovation #Research

Cultures animales - Voyages et découvertes | ARTE Apprentissage de nouveaux comportements, partage de traditions ou encore adaptation face aux changements : autant d’éléments qui dépeignent la subtilité et l’ampleur des cultures chez les animaux. Tandis que les suricates enseignent aux plus jeunes la chasse au scorpion, les bélugas canadiens se divisent en groupe durant l’été, renforçant la diversité de leurs pratiques sociales.

The research on the evolution of primate social behaviours by Prof. Erica Van de Waal and the tracking collars developed by Prof. Benedetta Franceschiello are featured in Arte's documentary "Animal Cultures". 🐒

Available here:

💡 World Creativity and Innovation Day 💡

On the occasion of World Creativity and Innovation Day, we would like to warmly thank our researchers and partners for their creativity and innovative work shaping the future. 🙏✨

#WorldCreativityAndInnovationDay #Innovation #Creativity #Research

🧠 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 🌍

Last week, The Sense had the privilege of leading a workshop during the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society focusing on opportunities for education, research and innovation in Europe. 💬

#Innovation #Research #Education

🌍 World Health Day 🌍

Today, the Sense would like to acknowledge the commitment of its researchers, who contribute every day to advancing knowledge and innovation in the field of health. 🔬💡

#WorldHealthDay #Health #Research #Innovation #HopefulFutures #HealthForAll

🚀 The Sense soutient l’innovation pour l’autonomie des seniors ! 🚀

Le 31 mars , rejoignez l'Innovation Booster Silver Aging à Lausanne pour une session interactive et tentez d’obtenir jusqu’à 20'000 CHF pour tester votre projet !

📍 Inscription 👉 lnkd.in/eqAsktA8