Rafael Román-Caballero
Cognitive and music scientist
Discovering the mind
How cognition works and the impact of music
Music & rhythm
Playing a musical instrument could have benefits on general cognitive capacities
Similarly, we are surrounded by rhythms and periodic events that could influence attention and performance
Attention
A current challenge is to unravel how attention works and how it can be enhanced
A key aspect of attention is the ability to sustain it over time, which can be modified with interventions such as cognitive training and tDCS
Social cognition
Social stimuli can be perceived as objects of a different category
Experimental psychology and neuroimaging are discovering the cognitive and brain mechanisms that underlie that unique processing
Meta-science
Science is built from the accumulation of new evidence and ideas
The process of generating knowledge can improve from reflection on its biases and modern issues
Research in leading centers
Cognitive science at the University of Granada
I develop my research activity at the Mind, Brain, and Behaviour Research Center (CIMCYC) and the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Granada
In addition, I maintain close collaborations with international institutions of reference in the field of cognitive sciences, such as the McMaster Institute for Music & the Mind (MIMM) and the Department of General Psychology of the University of Padova
About CIMCYCAn interconnected mind
Research on multiple aspects of cognition
I participate in a wide range of lines that delve into the functioning of mental aspects such as music, attention, and the neural processing of social situations
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