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Paulo Sérgio Boggio
Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory and Human Developmental Sciences Program, Center for Health and Biological Sciences, Mackenzie Presbyterian University (BR)
National Institute of Science and Technology on Social and Affective Neuroscience (BR)
Paulo Boggio is a psychologist with a MSc and PhD in Neuroscience and Behavior from the University of São Paulo. He was elected member of the Paulista Academy of Psychology and the Brazilian Academy of Neuropsychology. His work investigates how emotions, moral values, political beliefs, and social inequalities shape decisions, relationships, and collective life. Through large-scale longitudinal and cross-sectional studies, he examines the biological, psychological, and social factors that drive emotional experience, moral judgment, and cooperation. A central goal is to generate evidence that informs interventions supporting mental health, promoting inclusion, reducing prejudice, and strengthening cooperation in contexts of conflict, scarcity, or polarization.
Carmen Sandi
Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (CH)
Carmen Sandi has made seminal contributions to understanding how stress affects brain function and behavior, identifying key modulators of stress-induced neural and behavioral adaptations. Her current research focuses on how metabolism shapes the structure and function of neural circuits involved in emotion regulation, motivation, and decision-making. Using integrative approaches in rodents and humans, her work has revealed how mitochondrial processes contribute to individual differences in behavior and vulnerability to psychiatric disorders, including anxiety and depression.
Catherine Tallon-Baudry
Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Laboratory (LNC2), INSERM U960, Department of Cognitive Studies, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL University (FR)
Prof. Catherine Tallon-Baudry’s research explores how signals from the body, particularly cardiac and gastric activity, interact with brain dynamics to shape perception of and behavior in the external world. Her work combines psychophysiological and neuroimaging methods to investigate how visceral inputs provide a reference frame for sensory and cognitive processes.