ICON Lab

The Immersive Cognition Laboratory

Overview

The Immersive Cognition (ICON) Laboratory specialises in studying the processes underlying human sensorimotor learning and decision-making. Our research takes advantage of the unique capabilities afforded by immersive technologies—including robotics, virtual reality, and augmented reality—technologies that we believe will transform the study of behavioural science over the next decade. Our programme lies at the intersection of psychology, computer science, and engineering. We take a multidisciplinary approach to furthering the scientific understanding of how the systems involved in action execution interact with the neural processes that facilitate reinforcement learning and action selection.

Contribution

During my PhD studentship at the University of Leeds, I worked as a Research Engineer in the ICON Lab. I designed experiments and coordinated user studies involving brain interfaces, robotics, and virtual reality. Additionally, I collaborated with my team members in designing and prototyping hardware tools to support their behavioural research, such as attachments and accessories for VR trackers and robotic platforms.