Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center - CIMCYC

👏We are pleased to announce that Alfonso Caracuel, a researcher at CIMCYC in the PNínsula group, has been awarded one of the 2026 Ambassadors Awards presented by the Granada Convention Bureau.

👏Nos alegra compartir que Alfonso Caracuel, investigador del CIMCYC del grupo PNínsula, ha sido galardonado con uno de los premios Embajadores 2026 otorgados por el Granada Convention Bureau. canal.ugr.es/noticia/gr-c...

¡El CIMCYC da inicio a un nuevo ciclo de las ERC Meetings para el curso académico 26/27! Esta iniciativa busca incrementar la participación del personal investigador del centro en programas internacionales de financiación de alto prestigio y apoyar el desarrollo de propuestas.

CIMCYC launches a new series of regular ERC Meetings for the 2026/2027 academic year! 🔹The main goal of this initiative is to boost the center researchers' participation in high-prestige international funding programs and to support the development of competitive proposals.

Why can someone feel a prosthesis or a tennis racket as an extension of their own body? 🎾🦾 An EEG study from #CIMCYC analyzes how "embodiment" alters the way we process vision and touch. cimcyc.ugr.es/en/informati...

The study used the rubber hand illusion to understand how the brain integrates information from different senses and constructs a representation of one's own body.

¿Por qué una persona puede sentir una prótesis o una raqueta como una extensión de su propio cuerpo? Un estudio con EEG del #CIMCYC analiza cómo el "embodiment" cambia la forma en que procesamos la visión y el tacto. cimcyc.ugr.es/informacion/...

El estudio utilizó la ilusión de la mano de goma para comprender cómo el cerebro combina información procedente de distintos sentidos y construye una representación del propio cuerpo.

🎯 Do you want to develop your research career in psychology and neuroscience? The State Research Agency of Spain (AEI) has awarded 10 FPI grants for hiring predoctoral researchers in projects led by research staff from our center.

🎯 ¿Quieres desarrollar tu carrera investigadora en psicología y neurociencia? La Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) ha concedido 10 ayudas FPI para la contratación de personal investigador predoctoral en proyectos liderados por personal investigador de nuestro centro.

How does accepting inequality influence political trust and how we evaluate the economic situation? A collaborative study between the #CIMCYC and the Institute of Psychological Research at the University of Costa Rica analyzes this mechanism in a country with high inequality rates.

👉 Findings show that greater acceptance of inequality is associated with higher trust in the sitting government. 👉 In turn, this trust acts as a filter that biases perception: the economy is evaluated more positively than objective data indicates.

How does accepting inequality influence political trust and how we evaluate the economic situation? A collaborative study between the #CIMCYC and the Institute of Psychological Research at the University of Costa Rica analyzes this mechanism in a country with high inequality rates.

¿Cómo influye la aceptación de la desigualdad en la confianza política y en cómo evaluamos la situación economica? Un estudio colaborativo entre el #CIMCYC y el Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas de la U. de Costa Rica analiza este mecanismo en un país con altos índices de desigualdad.

👉Los hallazgos muestran que una mayor aceptación de la desigualdad se asocia con más confianza en el gobierno en funciones. 👉A su vez, esta confianza actúa como un filtro que sesga la percepción: se evalúa la economía de forma más positiva de lo que indican los datos objetivos.

¿Cómo influye la aceptación de la desigualdad en la confianza política y en cómo evaluamos la situación economica? Un estudio colaborativo entre el #CIMCYC y el Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas de la U. de Costa Rica analiza este mecanismo en un país con altos índices de desigualdad.

Every day, we face vast amounts of information driven by social media and AI, making misinformation spread faster than ever. 🔎 Understanding how people process and counter false information is vital for building community resilience. To address these challenges, we hosted a Summer School

¡La Noche Europea de L@s Investigador@s está de vuelta! 🚀 ⭐ El próximo viernes, 25 de septiembre, estaremos en el Paseo del Salón de #Granada con dos stands en los que ofreceremos charlas, exposiciones y talleres interactivos para diversos públicos.

📍 How does information shape beliefs, behavior and trust? 💡 How can we develop interventions that effectively work in the real world? These 2 questions have brought together students and researchers from 15 countries and 24 universities for the CIMCYC International Doctoral Summer School.

✅ This summer school addresses misinformation through a multi-level approach, featuring attendees and speakers from diverse academic backgrounds, including psychology, sociology, communication and journalism, political science, philosophy, security studies and law.

🧵 How do we perceive our surroundings as we enter that gray zone between wakefulness and sleep 🥱? Various studies have explored which capabilities are preserved and which deteriorate during the transition to sleep. But does the brain continue to integrate stimuli from different senses?

At the neural level, interactions between auditory and tactile information appeared later, weakened or ceased to be detectable during drowsiness compared to wakefulness. However, they maintained a similar structure 👇

🧵 How do we perceive our surroundings as we enter that gray zone between wakefulness and sleep 🥱? Various studies have explored which capabilities are preserved and which deteriorate during the transition to sleep. But does the brain continue to integrate stimuli from different senses?

A study by CIMCYC and the Univ. of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk explores what happens to multisensory integration as alertness declines. Researchers investigated brain dynamics via EEG in participants performing a task while falling asleep.