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Delphine Capdevielle’s research lies at the intersection of clinical psychiatry and human-robot interaction, with a focus on schizophrenia. Her pioneering work investigates how patients with schizophrenia perceive and interact with humanoid robots, exploring novel avenues for diagnosis and therapy. A major contribution is her development of low-cost, non-invasive socio-motor biomarkers for schizophrenia, using a simple “mirror-game” coordination task to analyze patients’ solo movements—a breakthrough with 42 citations that could transform early detection. She has also shown how patients recognize emotional valence in robot facial expressions (37 citations) and how robotic social feedback influences cooperative tasks (30 citations), revealing unique social-cognitive patterns. Her studies on mind perception—whether patients attribute mental states to robots—and robot-assisted physical activity further expand this frontier. With over 125 total citations across these key works, Capdevielle’s research is shaping a new paradigm: using socially assistive robots not just as tools, but as windows into the social mind in schizophrenia. Her work offers promising pathways for both understanding the disorder and developing innovative, engaging interventions.