Ellen de Bruijn
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Ellen de Bruijn is a leading researcher in the cognitive neuroscience of social interaction, with a particular focus on how humans coordinate actions and understand intentions in joint tasks. Her work bridges experimental psychology, neuroimaging, and robotics to uncover the neural mechanisms underlying cooperation, error monitoring, and social decision-making. In her influential paper "The power of prediction: Robots that read intentions" (2012, 13 citations), de Bruijn contributed to the EU Integrated Project JAST by developing an anthropomorphic robot capable of proactive cooperation—demonstrating how action and intention understanding can be embedded in artificial systems to enable smoother human-robot collaboration. This work highlights her broader impact on both fundamental science and applied robotics. Her research has been widely cited in fields ranging from social neuroscience to human-robot interaction, and she is recognized for advancing our understanding of how the brain predicts and adapts to others' actions in real-time social contexts. De Bruijn’s contributions continue to inspire students and researchers exploring the cognitive foundations of joint action and the future of intelligent, socially aware machines.
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- 1The power of prediction: Robots that read intentions13 citations · 2012