Ema Jugovic

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Ema Jugovic is a rising researcher at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and human-machine interaction, whose work explores how the brain integrates and represents artificial body parts. Her most-cited study, "Developing a Sensory Representation of an Artificial Body Part" (2025, 3 citations), investigates how the body and brain gather informative sensory signals from wearable augmentation interfaces—specifically a robotic digit designed for motor augmentation. This foundational work examines whether naturally-mediated sensory feedback can enable the brain to develop a coherent representation of an artificial limb, challenging assumptions about the necessity of direct neural feedback for embodiment. Jugovic’s research sits at the frontier of motor augmentation and sensory neuroscience, with implications for prosthetics, assistive technology, and our fundamental understanding of body schema plasticity. Though early in her career, her contributions are already shaping conversations about how humans can seamlessly incorporate robotic extensions into their sensorimotor repertoire. Her work promises to inform the design of more intuitive, feedback-rich augmentation devices that feel like natural parts of the body.