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Emily S. Cross

Emily S. Cross

I am a cognitive neuroscientist and dancer based at ETH Zürich, where I lead the Social Brain Sciences (SBS) Lab. Through my research, I use complex social learning paradigms (often involving dance, acrobatics, and music), social interaction manipulations, and robots, in combination with brain imaging and other physiological measures, to explore how our brains and behaviours are shaped by different kinds of experience throughout the lifespan and across cultures.

I served as the Principal Investigator on the European Research Council Starting Grant entitled ‘Social Robots’, which ran from 2016-2024. Further funding of my research has been generously provided by the National Institutes of Health (USA), Humboldt Foundation (Germany), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Volkswagen Foundation (Germany), Economic and Social Research Council (UK), Ministry of Defense (UK), Marie Curie Actions, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol (Wales), Leverhulme Trust (UK), the Australian Research Council and the Swiss National Science Foundation.

In addition to my academic activities, I am a member of UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee, where I have been involved in compiling reports on the Ethical Issues of Neurotechnologies and the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Adolescents in the Digital Environment.  I am passionate about raising the profile and participation of women in science, and enthusing the public about scientific research and how the arts and sciences and mutually benefit each other.

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    ETH Zurich
  • Profession
    Professor of Cognitive & Social Neuroscience, Head of the Social Brain Sciences Group
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