ACE2LAB

We study how bodily rhythms influence perception and action

What we study: we investigate how humans actively sense and interact with their environment using electrophysiological and behavioural methods.

Our focus:
– Active sensing
– Interoception
– Action–Perception coupling

Where we are: Psychology Department, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca

Find us on: Bluesky | Google Scholar | OSF

New paper:
Cardiac, respiratory, and gastric rhythms shape perception and action in real-world contexts
NeuroImage, 2026

News
– 9/26: Our lab participates in the European Researchers Night’26.
– 9/26: Angelia Caparco and Victor Vila are presenting at SEPEX’26.
– 5/26: Victor Vila and Lucas Naranjo gave their first oral presentation at the CIP’26 conference.
– 5/26: New paper out in PNAS, on Embodiment x Politics. Collaboration with A. Vik, S. Park, & M. Tsakiris.
– 2/26: Part of the team has been accepted for the MBB symposium; see you in Berlin
– 1/26: Our group helps organising the next Iberian Congress of Perception. Submissions are now open
– 12/25: Review Paper accepted in NeuroImage on Cardiac, Respiratory, and Gastric rhythms + Ecological paradigms
– 12/25: New preprint on Action-perception coupling and interoception.
– 12/25: PhD students attending workshop on synchronicity; Alex giving keynote.
– 12/25: Alex will talk in the ICN at Univ. College London and at City St. George’s Univ. London. See you in the UK!
– 9/25: All PhD students and Alex (invited talk) have been accepted in the Adriatica Summer School. See you in Italy!
– 7/25: Paper accepted in Biological Psychology, first one from Angelia Caparco!
– 5/25: We’ve launched the new MSc in Cognition & Society.Info: video & program
– 4/25: We’ve acquired a mobile lab: van with portable apparatus to run experiments in the wild.