Anna Ciaunica

Senior Researcher, Group of AI for People and Society, Portugal; University College London, UK

Anna Ciaunica is a senior researcher working on self-consciousness, embodiment and social interactions in humans and artificial agents. She is based at the Group of AI for People and Society, affiliated with INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, Portugal; and at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London in the UK.

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Written by Anna Ciaunica

Watercolour painting of a person crouching, sketched with soft colours and lines, on a light background.

essayPhilosophy of mind

From cells to selves

Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought

Anna Ciaunica

Composite image with a ghostly figure on left, possibly a sculpture; on right, a hand holds a finger for green bird to perch in front of a yellow background.

essayMental health

When the self slips

Individuals living with depersonalisation disorder bring vivid insight to the question of whether the self is an illusion

Anna Ciaunica & Jane Charlton