๐ Our 2025 Annual Report is now available.
A year of research, innovation, and collaboration:
๐ฌ 52 research projects
๐ 91 scientific publications
๐ค 160+ partners
Discover the people, projects, and achievements behind The Sense in 2025.
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๐ง How does the brain make sense of the world around us?
๐ In a new Perspective in Nature Reviews Psychology, Prof. David Pascucci & Prof. รrni Kristjรกnsson introduce the concept of *spatiotemporal routines*.
๐ Read the publication: https://t.co/e3SjrR1Dpf
๐ง The Sense & Musรฉe de la main Unil-CHUV : โSensationnelโ, expo immersive sur les sens humains rendue possible par un financement Agora.
๐ 2027โ2028, science et perception au cลur dโune expรฉrience immersive.
๐ https://t.co/X1Nro5MCxx
๐ฌ Apr 21 โ World Creativity & Innovation Day 2026: โStep Out & Innovateโ ๐
At The Sense, research drives innovation: fundamental, clinical & applied ๐งช Curiosity & experimentation ๐ fuel solutions that impact users & markets.
#Innovation#Research#TheSense
Hand prostheses that restore touch and body awareness improve function and embodiment. ๐๏ธ
Michela Bassolino (Sense & HEdS) contributed to the embodiment aspects of this study published in The Lancet Neurology. ๐ซ
๐ https://t.co/mFUSOCluLz
On World Autism Day, letโs remember: sensory perception plays a key role in how many autistic individuals experience the world. ๐
At The Sense, we explore these dimensions to better understand and support diverse needs. ๐ง
#Autism#Neurodiversity#Inclusion
๐๏ธ๐ Le โmรขle alphaโ nโest pas la norme chez les primates.
Dans CQFD, Erica van de Waal (Sense) explique des hiรฉrarchies souvent partagรฉesโฆ voire dominรฉes par les femelles ๐ฉโ๐ฌ
๐ง https://t.co/OVOQBxC55V
๐งฌ The Sense Pain & Interoception team received $300K to find biomarkers for hEDS/HSD.
๐ค Using AI + biological & sensory analyses, aiming to improve diagnosis & care.
๐ Half of the patient dataset by mid-2026!
๐ https://t.co/FPKkSroDRz
๐ Last Wednesday, Prof. Chantal Berna Renella, PI at The Sense, gave a lecture in the โSustainable Care: Between Innovation and Humanismโ series by HES-SO Valais-Wallis & S.M.A.R.T. Confluence on integrating complementary medicine safely. #SustainableCare#HESSO
๐ #WorldHearingDay: Early detection saves hearing & learning for children.
๐ฌ At The Sense, our Neuro-otology unit advances imaging & minimally invasive surgery to improve diagnosis & care.
โค๏ธ No child should be left behind.
https://t.co/hOMKISBeIb
New study (Pittet et al., 2026) shows how NOA & BuzzClip aids complement the white cane, enhancing autonomy & safety for people who are blind. A collaboration between The Sense & @Biped Robotics. ๐ง Read more: https://t.co/plvtOqtDqq
ย ๐ #Accessibility#Innovation
๐ฌ International Day of Women and Girls in Science | Feb 11
Women represent only 1 in 3 researchers worldwide โ and less than 10% in some countries.
At The Sense, 60% of affiliated researchers are women. Diversity is our strength.
#WomenInScience#IDWGS#TheSense
๐ Learning to โseeโ with sound ๐
Asa Kucinkas et al. (2026) show the brain can flexibly learn image-to-sound mappings using sensory substitution (The vOICe). Promising insights for accessible, adaptive tools.
๐ https://t.co/nINA2GJ6oF
#Accessibility#Neuroscience#Innovation
Newsletter #06 is out โจ
๐๏ธ Sense Retreat 2025 | ๐ Pizza & Science | ๐ค SwissโKorean Innovation Week | ๐ Closing the Loop workshop
๐๏ธ Interview & events inside
๐ฌ Inside The Sense with Prof. Calbimonte, Prof. Bassolino and Prof. Matusz
๐ Read: https://t.co/CBhtIlrbUk
Starting 2026 together ๐
The Sense support team and CODIR brought together Sense affiliates in Vevey for their annual New Year Dinner ๐ค
A friendly evening dedicated to exchanges, networking and collaboration ๐ฝ๏ธ
Thank you to everyone who joined us. Looking forward to 2026 โจ
A new perspective on tympanic membrane dynamics ๐
New paper by Sense PI Lukas Anschuetz, published in Hearing Research and featured on the journalโs cover ๐
First 4D quantification of human tympanic membrane motion using synchrotron microtomography ๐ฌ
๐ https://t.co/hZJe5hAG5J
๐ง Hypnosis as therapy for non-REM parasomnia: A literature review
A systematic review in Sleep Medicine Reviews, led by PIs affiliated with The Sense explores the potential of medical hypnosis for non-REM parasomnias.
๐ https://t.co/E6ehYG9469
#Sleep#Hypnosis#Research