Clara Pretus

Principal Investigator

Clara is a Serra Húnter Assistant Professor in Methods in Behavioral Sciences at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a research affiliate at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute. She is also a fellow at the Center of Conflict Studies and Field Research (ARTIS Research) and a consultant and trainer at the UN International Hub on Behavioral Insights to Counter Terrorism.

Clara obtained her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2016, her Masters in Cognitive Neuroscience at King’s College London in 2012, and her BSc in Biology at the Universitat de Barcelona. She has been a visiting scholar at the Social Identity and Morality Lab at New York University from 2021 to 2023.

Luis Marcos-Vidal

Post-doctoral researcher

Luis obtained his Bachelor’s in Psychology in 2015, his Master’s degree in Research Methodology in Social and Health Sciences in 2017, and his PhD in Biomedical Science and Technology at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in 2022. His research interests include methodology and statistics of Structural and Functional MRI. He is currently investigating how to simulate features of human moral cognition in AI systems.

Anna Soler

PhD student

Anna is a third-year PhD student in Psychiatry at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). She received her Bachelor’s in psychology at the University of Barcelona in 2013 and her master’s degree in applied neuroscience in educational and child studies at the University of Leiden (2015). Her research focuses on the effects of sex steroids on women’s mental health over the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and the postpartum period.

Camila Servin-Barthet

PhD student

Camila is a second-year PhD student in Psychiatry at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). She received her Bachelor’s in Biology at the University of Barcelona (UB) in 2019 and her Master’s degree in Research in Behavior and Cognition also at the UB. Her research focuses on the neuropsychological and brain adaptations in social cognition as a function of sex steroids during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Lorena García

PhD student

Lorena is a second-year PhD student in Psychiatry at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). She received her Bachelor’s in Psychology at the National University of Colombia in 2010 and her Master’s degree in Neuropsychology and behavioral neurology at the UAB. Her research focuses on the adaptation, normalization and adaptation of neuropsychological evaluation instruments in Colombian population.