Prof Beatriz Calvo-Merino is a cognitive neuroscientist investigating the influence of visual and motor expertise on social perception. Her work encompasses action and body perception, emotion recognition, and aesthetic experience. Central to her research are collaborations with expert dancers to gain a better understanding of the neural and cognitive mechanisms participating in our perception of the performing arts. Beatriz uses diverse methodologies to explore the dancer’s brain, such as neuroimaging, neurostimulation, psychophysiology, and behavioural analysis. She has gained recognition for her research contributions in Neuroaesthetics, including the Baumgarten Award from the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics in 2018, and also in neuroscience, with the Early Career Prize from the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience in 2020. In addition to her research, Beatriz directs the Clinical Social and Cognitive Neuroscience teaching program (MSc) at City St George’s, University of London.
