Author Archives: Rodrigo Gutierrez

The Stone and The Ripples

Summary: Sense and awareness of biological signals through digital media feedback. Connections between modern neuroscience and Vedic Sanskrit Texts of ancient Hinduism. Description: Think of a forest. Have you ever been to one? Even if you haven’t, you can probably imagine how it may sound or look. “Hearing and seeing” spaces inside our heads that we model through cognition is ...

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Working Memory Tests

Memory tests Reading Span open_in_new English open_in_new Dutch open_in_new German open_in_new Spanish Operation Span open_in_new English open_in_new Dutch open_in_new German Added Spanish version to: Klaus, J., & Schriefers, H. (2016). Measuring working memory capacity: A reading span task for laboratory and web-based use. Unpublished manuscript submitted for publication. https://osf.io/nj48x

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Effects of Augmented Soundscapes on Executive Functioning and Health in Indoor Environments

This interdisciplinary research project is based on 4 areas: 1: Ambisonics and Spatial Audio. One way to reliably record a sound environment in order to represent it in laboratory conditions, is by means of ambisonics, e.g., an array of 19 MEMs microphones capable of capturing high spatial resolution. This type of audio signals are renderable to any surround speaker system ...

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Earth Invaders

Earth Invaders! Play it online. If you have a special someone you'd like to throw tomatoes at, let me know and I'll add it.

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Of Line and Men

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Robert Burns 1 Introduction. How long does scientific knowledge take to become generally accepted among society? How long did it take for people to accept that the earth is round? What would you answer to questions like, which is the smallest particle that constitutes matter? Or, do parallel straight lines ...

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Tangible Embodied Interaction in Algebra Learning Games.

Summary. Embodied cognition explores the notion of learning with our entire body. The mind is not separated from the body as Descartes determined in the 17th century’s dualism, but is rather influenced by the physical world. Cognitive science backs this claim empirically and is used in this work to look into improvements in algebra learning games by the use of ...

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Towards the Design of an Iterative Synbiotic Life Cycle.

Summary. Previous observations made on the manipulation of bacteria by electrical means showed various kinetic effects with aesthetic qualities.  The study of the synbiotic mixture, i.e., a mix of probiotics and the food they need to thrive (prebiotic), led to the identification of living and non-living parts.  This work takes a step further into designing electrolytic reactions in order to achieve a cyclical ...

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O.D.E to Lotka-Volterra. Micromanipulation.

Summary. O.D.E. to Lotka-Volterra is an external representation of the Brain-Gut Microbiome interaction that takes place inside humans, where different species of bacteria in the large intestine live in a dynamic ecosystem that communicates with the brain.  They send signals to the central nervous system (CNS: brain + spinal cord) to handle the immune system with neurotransmitters and hormones that ...

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#Unsozials. An Interactive Installation on a Utopian Neoliberal Paradox.

Summary. This is a first review of an installation that consisted of a chain of activities designed to make the participants feel empathy for the condition of the #Unsozials. To feel like an #Unsozial means to become aware of the negative impacts of the neoliberal policies and globalization on our freedoms an individual sovereignty.  The details of the social, political, technical, and ...

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ODE to Länadk. A Myth-Science Sound Piece.

Summary. ODE (Ordinary Differential Equations) to Länadk is a myth-science work realized with sound. It explores the conflict between spirituality and science. The concept of the sound piece is the result of experimental activities based on the deconstructing views of Dadaism, the analysis of Gilles Deleuze’s and Simon O’Sullivan’s writings, and the effort to abstract from the conventional structured perceptions of the ...

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