Title: Prof. Dr.
6G-life Position: Principal Investigator
University: TU Dresden – Professorship of Social Affective Touch
Email: merle.fairhurst@tu-dresden.de
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Work Packages involved:
WP4.3 Human-machine interaction
Merle is a cognitive neuroscientist with strong interdisciplinary ties that facilitate crosstalk with engineers and philosophers. She studies the interaction between sensory signals that allow us to make sense of the world around us and to successfully interact with others. Her projects range from trying to understand what makes touch special to identifying factors that make interacting in a group different to interacting in pairs. As a classical singer, she is passionate about the special cases of sensory perception in music and art. And, as a mother of five, she strongly believes in promoting women in academia.
