Katerina would describe herself as a figurative zombie in that she’s immensely interested in brains in a non-carnivorous fashion. Having a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Psychology, she’s fascinated by the overlap between the mind and the brain, and particularly the neural mechanisms behind the phenomenology of experience. Katerina is a proud member of the SoBA lab, as she believes that the study of artificial agents is catalytic for the study of human (and –hopefully in this lifetime- artificial) consciousness. As an MSc student at the University of Glasgow, she is exploring a core aspect of human-robot interaction by investigating the activation of the Person Perception Network and the Theory of Mind Network after interaction with a robot. She also collaborates with the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, researching the safe integration of robots in society. As a Greek living in Glasgow, Katerina compensates for the heart-wrenching lack of sun through performance art, painting and photography. When she’s not found asking “yeah, but why?” in a variety of social contexts, she also enjoys hiking and cult cinema.