Philosophy
Collective goals and shared agency
FIS 3 Advanced Grant · 2026–2031
JOINTFrom individual to joint actionTowards a foundation of human sociality
A five-year research programme integrating philosophy and cognitive neuroscience to explain what makes an action genuinely joint
Human neuroscience
Behavioral, dual-EEG, DES and fMRI
Comparative models
Parallel and joint action in non-human animals
Development
Childhood and autism spectrum disorder
The central question
What transforms parallel action into joint action?
Anyone who has walked, cooked, or danced a tango with a friend knows that acting jointly differs from merely acting in parallel. JOINT investigates the multilevel processes behind that distinction—and how they interface.
Read the full rationale →Research programme
Four connected lines of inquiry
Collective goals
A minimal philosophical account of what distinguishes joint from parallel action.
Human joint action
An integrated investigation of how collective goals shape behavior and brain dynamics.
Comparative models
Behavioural and brain markers of collective goals in mice and non-human primates.
Development and ASD
How joint action develops, and how collective goals shape social interaction.
Funding
€1,504,620
FIS 3 Advanced Grant
Italian Ministry of University and Research · 2026–2031
