Dr Max Cappuccio

Dr Max Cappuccio

Research Fellow

Max has a background in embodied cognitive science, with a phenomenologically informed and empirically oriented approach. His undergrad studies at the University of Milan included a one-year visit as Erasmus student at the Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation of the University of Amsterdam. His Master thesis on Alan Turing and the origins of computationalism was awarded by Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici with a national prize in 2006 and subsequently published as a book. His doctoral studies at the State University of Pavia included a two-year period in Paris (CREA/École Polytechnique and École Normale Supérieure de Paris) to deepen the methods of neurophenomenological research. In 2008 he defended his PhD dissertation dedicated to mirror neurons and the phenomenological models of empathy. In 2009, a fellowship from the Royal Society of Edinburgh/Caledonian Foundation funded his seven-month research visit at the University of Stirling and University of Edinburgh. This period was followed by one year as post-doctoral research fellow at Bentley University (Waltham, MA): during this time, he was a visiting researcher at the Philosophical Psychology Lab of Harvard University. In 2011 and 2012 he spent periods of research visit at the University of Hertfordshire and, thanks to a fellowship from the Danish Government, at the Center for Subjectivity of the University of Copenhagen. In 2012 he spent nine months as Visiting Scholar at the University of Memphis under a Fulbright Fellowship. In 2015, and then again in 2017, he spent the months of July and August as a Visiting Professor at Macquarie University and the University of Wollongong to work on the philosophy of skill and expertise. This work led to the publication of the MIT Press Handbook of Embodied Cognition and Sport Psychology. In 2018 he spent periods of research visit at Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology and the Creative Robotics Lab of University of New South Wales Sydney to develop his work in cognitive robotics.

UNSW Canberra
School of Eng & Tech

Massimiliano (Max) Cappuccio is Deputy director of the Values in Defense and Security Technology group. His research in human performance and human-machine interaction attempts to combine different embodied approaches to cognition. As a cognitive philosopher and a technology ethicist, his research on intelligent systems is interdisciplinary and aims to integrate phenomenological analyses, empirical experimentation, and synthetic modeling. His current research focuses on skill acquisition and disruption, social-robotics, theory and ethics of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems. His early work has focused on mirror neurons theory, joint attention and deictic pointing, the frame problem of artificial intelligence, and the philosophical foundations of computationalism. During his career, he has produced more than a hundred original scientific contributions, including papers in journals, book chapters, collective volumes, special issues of journals, and papers presented at international conferences. He conducts an intense activity as an organizer of academic events, including interdisciplinary workshops, research seminar series, and international conferences (like the TEMPER workshop on Training, Enhancement, and Military Performance and the annual Joint UAE Symposium on Social Robotics).

Phone
+61-(0)4-33900627
Location
Room 370-71, Building 21 The University of New South Wales, Canberra Campbell ACT 2612, Australia
  • Books | 2021
    Alnajjar F; Bartneck C; Baxter P; Belpaeme T; Cappuccio M; Dio CD; Eyssel F; Handke J; Mubin O; Obaid M; Reich-Stiebert N, 2021, Robots in Education An Introduction to High-Tech Social Agents, Intelligent Tutors, and Curricular Tools
    Books | 2021
    Alnajjar F; Bartneck C; Baxter P; Belpaeme T; Cappuccio ML; Di Dio C; Eyssel F; Handke J; Mubin O; Obaid M; Reich-Stiebert N, 2021, Robots in education: An introduction to high-tech social agents, intelligent tutors, and curricular tools, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003142706
    Books | 2021
    Alnajjar F; Bartneck C; Baxter P; Belpaeme T; Cappuccio ML; Dio C; Eyssel F; Handke J; Mubin O; Obaid M; Reich-Stiebert N, 2021, Roboter in der Bildung, Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, http://dx.doi.org/10.3139/9783446468023
    Books | 2021
    Alnajjar F; Obaid M; Bartneck C; Baxter P; Belpaeme T; Cappuccio ML; Dio C; Eyssel F; Handke J; Mubin O, 2021, Roboter in der Bildung Wie Robotik das Lernen im digitalen Zeitalter bereichern kann
    Books | 2005
    Cappuccio M, 2005, Alan Turing: l'uomo, la macchina, l'enigma. Per una genealogia dell'incomputabile, Alboversorio / Mimesis, Italy
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Cappuccio ML, 2024, 'From Momus to the Joker', in , Wiley, pp. 77 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781394198504.ch9
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Cappuccio ML; Sandis C; Wyatt A, 2022, 'Online manipulation and agential risk', in The Philosophy of Online Manipulation, pp. 72 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003205425-5
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Cappuccio ML; Ilundáin-Agurruza J, 2020, 'Embodied cognition', in The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Routledge, pp. 105 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315187259-9
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Cappuccio ML; Ilundáin-Agurruza J, 2020, 'Swim or Sink', in Habits, Cambridge University Press, pp. 137 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108682312.007
    Book Chapters | 2020
    McFarland T; Galliott J; Cappuccio M, 2020, 'TWELVE The Big Data Paradox and Its Importance to Strategy and Military Systems Development', in Big Data and Democracy, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 182 - 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781474463546-014
    Book Chapters | 2020
    McFarland T; Galliott J; Cappuccio M, 2020, 'The Big Data Paradox and its Importance to Strategy and Military Systems Development', in Macnish K; Galliott J (ed.), Big Data and Democracy, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-big-data-and-democracy-hb.html
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Cappuccio M; Gray R; Hill D; Mesagno C; Carr T, 2019, 'The Many Threats of Self-Consciousness: Embodied Approaches to Choking Under Pressure in Sensorimotor Skills', in Handbook of Embodied Cognition and Sport Psychology, The MIT Press, Cambridge MA, pp. 101 - 156, https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/handbook-embodied-cognition-and-sport-psychology
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Cappuccio M, 2019, 'Introduction', in Cappuccio M (ed.), Handbook of Embodied Cognition and Sport Psychology, The MIT Press, Cambridge MA, pp. xv - xxxv, https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/handbook-embodied-cognition-and-sport-psychology
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Cappuccio ML, 2019, 'Handbook of Embodied Cognition and Sport Psychology Introduction', in Cappuccio ML (ed.), HANDBOOK OF EMBODIED COGNITION AND SPORT PSYCHOLOGY, MIT PRESS, pp. XV - XXXV, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000482941100003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Cappuccio ML, 2019, 'Introduction', in , The MIT Press, pp. xv - xxxvi, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/10764.003.0004
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Madan CR; MacIntyre TE; Beckmann J; Cappuccio M, 2019, 'The cognitive neuroscience of nature: from motor cognition to grounded cognition', in Donnelly AA; MacIntyre TE (ed.), Physical Activity in Natural Settings Green and Blue Exercise, Routledge, pp. 115 - 137
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Cappuccio M, 2017, 'Flow, Choke, Skill: the role of the non-conscious in sport performance', in Radman Z (ed.), Before Consciousness. In Search of the Fundamentals of Mind, Imprint Academic, Exeter, UK, pp. 246 - 284
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Cappuccio ML, 2016, 'The Seminal Speculation of a Precursor: Elements of Embodied Cognition and Situated AI in Alan Turing', in Muller VC (ed.), FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, pp. 477 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26485-1_28
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Cappuccio M, 2015, 'The Seminal Speculation of a Precursor: Elements of Embodied Cognition and Situated AI in Alan Turing', in Müller V (ed.), Fundamental Issues of Artificial Intelligence, Synthese Library, Netherlands, pp. 479 - 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26485-1_28
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Cappuccio M; Froese T, 2014, 'Introduction', in Enactive Cognition at the Edge of Sense-Making, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 1 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137363367_1
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Cappuccio M; Froese T, 2014, 'Introduction', in Enactive Cognition at the Edge of Sense-Making, Springer Nature, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137363367.0006
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Cappuccio M; Froese T, 2014, 'Introduction', in Cappuccio M; Froese T (ed.), Enactive Cognition at the Edge of Sense-Making. Making Sense of Non-Sense, Springer, New York City, pp. 1 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137363367
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Cappuccio M, 2014, '“I See You” through a Glass Darkly: Avatar and the Limits of Empathy', in Dunn GA (ed.), Avatar and Philosophy: Learning to See, pp. 74 - 86
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Cappuccio M; Shepherd S, 2013, 'Pointing Hand: Joint Attention and Embodied Symbols', in Radman Z (ed.), The Hand, An Organ of the Mind. What the Manual Tells the Mental, The MIT Press, Cambridge MA, pp. 303 - 326, https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/hand-organ-mind
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Cappuccio ML; Shepherd SV, 2013, 'Pointing Hand: Joint Attention and Embodied Symbols', in The Hand, an Organ of the Mind, MIT Press, pp. 333 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9083.003.0021
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Cappuccio ML, 2013, 'SAMCRO and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', in Dunn GA; Eberl JT (ed.), SONS OF ANARCHY AND PHILOSOPHY: BRAINS BEFORE BULLETS, BLACKWELL SCIENCE PUBL, pp. 139 - 149, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000344955300014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Cappuccio M; Wheeler M, 2012, 'Ground-Level Intelligence: Action-Oriented Representation and the Dynamics of the Background', in Knowing without Thinking, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 13 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230368064_2
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Cappuccio M; Wheeler M, 2012, 'Ground-level Intelligence: Action-Oriented Representation and Dynamics of the Background', in Radman Z (ed.), Knowing without Thinking. Mind, Action, Cognition and the Phenomenon of the Background, Palgrave Macmillan, The United Kingdon, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230368064
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Shepherd S; Cappuccio M, 2012, 'Sociality, Attention, and the Mind's Eyes', in Seemann A (ed.), Joint Attention: New Developments in Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, and Social Neuroscience, Cambridge MA, pp. 431 - 459, https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/joint-attention
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Shepherd S; Cappuccio M, 2011, 'Sociality, Attention, and the Mind's Eyes', in Seemann A (ed.), JOINT ATTENTION: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PSYCHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY OF MIND, AND SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE, MIT PRESS, pp. 205 - 242, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000304052400010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Cappuccio M; Wheeler M, 2010, 'When the Twain Meet: Could the Study of Mind be a Meeting of Minds?', in Reynolds J; Chase J; Mares E; Williams J (ed.), On the Futures of Philosophy: Post- Analytic and Meta-Continental Thinking, Continuum, USA, pp. 125 - 142, https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/postanalytic-and-metacontinental-9780826424419/
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Cappuccio M, 2010, 'Mirror Neurons and Skilful Coping: Motor Intentionality Between Sensorimotor and Ideo-Motor Schemata in Goal-Directed Actions', in Maldonato M; Pietrobon R (ed.), Research on Scientific Research. A Transdisciplinary Study, Sussex Academic Press, the United Kingdom, pp. 59 - 99, http://www.sussex-academic.com/sa/titles/education/Maldonato.htm
    Book Chapters |
    Cappuccio M; Wheeler M, 'Ground-Level Intelligence', in Knowing without Thinking, Palgrave Macmillan, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230368064.0008
  • Edited Books | 2019
    Cappuccio M, (ed.), 2019, Handbook of Embodied Cognition and Sport Psychology, MIT Press, Cambridge MA, https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/handbook-embodied-cognition-and-sport-psychology
    Edited Books | 2014
    Cappuccio M; Froese T, (ed.), 2014, Enactive Cognition at the Edge of Sense-Making. Making Sense of Non-Sense, Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom, https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137363350
    Edited Books | 2006
    Cappuccio M, (ed.), 2006, Neurofenomenologia. Le scienze della mente e la sfida dell’esperienza cosciente, Bruno Mondadori / Pearson, Italy, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neurofenomenologia-scienze-della-dellesperienza-cosciente/dp/8842420069
    Edited Books | 2005
    Cappuccio M, (ed.), 2005, L'eredità di Alan Turing. 50 anni di intelligenza artificiale, Alboversorio, Milan, Italy, https://www.amazon.it/Leredit%C3%A0-Alan-Turing-intelligenza-artificiale/dp/8889130083
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Cappuccio ML; Galliott JC; Eyssel F; Lanteri A, 2024, 'Correction to: Autonomous Systems and Technology Resistance: New Tools for Monitoring Acceptance, Trust, and Tolerance (International Journal of Social Robotics, (2023), 10.1007/s12369-023-01065-2)', International Journal of Social Robotics, 16, pp. 827, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-023-01081-2
    Journal articles | 2024
    Sánchez-García R; Lorenzo Cappuccio ML; Ilundáin-Agurruza J, 2024, 'Winning with mētis: embodied virtues in sport practice, from Odysseus to Maradona', Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2024.2331252
    Journal articles | 2023
    Alotaibi M; Alnajjar F; Cappuccio M; Khalid S; Alhmiedat T; Mubin O, 2023, 'Corrigendum: Efficacy of Emerging Technologies to Manage Childhood Obesity (Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2022, 15, 1227–1244.)', Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 16, pp. 2537 - 2538, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S436332
    Journal articles | 2023
    Cappuccio ML; Galliott JC; Eyssel F; Lanteri A, 2023, 'Autonomous Systems and Technology Resistance: New Tools for Monitoring Acceptance, Trust, and Tolerance', International Journal of Social Robotics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-023-01065-2
    Journal articles | 2023
    Cappuccio ML, 2023, 'Dreyfus is right: knowledge-that limits your skill', Synthese, 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04248-6
    Journal articles | 2022
    Alotaibi M; Alnajjar F; Cappuccio M; Khalid S; Alhmiedat T; Mubin O, 2022, 'Efficacy of Emerging Technologies to Manage Childhood Obesity', Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 15, pp. 1227 - 1244, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S357176
    Journal articles | 2022
    Cappuccio ML; Galliott JC; Alnajjar FS, 2022, 'A Taste of Armageddon: A Virtue Ethics Perspective on Autonomous Weapons and Moral Injury', Journal of Military Ethics, 21, pp. 19 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15027570.2022.2063103
    Journal articles | 2022
    Cappuccio ML; Galliott JC; Sandoval EB; Benitez Sandoval E, 2022, 'Saving Private Robot: Risks and Advantages of Anthropomorphism in Agent-Soldier Teams', International Journal of Social Robotics, 14, pp. 2135 - 2148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-021-00755-z
    Journal articles | 2022
    Sandoval EB; Sosa R; Cappuccio M; Bednarz T; Benitez Sandoval E, 2022, 'Human–robot creative interactions: Exploring creativity in artificial agents using a storytelling game', Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9, pp. 695162, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.695162
    Journal articles | 2021
    Alnajjar F; Cappuccio M; Renawi A; Mubin O; Loo CK, 2021, 'Personalized Robot Interventions for Autistic Children: An Automated Methodology for Attention Assessment', International Journal of Social Robotics, 13, pp. 67 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00639-8
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cappuccio M; Galliott J; Sandoval E, 2021, 'Mapping Meaning and Purpose in Human-Robot Teams: Risks and Advantages of Anthropomorphism in Hybrid Military Operations', The Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence, 5, pp. 73 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.22618/TP.PJCV.20215.1.139005
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cappuccio ML; Miyahara K; Ilundáin-Agurruza J, 2021, 'Wax On, Wax Off! Habits, Sport Skills, and Motor Intentionality', Topoi, 40, pp. 609 - 622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11245-020-09720-3
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cappuccio ML; Sandoval EB; Mubin O; Obaid M; Velonaki M; Benitez Sandoval E, 2021, 'Robotics Aids for Character Building: More than Just Another Enabling Condition', International Journal of Social Robotics, 13, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-021-00756-y
    Journal articles | 2020
    Alnajjar F; Cappuccio ML; Mubin O; Arshad R; Shahid S, 2020, 'Humanoid Robots and Autistic Children: A Review on Technological Tools to Assess Social Attention and Engagement', International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219843620300019
    Journal articles | 2020
    Cappuccio M; Kirchhoff MD; Alnajjar F; Tani J, 2020, 'Unfulfilled Prophecies in Sport Performance: Active Inference and the Choking Effect', Journal of Consciousness Studies: controversies in science and the humanities, 27, pp. 152 - 184, https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/imp/jcs/2020/00000027/f0020003/art00008
    Journal articles | 2020
    Cappuccio ML; Sandoval EB; Mubin O; Obaid M; Velonaki M; Benitez Sandoval E, 2020, 'Can Robots Make Us Better Humans?', International Journal of Social Robotics, 13, pp. 7 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00700-6
    Journal articles | 2020
    Mubin O; Cappuccio M; Alnajjar F; Ahmad MI; Shahid S, 2020, 'Can a robot invigilator prevent cheating?', AI and Society, 35, pp. 981 - 989, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00146-020-00954-8
    Journal articles | 2019
    Cappuccio ML; Peeters A; McDonald W, 2019, 'Sympathy for Dolores: Moral Consideration for Robots Based on Virtue and Recognition', Philosophy & Technology, 33, pp. 1 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13347-019-0341-y
    Journal articles | 2017
    2017, 'Mind-upload. The ultimate challenge to the embodied mind theory', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11097-016-9464-0
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'Introduction: when embodied cognition and sport psychology team-up', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11097-015-9415-1
    Journal articles | 2014
    Cappuccio M, 2014, 'Fenomenologia e Scienza Cognitiva: Le Ragioni e i Modi della Loro Integrazione, con la Discussione di Due Possibili Obiezioni', Reti, Saperi, Linguaggi. Italian Journal of Cognitive Science, 1, pp. 341 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.12832/78933
    Journal articles | 2014
    Cappuccio M, 2014, 'What's going on in there? FINDING INSPIRATION IN AVATAR, MASSIMILIANO CAPPUCCIO TRACES THE LIMITS OF EMPATHY', TPM-THE PHILOSOPHERS MAGAZINE, pp. 61 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/tpm20146684
    Journal articles | 2014
    Cappuccio ML, 2014, 'Inference or familiarity? The embodied roots of social cognition', Synthesis Philosophica, 29, pp. 253 - 272
    Journal articles | 2013
    Cappuccio M; Chu M; Kita S, 2013, 'Pointing as an Instrumental Gesture: Gaze representation through indication', Humanamente. Journal of philosophical studies, 6, pp. 125 - 150, http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/153
    Journal articles | 2011
    Cappuccio M; Wheeler M, 2011, 'The Sign of the Hand. Symbolic Practices and the Extended Mind', Versus. Quaderni di Studi Semiotici, 112-112, pp. 33 - 55, http://versus.dfc.unibo.it/arc2b.php?numero=112-113
    Journal articles | 2009
    Cappuccio M, 2009, 'Constructing the Space of Action: From Bio-Robotics to Mirror Neurons', World Futures, 65, pp. 126 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02604020802595037
    Journal articles | 2008
    Cappuccio M, 2008, 'Empatia e neuroni specchio. Dalle neuroscienze cognitive alla Quinta Meditazione cartesiana', Rivista di estetica, pp. 43 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/estetica.1978
    Journal articles | 2008
    Cappuccio M, 2008, 'Idee in Azione. I Neuroni Specchio e l’Intenzionalità', Psicomotricità. Terapia, Prevenzione, Formazione, 12, pp. 7 - 14, http://rivistedigitali.erickson.it/psicomotricita/archivio/vol-12-n-1-2/
    Journal articles | 2003
    Cappuccio ML, 2003, 'Traces of a computational mind', Revue de Synthèse, 124, pp. 43 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02963400
    Journal articles | 1997
    Milner Davis JR, 1997, 'Introduction', Special issue of the Australian Journal of Comedy, 3, pp. 12 - 14
  • Preprints | 2023
    Dong X; Cappuccio ML, 2023, Applications of Computer Vision in Autonomous Vehicles: Methods, Challenges and Future Directions, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2311.09093
    Preprints | 2022
    Sandoval EB; Sosa R; Cappuccio M; Bednarz T, 2022, Human-Robot Creative Interactions (HRCI): Exploring Creativity in Artificial Agents Using a Story-Telling Game, , http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.03702v1
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Sandoval EB; Shi J; Cruz-Sandoval D; Li B; Cappuccio M; Rosenbaum S; Benitez Sandoval E, 2021, 'A prototype of a robot memory game: Exploring the technical limitations of human-robot interaction in a playful context', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 195 - 199, presented at Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ELECTR NETWORK, 08 August 2021 - 11 August 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3447158
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Alnajjar FS; Renawi AM; Cappuccio M; Mubain O, 2019, 'A low-cost autonomous attention assessment system for robot intervention with autistic children', in IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON, pp. 787 - 792, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725132
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Maldonato NM; Bottone M; Sperandeo R; Scandurra C; Bochicchio V; Cappuccio ML; Esposito AM; Muzii B, 2019, 'The biodynamic stress hypothesis Towards an evolutionary psychology paradigm', in 10th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications, CogInfoCom 2019 - Proceedings, pp. 369 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CogInfoCom47531.2019.9089930
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Maldonato NM; Muzii B; Di Corrado D; Sperandeo R; Bottone M; Cappuccio ML; Coco M; Esposito A, 2019, 'The spontaneous order of creativity Brain, complexity and evolution', in 10th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications, CogInfoCom 2019 - Proceedings, pp. 375 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CogInfoCom47531.2019.9089955
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Alahbabi M; Almazroei F; Almarzoqi M; Almeheri A; Alkabi M; Nuaimi AA; Cappuccio M; Alnajjar F, 2017, 'Avatar based interaction therapy: A potential therapeutic approach for children with Autism', in 2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017, pp. 480 - 484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2017.8015864
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Cappuccio M, 2016, 'What are skills, and what does disrupt skillful performance? The theoretical background of a portable dynamic EEG study on choking effect', in Front. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: International Conference - Educational Neuroscience., Abu Dhabi, presented at Front. Neurosci. - International Conference Educational Neuroscience, Abu Dhabi, 28 February 2016 - 29 February 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/conf.fnins.2016.92.00014
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Cappuccio ML, 2016, 'Autonomous artificial agents, ethical decision, and the frame problem', in AISB Annual Convention 2016, AISB 2016
    Conference Proceedings (Editor of) | 2014
    Cappuccio M, (ed.), 2014, 'Unreflective Action and the Choking Effect - Special issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences', Springer, Netherlands, Vol. 14, presented at First International Conference on Sport Psychology and Embodied Cognition, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE, 24 February 2014 - 27 February 2014, https://link.springer.com/journal/11097/14/2

His current activity mainly focuses on three areas of theoretical and applied research:
1) Human performance and training (skill acquisition and disruption in sport, flow and the choking effect, anticipatory control of action, philosophy of expertise, cognitive augmentation).
2) Human-robot interaction (social robotics, philosophy & theory of artificial intelligence, situated and embodied robotics).
3) Technology ethics (value-sensitive design, virtue ethics applied to robot ethics, machine ethics, professional ethics in information technology).