Research facilities

Facilities: Eyetracking; AV speech perception experiments in infancy; neuropsychological testing, observational studies.

BIAP is a ‘María de Maeztu’ Unit of Excellence for 5 years, with a €2M/4-year grant (01/01/2023 until 31/12/2026) for a collaborative project on the nature and role of evidence.

Facilities: Cabines conductuals, EEG, MRI.

The Center for Brain and Cognition is the result of synergies between different research groups, and was recognized as a Specific Research Center in November 2012 by the Board of Governors of Pompeu Fabra University with the support of the Department of Information Technology and Communications.

Facilities: Event-related potential (ERP) recording; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); Eye tracking;Vibrotactile studies.

The University Centre for Sociolinguistics and Communication (CUSC) is involved in:

• Promoting theoretical and empirical knowledge of the determinants and dynamics of language use.
• Exploring the sociolinguistic and socio-communicative reality.
• Investigating contact linguistics in relation to multiculturality.

Facilities: Audio and video recording devices; software for quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Facilities: Eyetracker, soundbooth, equipment for L2 production and perception experiments, Electrophysiological sensors (HR, EDA).

The Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) is a research center in biomedicine promoted by the Bellvitge University Hospital and the Viladecans Hospital. IDIBELL research is focused on neuroscience, translational medicine and regenerative medicine. Research, innovation and society are the axes on which researchers work every day with the goal of improving the quality of life of citizens.

The Institute of Neurosciences (UBneuro) goal is understanding the nervous system as a whole to give response to society challenges. It is a frontrunner in international neuroscience research, being one of the few institutes in the world that investigates the brain at every level. This includes research groups in neurobiology, neuropharmacology, pathophysiology, neurology, psychiatry, clinical psychology, neuropsychobiology and cognitive neurosciences.

The Institute has been awarded with the María de Maeztu Excellence Unit accreditation, and gathers near to 450 researchers from the University of Barcelona, in the multicultural city of Barcelona.

Institute’s researchers are carry out their research on the identification and description of the general principles and key mechanisms that govern complex systems. This includes the study of theoretical aspects within the framework of network science and the modeling of the basic agents that make up a system and the study of emerging behaviors through their interactions. The analysis often involves processing a large amount of information, which requires the continuous development of tools in the context of so-called "Big Data".

Facilities: A cluster with several GPUs for machine learning research experiments.

The Laboratory is a service of the Faculty of Philology and Communication of the UB. Founded in 1978, it is the oldest university phonetics laboratory in Spain. It carries out both educational and research activities.

Facilities: Ultrasound Tongue Imaging (UTI), nasometer, electroglotography, soundbooth, technical help for sound recording and analysis.

The Psychology Laboratory is a unit of scholars sharing a common interest: the study of the faculty of language and, specially, bilingualism. 

Facilities: Eyetracking system, event-related potential recording system, PC computers for behavioral experiments.

The Language Technology Service (STeL) is expert on the treatment of information, with the aim of making it affordable in an organized and systematic way. It gives technological advice for the development of projects and creates specific applications at the request of researchers.

Facilities: A wide repertoire of technologies, ranging from the use of standard programs to sophisticated language processing techniques. Technical help for text analysis, machine learning equipment.

The Servei de Tractament de la Parla is well suited to respond to the needs of teaching and research (for example, collection and analysis of acoustic data, courses and practical demonstrations). It consists of two recording rooms, a control room and a work room.

Facilities: Soundbooth, technical help for sound recording.

Facilities: Psychophysics, Eye movements, Virtual Reality, Behavioral responses, neuroimage and modeling.