Dr. Paul F.M.J. Verschure is ICREA Research Professor and director of the Center of Autonomous Systems and Neurorobotics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra where he runs the Laboratory of Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS). He received both his MA and PhD in Psychology and pursued his research at different leading institutes: the Neurosciences Institute and The Salk Institute. Author current research interests include Neuroscience, Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics.