Publications

2026

• Ciria, A., &. Lara, B. (2026). Cognitive Robotics Review: Advances and New Directions. Preprint. DOI:10.20944/preprints202606.1004.v1 (Under review in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences)

• Ciria, A., Arias-Trejo, N., Angulo-Chavira, A., Arzate-Mena, D., & Lara, B. (In press). Predicting Conceptual Concreteness from Sensorimotor Information Using Artificial Neural Networks. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 48.

• Trinidad Barnech, G., Valle Lisboa, J., Tejera, G., Ciria, A., & Lara, B. (In press). Embodied internal models for exploration and control via hierarchical self-organizing maps. In the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL 2026).

• Marmolejo-Ramos, F., Rojas-Galeano, S., Ciria, A., Tejada, J. (2026). Let the Vibe Be with You: A Paradigm Shift in Statistics Education. Quality & Quantity. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-026-02898-5

• Suárez, R., Lara, B. & Ciria, A. (2026). Differential effects of contextual congruency on recognition and retrieval of perceptual details. Memory & Cognition.  https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-025-01848-0

2025

• Reyes, A., Lara, B. & Ciria, A. (submitted). Development of Reaching through Ideomotor Error Dynamics in a Humanoid Robot. Manuscript submitted for publication in Autonomous Robots.

• Marmolejo-Ramos, F., & Ciria, A. (2025). From biological vision to artificial intelligence: The role of foundational predictive processing. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 48, e92. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X25100733

• Ciria, A., Montes, P., & Martínez Aguilar, G. (enviado). Análisis de la experiencia urbana-arquitectónica a través de las modalidades sensoriales y las posibilidades de acción. En Facultad de Arquitectura de la UNAM (Coord.), Neurociencia y otros estudios cognitivos aplicables al diseño urbano-arquitectónico. UNAM. Material Suplementario. 

• Ciria, A. (2025). Metodología para el estudio de la semántica cimentada. Monroy-Nasr, Z., León Sánchez, R., Montenegro Núñez, M. del C. y Álvarez Díaz de León, G. (eds.), Enseñanza, epistemología, cognición y representaciones encarnadas. FP-DGAPA, UNAM. ISBN: 978-607-642-183-3

• Sirota, M., Šrol, J., Lisi, M., Juanchich, M., Guglani, K., Silverstein, P., Ciria, A., … Schmidt, K. (2025, January 14). Mapping and Increasing Error Correction Behaviour in a Culturally Diverse Sample. Preprint. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/wegc5_v1 

2024

• Marmolejo-Ramos, F., Gejada, J., Ciria, A., Cruz, F. & Cardona, J. (2024). Advancing Mechanistic Explanations through Natural and Artificial Embodied Cognitive Systems. Cognitive Neuroscience, 15:3-4, 111-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2024.2403348 

• Forss, S., Ciria, A., Clark, F., Galusca, C., Harrison, D., & Lee, S. (2024). A Transdisciplinary View on Curiosity Beyond Linguistic Humans: Animals, Infants, and Artificial Intelligence. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13054

• Pardo, M., Ciria, A. & Lara, B. (2024). Emergence of altruistic behavior in heterogeneous populations of artificial agents. Adaptive Behavior, 32(1), 47-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/10597123231184652

2023

• Taniguchi, T., (Guest editors), Ognibene, D., Jamone, L., Ugur, E., Lanillos, P., Ciria, A., Suzuki, M., Murata, S., Nakata, Y., & Nakamura, T. (2023) Special issue on world models and predictive coding in robotics (Part II). Advanced Robotics, 37:19, 1211. https://doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2023.2258630 

• Ciria, A. & Lara, B. (2023). Mecanismo cognitivo fundacional: la minimización del error predictivo (Capítulo 8, p. 247-282). En R. Bernal-Gaboa y F. Cabrera (Eds.) Temas controversiales en comportamiento y cognición. Ciudad de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. ISBN: 978-607-30-8495-6

• Ciria, A., Albarracin, M., Miller, M., & Lara, B. (2023). Social Media Platforms: Trading with Prediction Error Minimization for your Attention. (preprint).

• Ciria, A., Schillaci, G., Lara, B., Cross, E.S., & Cangelosi, A. (2023). Guest Editorial Special Issue on Prediction and Perception in Humans and Robots. In IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 15(3), 981-984. doi: 10.1109/TCDS.2023.3293669.

• Angulo-Chavira, A., Castellón-Flores, M., Ciria, A. & Arias-Trejo, N. (2023). Sentence-final completion norms for 2925 Mexican Spanish sentence contexts. Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02160-y 

• Taniguchi, T., (Guest editors), Ognibene, D., Jamone, L., Ugur, E., Lanillos, P., Ciria, A., Suzuki, M., Murata, S., Nakata, Y., & Nakamura, T. (2023) Special issue on world models and predictive coding in robotics (Part I). Advanced Robotics, 37(13), 779. https://doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2023.2229983

• Taniguchi, T., Murata, S., Suzuki, M., Ognibene, D., Lanillos, P., Ugur, E., Jamone, L., Nakamura, T., Ciria, A.,  Lara, B., & Pezzulo, G. (2023). World Models and Predictive Coding for Cognitive and Developmental Robotics: Frontiers and Challenges. Advanced Robotics,  37(13), 780-786. https://doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2023.2225232

• Lara, B. & Ciria, A. (2023). Riesgos de la cognición extendida en la forma tecnológica de vida. En Más allá de las disciplinas. 1. Rompiendo fronteras (Vol.1, Cap 4. p. 67-78). DOI: 10.30973/2023/rompiendo-fronteras

• Schillaci, G., Ciria, A., Falotico, E., Lara, B., & Laschi, C. (2023). Modulating Multi-Modal Integration in a Robot Forward Model for Sensory Enhancement and Self-Perception. Preprint.

2022

• Flores-Coronado, M. A., Ciria, A., & Lara, B. (2022). Multimodal integration as predictions. An explanation of the McGurk effect. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 44 (44). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13763.07207

• Valenzo, D., Ciria, A., Schillaci, G. & Lara, B. (2022).  Grounding Context in Embodied Cognitive Robotics. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2022.843108

2021

• Ciria, A., Schillaci, G., Pezzulo, G., Hafner, V. & Lara, B. (2021). Predictive Processing: A Cognitive Robotics Review. Neural Computation, 33(5), 1402–1432. https://doi.org/10.1162/neco_a_01383

• Santos, V. H., Pardo, M., Ciria, A., & Lara, B. (2020). Evolution of Basic Communication Strategies in Artificial Agents. International Journal of Combinatorial Optimization Problems and Informatics, 12(1), 29-41. https://ijcopi.org/ojs/article/view/203 

2020

• Schillaci, G., Ciria, A., & Lara, B. (2020). Tracking Emotions: Intrinsic Motivation Grounded on Multi-Level Prediction Error Dynamics. In 2020 Joint IEEE 10th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob) (pp. 1-8). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/ICDL-EpiRob48136.2020.9278106

2019

• Ciria, A., López, F., & Lara, B. (2019). Perceived duration: the interplay of top-down attention and task-relevant information. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 490. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00490

2018

• Lara, B., Astorga, D., Mendoza-Bock, E., Pardo, M., Escobar, E., & Ciria, A. (2018). Embodied cognitive robotics and the learning of sensorimotor schemes. Adaptive Behavior, 26(5), 225-238. https://doi.org/10.1177/10597123187806

• Lara, B., Ciria, A., Escobar, E., Gaona, W., Hermosillo, J. (2018). Cognitive Robotics: The New Challenges in Artificial Intelligence. In: Vergara Villegas, O., Nandayapa , M., Soto , I. (Eds.) Advanced Topics on Computer Vision, Control and Robotics in Mechatronics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77770-2_12

• Valenzo, D., Astorga, D., Ciria, A., Lara, B. (2018). Learning in Biologically Inspired Neural Networks for Robot Control. In: Vergara Villegas, O., Nandayapa , M., Soto , I. (Eds.) Advanced Topics on Computer Vision, Control and Robotics in Mechatronics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77770-2_6