Daniel F. Preciado Vanegas is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Science and the Network Institute at VU Amsterdam, where he is part of the Media Psychology group. His research examines the psychological and physiological effects of social robots and artificial agents, and their applications in different context, including healthcare, education, and personal use.
Daniel obtained his PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology at VU Amsterdam, investigating the perceptual and attentional effects of stimuli associated with threats and rewards. This foundation in cognitive psychology informs his current work on human-robot interaction, bringing an understanding of fundamental perceptual and emotional processes to questions about how people respond to artificial agents.
