Renato Paredes Venero

Renato Paredes Venero

Computational neuroscientist working on bodily self perception.

Publications

You can find my complete list of publications on my Google Scholar profile.

Journal Articles

Reduced synaptic plasticity and E/I imbalance drive peripersonal space boundaries expansion in schizophrenia

Published in Schizophrenia Research, 2026

This paper introduces a model of PPS expansion in schizophrenia with predictions for future experiments with patients.

Recommended citation: Paredes, R., Grigoras, V., Ferroni, F., Ardizzi, M., Ferri, F., & Seriès, P. (2026). Reduced synaptic plasticity and E/I imbalance drive peripersonal space boundaries expansion in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 295, 264-273.
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From modelling PPST to modelling bodily self-consciousness: Comment on “Computational models of peripersonal space representation” by T. Bertoni, JP Noel & A. Serino

Published in Physics of Life Reviews, 2026

This paper comments on modelling bodily self consciousness (BSC) with its spatial and temporal components.

Recommended citation: Paredes, R., Seriès, P., & Blanke, O. (2026). From modelling PPST to modelling bodily self-consciousness: Comment on “Computational models of peripersonal space representation” by T. Bertoni, JP Noel & A. Serino. Physics of Life Reviews, 56, pp.204-207.
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Glomeruli of the Mouse Olfactory Bulb: Numbers, Sizes, Shapes

Published in European Journal of Neuroscience, 2025

This paper presents an anatomical report of glomeruli of the mouse olfactory bulb.

Recommended citation: Weng, Y., Zapiec, B., Paredes, R., & Mombaerts, P. (2025). Glomeruli of the Mouse Olfactory Bulb: Numbers, Sizes, Shapes. European Journal of Neuroscience, 62(11), e70327.
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Increased excitation enhances the sound-induced flash illusion by impairing multisensory causal inference in the schizophrenia spectrum

Published in Schizophrenia Research, 2025

This paper introduces a network model of peri-personal space in schizophrenia.

Recommended citation: Paredes, R., Ferri, F., Romei, V., & Seriès, P. (2025). Increased excitation enhances the sound-induced flash illusion by impairing multisensory causal inference in the schizophrenia spectrum. Schizophrenia Research, 283, 1-10.
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Inflexible updating of the self-other divide during a social context in autism: psychophysical, electrophysiological, and neural network modeling evidence

Published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 2022

This paper introduces a network model of peri-personal space in ASD during a social context.

Recommended citation: Noel, J. P., Paredes, R., Terrebonne, E., Feldman, J. I., Woynaroski, T., Cascio, C. J., ... & Wallace, M. T. (2022). Inflexible updating of the self-other divide during a social context in autism: psychophysical, electrophysiological, and neural network modeling evidence. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 7(8), 756-764.
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Religion and robots: towards the synthesis of two extremes

Published in International Journal of Social Robotics, 2021

This paper presents a conceptural framework for the study of theomorphic robots.

Recommended citation: Trovato, G., De Saint Chamas, L., Nishimura, M., Paredes, R., Lucho, C., Huerta-Mercado, A., & Cuellar, F. (2021). Religion and robots: towards the synthesis of two extremes. International Journal of Social Robotics, 13, 539-556.
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Conference Papers

Design and preliminary validation of social assistive humanoid robot with gesture expression features for mental health treatment of isolated patients in hospitals

Published in International Conference on Social Robotics 2022, 2022

This paper presents the design of a humanoid robot for mental health treatment.

Recommended citation: Arce, D., Gibaja, S., Urbina, F., Maura, C., Huanca, D., Paredes, R., ... & Pérez-Zuniga, G. (2022, December). Design and preliminary validation of social assistive humanoid robot with gesture expression features for mental health treatment of isolated patients in hospitals. In International Conference on Social Robotics (pp. 518-528). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
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The sound or silence: investigating the influence of robot noise on proxemics

Published in 2018 27th IEEE international symposium on robot and human interactive communication (RO-MAN), 2018

This paper presents evidence of the influence of noise in proxemics during human-robot interaction.

Recommended citation: Trovato, G., Paredes, R., Balvin, J., Cuellar, F., Thomsen, N. B., Bech, S., & Tan, Z. H. (2018, August). The sound or silence: investigating the influence of robot noise on proxemics. In 2018 27th IEEE international symposium on robot and human interactive communication (RO-MAN) (pp. 713-718). IEEE.
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Book Chapters

Experimental research methodology and statistics insights

Published in Human-Robot Interaction: Evaluation Methods and Their Standardization. Springer Series on Bio- and Neurosystems, 2020

This chapter provides essential concepts of experimental design and statistics for human-robot interaction research.

Recommended citation: Paredes Venero, R., Davila, A. (2020). Experimental Research Methodology and Statistics Insights. In: Jost, C., et al. Human-Robot Interaction. Springer Series on Bio- and Neurosystems, vol 12. Springer, Cham.
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