Bruno Laeng

Bruno Laeng is a Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, where he has worked since 2008. He is director of the Eye Tracking and Pupillometry Laboratory and a principal investigator at the RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion. His international academic background includes positions at Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and universities in Bergen, Tromsø, and Guelph.

His research spans

• perceptual illusions
• mental imagery
• music-emotion interactions
• synesthesia
• cross-modal cognition
• pupillometry as a cognitive window

with recent work examining how music affects mental effort, social absorption in string quartets, and robotic expressivity. His publications bridge psychology, neuroscience, and music science, often employing eye-tracking and physiological measures.

Scientific achievements include

• 2018 election to the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters
• 2003 University of Tromsø Teaching Award
• 2000 University of Tromsø Young Researcher Award
• Laurea Summa Cum Laude from Università di Roma

His interdisciplinary approach combines cognitive theory with computational methods and physiological measures across diverse domains from art perception to human-robot interaction.