InCIAM’s interdisciplinary nature means that it fosters multi-laboratory research and training platforms, as well as cooperation with the socio-economic and cultural world.
CréaLab, a centre for expertise, advice and consultancy in creativity and innovation draws on the expertise of the institute’s research teams to provide methodological and administrative support for implementing creative or innovative projects with partners from the socio-economic and cultural worlds, as a means to strengthen relations with these players. CréaLab is a centre of expertise specialising in Creativity and Innovation regarding education, health and labour. CréaLab offers to develop, deploy and promote missions in these areas.
Schematic description of how CréaLab works
One of the institute’s flagship platforms also is a dynamic physical interaction simulator, which is used to study complex human/system interactions under stress, in dynamic (translation and rotation), risky, uncertain and noisy conditions (e.g. vibrations). This 6-axis physical platform for movements with six degrees of freedom means that we can extend our studies to new fields of application, to more dynamic situations such as interactions with touch screens in the cockpits of moving aeroplanes or helicopters, or with motor vehicles or boats, by means of on-screen visualisation or virtual reality devices. In these situations, the functioning of cognitive and emotional processes and the adaptations or learning strategies implemented by the subjects cannot be inferred from static tasks.