Curia Research Platform: Illuminating Human Cognitive Activity in Real-world Settings
Curia offers a comprehensive platform for cognitive research, providing detailed metrics and engagement indicators essential for understanding human performance when performing complex tasks. Data is collected unobtrusively in natural settings as users perform actual tasks, ensuring the authenticity and reliability of results without the artificiality of lab settings.
Curia uses cutting-edge technologies to quantify a wide range of cognitive indicators:
Eye tracking: captures gaze patterns, attention focus, and time management strategies in intricate detail.
EEG data: provides insights into brain-specific indicators and general metrics such as cognitive load, engagement, and fatigue.
Physiological measurements: indicators such as heart rate, skin conductance, respiration rate, and oxygen saturation, enriching cognitive insights.
Research with Curia
The Approach
Traditional Approach
Generalize to all humans
Reject Outliers
Curia's Approach
Personalized to the user
Embrace individual differences
The Data
Traditional Approach
Reproducibility
Rote performance
Curia's Approach
Key moments, novelty
Successes & mistakes
The Emphasis
Traditional Approach
Average across individuals
Ignore difference
Curia's Approach
Study individual differences
Emphasize peak performance
The Analysis
Traditional Approach
Quantitative & concrete
Seeks first principles
Curia's Approach
Quantitative & comprehensive
Feedback loop
The Performance
Traditional Approach
Simple task
Reduce variables
Curia's Approach
Performance of interest
Ecological validity
The Goal
Traditional Approach
Incremental improvement
Stuck in a local minima
Curia's Approach
Strategic reappraisal
Epiphany & breakthrough
Visualization and Analysis Tools: Curia transforms complex data into intuitive visualizations, allowing anyone to understand and interpret cognitive performance. Our platform provides real-time telemetry, full session replays, and produces detailed post-processing analytical reports. These tools offer intuitive and intricate quantitative insights into participants' attention, focus, engagement, and effectiveness in learning and performance.
Data-video correlation: A unique feature of the Curia platform is its ability to correlate numeric data with video records. This allows analysis to easily transition between video and data domains. Researchers can pinpoint interesting video segments and examine the corresponding biometric data in detail. Conversely, data scientists can identify interesting patterns in the data and locate the exact video frames where they occurred. This enhances efficiency, allowing researchers to focus attention on key areas while skimming through the reams of less relevant data.
Streamlined setup and data collection: The Curia platform is designed to shorten the setup time and streamline the recording process, automating session management and data synchronization. This reduces overhead and enables researchers to focus on core activities. It also facilitates prolonged recording sessions, achieving 8 hours of data collection in a day, which is often difficult in conventional settings.
AI for Data Science: No data scientist immediately available, no problem. You can upload Curia CSV files and use an AI assistant, like GPT 4o, to analyze the data and point out significant elements of interest. Contact us for examples of prompts.
Research with Curia
Several universities are using Curia platform for research. One sample publication
