I am an MSCA-CZ fellow at Charles University in Prague. My research focuses on medieval philosophy, particularly thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century theories of cognition and intentionality. I am especially interested in the metaphysical and causal structures underlying medieval accounts of cognition and in the relation between the body and the powers of the soul. My work has examined authors including Thomas Aquinas, Roger Bacon, Bonaventure, John Pecham, and Hervaeus Natalis, with particular attention to species in the medium, intentional being, the internal senses, and the relation between body and soul in perception.At the Human Abilities Centre, I plan to investigate the theories of cognition developed by John Pecham and Geoffrey of Aspall, focusing on their concepts of colligantia, excitatio, and compatitur. Both authors face a similar problem: how can bodily processes have a causal contribution to cognition while preserving the superiority of the soul and the principle that the body cannot straightforwardly act upon it? By comparing the different solutions developed by Pecham and Aspall, I aim to clarify how bodily causal relevance, the unity of body and soul, and the soul’s own cognitive activity are understood within their accounts of perception.