Years 2-4
The influence of bodily actions on social perception and behaviour: Assessing effects of power postures
Year 1
Lab rot 1: Sexual cognition: The fraternal birth order effect.
Lab rot 2: Investigating the neural integration of emotion and gaze cues using intracranial EEG data
Lab rot 3: Effect of body postures on emotion perception.
Biographie / Publications
PhD project
My project focuses on how bodily actions influence social perception and behaviour. Specifically, I assess the effects of the so-called power postures on how the agent mentally represent others’ faces and responds to social signals like emotion and gaze.
Education
2014-now: PhD in Cognitive Science at Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris
2007-2013 Diploma in Psychology (M.Sc.), University of Vienna
Publications
Chadwick, M.*, Metzler, H.*, Tijus, C., Armony, J. L.#, & Grèzes, J.# (in press). Stimulus and observer characteristics jointly determine the relevance of threatening facial expressions and their interaction with attention. Motivation and Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-018-9730-2 *# equal contributions
Kogler, L., Seidel, E.-M., Metzler, H., Thaler, H., Boubela, R. N., Pruessner, J. C., … Derntl, B. (2017). Impact of self-esteem and sex on stress reactions. Scientific Reports, 7, 17210. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17485-w
Radke, S., Seidel, E. M., Boubela, R. N., Thaler, H., Metzler, H., Kryspin-Exner, I., … Derntl, B. (2018). Immediate and delayed neuroendocrine responses to social exclusion in males and females. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 93, 56–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.04.005
Seidel, E. M., Silani, G., Metzler, H., Thaler, H., Lamm, C., Gur, R. C., … Derntl, B. (2013). The impact of social exclusion vs. inclusion on subjective and hormonal reactions in females and males. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38(12), 2925–2932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.07.021
Doctoral Fellowship (year 1 to 3) supported by la Région IDF (DIM Cerveau et Pensée)
