Years 2-4
Does your body affect your mind? Body posture effects on social cognition and behaviour
Year 1
Lab rot 1: Sexual cognition: The fraternal birth order effect.
Lab rot 2: Neural processing of the face cues gaze and emotion expression.
Lab rot 3: Effect of body postures on emotion perception.
Biographie / Publications
PhD project
I am interested in how body postures associated with social dominance influence social perception and behaviour. More specifically, I examine how our body posture influences how we mentally represent others’ faces and respond 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
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.
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.
Doctoral Fellowship (year 1 to 3) supported by la Région IDF (DIM Cerveau et Pensée)
