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)3) supported by la Région IDF (DIM Cerveau et Pensée)
