PhD project

My PhD project focused on how bodily actions influence social perception and behaviour. Specifically, I assessed the effect of body postures expressing high or low social power on how the agent mentally represent others’ faces and responds to social signals like emotion and gaze. 

Education

2014-2018 PhD in Cognitive Science at Ecole Normale Supérieure and Sorbonne Université Paris
2007-2013 Diploma in Psychology (M.Sc.), University of Vienna

Publications

Metzler, H., & Grèzes, J. (2019). Repeatedly adopting power postures does not affect hormonal correlates of dominance and affiliative behavior. PeerJ, 7, e6726. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6726; Data & Code

Chadwick, M.*, Metzler, H.*, Tijus, C., Armony, J. L.#, & Grèzes, J.# (2019). Stimulus and observer characteristics jointly determine the relevance of threatening facial expressions and their interaction with attention. Motivation and Emotion, 43(2), 299–312. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-018-9730-2 *# equal contributions
Manuscript on Researchgate

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)