chEERS Lab
Faculty of Psychology
Associate Professor
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Andrea Samson is an associate professor of psychology at UniDistance Switzerland and has a professorship funded by the Swiss National Research Foundation (SNSF) at the Institute of Special Education, University of Fribourg.
Andrea Samson has studied and conducted research at various universities in Switzerland and abroad. She did her PhD in Psychology at the University of Fribourg and her post-doctorate at Stanford University (2010-2015). Between 2015-2018, she was awarded the Ambizione fellowship by the SNSF to conduct her research at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (CISA) at the University of Geneva. Today, she is a professor at UniDistance Switzerland and the University of Fribourg.
She is the director of the chEERS Lab - a team of researchers interested in the study of socio-emotional processes in people with neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. autism) and intellectual disabilities (e.g. Williams syndrome). Positive emotions, also in relation to humor, and the regulation of emotions related to mental health play an important role in several research projects. The team is also interested in using board games as well as new technologies such as virtual reality for the assessment of emotional skills and for the development of remediation programs.
Faculty of Psychology
- Associate Professor
Faculty Council of the Faculty of Psychology
- Associate Professor
Ethics Commission
- Representative of the professors (FR)
chEERS Lab
- Associate Professor
- A better understanding of socio-emotional processes in people with and without neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism) and with intellectual disabilities (e.g., Williams syndrome)
- Positive emotions (e.g., in response to humor) and emotion regulation in relation to mental health
- Use of board games and new technologies such as virtual reality to assess emotional competencies and for rehabilitation programs.
Research groups
Articles
Andrea Samson on «The Science of Happiness» : how humour helps us cope
Humor hilft uns, schwierige Erlebnisse zu bewältigen
Interview mit Prof. Dr. Andrea Samson, ausserordentliche Professorin in Psychologie an der FernUni Schweiz, über ihre…
Prof. Dr. Andrea Samson: International study published in Journal of Global Health
Anxiety and concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic of families with a child with a neurodevelopmental condition – a multi-level…