Research activities of the faculty focus on neurocognition, affect, emotion and motivation, learning (including technology-supported learning) and memory, neurodevelopment, neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodiversity. Researchers use a variety of methodologies, including electroencephalography, virtual reality, and eye-tracking.

 

Researchers at the Faculty of Psychology

Portrait of Andrea Samson Prof. Dr Andrea Samson
Full Professor
Pamela Banta Prof. Dr Pamela Banta Lavenex
Dean
Programme direction for the French language Bachelor in Psychology and Master in Psychology
Associate Professor
Portrait de Géraldine Coppin Prof. Dr Géraldine Coppin
Associate Professor
Prof. Dr Tino Endres
Associate Professor
Prof. Dr Matthias Maalouli-Hartmann
Vice-dean
Programme direction for the PhD programme
Associate Professor
Photo de Corinna Martarelli Prof. Dr Corinna Martarelli
Vice-Rector for Teaching
Prof. Dr Thomas Reber
Vice-dean
Programme direction for the German language Bachelor in Psychology and Master in Psychology
Associate Professor
Photo de Nicolas Rothen Prof. Dr Nicolas Rothen
Rector
Dr Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma Dr Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Alain Butler Dr Alain Butler
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Lucia-Manuela Cantonas
PhD Student
PhD Loïc Chareyron
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Mirela Dittrich-Dubravac
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Maximilian Haas
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Darias Holgado
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Rémy Lachelin Dr Rémy Lachelin
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Seraina Lerch Dr Seraina Lerch
Post-doctoral Researcher
Portrait de Sophie Mantzouranis-Baudat Dr Sophie Mantzouranis-Baudat
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Maëlan Menétrey Dr Maëlan Menétrey
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Alessandro Miani Dr Alessandro Miani
Postdoc
Dr Ana Milosavljevic
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Alodie Rey-Mermet
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Michael Rihs
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Ulrike Rimmele Dr Ulrike Rimmele
Postdoc
Dr Simon Ruch
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Chhavi Sachdeva
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr rer. nat. Julia Schütze
Post-doctoral Researcher
PD Dr Kurt Stocker
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Bogdan Vlasenko Dr Bogdan Vlasenko
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dr Anastasios Ziogas Dr Anastasios Ziogas
Post-doctoral Researcher
MSc Sam Ahmad
PhD Student
Pauline Berthouzoz Pauline Berthouzoz
PhD Student
MSc Seraina Bohren
PhD Student
Lucas Dall'Olio
PhD Student
Msc Marie-Sarah Didier
PhD Student
MSc Magali Dumureau
PhD Student
M Sc Niels Oliver Kempkens
PhD Candidate
MSc Tobias Kühlwein
Teaching and Research Assistant
Portrait d'Alexandra Lapteva MA Alexandra Lapteva
PhD Student
Msc Dwayne Lieck
PhD Student
MSc Valentine Martin-Savary MSc Valentine Martin-Savary
PhD Student
Sandy C. Marca Sandy C. Marca
PhD Student
MSc Cheyenne Mauriello
Post-doctoral Researcher
MSc Laura Moreno
PhD Student
BSc Petra Müller BSc Petra Müller
PhD Student
MSc Laura Rotheichner
PhD Student
MSc Chiara Samatanga
PhD Student
MSc Kevin Schwab
PhD Student
Dr Nicole Skieresz Dr Nicole Skieresz
PhD Student
Msc Théo Vernede Msc Théo Vernede
PhD Student
MSc Charlotte Vössing
PhD Student
Alexandra Zaharia
PhD Student

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Research groups

Attentional Control Project

How do we control our attention? How do we ignore or suppress distracting information?

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Neurocognitive Development

Welcome to Prof. Dr Pamela Banta Lavenex "Neurocognitive Development" research group

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Food & Human Behavior Lab

« Do you want to take a look at the desert menu? »
« A fruit salad or a molten chocolate cake? »
 

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Experimental cognitive psychology

The research group is concerned with basic research in the field of cognitive psychology (including perception and emotion), on the one hand, and with applied questions such as the influence of tablets and e-learning tools on…

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Methodology and Statistics

Our group carries out research in the field of cognitive psychology – in particular in the areas of learning, memory, and perception. Our research is mainly experimental and quantitative. We collect eye-tracking data and…

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Cognitive Neurophysiology

We are interested in the neural mechanisms enabling memory, perception & consciousness. We conduct research with healthy participants using behavioral studies and EEG. We also collaborate with epilepsy clinics in Switzerland…

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chEERS Lab

The chEERS Lab (Swiss Emotion Experience, Emotion Regulation and Support Laboratory) at UniDistance Suisse and the University of Fribourg is a team of researchers who studies affective processes and their impact on our mental…

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Experimental psychology & cognitive neurosciences

The research group dedicates itself to basic research and applied science in the fields of learning and memory. The focus here is on the following research questions: What are the bases of good memory capacity?

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Research projects

Other-Focused Emotion Regulation in Neurodevelopmental Conditions

Faculty of Psychology

Associations between the use of communication technologies in parent-youth interactions and youth outcomes: A systematic review

Faculty of Psychology

Lasting Learning in Physics – LLIPs

Faculty of Psychology

Narration

Faculty of Psychology

Interest Development

Faculty of Psychology

MEL-TS - Mental Effort and Load–Translingual Scale

Faculty of Psychology

KeBNE - Kommunikation evidenzbasierter Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in Schulen

Faculty of Psychology

Humor as an Emotion Regulation Strategy

Faculty of Psychology

Neuroanatomical investigation of the hippocampus and amygdala in two mouse models of Williams syndrome

Faculty of Psychology

Climate change: no laughing matter? Using humor to prevent and correct misinformation

Faculty of Psychology

Affective mechanisms of reward processing underlying food intake and sedentariness

Faculty of Psychology

Insights into the Well-being and Quality of Life of Families with Autistic Children in the Canton of Valais

Faculty of Psychology

Elucidating the neural bases of flexible emotion regulation in autistic children and adolescents

Faculty of Psychology

Obesity and cognitive functions in adults: exploring the mediating role of circadian rhythms

Faculty of Psychology

Assessment and Refinement of a Literacy-Course in AI and Neuroscience to Sup-port Learning and Teaching at UniDistance Suisse

Faculty of Psychology

Smartphone use and well-being

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Effects of fluency on higher-order cognitive judgements

Faculty of Psychology

Psychophysics of Binaural Beats

Faculty of Psychology

Empowering Connections: Interpersonal Emotion Regulation as a Key to Managing Challenging Behaviors in Individuals with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Faculty of Psychology

Socrates & Aristotle: AI-Based Dialogue to Enhance Learning in Higher Education

Faculty of Psychology

Developing socio-emotional competences through our games: A pedagogical innovation in collaboration with the HEP-VS

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Subjective experiences in music practice and performance

Faculty of Psychology

Profiles of temporal order memory abilities in Down syndrome, Williams syndrome and typical development - It’s about time.

Faculty of Psychology

Does Environment Matter? Conversational AI-based avatars in immersive and low-immersive virtual reality

Faculty of Psychology

Is creativity linked to illusory perception?

Faculty of Psychology

The number sense: Exploring the foundations of spatial-numerical associations

Faculty of Psychology

Levels of Processing for Basic Visual Perceptual Features

Faculty of Psychology

Exploring the interplay of daily demands and future intentions

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Do working memory and prospective memory share common cognitive resources?

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Do human concept cells encode novel associations that support transitive inference?

Faculty of Psychology

The genetic basis of cognitive abilities in individuals with Williams syndrome

Faculty of Psychology

Concept learning in the human brain

Faculty of Psychology

Bodily Sensation Mapping: How Emotions Are Represented in the Body

Faculty of Psychology

The current challenge in attentional-control research: Establishing reliable and valid measures

Faculty of Psychology

Do the same cognitive systems support perception and memory? A healthy special populations perspective

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Linking irrational beliefs to perception, cognition, and social media use

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Understanding disengagement during learning and memory

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Memory and healthy aging

Faculty of Psychology

Mental whiteboard: spatial coding of serial order in working memory

Faculty of Psychology

School of Tomorrow

Faculty of Psychology

Socio-emotional processes in individuals with a developmental disorder (SOEMO)

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Reward mechanisms in individuals with obesity

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The impact of intermodal training on the cognitive capacities of individuals with handicaps

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Links Between Brain Activity (EEG) and Cognitive Abilities

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Oxytocin and percetual thresholds of emotional expressions

Faculty of Psychology

Perceptual thresholds of object recognition with backward masking

Faculty of Psychology

Jeu en réalité virtuelle : Mon premier jour d’école

Faculty of Psychology

Exploring memory in different worlds

Faculty of Psychology

Boredom and self-control as guiding signals for goal-directed behaviour

Faculty of Psychology

Exploring the links between emotions and eating

Faculty of Psychology

Using virtual reality to learn about inaccessible micro- and macrocosmic structures in primary school

Faculty of Psychology

Affective and cognitive functioning in relation to food intake

Faculty of Psychology

How Families with Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities were coping with the COVID-19 pandemic: An International Study

Faculty of Psychology

Preschool children’s learning from 3D virtual reality: Investigating the educational impact of the 21st century fairy tales

Faculty of Psychology

Board games involving emotional skills: promoting positive emotions and emotion regulation skills in adolescents

Faculty of Psychology

Cognitive capacity in the presence of a smartphone

Faculty of Psychology

Numerical Cognition

Faculty of Psychology

Interactions between memory systems in typical development and in neurodevelopmental disorders

Faculty of Psychology

Profiles of spatial abilities in Down and Williams syndromes

Faculty of Psychology

Learning through teaching: Educational applications of virtual reality

Faculty of Psychology