0000-0002-8601-6737 About
I am a senior researcher and lecturer at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences & Department of Psychology, University of Geneva. My research focuses on examining how emotion and affective phenomena modulate learning, information-seeking, and decision-making. Specifically, I aim at better understanding how and why humans learn to attribute or update affective value to information by investigating the psychological, computational, and neural mechanisms underlying these learning processes and their influence on behavior. To that end, I use theoretical approaches derived from affective science in combination with experimental learning paradigms, such as Pavlovian conditioning, and behavioral, psychophysiological, brain imaging, and reinforcement-learning methods.
Employment
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University of Geneva Senior researcher and lecturer2023 - Present
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University of Geneva Senior researcher2022 - Present
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University of Geneva Postdoctoral researcher2021 - 2023
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University of Geneva Postdoctoral researcher2021 - 2022
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Harvard University Postdoctoral fellow2020 - 2021
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University of Geneva Postdoctoral researcher2019 - 2019
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University of Geneva PhD candidate2015 - 2019
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University of Geneva Research assistant2012 - 2015
Education
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University of Geneva PhD2015 - 2019
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University of Geneva MSc2012 - 2014
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University of Geneva BSc2009 - 2012
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (24)
- Demystifying the Role of Goal-Related Processes in Explaining the Effects of Emotion on Information-Seeking Decisions Save
- The role of outcome affective value in driving human Pavlovian learning. Save
- Emotion and prediction errors: which ingredients matter? Save
- Affective and computational determinants of threat extinction biases Save
- Differential influence of habit components on compulsive and problematic reward-seeking behavior Save
- Overestimating the intensity of negative feelings in autobiographical memory: evidence from the 9/11 attack and COVID-19 pandemic Save
- Letter to the Editor: Stimulus intensities and sensory modalities constitute two major challenges for online threat conditioning research Save
- Computational analysis, appraised concern-relevance, and the amygdala: The algorithmic value of appraisal processes in emotion Save
- Editorial: The neurobiological and cognitive underpinnings of appetitive and aversive motivation Save
- The added value of affective processes for models of human cognition and learning Save