Faglige interesser
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Cognitive and neural mechanisms of voice perception
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Emotion processing from human faces, voices, and music
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Person perception from natural and digital signals
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Neural mechanisms of voice production
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Auditory perception
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Anatomy of the limbic system
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Emotional processing in neurological patients
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Cognitive control in conflict situations
Prosjekter
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Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Auditory Perception: Challenging the Human Auditory System at the Limits of Hearing
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Perceptual and neuronal investigations on the neurocognitive mechanisms of perceiving whispered emotions
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Auditory emotion recognition from vocally and musically expressed emotions
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Chances and risks of digital voice technology
Bakgrunn
Profesjonell
03/20 – now Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway
09/15 – 01/20 SNSF Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Zürich, Switzerland
01/13 – 08/15 Senior Research Associate and Principal Investigator (PI) at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences; University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
01/10 – 12/12 Post-doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
12/08 – 12/09 Post-doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Neuro-psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology; University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
02/06 – 11/08 Ph.D. Student and Research Associate at the Department of Neuro-psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
09/07 Visiting Scientist at the Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
07/05 – 12/05 Student Assistant at the Department of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurobiology; University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Akademisk
06/16 Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.); University of Jena, Jena, Germany; Thesis title: “Nonverbal affective communication: The neural network for the production and perception of vocal emotions”
11/08 PhD Graduation (Dr. rer. nat.); University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany; Thesis title: “Contextual modulation during the processing of facial expressions: Behavioral, fMRI, and ERP investigations”
04/06 Diploma in Psychology; University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany; Majors: Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology, Psychology and Law/Forensic Psychology, Educational Psychology
11/01 Diploma in Science of Education; University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany; Major: Youth and Adult Education; Minors: Sociology, Psychology
1994-96 Technical Engineering; Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Major: Aeronautics and Spaceflight Technique
Priser
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2015 SNSF Professorship, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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2005 Nominated for the best Teaching Award at the University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany