Vanessa obtained her bachelor‘s degree in Cognitive Science from the University of Osnabrück. She is currently working as a PhD student under the supervision of Annett Schirmer. Her main research interest lies in understanding the mechanisms and neural correlates of affectionate touch between humans and non-human animals such as pets.

Email: Vanessa.Kaufmann@uibk.ac.at

Tel: +43 512 507-56082

Tine has obtained a Bachelor degree in psychology from the University of Jena in Germany. She stayed on to pursue her PhD under the co-supervision of Stefan Schweinberger and Annett Schirmer. Her interests lie with musicality and how musicality is relevant in our ability to perceive vocal emotions.

Email: christine.nussbaum@uni-jena.de

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Clare obtained her bachelor’s degree majoring in Psychology from CUHK. She is currently working as a research assistant for Prof. Annett Schirmer. Her main interest is in understanding the features, neural interactions, and mechanisms behind affective touch.

Email: clarecham112@gmail.com

Tel: 5638 6392