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Presenting the results of my work to an audience is one of the best parts of my job.
Here you can see some of my presentations
2025: “The politics of alexithymia".
International Society of Political Psychology - Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic.
Can we prescribe emotions to people and does this affect their leader choice?
Here I talk about our latest research on affective prescription – and how this shapes the kind of political leader we're drawn to based on their appearance.
2025: “Social Interoception: cardiac signals and their awareness shape the stability of the self".
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (INPRFM), Mexico City, Mexico.
What is the role of interoception in social cognition and the self?
In this talk, I discuss physiological evidence showing the involvement of cardiac signals in self-other distinction and social decision-making.
2023: “The social modulation of pain by affective touch".
Festival of Touch, Marseille, France.
How does affective touch, as a form of social support, modulate physical and social pain?
Here I talk about how slow, dynamic affective touch, which is mediated by a specific neurophysiological system (CT afferents) can reduce physical and social pain. Such effects also depend on the social setting.
2022: “Interoception and the 'me-not me' distinction".
European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Vienna, Austria.
Social cognitive neuroscience has extensively studied how our own affects, thoughts and intentions may influence how we read other minds. However, the role of interoception in these processes has been greatly neglected. In this symposium, we discussed how the perception of our physiological state influences the way we perceive our own and other's mental states.
2021: “Social touch in the times of Covid”.
Social Bridges: e-conference
During the pandemia, interpersonal touch experience was affected due to social distancing policies to control the spread of COVID-19. Here we present our work on how intimate touch deprivation during COVID-19 was associated with worse psychological well-being. We also show findings suggesting that vicarious touch can reduce anxiety
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