Short Biography
Rebecca obtained a B.Sc. in Liberal Arts and Sciences (Life Sciences and Psychology Major) at the University College Freiburg and a M.Sc. in Cognitive Neurosciences at the University of Amsterdam. During her undergraduate studies she interned at the ‚MetaMotor‘ lab (PI Dr. Elisa Filevich) at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neurosciences Berlin. During her graduate studies she joined the ‚Sleep and Cognition‘ lab (PI Prof. Eus van Someren) at the Netherlands Institute for Neurosciences to research the effect of light on emotional processing, using fMRI. Afterwards, she investigated cognitive control in social contexts, using EEG, at the ‚Boundaries of Social Cognition Lab‘ (PI Dr. Lasana Harris) at UCL, London. Outside of academia, Rebecca has been involved in (science) consultancy and communication, coaching and teaching in countries like the US, Argentina, India and Thailand.
Research Interests
Rebecca’s main interest lies in researching social cognition and interactions, including interactions with non-human agents. Rebecca aims to integrate perspectives from neuroscience, psychology and philosophy, while combining lab-based with real-world neuroscience methods.
Methods
EEG, EEG-hyperscanning, physiological and behavioural data acquisition, statistical modeling
Publications
Geiselmann, R., Tsourgianni, A., Deroy, O., & Harris, L. T. (2023). Interacting with agents without a mind: the case for artificial agents. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 51, 101282.