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Journalist Marissa Groguhé asked me to comment on the not-new but rising popularity of FOBO (fear of better options), often described as the anxious twin of FOMO. The interview was published on LaPresse (French), and you can find my additional reflections on my blog (English).
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The podcast Passion Psy has just published the episode we recorded together. We chatted about social psychology, research, and clinical practice. Passion Psy is a UQAM student initiative created to help students and the general public learn more about psychology. Follow them on social media and support this wonderful initiative! The podcast is in French.
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I was recently welcome at the MHUC Research Institute to officialize my research collaboration with the Montreal General Hospital. My main projects here focus on the group therapies offered at the clinic MUSIC | McGill University Sexual Identity Centre. These therapies support LGBTQ+ individuals and their families in their journeys to fully express their gender and sexual identity and counter the emotional distress resulting from societal underrepresentation. The methods I am using include quantitative and qualitative language analysis.
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We often forget the importance of slowing down and being present – in the here and now, for ourselves and for others. In her show Ralentir on Radio Canada, Rose-Aimée Automne T. Morin reflects on the multi faceted effects that slowing down can have on human experience. I joined her on episode 5, dedicated to presence and listening.
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How often do we actually look each other in the eyes during a conversation? Not that often! In this new study, we show that we are rather shy and prefer looking away from the other person. When we look at the other person, we prefer to look at their mouth, perhaps because it feels less invasive? Check also this short highlight summarizing the results of this research!
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Journalist Rose-Aimée Automne T. Morin asked me to join her for a delightful conversation about listening! What does good listening take? The interview was published on LaPresse (French) and you can find my additional reflections on my blog (English). Enjoy listening!
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I am now officially affiliated with NeuroQAM - a wonderful and lively interdisciplinary centre for research in neurosciences and related disciplines at UQAM. Stay tuned for many opportunities to connect with brilliant students and engaged researchers!
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I am happy to share that I have completed the Couple and Family Therapy clinical program at McGill. It has been an incredible learning experience, and I am honored I was awarded the Clinical Excellence in Couple and Family Therapy Graduation Award. Graduation in May 2022!
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My colleagues and I just published a paper on how face masks impact emotion recognition. My wonderful co-author Florence Mayrand interviewed with Radio Canada to talk about our results and brainstorm about possible fundamental implications. The interview is in French. The leading authors, Sarah McCrackin and Jelena Ristic, shared their thoughts in this engaging interview with McGill Newsroom.
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Character and Context, the blog of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, invited my co-authors and me to share a blog post involving our work on first impressions, where we show that paying more attention to others can be an effective strategy to improve our ability to understand other people. If you like the topic, take a look also at this other blog post I wrote to explain why online meetings may impact our ability to communicate: we do not see the entire person's body!
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In these lockdown times, online connections have never been so important. I was delighted to join Prof. Alfonso Diaz-Furlong at the University of Puebla in Mexico for an online seminar about my work on multi-agent social cognition - From task to prediction: How attention supports group dynamics. His invitation was an exceptional opportunity to connect with students from around the world and encourage creativity and collaboration fo new scientific challenges. The presentation is available on YouTube.
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I had my first podcast interview with Morgan Sweeney, an enthusiastic and talented student at McGill pursuing the dream of becoming a science journalist. She created the inspiring podcast Magic of the Mind. In part 1 of each episode, a different fantasy story happens to Eve, a sixteen-year-old scribe and traveler. Written into the plot of each episode is a different topic in cognitive science that is explored in detail in part 2. Morgan invited me to join her for Episode 2 to discuss some interesting questions on attention and perception - it was a wonderful experience! The podcast is available on Apple or Spotify.
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I am now featured in the McGill spotlight campaign - a monthly series where McGill Psychology Department profiles graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to tell who they are inside and out of the lab. In my case, this narrative takes the form of an interview - the writer and interviewer behind the curtain is Effie Pereira, my friend and colleague. Thanks, Effie, for putting this together!
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Jelena Ristic and I organized and presented a symposium at the 60th Psychonomic Society annual meeting (November 2019). The symposium, titled Beyond a Single Participant: Interactive Social Cognition in Dyads and Groups, showcased new and inspiring ways to investigate social cognition in interactions between two or more people. The presenters were Jim Enns, Justin Christensen, Alan Kingstone, and I.
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Last week (November 2019) I had the fantastic opportunity to visit the Brain, Attention, and Reality (BAR) Lab, headed by Alan Kingstone. Amazing scientific conversations, great wine, and a fantastic walk to the Wreck beach (picture attached) that adjoins the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus.
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On September 5 (2017), I joined the event McGill Rising Stars. McGill University organized this event to recognize the success of researchers who were recently awarded the SSHRC Insight Development Grant.
Francesca Capozzi, Ph.D. 