Abstract

Accurately interpreting facial features, such as gaze direction and emotional expression, underlies healthy non-verbal communication and atypical responsivity to these features is often associated with clinical conditions such as autism or psychopathy. In Isabelle's lab, they are interested in understanding how our sensitivity to these features arises in healthy adult populations and whether traumatic early life experiences associated with being a refugee can negatively bias perception of emotion. 

Biography

Isabelle Mareschal received a Phd in Psychology from McGill University examining neuronal responses to visual stimuli. She then held postdoctoral positions at NYU, UCL, City University and the University of Sydney shifting her research from non-human visual neuroscience to human perception. She became a lecturer in Psychology at Queen Mary University of London in 2013 and is now a Reader in Visual Cognition. Her current research focuses on visual perception with a particular emphasis on other person perception in adults and children.

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/staff/isabellemareschal.html