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Paula Wicher

@paulawicher.bsky.social

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Research Fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL 🧠 studying social interaction in the wild

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Paula Wicher @paulawicher.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Our new paper is out! @antoniahamilton.bsky.social

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Paula Wicher @paulawicher.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Grateful for a wonderful two-week stay at @sinelabdtu.bsky.social in Copenhagen, and for the chance to learn about wearable sensors for measuring heart-rate synchrony and proximity in large groups from @ale-dabr.bsky.social. Thank you for hosting me!

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Summerschool 13-17 July Multiscale Social Dynamics at MindLabs NL - Sign ups are open!

We're pleased to announce the Summerschool 'Multiscale Social Dynamics in Individuals and Groups' (MDIG2026) at MindLabs, Tilburg, NL - 13-17 July 2026.
You can register here for a 5-day in-person summer school at Tilburg University, Research Center for Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, from July 13th-17th (monday to friday), with the theme Multiscale Social Dynamics in Individuals and Groups (MDIG2026). This summer school supported by EnvisionBox.org will feature hands-on tutorials on analysis pipelines from computer science and complexity science, including methods for motion tracking, kinematic and acoustic analysis, empirical mode decomposition, windowed multiscale synchrony analysis, and related approaches. Rather than focusing on a single modality, we will cover several aspects of multimodal communication, including visual, prosodic, and movement-based signals, and examine how these interact across multiple temporal and spatial scales. One dedicated day will focus on methods for data management, masking and anonymizing audiovisual data to ensure privacy protection and GDPR compliance. In addition, participants will work in groups on applied projects throughout the week, culminating in presentations of project progress at the end of the summer school. The goal of the summer school is twofold: first, to familiarize participants with state-of-the-art tools, open solutions, and datasets for multiscale social signal analysis, and second, to critically examine their limitations. By the end of the week, participants will have gained practical skills, new analytical tools, and a deeper understanding of how these methods can be improved to advance research in multimodal behavioral dynamics.
Location
The Netherlands, MindLabs Tilburg University
Fee
125 euros person that includes a 5-day summer school featuring lectures and hands on tutorials and working groups with lunches, coffee breaks, and one social dinner provided (budget permitting).

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Paula Wicher @paulawicher.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

🚨 Preprint alert 🚨 "Heart rate synchrony in minimal social interactions in relation to mimicry" 🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps... 🔬 We tested whether two distinct forms of mimicry: motor mimicry (copying actions) and choice mimicry (copying choices) can modulate heart rate synchrony.

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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Paula Wicher, Antonia F. de C. Hamilton, et al: How choice and motor mimicry affect affiliation: An fNIRS study doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

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Antonia Hamilton @antoniahamilton.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Delighted to attend #ebbs2025 and share new work from @saradefelice.bsky.social and @paulawicher.bsky.social

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Antonia Hamilton @antoniahamilton.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

On 24th June, we are hosting a 1 day event on Social Connections at UCL - come along to hear the latest research on wearable sensors and friendship and measuring social interaction. Please share widely palslanguagelab.wixsite.com/socialconnec...

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London Social Connection Workshop at UCL on 24th June 2025.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/02/2025

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

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Leon Kroczek @leonkroczek.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Excited to share our new paper on "neural mechanisms underlying the interactive exchange of facial expressions" We used both EMG and EEG to study whether "sending" an emotional expression influences "receiving" doi.org/10.1093/scan... #SocialInteraction #EEG #psychscisky #neuroskyence

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Neural mechanisms underlying the interactive exchange of facial emotional expressions

Abstract. Facial emotional expressions are crucial in face-to-face social interactions, and recent findings have highlighted their interactive nature. Howe

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Irena Arslanova @neuroirena.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

My TEDx talk (9min) has found its home on TED's official website: go.ted.com/irenaarslanova 🧠🫀⏳ 🧪 👩🏻‍🔬 #CogSci #Neuroskyence #SciComm

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Does your heartbeat shape your sense of time?

Do you ever feel like time slows down when you’re bored but flies when you’re having fun? Cognitive neuroscientist Irena Arslanova explores the ways your brain and heart shape your perception of time,...

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Emily S. Cross @escross.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Know of any colleagues/pals not yet in an #fNIRS starter pack who should be? 🧠 💡 go.bsky.app/TR9ubFQ

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Nicolás Hinrichs (Nico, he/him) @nicohinrichs.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

A starter pack for people interested in inter-brain synchrony and simultaneous brain recording of all kind! Check if you're on it and, if not, let me know! #hyperscanning #dualeeg go.bsky.app/T1LTrQS

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 27/12/2023

Want to see if your research has had an impact on public policy? Enter your info in SagePolicyProfiles to see the citations of your own publications in policy documents. You get a profile page. Here is mine as an example: policyprofiles.sagepub.com/profile/5920...

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Paula Wicher @paulawicher.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

🚨New preprint 🚨 What are the neural systems of being mimicked? Do choice and motor mimicry have similar effects? And finally, where the social glue might be located in the brain? osf.io/preprints/ps...

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