Tamara Cancela
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Office 5154, Uni-Mail Phone: +41 (0)22 379 92 20 Fax: +41 (0)22 3799219 University of Geneva 40, Bd. du Pont d'Arve CH-1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland |
Research Interests
Reciprocal influences of pain and cognitive control, the role of effort mobilization assessed as cardiovascular reactivity, time dynamics, and executive functions in these processes, motivational intensity theory, self-regulation, self-control.
Vita
Education |
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| September 2022 | Ph.D. from the University of Geneva, Switzerland Advisors: Dr. Nicolas Silvestrini & Prof. Guido H.E. Gendolla |
| June 2018 | Master in Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland Thesis: The influence of working memory on pain Advisor: Dr. Nicolas Silvestrini |
| June 2016 | Bachelor in Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
Professional experience |
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| September 2022-Present | Post-doctoral researcher, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| September 2018-September 2022 | PhD candidate, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
Publications
Journal articles
Cancela, T., Gendolla, G.H.E., & Silvestrini, N. (in press). Pain and gain: Monetary incentive moderates pain's impact on effort-related cardiac response. Psychophysiology, https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14231
Silvestrini, N., & Cancela, T. (2021). Task difficulty moderates the impact of pain on cognitive effort. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 168, S40-S41.
Cancela, T., & Silvestrini, N. (2021). Impact of pain on mental effort assessed as cardiovascular reactivity. PAIN Reports, 6(1), e917. https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000917
