Johanna Falk
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Office 5152, Uni-Mail![]() Phone: +41 (0)22 379 92 62 Fax: +41 (0)22 3799219 University of Geneva 40, Bd. du Pont d'Arve CH-1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland |
Research Interests
Effort mobilization, psychophysiological research methods, the influence of affective states on effort intensity and persistence, the moderating role of task choice, goal commitment, action shielding.
Vita
Link to the complete cvEducation |
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August 2019 | Master in Psychology, Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf, Germany |
July 2017 | Bachelor in Psychology, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
Professional experience |
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Since November 2019 | PhD candidate, Geneva Motivation Lab, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
2018 – 2019 | Student Research Assistant, Comparative Psychology, Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Germany |
2016 – 2017 | Student Research Assistant, Clinical Psychophysiology Laboratory, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
Publications
Journal articles
Bouzidi, Y.S.*, Falk, J.R.*, Chanal, J., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2022). Choosing task characteristics
oneself justifies effort: A study on cardiac response and the critical role of task difficulty. Motivation Science, 8, 230-238. doi: 10.1037/mot0000269 *=shared first authorship
Falk, J.R., Gollwitzer, P.M., Oettingen, G., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2022). Task choice shields against incidental affective influences on effort-related cardiovascular response. Psychophysiology, 59: e14022. doi: 10.1111/psyp.14022
Falk, J.R., Gollwitzer, P.M., Oettingen, G., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2022). Incidental affective influences
on effort-related cardiac response: The critical role of choosing task characteristics. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 177, 76-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.04.010
Published conference contributions:
Falk, J. R., Gendolla, G. H. E., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G. (2022). Personal choice shields against noise effects on effort-related cardiovascular response. Psychophysiology [Supplement], 59, S41.