Johanna Falk
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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November 2023 | PhD in Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland | 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 December 2023 | Post-Doctoral Researcher, Geneva Motivation Lab, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland | 2019 – 2023 | Research and Teaching Assistant, 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
Framorando, D., Falk, J. R., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G., & Gendolla, G. H. E. (2024). Personal task choice attenuates implicit happiness effects on effort: A study on cardiovascular response. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 196, 112282. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2023.112282
Falk, J.R., Gollwitzer, P.M., Oettingen, G., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2023). Noise annoys—But personal choice can attenuate noise effects on cardiac response reflecting effort. Psychophysiology. doi:
10.1111/PSYP.14502
Framorando, D., Falk, J.R., Gollwitzer, P.M., Oettingen, G., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2023). The power of personal control: Task choice attenuates the effect of implicit sadness on sympathetically mediated cardiac response. Psychophysiology. doi: 10.1111/PSYP.14495
Framorando, D., Falk, J. R., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G., & Gendolla, G. H. E. (2023). Can personal task choice shield against fear and anger prime effects on effort? A study on cardiac response. Biological Psychology, 181, 108616. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108616
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:
Gendolla, G. H. E., Framorando, D., Falk, J. R., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G. (2023). Task choice shields against implicit affective influences on effort-related cardiac response. Psychophysiology [Supplement], 60, S22.
Falk, J. R.*, Gendolla, G. H. E., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2023). Dysphoria effects on effort-related cardiovascular responses and the shielding power of personal choice. Psychophysiology [Supplement], 60, S170.
Falk, J. R., Gendolla, G. H. E., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G. (2023). Choice, noise, and effort: Personal choice shields against noise effects on effort-related cardiovascular response. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 188, S21-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2023.05.052
Gendolla, G. H. E., Falk, J. R., Framorando, D., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G. (2023). Action choice shields against explicit and implicit affective influences on effort-related cardiac response. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 188, S24. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2023.05.059
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.