Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in:

• Facial expression of emotion
• Sensorimotor simulation and facial mimicry
• Smile, culture and emotion
• Development of emotional competence

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Public outreach & key achievements

• https://tedxclermont.fr/member/magdalena-rychlowska/ 
• TEDx talk: Teaching algorithms responsibly. Lessons from cold spaghetti and emotion research
• TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pox62bUAy94
• Scientific American, Nov 2016,  More Immigrants, Bigger Smiles and Frowns
• Daily Mail, July 2017, How to read a smile: Researchers reveal there are THREE types which each serve a different purpose 
• Daily Mail, Sep 2014, How baby's dummy fools parents: Pacifiers found to interfere in how mum or dad responds to child's happiness or distress
• Grant reviewer: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France)
• Editorial board member of the journal Emotion (APA).

Research students

• Philip Howlett
• Jodie McGoldrick

Alumni: Where are they now

• Philip Howlett, PhD, University of Bath

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• Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science
• School of Psychology