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.
Education |
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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
Falk, J.R., Framorando, D., Gollwitzer, P.M., Oettingen, G., Brinkmann, K., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2024).
Personal choice shields against affective influences on effort in a “do your best” task: Effects
on cardiac response. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 206, 112457. doi:
10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2024.112457
Falk, J.R., Gollwitzer, P.M., Oettingen, G., Brinkmann, K., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2024). Depressive
symptoms, task choice, and effort: The moderating effect of personal control on cardiac
response. Psychophysiology, e14635, doi: 10.1111/psyp.14635
Falk, J.R., Gollwitzer, P.M., Oettingen, G., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2024). Noise annoys—But personal
choice can attenuate noise effects on cardiac response reflecting effort. Psychophysiology, 61,
e14502. doi: 10.1111/PSYP.14502
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.
