Dr Fatima Maria Felisberti

About

I am a neuroscientist and I have joined Kingston in 2006, after working as a postdoctoral researcher at Nottingham, Open, City, and Royal Holloway universities (UK). I have PhDs in Biological Cybernetics (Max Planck Institute, Germany) and Neuroscience (Experimental Psychology, USP, Brazil).

My current research interests are linked to emotional responses to the environment and the role of imagination and prosocial traits in art perception and well-being. At the clinical level, I am interested on how emotions, perception, and mental imagery are affected by neurocognitive and physical constraints (e.g., muscular dystrophy, dementia).

My early studies in comparative vision were funded by the CNPq and FAPESP. They uncovered a unique form of extraocular photoreception in ants and beetles. I then investigated the effect of volatile anaesthetics on ion channels in neural cells, and later examined long-range interactions in the visual thalamus. Those studies were funded by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Wellcome Trust, BBSRC and the Royal Society. My studies on perception (motion and spatial vision) were supported by EPSRC and EU2020 Marie Sklodowska Currie grants.

My lab is open to new and exciting research proposals linked to visual perception, vision, and mental imagery.

Academic responsibilities

Associate professor in Neurocognition & Aesthetics

Qualifications

  • PhD Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Institute of Biological Cybernetics, Germany
  • PhD Neurosciences, Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • MSc Experimental Psychology & BSc Biology and Physiology
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Postdoctoral researcher at Nottingham University
  • Postdoctoral researcher at City University
  • Postdoctoral researcher at Royal Holloway University of London

Teaching and learning

I teach at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels on topics linked to vision, perception, neuroscience, cognition, evolution, and the psychology of art.

Undergraduate courses taught

Postgraduate courses taught

Research

Journal Editorial Boards

  • Empirical Studies of the Arts
  • Perception
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Psychology & Neuroscience

PhD supervision

  • Ece Beren Barklam (ongoing)

PAST supervision:

  • Sarah Geisemeyer 
  • Jane A. Trueman
  • Peter Andras Kara (Viva: 2018; 3rd supervisor)
  • Rose Turner (2015-17)
  • Meghan Rolfe (2014-15)

Areas of specialism

  • Mental Imagery
  • Empirical Aesthetics (Art)
  • Vision, Perception
  • Emotions, Disability
  • Mentalizing (Theory of Mind)

Research student supervision

Publications

Number of items: 75.

Article

Degraff, Zeke, Souza, Givago S., Santos, Natanael A., Shoshina, Irina I., , Fernandes, Thiago P. and Sigurdsson, Gunnar (2023) Journal of Psychiatric Research, 163, pp. 421-429. ISSN (print) 0022-3956

and Cropper, Simon J. (2023) Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, ISSN (print) 1931-3896 (Epub Ahead of Print)

and (2023) 础苍迟丑谤辞锄辞枚蝉, 36(2), pp. 215-236. ISSN (print) 0892-7936

and Harrison, Neil R. (2022) PsyEcology, ISSN (print) 2171-1976 (Epub Ahead of Print)

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Shoshina, Irina I., Oliveira, Milena E., Silva, Gabriella M., Negreiros, Nathalia S., , Fernandes, Thiago P. and Santos, Natanael A. (2022) Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, ISSN (print) 1809-452X (Epub Ahead of Print)

Fernandes, Thiago P., , Shoshina, Irina I., Almeida, Natalia L., Oliveira, Milena E.C., Silva, Gabriella M. and Santos, Natanael A. (2022) Journal of Psychiatric Research, 147, pp. 135-141. ISSN (print) 0022-3956

Silva, Gabriella M., Fernandes, Thiago P., , Oliveira, Milena E., Almeida, Natalia L., Souto, Jandirlly J. and Santos, Natanael A. (2022) Journal of Addictive Diseases, 40(2), pp. 151-156. ISSN (print) 1055-0887

and King, Robert J. (2022) Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, 5(2), pp. 41-44. ISSN (print) 2472-9884

Shoshina, Irina I., Hovis, Jeffery K., , Santos, Natanael A., Adreeva, Anna, Butler, Pamela D. and Fernandes, Thiago P. (2021) Psychiatry Research, 305, p. 114200. ISSN (print) 0165-1781

(2021) Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 83(3), pp. 1353-1366. ISSN (print) 1387-2877

(2021) Empirical Studies of the Arts, ISSN (print) 0276-2374 (Epub Ahead of Print)

Silva, Gabriella M., Souto, Jandirlly J., Fernandes, Thiago P., Bonifacio, Thiago A., Almeida, Natalia L., Gomes, Giulliana H., and Santos, Nataneal A. (2021) Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 43(4), ISSN (print) 1516-4446

and Currie, Liam (2019) i-Perception, 10(1), pp. 1-10. ISSN (online) 2041-6695

(2018) Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 17(7), pp. 1512-1525. ISSN (print) 1747-0218

[Reviewer] (2018) Perception, 47(4), pp. 473-474. ISSN (print) 0301-0066

, Campos, Alfredo and (2018) Thinking Skills and Creativity, 27, pp. 131-138. ISSN (print) 1871-1871

and (2018) Scientific Study of Literature, 8(2), pp. 261-292. ISSN (print) 2210-4372

Tianinen, Mikko O., Lukavsky, Jiri, Tiippana, Kaisa, Vainio, Martti, Simko, Juraj, and Vainio, Lari (2017) Frontiers in Psychology, ISSN (online) 1664-1078

and (2017) Frontiers in Psychology, 8(47), ISSN (online) 1664-1078

and Farrelly, Daniel (2016) Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2(3), pp. 207-213. ISSN (online) 2198-9885

Tiainen, Mikko, , Tiippana, Kaisa, Vainio, Martii, Simko, Juraj, Lukavsky, Jiri and Vainio, Lari (2016) Proc. Interspeech, 2016, pp. 1108-1112. ISSN (online) 1990-9772

and (2015) Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 30(5), pp. 384-392. ISSN (print) 0885-6222

and Musholt, Kristina (2014) Psychology & Neuroscience, 7(2), pp. 65-72. ISSN (print) 1984-3054

and Sear, Rebecca (2014) PloS one, 9(4), e93890. ISSN (online) 1932-6203

and McDermott, Mark R. (2013) iPerception, 4(5), pp. 352-360. ISSN (online) 2041-6695

and (2010) PLoS ONE, 5(9), ISSN (online) 1932-6203

Prince, Simon J.D., Elder, James H., Warrell, Jonathan and (2008) IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 30(6), pp. 970-984. ISSN (print) 0162-8828

and Zanker, Johannes M. (2005) Vision Research, 45(19), pp. 2587-2599. ISSN (online) 0042-6989

, Solomon, Joshua A. and Morgan, Michael J. (2005) Perception, 34(7), pp. 823-833. ISSN (print) 0301-0066

Solomon, Joshua A., and Morgan, Michael J. (2004) Journal of Vision, 4(6), pp. 500-508. ISSN (online) 1534-7362

and Derrington, Andrew M. (2001) Visual Neuroscience, 18(2), pp. 209-218. ISSN (print) 0952-5238

and Derrington, A.M (1999) Visual Neuroscience, 16(5), pp. 943-956. ISSN (print) 0952-5238

Derrington, A.M. and (1998) Visual Neuroscience, 15(5), pp. 875-880. ISSN (print) 0952-5238

, Ventura, Dora Fix and Hertel, Horst (1997) Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, 118(4), pp. 1353-1357. ISSN (print) 1096-4940

, Antkowiak, Bernd and Kirschfeld, Kuno (1997) Brain Research, 766(1-2), pp. 56-65. ISSN (print) 0006-8993

and Ventura, D.F. (1996) Tissue and Cell, 28(1), pp. 25-30. ISSN (print) 0040-8166

Book Section

and King, Robert (2017) In: Ibanez, Agustin , Sedeno, Lucas and Garcia, Adolfo M., (eds.) Neuroscience and social science : the missing link. Springer International Publishing. pp. 121-140. ISBN 9783319684208

Conference or Workshop Item

and (2022) In: British Psychological Society Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group (PsyPAG) 2022 Annual Virtual Conference; 27-28 Jul 2022, Held online. (Unpublished)

, and Kulke, Louisa (2022) In: ISRE 2022 : Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotion; 15-18 Jul 2022, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, U.S.. (Unpublished)

and (2022) In: Kingston UniversityFaculty of Business and Social Sciences Research Conference; 01 Jul 2022, Kingston upon Thames, UK. (Unpublished)

, Actis Grosso, Rossan, Riley, Mark, Paiva, Isa M., Salaudeen, Adebukola and Holliday, Dean (2019) In: 42nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP) 2019; 25 - 29 Aug 2019, Leuven, Belgium. (Unpublished)

and Mather, George (2019) In: Visual Science of Art Conference (VSAC); 21 - 24 Aug 2019, Leuven, Belgium. (Unpublished)

, Mannan, Sabira, Currie, Liam, Ballard, Christopher and Ghiesing, Thomas (2018) In: 41st European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP) 2018; 26 - 30 Aug 2018, Trieste, Italy. (Unpublished)

and (2017) In: Visual Science of Art Conference (VSAC); 25 - 27 Aug 2017, Berlin, Germany. (Unpublished)

and (2017) In: American Psychological Association 125th Annual Convention; 03 - 05 Aug 2017, Washington, DC, U.S.. (Unpublished)

, , and (2016) In: 12th International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet Based Systems (SITIS) 3rd International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Services (QUAMUS); 28 Nov - 01 Dec 2016, Naples, Italy.

Tiippana, Kaisa, Tiainen, Mikko, Lukavsky, Jiri, Vainio, Martti, Simko, Juraj, and Vainio, Lari (2016) In: 39th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP) 2016; 29 Aug - 01 Sep 2016, Barcelona, Spain.

and John, James (2016) In: 39th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP) 2016; 29 Aug - 01 Sep 2016, Barcelona, Spain. (Unpublished)

, Robitza, Werner, , and (2016) In: IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2016; 11-15 Jul 2016, Seattle, U.S..

(2016) In: Experimental Psychology Society London Meeting; 06 - 08 Jan 2016, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2015) In: European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Annual Conference; 29 Mar - 01 Apr 2015, Helsinki, Finland. (Unpublished)

Haugland, Tor-Arne and (2014) In: European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Annual Conference; 06 - 09 Apr 2014, Bristol, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2014) In: European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Annual Conference; 06 - 09 Apr 2014, Bristol, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, , Cobley, Laura, Hall, Emily and Williams, Alexandra (2014) In: Experimental Psychology Society London Meeting; 09 - 10 Jan 2014, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, Cobley, L, Hall, E and Williams, A (2013) In: 36th European Conference on Visual Perception; 25 - 29 Aug 2013, Bremen, Germany. (Unpublished)

, Cox, Rebecca, and Dover, Cassandra (2013) In: Experimental Psychology Society London Meeting; 03 - 04 Jan 2013, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2012) In: AVA Christmas Meeting; 18 Dec 2012, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, Wanli, J, Cox, R and Dover, C (2012) In: ECVP 2012: 35th European Conference on Visual Perception; 02 - 06 Sep 2012, Alghero, Italy. (Unpublished)

and (2012) In: CERE 2012: Fourth European Conference on Emotion; 02 - 05 May 2007, Canterbury, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, Manan, Sabira and (2011) In: XI International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON XI); 25 - 29 Sep 2011, Palma, Mallorca, Spain.

and (2011) In: ECVP 11 - 34th European Conference on Visual Perception; 28 Aug - 01 Sep 2011, Toulouse, France. ISSN (print) 0301-0066

, Bates, L, Rabadia, J, Kato, Y and Schembri, M (2010) In: 33rd European Conference on Visual Perception; 22-26 August 2010, Lausanne, Switzerland.

(2010) In: AVA Easter Meeting; 29th March 2010, Liverpool, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, and Ibrahim, Lazian (2010) In: Annual Meeting of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association; 25 - 27 Mar 2010, Poland. (Unpublished)

(2009) In: 32nd European Conference on Visual Perception; 24 - 28 Aug 2009, Regensburg, Germany.

and [Contributor] (2009) In: European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association Conference; 06 - 08 Apr 2009, St Andrews, U.K.. (Unpublished)

and Zanker, J.M. (2005) In: Twenty-eighth European Conference on Visual Perception; 22-26 Aug 2005, A Coruna, Spain.

and Zanker, J M (2004) In: Twenty-seventh European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP 2004); 22-26 Aug 2004, Budapest, Hungary.

Gheri, C., Solomon, J.A., and Morgan, M.J. (2004) In: Twenty-seventh European Conference on Visual Perception; 22-26 Aug 2004, Budapest, Hungary.

Solomon, Joshua A., and Morgan, Michael J. (2003) In: Eighth Applied Vision Association Christmas Meeting; 17 Dec 2003, Birmingham, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, Solomon, J.A. and Morgan, M.J. (2003) In: Twenty-sixth European Conference on Visual Perception; 1-5 Sep 2003, Paris, France.

and Morgan, Michael J. (2002) In: Vision Sciences Society Meeting; 10-15 May 2002, Sarasota, U.S..

and Morgan, M.J. (2001) In: Twenty-fourth European Conference on Visual Perception; 26-30 Aug 2001, Kusadasi, Turkey.

Barraclough, N.E., Derrington, A.M. and (2001) In: British Neuroscience Association 16th National Meeting; 8-11 Apr 2001, Harrogate, U.K..

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Business, knowledge transfer and international

I have collaborated with researchers in the UK and other countries (Germany, Spain, Finland, Czech Republic, Uruguay, Argentina, US, and Brazil).

Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact

Public Understanding of Science activities

  • 2023 Masters of Reality: Talks on Nelson's Exhibition. Southbank Center (24 Mar 2023).
  • 2021 Art exhibition (organiser): "Aesthetic experiences in COVID-19 times". Online (12 April 2021)
  • 2019  Art exhibition (curator): "Mental Health". Stanley Picker Gallery (05 Dec 2019)
  • 2017  Public talk: "The triple axis: How the brain, gut and microbiome communicate". Buchinger Wilhelmi Klinik, Germany. (18 Jan)
  • 2016  Art exhibition (curator): "Paper Boats Exhibition". Stanley Picker Gallery (22 April)
  • 2015  Public workshop: "A sensory walk through self-perception". The Culture Capital Exchange (TCCE, 18 Apr)
  • 2014  Public talk: "The Psychology of Art". The Inside Out Festival. The Culture Capital Exchange (TCCE, 22 Oct).

Leadership and management

  • Coordinator of the ACE Research Group (Art, Cognition/Creativity and Emotion)
  • Head of the ECOBEL lab
  • External Examiner: Bournemouth University, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
  • Consultant: Vision, Face recognition, Emotions, Aesthetic preferences