Isabelle Périard M.Sc.

I started my doctoral studies in November 2021.  My research focuses on social-cognitive development in early childhood, and in particular on the development of prosocial behavior. I am part of the DFG-funded project "Brain, gene, environmental interactions in the ontogenesis of early prosocial behavior", focusing on mothers and their infants from pregnancy until the end of the second year of life. I use behavioral experiments, eye tracking methods and functional imaging techniques (fMRI), to investigate early helping behavior by studying maternal socialization experiences, infants’ brain development, as well as motor and cognitive development in early childhood.

• Since 11/2021 Research associate at the University of Regensburg in cooperation with the Institute of Medical Psychology (Prof. Claudia Buß) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
• October 2021 Master of Science in Psychology, specialization in Cognitive Neuosciences, University Münster
• July 2019 Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Luxemburg

Awards and Fellowships

07/2024: Conference travel scholarship, granted by the German Academic Exchange Service for the International Congress of Infant Studies 2024 in Glasgow, UK

12/2019: Portabella Mobility Award (Association des amis de l’Université du Luxembourg)

Journal Articles

Périard, I., & Liu, J. (2020). Moral Education in a Shanghai Kindergarten—How Do Children Perceive Social Values and Norms?. In Social Ecology of a Chinese Kindergarten (pp. 35-59). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59735-1_5

Périard, I., Dierolf, A., Lutz, A., Vögele, C., Voderholzer, U., Koch, S., Bach, M., Asenstorfer, C., Michaux, G., Mertens, V., & Schulz, A. (2024). Frontal alpha asymmetry is associated with chronic stress and depression, but not with somatoform disorders. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 200, 112342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2024.112342

Presentations

Périard I., Moog N., Pittner K., Heim CM., Entringer S, Buss C, Köster M. How parental promotion of social responsiveness shapes early (pro)social behavior. International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS), Glasgow, UK, July 2024.

Périard I., Moog N., Pittner K, Heim CM., Entringer S., Buss C., Köster M. Early determinants of helping behavior. Tagung Experimentell Arbeitender Psychologen (TEAP), Regensburg, Germany, March 2024.