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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Portugal Leader Award
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Psychology
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Psychology
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Psychology

Overview

Gün R. Semin is affiliated with the ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences in Portugal. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience, sensory systems, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and neurology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Color perception and design
  • Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction

Among recent papers authored by Gün R. Semin are:

  • Chemical Fingerprints of Emotional Body Odor, 2020, Metabolites
  • Sex differences in the behavioral responses of dogs exposed to human chemosignals of fear and happiness, 2021, Animal Cognition
  • The lasting smell of emotions: The effects of reutilizing fear sweat samples, 2020, Behavior Research Methods
  • Asymmetric practices of reading and writing shape visuospatial attention and discrimination, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Not All Emotions Are Equal: Fear Chemosignals Lower Awareness Thresholds Only for Fearful Faces, 2020, Chemical Senses

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gün R. Semin include:

  • Nuno Gomes
  • Margarida V. Garrido
  • Biagio D'Aniello
  • Rita Mendonça
  • Stephanie S. A. H. Blom

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Chemical Senses
  • Animal Cognition
  • Behavior Research Methods
  • Scientific Reports
  • Metabolites

Gün R. Semin has been recognized by The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi in the field of psychology.

Best Publications

  • Language use in intergroup contexts: the linguistic intergroup bias

    Anne Maass;Daniela Salvi;Luciano Arcuri;Gün R. Semin

  • Socially Situated Cognition: Cognition in its Social Context

    Eliot R. Smith;Gün R. Semin

  • The Thermometer of Social Relations Mapping Social Proximity on Temperature

    Hans IJzerman;Gün R. Semin

  • The linguistic category model, its bases, applications and range

    Gün R. Semin;Klaus Fiedler

  • The Accountability of Conduct: A Social Psychological Analysis

    Christopher H. Hunter;G. R. Semin;A. S. R. Manstead

  • Situated Social Cognition

    Eliot R. Smith;Gün R. Semin

  • Language, interaction and social cognition

    G. R. Semin;Klaus Fiedler

  • Lie experts' beliefs about nonverbal indicators of deception

    Aldert Vrij;Gün R. Semin

  • How do we communicate stereotypes? Linguistic bases and inferential consequences.

    Daniël H. J. Wigboldus;Gün R. Semin;Russell Spears

  • Linguistic Signatures of Regulatory Focus: How Abstraction Fits Promotion More Than Prevention

    Gün R Semin;Tory Higgins;Lorena Gil de Montes;Yvette Estourget

  • Embodied Grounding: Social, Cognitive, Affective, and Neuroscientific Approaches

    Gün R. Semin;Eliot R. Smith

  • Characteristics of instructed and uninstructed interpersonal coordination while walking side-by-side

    Niek R. van Ulzen;Claudine J. C. Lamoth;Andreas Daffertshofer;Gün R. Semin

  • Temperature perceptions as a ground for social proximity

    Hans IJzerman;Hans IJzerman;Gün R. Semin

  • Language That Puts You in Touch With Your Bodily Feelings The Multimodal Responsiveness of Affective Expressions

    Francesco Foroni;Gün R. Semin

  • Chemosignals Communicate Human Emotions

    Jasper H. B. de Groot;Monique A. M. Smeets;Annemarie Kaldewaij;Maarten J. A. Duijndam

  • Insight into behavior displayed during deception

    Aldert Vrij;Gun R. Semin;Ray Bull

  • The social implications of embarrassment displays and restitution behavior

    G. R. Semin;Antony Stephen Reid Manstead

  • How mood turns on language.

    Camiel J. Beukeboom;Gün R. Semin

  • The relational self: Closeness to ingroups depends on who they are, culture, and the type of closeness

    James S. Uleman;Eun Rhee;Nenshad Bardoliwalla;Gün Semin

  • Relocating attributional phenomena within the language-cognition interface: The case of actor-observer perspectives

    Gün R. Semin;K. Fiedler

  • Embodiment as a unifying perspective for psychology

    Thomas W. Schubert;Gün R. Semin

Frequent Co-Authors

Monique A. M. Smeets
Monique A. M. Smeets Utrecht University
Eliot R. Smith
Eliot R. Smith Indiana University
Toon W. Taris
Toon W. Taris Utrecht University
Barbara Krahé
Barbara Krahé University of Potsdam
John T. Cacioppo
John T. Cacioppo University of Chicago
Henk Aarts
Henk Aarts Utrecht University
Daniël H. J. Wigboldus
Daniël H. J. Wigboldus Radboud University
Russell Spears
Russell Spears University of Groningen
Raôul R. D. Oudejans
Raôul R. D. Oudejans Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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