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Ophelia Deroy is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research spans significant areas within neuroscience and psychology, focusing particularly on cognitive and social dimensions.

The main fields of study in which they have contributed include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Within these broad disciplines, their work delves into several subfields, with publications reflecting engagement in:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • Artificial Intelligence

The primary research topics covered by Ophelia Deroy include:

  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Their publication record features several recent papers, illustrating a focus on the intersection of social behavior, psychology, and sensory processing. Selected recent works include:

  • Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does (2021), published in British Journal of Psychology
  • Pandemics and the great evolutionary mismatch (2020), published in Current Biology
  • The Diversity Gap: When Diversity Matters for Knowledge (2021), published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Digital contact does not promote wellbeing, but face-to-face contact does: A cross-national survey during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021), published in New Media & Society
  • Algorithm exploitation: Humans are keen to exploit benevolent AI (2021), published in iScience

Frequently appearing publication venues for Deroy include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • iScience
  • Scientific Reports
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Consciousness and Cognition

Collaborative work is evident through repeated coauthorship with several researchers, notably:

  • Justin Sulik
  • Bahador Bahrami
  • Guillaume Dezecache
  • Marwa El Zein

Best Publications

  • The insectivore’s dilemma, and how to take the West out of it

    Ophelia Deroy;Ben Reade;Charles Spence

  • On tasty colours and colourful tastes? Assessing, explaining, and utilizing crossmodal correspondences between colours and basic tastes

    Charles Spence;Xiaoang Wan;Andy Woods;Carlos Velasco

  • Why we are not all synesthetes (not even weakly so).

    Ophelia Deroy;Charles Spence

  • As Light as your Footsteps: Altering Walking Sounds to Change Perceived Body Weight, Emotional State and Gait

    Ana Tajadura-Jiménez;Maria Basia;Ophelia Deroy;Merle Fairhurst

  • Crossmodal correspondences between odors and contingent features: odors, musical notes, and geometrical shapes.

    Ophelia Deroy;Anne-Sylvie Crisinel;Charles Spence

  • Hedonic mediation of the crossmodal correspondence between taste and shape

    Carlos Velasco;Andy T. Woods;Ophelia Deroy;Charles Spence

  • How automatic are crossmodal correspondences

    Charles Spence;Ophelia Deroy

  • “Having a drink in a bar”: An immersive approach to explore the effects of context on drink choice

    Carole Sester;Carole Sester;Carole Sester;Ophelia Deroy;Angela Sutan;Fabrice Galia

  • Crossmodal Mental Imagery

    Charles Spence;Ophelia Deroy

  • Metacognition in Multisensory Perception

    Ophelia Deroy;Charles Spence;Uta Noppeney

  • Reading the World through the Skin and Ears: A New Perspective on Sensory Substitution.

    Ophelia Deroy;Malika Auvray

  • Investigating consumers’ representations of beers through a free association task: A comparison between packaging and blind conditions

    Carole Sester;Carole Sester;Catherine Dacremont;Ophelia Deroy;Dominique Valentin

  • Object-sensitivity versus cognitive penetrability of perception

    Ophelia Deroy

  • Tasting Liquid Shapes: Investigating the Sensory Basis of Cross-modal Correspondences

    Ophelia Deroy;Dominique Valentin

  • Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does.

    Bahar Tunçgenç;Bahar Tunçgenç;Marwa El Zein;Marwa El Zein;Justin Sulik;Martha Newson;Martha Newson

  • Composing with Cross-modal Correspondences: Music and Odors in Concert

    Anne-Sylvie Crisinel;Caroline Jacquier;Ophelia Deroy;Charles Spence

  • Crossmodal correspondences: Innate or learned?

    Charles Spence;Ophelia Deroy

  • The plating manifesto (I): from decoration to creation

    Ophelia Deroy;Charles Michel;Betina Piqueras-Fiszman;Charles Spence

  • Multisensory constraints on awareness

    Ophelia Deroy;Yi-Chuan Chen;Charles Spence

  • Looking for crossmodal correspondences between classical music and fine wine

    Charles Spence;Liana Richards;Emma Kjellin;Anna-Maria Huhnt

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles Spence
Charles Spence University of Oxford
Bahador Bahrami
Bahador Bahrami Max Planck Society
Vincent Hayward
Vincent Hayward Sorbonne University
Carlos Velasco
Carlos Velasco BI Norwegian Business School
Vittorio Gallese
Vittorio Gallese University of Parma
Günther Knoblich
Günther Knoblich Central European University
Leonhard Schilbach
Leonhard Schilbach Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Antonia F. de C. Hamilton
Antonia F. de C. Hamilton University College London
Chris D. Frith
Chris D. Frith University College London

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