Hello, nice to meet you! I have been a professor in social psychology at UQAM since August 2022. I completed my PhD at the University of Torino (Italy) in 2016. My project focused on how visual attention modulates human social life in complex scenarios, like groups and crowds, in interaction with important social processes like social status and leadership. I continued my postdoctoral research on social cognition at McGill University (Canada) until 2020. As a postdoc, I continued exploring the interactions between perception and social processes like group dynamics, leadership, and first impression. From 2020 to 2022, I also completed my clinical training in couple and family therapy at McGill’s School of Social Work.

Laeticia obtained her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM), during which she completed her honors thesis in the laboratory focusing on the impact of coordinated attention on altruistic behavior between genders (JADIS). Laeticia is beginning her doctorate in psychology (Ph.D./Psy.D.) at UQAM under the supervision of Francesca Capozzi. Her research will focus on gender issues, specifically its exploration and performance within the LGBTQIA+ community. Laeticia is also involved in the PARLA research project, which explores parents’ experiences of accepting their gender-diverse children through language, and GENCA, which focuses on the impact of gendered perception on the attribution of gender stereotypes, as well as the CORE vulgarization project.

Annika holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from University of Montreal (UdeM) and a master’s in sexology from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). She is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Psychology (Ph.D./Psy.D.) at UQAM under the supervision of Francesca Capozzi. Her research interests revolve around dyadic relationships within couples and families. More specifically, she is interested in sexuality, relationship dynamics, and communication between romantic partners. Her doctoral research project focuses on the RESCO project and aims to explore the role of eye contact in conveying partners’ responsiveness across cultural differences. Annika is also the research coordinator of the CORE lab.

Juliette is currently in her first year of a bachelor’s degree in psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). She joined the CORE laboratory as a research assistant for the FORMA project in spring 2025. This project focuses on the role of attention in the formation of first impressions during social interactions. Her research interests are diverse, including perception in neuroatypical individuals, non-verbal communication and relational dynamics in couples and between genders.

Béatrice is a third-year undergraduate psychology student at McGill
University. Last year, she completed her honours thesis in the CORE
laboratory, which focused on the qualitative component of the PARLA
project. She currently works as a research assistant on the
quantitative component of PARLA. She also contributes to the GENA
research project in collaboration with Juliette Careau. She is
particularly interested in clinical psychology, with research
interests including psychopathology, psychological treatments,
interpersonal relationships, and gender and sexual minority research.