Manuela Filippa

Dr Manuela Filippa obtained her PhD in Psychology from the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre and she is currently Maître Assistante (Assistant Professor) at the University of Geneva. Her work aims to advance an embodied and integrative science of emotion, bridging brain, physiology, and behavior at the origins of intersubjectivity. She studies neural and physiological systems as dynamic, interacting processes, with a particular focus on music and affective prosody as privileged paradigms for understanding human connection. She has authored more than 100 publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and has written popular science books for educators, parents, and children.