SCIENCE! Session with Sumeet M. Jaswal
Science Session with Sumeet M. Jaswal
Topic: Researching Misokinesia
Join us for an open-access, no charge online event!
This time we welcome Sumeet M. Jaswal, MSc, BA, from the University of British Columbia to talk about her latest research on misokinesia. Sumeet, along with her colleague, Dr. Todd Handy, are currently the only people on the planet actively researching misokinesia, an aversive reaction to seeing visual movements and other stimuli.
Papers Referenced:
• Is misokinesia sensitivity explained by visual attentional orienting? ERP evidence from an emotional oddball task suggests no [July 2024] by Sumeet M. Jaswal & Todd C. Handy [PLoS ONE]
•Misokinesia is a sensitivity to seeing others fidget that is prevalent in the general population [ August 2021] by M. Jaswal, Andreas K. F. De Bleser & Todd C. Handy, Scientific Reports
About The Speaker:
Sumeet Jaswal is a 5th year Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. Candidate at the University of British Columbia. Currently researching human visual attention, with a specific interest in a psychological phenomenon called misokinesia (hatred of movements) which is currently absent from scientific research.