
Alex Sel
@alexbrainsel
Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Essex. Head of the SeLab alexsel8.wixsite.com/selab
Formerly @OxExpPsy
Mum of two. Opinions are mine
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https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/selde07303/alex-sel 02-02-2012 18:22:56
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Another great reason for choosing Essex. We’re a Top 30 University in the latest The Guardian University Guide. We offer a fantastic student experience, incredible support and loads of opportunities to kick-start your career.


Essex is among the best universities for ‘value-added’ according to the The Guardian Good University Guide and in the top 10 for four subjects. The 'value-added' score compares degree results with entry qualification to show progress and effective teaching. okt.to/tRvB9I





Grateful to the University of Essex for featuring my research on Women in STEM day

Important publication for my lab, spearheaded by the great Themis Efthimiou. 500ms of weak smiling creates the illusion of happiness in ambiguous faces. Is this the most controlled demonstration yet of how facial muscle activation impacts facial emotion recognition? We think so.


Looking forward to the #Postgraduate Open Evening on Wednesday 20 March University of Essex, where I will be available to answer any questions you may have about doing a #MSc in #Psychology Research at Essex EssexPsychology 👇🏻.

Finally out in Nature Communications! Great team effort with Elsa Fouragnan In this new work we show that cardiac fluctuations can influence learning-related internal representations nature.com/articles/s4146… nature.com/articles/s4146…



The cardiac cycle modulates learning-related interoception. We wrote a Spotlight with Weiyong Xu and Jan Wikgren on the paper by Fouragnan et al (2024). It is now out in Trends in Cognitive Sciences : doi.org/10.1016/j.tics… Jyväskylä Brain & Mind JYU Faculty of Education and Psychology




