Lassen Sie sich von mir weiterbilden!

Ich entwickle wissenschaftlich fundierte Bildungskurse und Workshops, die Ihnen helfen, Ihre Gefühlswelt zu verstehen.

Meine Leidenschaft ist es, Menschen über die Psychologie und Neurowissenschaft von Emotionen und sozialen Beziehungen aufzuklären. Ich bin der festen Überzeugung, dass das Verständnis dafür, wie unser Gehirn die Welt wahrnimmt, was Emotionen sind, wie sie entstehen und wie sie sich auf das tägliche Leben auswirken, sowohl Einzelpersonen als auch Teams in die Lage versetzen kann, ihr emotionales Erleben zu gestalten, zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen zu verbessern und Verständnis, Vertrauen und Widerstandsfähigkeit zu schaffen.

Egal, ob Sie eine Führungskraft in einem Unternehmen sind, die die Kohärenz und Widerstandsfähigkeit Ihres Teams verbessern möchte, ob Sie im sozialen Bereich arbeiten und sich weiterbilden möchten oder ob Sie einfach die Neurowissenschaften der Emotionen und der Verbindung besser verstehen möchten - nehmen Sie Kontakt mit mir auf, ich freue mich, von Ihnen zu hören.

Ausbildung

2007-2010: Bachelor of Science in Psychology at The University of Reading, UK

2010-2011: Master of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience at The University of Reading, UK

2009-2013: Research Assistant in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience at The University of Reading, UK

2013-2017: PhD research sponsored by the Medical Research Council at The University of Reading, UK

2018-2021: Independent Research Group Leader at The University of Zurich, Switzerland

Lehre

University of Reading:

  • Statistics Workshops, Bachelor and Master level

  • Introduction to Neuroscience - Psychophysiology

  • Scientific Project Development and and Implementation

University of Zurich

  • Concepts and Theories of Cognitive and Affective Development across the Lifespan

  • Social Aspects of Well-Being in times of Digitalization

  • The Scientific Process: From Research Question to Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Liechtenstein

  • Scientific Working and Writing for Doctoral Students

Ausgewählte Publikationen

Macdonald, B., Becker, M., Röcke, C., Martin, M. (2023). Mobile Sensing in Aging Research. In M.R. Mehl, M. Eid, C. Wrzus, G.M. Harari, U.W. Ebner-Priemer (Eds.), “Mobile Sensing in Psychology: Methods and Applications” (pp. 617-635), Guilford Press.

Hülür, G., Luo, M., Macdonald, B. & Gruenjes, C. (2023). The perceived quality of social interactions differs by modality and purpose: An event-contingent experience sampling study with older adults. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231215269 .

Tupitsa, E., Egbuniwe, I., Lloyd, W.K., Puertollano, M., Macdonald, B., Joanknecht, K., Sakaki, M. & van Reekum, C.M. Heart rate variability covaries with amygdala functional connectivity during voluntary emotion regulation. NeuroImage, 274, 120-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120136 .

Hülür, G., Luo, M., Macdonald, B. & Gruenjes, C. (2022). Perceived quality of daily social interactions: the role of interaction modality. Innovation in Aging, 6 (S1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.013 .

Luo, M., Macdonald, B. & Hülür, G. (2022). Not “the more the merrier”: Diminishing returns to daily face-to-face social interaction frequency for well-being in older age. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 77(8), 1431-1441. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac010 .

Macdonald, B., Luo, M. & Hülür, G. (2021). Daiy social interactions and well-being in older adults: The role of interaction modality. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(12), 3566-3589. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211052536 .

Macdonald, B. & Hülür, G. (2021). Well-being and loneliness in Swiss older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of social relationships. The Gerontologist,61(2), 240-250. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa194 .

Macdonald, B. & Hülür, G. (2021). Digitalisation and the Social Lives of Older Adults – Study Protocol. JMIR Study Protocols, 9 (10), e20306. https://doi.org/10.2196/20306 .

Macdonald, B. & Hülür, G. (2021). Internet Adoption in Older Adults. Findings from the Health and Retirement Study. Cyberpsychology, Behaviour, and Social Networking, 24(2), 101-107. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2019.0736 .

Lloyd, W.K., Morriss, J., Macdonald, B., Joanknecht, K., Nihouarn, J., & van Reekum, C. (2021). Longitudinal change in executive function is associated with impaired top-down frontolimbic regulation during reappraisal in older adults. NeuroImage, 225, 117488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117488 .

Hülür, G. & Macdonald, B. (2020). Rethinking Social Relationships in Old Age- Digitalization and the Social Lives of Older Adults. American Psychologist, 75(4), 554-566, https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000604 .

Macdonald, B., Hoare, S. & Johnstone, I.T. (2020). Selective Extinction through Cognitive Evaluation: Linking emotion regulation and extinction. European Journal of Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14701.

Macdonald, B., Salomons, T., Meteyard, L., & Whalley, M. (2018). Prevalence of pain flashbacks in posttraumatic stress disorder arising from multiple or childhood traumatisation. Canadian Journal of Pain, 2(1), 48 – 56, https://doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2018.1435994.

Morriss, J., Macdonald, B. & van Reekum, C.M. (2016). What is going on around here? Intolerance of uncertainty predicts threat generalization.  PLoS ONE, 11(5): e0154494. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154494.

Macdonald, B., Murray, L.B., Moutsiana, C., Fearon, P., Cooper, P.J., Halligan, S.L. & Johnstone, I.T. (2016). Altered engagement of autobiographical memory networks in adult offspring of postnatally depressed mothers. Biological Psychology, 118, 147-153, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.05.006.

My Rates

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