Vasiliki Meletaki
@v-meletaki.bsky.social
Postdoc @ Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics
Previously:
@ CNRS- Aix- Marseille Université & City, University of London
Topics: Neuroaesthetics, architecture, emotion, dance, bodily self, interoception 🩰🧠🫀| she/her
Previously:
@ CNRS- Aix- Marseille Université & City, University of London
Topics: Neuroaesthetics, architecture, emotion, dance, bodily self, interoception 🩰🧠🫀| she/her
Reposted by Vasiliki Meletaki
We are recruiting for a paid VR study! If you’ve been wanting to try Apple Vision Pro, here’s your chance.
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We are recruiting for a paid VR study! If you’ve been wanting to try Apple Vision Pro, here’s your chance.
Reposted by Vasiliki Meletaki
Why are Philly’s murals so important? How do they compare to others kinds of art from around the globe? And how can the City better support the arts?
For today’s Philly Arts Report we talk with Anjan Chatterjee, the Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics.
For today’s Philly Arts Report we talk with Anjan Chatterjee, the Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics.
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Why are Philly’s murals so important? How do they compare to others kinds of art from around the globe? And how can the City better support the arts?
For today’s Philly Arts Report we talk with Anjan Chatterjee, the Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics.
For today’s Philly Arts Report we talk with Anjan Chatterjee, the Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics.
Reposted by Vasiliki Meletaki
PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator
As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...
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August 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
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A report on our recent study on nature and biophilic design. Designing for the Mind | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...
Designing for the Mind
Does nature, or nature-inspired interior design, help restore fatigued attention, ameliorate stress, and make us more creative?
www.psychologytoday.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A report on our recent study on nature and biophilic design. Designing for the Mind | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...
🎉 New paper out- open access! 🎉
We explain what we mean by feminist practices, why they are important, & ideas to make academia more inclusive for everyone. With the amazing Feminist Wonderlab @helenahartmann.com @kohinoordarda.bsky.social @nscorralfrias.bsky.social, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social
We explain what we mean by feminist practices, why they are important, & ideas to make academia more inclusive for everyone. With the amazing Feminist Wonderlab @helenahartmann.com @kohinoordarda.bsky.social @nscorralfrias.bsky.social, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🎉 New paper out- open access! 🎉
We explain what we mean by feminist practices, why they are important, & ideas to make academia more inclusive for everyone. With the amazing Feminist Wonderlab @helenahartmann.com @kohinoordarda.bsky.social @nscorralfrias.bsky.social, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social
We explain what we mean by feminist practices, why they are important, & ideas to make academia more inclusive for everyone. With the amazing Feminist Wonderlab @helenahartmann.com @kohinoordarda.bsky.social @nscorralfrias.bsky.social, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social
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🚨 We’re running a short self-report study on how BREATHING interacts with your daily life 🫁🌍
We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.
👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc
🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!
We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.
👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc
🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!
Breathing Through Your Day: A Brief Reflection Survey
You move, interact, speak, listen, think, and feel. Life unfolds through a rich variety of experiences and tasks.
test.uib.es
July 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🚨 We’re running a short self-report study on how BREATHING interacts with your daily life 🫁🌍
We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.
👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc
🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!
We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.
👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc
🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!
Reposted by Vasiliki Meletaki
Re-posting for the weekday crowd - MR Physics job available at our site in West London. We do cool stuff. Clinical trials, psychedelics/other drugs, lots of different MRI modalities, scope to do your own projects, etc.
We're looking for an MRI Physicist to support our (honestly, really cool and exciting) clinical trial work at our London site. Details and application at the link. Please share, tell your friends, post on other networks if you can, etc. etc. Thanks!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
Perceptive Inc. hiring Senior MRI Physicist in Hammersmith, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 4:00:37 PM. 📍 State-of-the-art Medical Imaging Facility | Global Clinical Trials | Translational Science
Are…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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July 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Re-posting for the weekday crowd - MR Physics job available at our site in West London. We do cool stuff. Clinical trials, psychedelics/other drugs, lots of different MRI modalities, scope to do your own projects, etc.
Reposted by Vasiliki Meletaki
Our paper “Chimpanzees yawn when observing an android yawn” is published in ScientificReports¦Nature
Led by Ramiro Joly-Mascheroni, collaborating with @fundaciomona @ramiyoyo.bsky.social @tinaforster.bsky.social @springernature.com #SocialCognition #yawning #android #chimpanzees
PDF: rdcu.be/epCQU
Led by Ramiro Joly-Mascheroni, collaborating with @fundaciomona @ramiyoyo.bsky.social @tinaforster.bsky.social @springernature.com #SocialCognition #yawning #android #chimpanzees
PDF: rdcu.be/epCQU
June 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Our paper “Chimpanzees yawn when observing an android yawn” is published in ScientificReports¦Nature
Led by Ramiro Joly-Mascheroni, collaborating with @fundaciomona @ramiyoyo.bsky.social @tinaforster.bsky.social @springernature.com #SocialCognition #yawning #android #chimpanzees
PDF: rdcu.be/epCQU
Led by Ramiro Joly-Mascheroni, collaborating with @fundaciomona @ramiyoyo.bsky.social @tinaforster.bsky.social @springernature.com #SocialCognition #yawning #android #chimpanzees
PDF: rdcu.be/epCQU
Reposted by Vasiliki Meletaki
For Nature, women make up around 16% of corresponding authors who submit manuscripts — a percentage unchanged from 2018. Women comprise some 18% of corresponding authors who submit papers to Nature Communications and the Nature-branded research journals.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gender equality in research publishing is a responsibility for everyone
A concerted effort is needed to support women in their choice of journal when submitting their manuscript.
www.nature.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
For Nature, women make up around 16% of corresponding authors who submit manuscripts — a percentage unchanged from 2018. Women comprise some 18% of corresponding authors who submit papers to Nature Communications and the Nature-branded research journals.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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For #InternationalDanceDay, a new paper out on @cp-iscience.bsky.social entitled: “Toward a neuroaesthetics of interactions: Insights from dance on the aesthetics of individual and interacting bodies”. A big thanks to Prof. Matteo Candidi. 🧠🕺🏻👥 #neuroaesthetics #review
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
April 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
For #InternationalDanceDay, a new paper out on @cp-iscience.bsky.social entitled: “Toward a neuroaesthetics of interactions: Insights from dance on the aesthetics of individual and interacting bodies”. A big thanks to Prof. Matteo Candidi. 🧠🕺🏻👥 #neuroaesthetics #review
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
'Combining #Neuroscience and #Art'
A lovely chat with Anastasia Pauken about my trajectory in #academia and how to embrace interdisciplinarity.
Potentially useful to early career researchers or students deciding on their career path. Available here:
open.spotify.com/episode/6dsx... #neuroaesthetics
A lovely chat with Anastasia Pauken about my trajectory in #academia and how to embrace interdisciplinarity.
Potentially useful to early career researchers or students deciding on their career path. Available here:
open.spotify.com/episode/6dsx... #neuroaesthetics
Combining Neuroscience and Art (ft. Dr. Vasiliki Meletaki)
NeuroPM · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
'Combining #Neuroscience and #Art'
A lovely chat with Anastasia Pauken about my trajectory in #academia and how to embrace interdisciplinarity.
Potentially useful to early career researchers or students deciding on their career path. Available here:
open.spotify.com/episode/6dsx... #neuroaesthetics
A lovely chat with Anastasia Pauken about my trajectory in #academia and how to embrace interdisciplinarity.
Potentially useful to early career researchers or students deciding on their career path. Available here:
open.spotify.com/episode/6dsx... #neuroaesthetics
🎉 New paper out 🎉
We tested participants in a biophilic space, a control space & a forested area. We found:
🍀 higher aesthetic ratings for the natural environment
🍀 higher divergent thinking in the natural environment
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
#neuroaesthetics #biophilia @pcfn.bsky.social
We tested participants in a biophilic space, a control space & a forested area. We found:
🍀 higher aesthetic ratings for the natural environment
🍀 higher divergent thinking in the natural environment
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
#neuroaesthetics #biophilia @pcfn.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🎉 New paper out 🎉
We tested participants in a biophilic space, a control space & a forested area. We found:
🍀 higher aesthetic ratings for the natural environment
🍀 higher divergent thinking in the natural environment
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
#neuroaesthetics #biophilia @pcfn.bsky.social
We tested participants in a biophilic space, a control space & a forested area. We found:
🍀 higher aesthetic ratings for the natural environment
🍀 higher divergent thinking in the natural environment
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
#neuroaesthetics #biophilia @pcfn.bsky.social
If you are in NYC, come on May 2- 3 @ the Center for Performance Research to watch the performance 'intero' choreographed by Spenser Stroud, performed by 3 amazing dancers and inspired by my PhD work on interoception and emotion perception. 🧠🫀🫁🩰
Info & tickets:
www.cprnyc.org/events/eury-...
Info & tickets:
www.cprnyc.org/events/eury-...
@CPR | Eury German & Spenser Stroud: Cyclic — Center for Performance Research
Tickets: $25 Purchase Tickets Friday, May 2 at 7:30 PM Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 PM A split-bill evening of dance that fuses two distinct yet interwoven choreographic works that explore the se...
www.cprnyc.org
April 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you are in NYC, come on May 2- 3 @ the Center for Performance Research to watch the performance 'intero' choreographed by Spenser Stroud, performed by 3 amazing dancers and inspired by my PhD work on interoception and emotion perception. 🧠🫀🫁🩰
Info & tickets:
www.cprnyc.org/events/eury-...
Info & tickets:
www.cprnyc.org/events/eury-...
Reposted by Vasiliki Meletaki
When cherished beliefs and intuitions turn out to not be confirmed. Not a lot of difference in the impact of art seen in museums versus on a screen in the lab. Reasons to actually test intuitions. With @kohinoordarda.bsky.social and others. 🧪 #sciart www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A comparison of art engagement in museums and through digital media - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A comparison of art engagement in museums and through digital media
www.nature.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When cherished beliefs and intuitions turn out to not be confirmed. Not a lot of difference in the impact of art seen in museums versus on a screen in the lab. Reasons to actually test intuitions. With @kohinoordarda.bsky.social and others. 🧪 #sciart www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nora Youn & I presented our findings on the impact of nature & music videos on aesthetic experience and physiology at the APA 10- Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts this weekend. More about the videos: aiaphiladelphia.org/news/context... @pcfn.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Nora Youn & I presented our findings on the impact of nature & music videos on aesthetic experience and physiology at the APA 10- Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts this weekend. More about the videos: aiaphiladelphia.org/news/context... @pcfn.bsky.social
Reposted by Vasiliki Meletaki
Live from APA Div10: How do creativity (and arts/aesthetics) researchers score on the AUT?
March 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Live from APA Div10: How do creativity (and arts/aesthetics) researchers score on the AUT?
Reposted by Vasiliki Meletaki
📄 Paper: Physiology Meets Aesthetics: An Analysis of Nature and Music Videos
(@v-meletaki.bsky.social & Nora Youn // @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social @pcfn.bsky.social)
#neuroaesthetics #neurosky #psychsky #apadiv10
(@v-meletaki.bsky.social & Nora Youn // @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social @pcfn.bsky.social)
#neuroaesthetics #neurosky #psychsky #apadiv10
March 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
📄 Paper: Physiology Meets Aesthetics: An Analysis of Nature and Music Videos
(@v-meletaki.bsky.social & Nora Youn // @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social @pcfn.bsky.social)
#neuroaesthetics #neurosky #psychsky #apadiv10
(@v-meletaki.bsky.social & Nora Youn // @anjanchatterjee.bsky.social @pcfn.bsky.social)
#neuroaesthetics #neurosky #psychsky #apadiv10