Isabelle Périard M.Sc.

I started my doctoral studies in November 2021.  My research focuses on social-cognitive development in early childhood, and in particular on the development of prosocial behavior. I am part of the DFG-funded project "Brain, gene, environmental interactions in the ontogenesis of early prosocial behavior", focusing on mothers and their infants from pregnancy until the end of the second year of life. I use behavioral experiments, eye tracking methods and functional imaging techniques (fMRI), to investigate early helping behavior by studying maternal socialization experiences, infants’ brain development, as well as motor and cognitive development in early childhood.

• Since 11/2021 Research associate at the University of Regensburg in cooperation with the Institute of Medical Psychology (Prof. Claudia Buß) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
• October 2021 Master of Science in Psychology, specialization in Cognitive Neuosciences, University Münster
• July 2019 Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Luxemburg

Awards and Fellowships

12/2019: Portabella Mobility Award (Association des amis de l’Université du Luxembourg)

Périard, I., & Liu, J. (2020). Moral Education in a Shanghai Kindergarten—How Do Children Perceive Social Values and Norms?. In Social Ecology of a Chinese Kindergarten (pp. 35-59). Springer, Cham.