Hello, I'm Anna.
I am a project manager at Wissenschaft im Dialog, where I am contributing to the 2022 Wissenschaftsjahr.
Before, I had joined the Gender in Medicine Institute at Charité, where I assisted with projects on gender-sensitive prevention research.
During my PhD, I worked on the ERC-funded Social Robots project under the supervision of Prof. Emily S. Cross. My doctoral research was situated at the intersection of psychology, neuroscience and human-robot interaction. As part of my studies, I developed new methods for measuring how we perceive and interact with robots. My thesis was approved in December 2020 with no corrections.
Prior to my doctoral research, I obtained a Master's degree from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in Cognitive Neuropsychology and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Konstanz University.
Note: Due to a rising number of speaking engagements I have to limit the number of invites I accept every year. Please reach out in advance if you would like me to deliver a workshop or give a talk at your event.
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Publications
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Timmerman, Hsieh, Henschel, Hortensius & Cross. 2021. PsyArXiv. Individuals expend more effort to compete against robots than humans after observing competitive human-robot interactions
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Henschel, Laban, & Cross. 2021. Current Robotics Reports. What Makes a Robot Social? A Review of Social Robots from Fiction to a Home or Hospital Near You
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Henschel, Bargel, & Cross. 2021. Collabra: Psychology. Faces Do Not Attract More Attention Than Non-Social Distractors in the Stroop Task
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Pownall, Talbot, Henschel et al. 2020. PsyArXiv. Navigating Open Science as Early Career Feminist Researchers
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Henschel, Hortensius, & Cross. 2020. Trends in Neurosciences. Social Cognition in the Age of Human–Robot Interaction
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Henschel, Kent, Leisten, Seelemeyer, Timmerman, Hortensius & Cross. 2020. Zenodo. A manual to digitising fNIRS probes with photogrammetry as described in Clausner et. al
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Henschel & Cross. 2020. Interaction Studies. No evidence for enhanced likeability and social motivation towards robots after synchrony experience
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Gallo, Paracampo, Müller-Pinzler, Severo, Blömer, Fernandes-Henriques, Henschel, ... & Gazzola. 2018. eLife. The causal role of the somatosensory cortex in prosocial behaviour
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Portfolio
Synchronizing with a robot doesn't make the robot more likeable or social KUDOS
Erfolgreicher Aufbau des Forschungs- und Kompetenznetzwerks DiGENet - "Chancengerechtigkeit und Diversität gehören zusammen an einen Tisch" Berlin University Alliance
Why seek a single mentor when you can have three - or more Nature
Focus On The Stars: Motherhood, Isolation, and Strength in Proxima READ ME
Flowers for Algernon, a futuristic exploration of our pursuit for happiness PsyPag Quarterly
The neuroscience of loneliness – and how technology is helping us The Conversation UK
Von Menschen & Maschinen Wissenschaftsjahr/ German Scientific Year
Psychologie: Wie smart sind soziale Roboter? Tagesspiegel
On isolation - notes from a social neuroscientist Glasgow Insight into Science & Technology
Can really *everyone* be a data scientist? Glasgow Insight into Science & Technology
PhD life on the road Glasgow Postgraduate Research Blog
Science has a Mean Girls Problem Glasgow Postgraduate Research Blog
Yes, we can code Glasgow Postgraduate Research Blog
How I learned to stop worrying and love open science Glasgow Postgraduate Research Blog
My robotic research assistant Glasgow Postgraduate Research Blog
Image credit: Jan Kahánek/ Unsplash
Curriculum Vitae
Positions
Since 2021: Project manager at Wissenschaft im Dialog
2020-2021: Researcher at the Gender in Medicine institute, Charité
Education
2017-2020: Doctoral student in Psychology at the University of Glasgow (thesis approved with no corrections)
2015-2017: Master of Science in Cognitive Neuropsychology at VU Amsterdam
(summa cum laude)
2011-2015: Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Konstanz University
Honors & Awards
2020: Dr. Katharine Giles Award, Association of British Science Writers
2020: Research Culture Award (team), University of Glasgow
2020: Scottish FameLab finalist
2020: Best Article in Physical Science & Technology, Glasgow Insight in Science & Technology
2019: 30 under 30 Inspirational Women Scotland, The Scottish Young Women's Movement
2019: Impact in 60 Seconds award (team leader), University of Glasgow
2019: Open & Reproducible Science Grant, University of Exeter
2019: Travel Grant, Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science
2019: Mobility Grant, College of Science & Engineering, University of Glasgow
2019: Travel Grant, School of Social & Affective Neuroscience, Sao Paulo
2019: Mentee in the Scottish Parliament's Young Women Lead program & The Scottish Young Women's Movement
2017: Grindley Travel Grant, Experimental Psychological Society
2016: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Ambassador program
2016: Regional finalist Amsterdam FameLab
2015: Vrije Universiteit Fellowship program (VUFP), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2014: Mentee in the mentoring program "Frauen im Tandem zum Erfolg", Konstanz University
2013: PROMOS travel grant, DAAD
2010: Regional finalist Jugend Debattiert, Hertie Stiftung
2003 - 2008: Mitglied der Jugendjury des Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreises (Preis der Jugendjury), BMBF & Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V.
Image credit: William Johnston Photography
