Sara De Felice
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Dr. Sara De Felice is a social neuroscientist, specialising in the dynamics arising between people as they learn from and with others in the real-world. Combining advanced neuroimaging, eye-tracking, physiological and behavioural measures, she models the teacher-learner interaction and how this supports human learning. Her work provides direct insights into educational interactions, and has the potential to inform other types of social dynamics such as therapeutic and teamwork interactions.
Dr Sara De Felice obtained her PhD in Social Neuroscience from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL. She graduated in Psychology (BSc) at Aston University, and then completed the dual master in Brain and Mind Sciences MSc from UCL (London, UK) and UPMC/ENS (Paris, France). She is currently a postdoc in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Group at Cambridge University led by Professor Blakemore.
Research
Does learning in a conversation feel different from learning alone?
How do teachers and students coordinate their attention?
Can social interaction synchronise teacher's and learner's brains and influence how we process information?
Do adolescents learn better from their peers?
I use multi-modal approach (combining hyperscanning neuroimaging, eye-tracking, physiological and behavioural measures) to study how learning unfolds in real-time, across different contexts and populations—including neurotypical and autistic individuals, adults and adolescents.