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RESEARCH TEAM.

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Renáta Cserjési. Associate Professor, Head of Research Group

I graduated in psychology from Pecs University, Hungary and Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium, I hold two PhD titles in medical sciences from Pécs University, and in psychology from Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve.

I believe that psychology is a personal journey across cultures and disciplines and this makes it unique, creative and doubtful. For me uncertainty is a motivation per se.

 

My research interest center around the relationship between emotional and cognitive processes, how their discrepancy can be related to certain psychological problems, and how it develops and changes with time. Lately, I am started to be interested also in intervention, whether by improving emotion-cognition connection using different techniques from psychophysiology to art-based therapy would increase wellbeing and resilience in different populations.

 

Main research topics: implicit and explicit processes, psychological flexibility, development, frontal lobe, eating problems.

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Contact: cserjesi.renata@ppk.elte.hu

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Publications:

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  • Biró B, Cserjési R, Kocsel N, Galambos A, Gecse K, Kovács LN, Baksa D, Juhász G, Kökönyei G. The neural correlates of context driven changes in the emotional response: An fMRI study. PLoS One. 2022 Dec 30;17(12):e0279823. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279823. 

  • Geréb Valachiné, Z., Dancsik, A., Fitos, M. M., & Cserjési, R. (2022). Online Art Therapy-Based Self-Help Intervention Serving Emotional Betterment During COVID-19. Art Therapy, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2022.1871901

  • ​Tsegaye, A., Guo, C., Stoet, G., Cserjési, R., Kökönyei, G., & Logemann, H. N. (2022). The relationship between reward context and inhibitory control, does it depend on BMI, maladaptive eating, and negative affect? BMC Psychology, 10(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00384-z

  • Abebe, A., Guo, C., Stoet, G., Cserjesi, R., Kokonyei, G., & Logemann, A. (2022). The relation between BMI and inhibitory control in a context of anticipated reward. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 11, 269-269. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.11.2022.017

  • Logemann, A., Logemann-Molnar, Z., Akil, A., Cserjési, R., Nagy, T., ... (2022). Mindfulness and inhibitory control across different reward contexts. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 11, 48-48. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.11.2022.025

  • Demetrovics, Z., Janovicz, L., & Cserjési, R. (2022). Impulsive reaction to social distress. Running head: Impulsivity and stress. Psychiatria Hungarica: A Magyar Pszichiatriai Tarsasag Tudomanyos Folyoirata...

  • Logemann-Molnár, Z., Akıl, A. M., Cserjési, R., Nagy, T., Veres-Székely, A., & ... (2022). Dispositional Mindfulness and Inhibitory Control after Perceiving Neutral, Food and Money Related Stimuli. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

  • Gandotra, A., Csaba, S., Sattar, Y., Cserényi, V., Bizonics, R., & Cserjesi, R. (2022). A Meta-analysis of the Relationship between Motor Skills and Executive Functions in Typically-Developing Children. Journal of Cognition and Development, 23(1), 83-110.

  • Leyrolle, Q., Cserjesi, R., Demeure, R., Neyrinck, A. M., Amadieu, C., Rodriguez, J., Kärkkäinen, O., Hanhineva, K., Paquot, N., Cnop, M., Cani, P. D., Thissen, J., Bindels, L. B., Klein, O., Luminet, O., & Delzenne, N. M. (2021). Microbiota and metabolite profiling as markers of mood disorders: A cross-sectional study in obese patients. Nutrients, 14(1), 147. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14010147.

  • Valachiné, S., G., Pócza, L., Dukits, D., & Cserjesi, R. (2021). Art Therapy Intervention Short Programs in Different Educational Settings: Elementary School, High School and University Students. In Proceedings of IAC in Vienna 2021 (pp. 8-19). Czech Institute of Academic Education.

  • Lacroix, A., Dutheil, F., Logemann, H. A., Cserjesi, R., Peyrin, C., Biro, B., Gomot, M., & Mermillod, M. (2021). Flexibility in autism during unpredictable shifts of socio-emotional stimuli. Investigation of group and sex differences. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/r7d8t

  • Leyrolle, Q., Cserjesi, R., D.G.H. Mulders, M., Zamariola, G., Hiel, S., Gianfrancesco, M. A., Portheault, D., Amadieu, C., Bindels, L. B., Leclercq, S., Rodriguez, J., Neyrinck, A. M., Cani, P. D., Lanthier, N., Trefois, P., Bindelle, J., Paquot, N., Cnop, M., Thissen, J., … Delzenne, N. M. (2021). Prebiotic effect on mood in obese patients is determined by the initial gut microbiota composition: A randomized, controlled trial. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 94, 289-298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2021.01.014

  • Leyrolle, Q., Cserjesi, R., Mulders, M. D., Zamariola, G., Hiel, S., Gianfrancesco, M. A., Rodriguez, J., Portheault, D., Amadieu, C., Leclercq, S., Bindels, L. B., Neyrinck, A. M., Cani, P. D., Karkkainen, O., Hanhineva, K., Lanthier, N., Trefois, P., Paquot, N., Cnop, M., … Delzenne, N. M. (2021). Specific gut microbial, biological, and psychiatric profiling related to binge eating disorders: A cross-sectional study in obese patients. Clinical Nutrition, 40(4), 2035-2044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.09.025

  • Leyrolle, Q., Cserjesi, R., Demeure, R., Neyrinck, A., Rodriguez, J., Karkkainen, O., Haninheva, K., Paquot, N., Cnop, M., Cani, P., Thissen, J., Bindels, L., Klein, O., Luminet, O., & Delzenne, N. (2021). Microbiome and metabolome-related biomarkers of mood alterations in obese patients. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 46, S700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.09.443

  • Tsegaye, A., Guo, C., Cserjési, R., Kenemans, L., Stoet, G., Kökönyei, G., & Logemann, A. (2021). Inhibitory performance in smokers relative to Nonsmokers when exposed to neutral, smoking- and money-related pictures. Behavioral Sciences, 11(10), 128. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11100128

  • Valachiné, Z., G., Karsai, S. A., Dancsik, A., Negrão, R. de O., Fitos, M. M., & Cserjési, R. (2021). Online self-help art therapy-based tasks during COVID-19: Qualitative study. Art Therapy, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.1976023

  • Gandotra, A., Csaba, S., Sattar, Y., Cserényi, V., Bizonics, R., Cserjesi, R., & Kotyuk, E. (2021). A meta-analysis of the relationship between motor skills and executive functions in typically-developing children. Journal of Cognition and Development, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2021.1979554

  • Leyrolle, Q., Cserjesi, R., Mulders, M. D., Zamariola, G., Hiel, S., Gianfrancesco, M. A., Rodriguez, J., Portheault, D., Amadieu, C., Leclercq, S., Bindels, L. B., Neyrinck, A. M., Cani, P. D., Karkkainen, O., Haninheva, K., Lanthier, N., Trefois, P., Paquot, N., Cnop, M., … Delzenne, N. M. (2020). Specific gut microbial, biological, and psychiatric profiling related to binge eating disorders: A cross-sectional study in obese patients. Clinical Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.09.025

  • Tsegaye, A., Bjørne, J., Winther, A., Kökönyei, G., Cserjési, R., & Logemann, H. A. (2020). Attentional bias and disengagement as a function of body mass index in conditions that differ in anticipated reward. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 9(3), 818-825. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2020.00073

  • Gandotra, A., Cserjesi, R., Bizonics, R., & Kotyuk, E. (2020). Age differences in executive functions among Hungarian preschoolers. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2020.1825289

  • Gandotra, A., Kotyuk, E., Szekely, A., Kasos, K., Csirmaz, L., & Cserjesi, R. (2020). Fundamental movement skills in children with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 78, 101632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101632

  • Igazság, B., Demetrovics, Z., & Cserjesi, R. (2019). The developmental trajectory of executive functions and their stress sensitivity in adolescence. Psychiatria Hungarica: A Magyar Pszichiatriai Tarsasag tudomanyos folyoirata, 34, 300-310.

  • Bircher, J., Kótyuk, E., Cserjési, R., Vereczkei, A., Rónai, Z., Sasvári-Székely, M., Székely, A., & Nagy, G. (2019). A végrehajtó funkciók összefüggése a testtömegindexszel es a DRD4-VNTR 7-es alléllal. Orvosi Hetilap, 160(39), 1554-1562. https://doi.org/10.1556/650.2019.31498

  • Nagy, A., Beke, A. M., Cserjési, R., Gráf, R., Kalmár, M. (2018). Az extrém kis születési súlyú koraszülöttek fejlődésének követése az óvodáskor végéig a perinatalis szövődmények tükrében [Follow-up study of extremely low birth weight preterm infants to preschool age in the light of perinatal complications]. Orv Hetil,159(41), 1672-1679. https://doi.org/10.1556/650.2018.31199

  • Deroost, N., & Cserjési, R. (2018). Attentional avoidance of emotional information in emotional eating. Psychiatry Research, 269, 172-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.08.053

  • Chang, B. P., Mulders, M. D., Cserjesi, R., Cleeremans, A., & Klein, O. (2018). Does immersion or detachment facilitate healthy eating? Comparing the effects of sensory imagery and mindful decentering on attitudes and behavior towards healthy and unhealthy food. Appetite, 130, 256-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2018.08.013

  • De Couck, M., Cserjesi, R., Caers, R., Zijlstra, W., Widjaja, D., Wolf, N., Luminet, O., Ellrich, J., & Gidron, Y. (2017). Effects of short and prolonged transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on heart rate variability in healthy subjects. Autonomic Neuroscience, 203, 88-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2016.11.003

  • Cserjesi, R., De Vos, I., & Deroost, N. (2016). Discrepancy between implicit and explicit preferences for food portions in obesity. International Journal of Obesity, 40(9), 1464-1467. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2016.91

  • Kökönyei, G, & Cserjesi, R. (2015). Book reviews. In J. J. Gross (2015). Handbook of emotion regulation (2nd ed.). Guilford Publications.

  • Sumner, R. C., Nowicky, A. V., Parton, A., Wylock, C., Cserjesi, R., Fischler, B., Lacor, P., & Gidron, Y. (2014). Prospective relationship between hemispheric lateralisation and CD4+ T cells in human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Neuroimmunomodulation, 21(1), 31-36. https://doi.org/10.1159/000355350

  • Perkins, A. M., Cserjesi, R., Ettinger, U., Kumari, V., Martin, N. G., & Arden, R. (2013). Personality and occupational markers of ‘solid citizenship’ are associated with having fewer children. Personality and Individual Differences, 55(8), 871-876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.011

  • Cserjési, R., Van Braeckel, K. N. J. A., Timmerman, M., Butcher, P. R., Kerstjens, J., Reijneveld, M., ... Geuze, R. H. (2013). Subsets of preterm and term infants: call for consistency in terminology Reply. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 55(7), 674-674. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.12144

  • Cserjesi, R., Van Braeckel, K. N., Timmerman, M., Butcher, P. R., Kerstjens, J. M., Reijneveld, S. A., Bouma, A., Bos, A. F., & Geuze, R. H. (2012). Patterns of functioning and predictive factors in children born moderately preterm or at term. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 54(8), 710-715. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04328.x

  • Cserjesi, R., Van Braeckel, K. N., Butcher, P. R., Kerstjens, J. M., Reijneveld, S. A., Bouma, A., Geuze, R. H., & Bos, A. F. (2012). Functioning of 7-Year-Old children born at 32 to 35 weeks' gestational age. PEDIATRICS, 130(4), e838-e846. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2011-2079

  • Cserjési, R., Vermeulen, N., Lénárd, L., & Luminet, O. (2011). Reduced capacity in automatic processing of facial expression in restrictive anorexia nervosa and obesity. Psychiatry Research, 188(2), 253-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2010.12.008

  • Cserjési, R., Vermeulen, N., Luminet, O., Marechal, C., Nef, F., Simon, Y., & Lénárd, L. (2010). Explicit vs. implicit body image evaluation in restrictive anorexia nervosa. Psychiatry Research, 175(1-2), 148-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2009.07.002

  • Cserjési, R., Luminet, O., Poncelet, A., & Lénárd, L. (2009). Altered executive function in obesity. Exploration of the role of affective states on cognitive abilities. Appetite, 52(2), 535-539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2009.01.00

  • Cserjési, R. (2009). Affect, cognition, awareness and behavior in eating disorders. Comparison between obesity and anorexia nervosa. Orvosi Hetilap, 150(24), 1135-1143. https://doi.org/10.1556/oh.2009.28590

  • Cserjési, R., Molnár, D., Luminet, O., & Lénárd, L. (2007). Is there any relationship between obesity and mental flexibility in children? Appetite, 49(3), 675-678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2007.04.001

  • Cserjési, R., Luminet, O., & Lénárd, L. (2007). Reliability and factor validity of the hungarian translation of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale in undergraduate students samples. Magyar Pszichológiai Szemle, 62(3), 355-368.

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