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Researcher

Emilie Caspar

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53 Results

2026

Learning to change : a goal-directed perspective on evidence-based rehabilitation

Tilia LinthoutEmilie CasparPieter Van Dessel

A2 Journal Article in LAW & CRIMINOLOGY JOURNAL

Moral conformity : neurocognitive mechanisms of social influence in dyadic harmful decisions

Giulio PipernoLuzie KallfaßRita C. LimaEmilie Caspar

A1 Journal Article in COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Neural processing of obedience and resistance among former genocide perpetrators and rescuers

Lola SeyllVincent SeziberaFrançois MasaboEmilie Caspar

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST

Wired for conflict? Neurocognitive mechanisms linking threat perception and support for war

Jorge Ratia AvinentEmilie Caspar

A1 Journal Article in NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

2025

A cross-cultural EEG study of how obedience and conformity influence reconciliation intentions

Guillaume P. PechEmilie Caspar

A1 Journal Article in SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE

A multi-measurement study of the relation between deliberation and volition

Guillaume P PechEmilie CasparElisabeth PacherieAxel CleeremansUri Maoz

A2 Journal Article in NEUROSCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Do social factors differ between rescuers, bystanders, and former perpetrators? Explaining (non-)participation in a genocide

Lola SeyllAnitha SendakizeVincent SeziberaFrançois MasaboEmilie Caspar

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF GENOCIDE RESEARCH

Influence of AI behavior on human moral decisions, agency, and responsibility

Adriana SalatinoArthur PrévelEmilie CasparSalvatore Lo Bue

A1 Journal Article in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Long-term affective and non-affective brain alterations across three generations following the genocide in Cambodia

Emilie CasparGuillaume P. PechPheak Ros

A1 Journal Article in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Neural correlates of the sense of agency in free and coerced moral decision-making among civilians and military personnel

Emilie CasparAntonin RovaiSalvatore Lo BueAxel Cleeremans

A1 Journal Article in CEREBRAL CORTEX

Neuro-cognitive specificities in prosocial disobedience : a comparative fMRI study of civilian and military populations

Leslie TricocheAntonin RovaiSalvatore Lo BueEmilie Caspar

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

The impact of time constraints on moral decision-making during human-AI interaction

Adriana SalatinoArthur PrévelEmilie CasparSalvatore Lo Bue

“Fire! Do not fire!”: Investigating the effects of autonomous systems on agency and moral decision-making

Adriana SalatinoArthur PrévelEmilie CasparSalvatore Lo Bue

A1 Journal Article in ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA

“Fire! Do not fire!”: Investigating the effects of autonomous systems on agency and moral decision-making

Adriana SalatinoArthur PrévelEmilie CasparSalvatore Lo Bue

U Journal Article in Acta Psychologica

2024

A novel electroencephalography-based paradigm to measure intergroup prosociality : an intergenerational study in the aftermath of the genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda

Guillaume P. PechDarius GishomaEmilie Caspar

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL

Can a video game with a fictional minority group decrease intergroup biases towards non-fictional minorities? A social neuroscience study

Guillaume P. PechEmilie Caspar

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

Guidelines for inclusive and diverse human neuroscience research practices

Editorial material

How can people commit atrocities when they follow orders? From qualitative interviews with former genocide perpetrators to neuroscience research

A2 Journal Article in PHILOSOPHIA SCIENTIAE

Just following orders : atrocities and the brain science of obedience

Obedience to authority reduces cognitive conflict before an action

Emilie CasparGuillaume Pech

A1 Journal Article in SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE

The impact of the prison environment on self-control : a longitudinal approach

Ilke VeeckmanVictoria RambaudEmilie CasparTom Vander BekenLouis Favril

Understanding individual motivations and desistance : interviews with genocide perpetrators from Rwanda and Cambodia

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PERPETRATOR RESEARCH

Volition as a modulator of the intergroup empathy bias

Emilie CasparEva NicolayFélix BanderembahoGuillaume P. Pech

A1 Journal Article in SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE

When the brain says 'No!' : an MRI study on the neural correlates of resistance to immoral orders

Leslie TricocheA. RovaiEmilie Caspar

A2 Journal Article in IMAGING NEUROSCIENCE (CAMBRIDGE, MASS.)

2023

Does the cowl make the monk? The effect of military and Red Cross uniforms on empathy for pain, sense of agency and moral behaviors

Guillaume P. PechEmilie Caspar

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Modulations of one’s sense of agency during human-machine interactions : a behavioral study using a full humanoid robot

Aïsha SahaïEmilie CasparAlbert De BeirOuriel GrynszpanElisabeth PacherieBruno Berberian

A1 Journal Article in QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

On the impact of the genocide on the intergroup empathy bias between former perpetrators, survivors, and their children in Rwanda

Emilie CasparGuillaume P. PechDarius GishomaClémentine Kanazayire

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST

2022

Can a video game with a fictional minority group decrease intergroup biases towards non-fictional minorities? A social neuroscience study

Guillaume Pierre PechEmilie Caspar

Commanding or being a simple intermediary : how does it affect moral behavior and related brain mechanisms?

Emilie CasparKalliopi IoumpaIrene ArnaldoLorenzo Di AngelisValeria GazzolaChristian Keysers

A1 Journal Article in ENEURO

On the cognitive mechanisms supporting prosocial disobedience in a post-genocidal context

Emilie CasparDarius GishomaPedro Alexandre Magalhaes de Saldanha da Gama

A1 Journal Article in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

2021

A novel experimental approach to study disobedience to authority

A1 Journal Article in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Commanding or being a simple intermediary : how does it affect moral behavior and related brain mechanisms?

Emilie CasparKalliopi IoumpaIrene ArnaldoLorenzo Di AngelisValeria GazzolaChristian Keysers

Does the cowl make the monk? The effect of military and Red Cross uniforms on empathy for pain, sense of agency and moral behaviors

Guillaume Pierre PechEmilie Caspar

How using brain-machine interfaces influences the human sense of agency

Emilie CasparAlbert De BeirGil LauwersAxel CleeremansBram Vanderborght

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Obedience to authority in the aftermath of a genocide : a social neuroscience study in Rwanda

Emilie CasparDarius GishomaPedro Alexandre Magalhaes De Saldanha da Gama

The obedient mind and the volitional brain : a neural basis for preserved sense of agency and sense of responsibility under coercion

Emilie CasparFrederike BeyerAxel CleeremansPatrick Haggard

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

2020

Obeying orders reduces vicarious brain activation towards victims' pain

Emilie CasparKalliopi IoumpaChristian KeysersValeria Gazzola

A1 Journal Article in NEUROIMAGE

The effect of military training on the sense of agency and outcome processing

Emilie CasparSalvatore Lo BuePedro A. Magalhaes De Saldanha da GamaPatrick HaggardAxel Cleeremans

A1 Journal Article in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

2018

Only giving orders? An experimental study of the sense of agency when giving or receiving commands

Emilie CasparAxel CleeremansPatrick Haggard

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

2017

Coercition et perte d’agentivité

Editorial material

The influence of (dis)belief in free will on immoral behavior

Emilie CasparLaurene VuillaumePedro A. Magalhaes De Saldanha da GamaAxel Cleeremans

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

The power of suggestion : posthypnotically induced changes in the temporal binding of intentional action outcomes

Peter LushEmilie CasparAxel CleeremansPatrick HaggardPedro Alexandre Magalhães De Saldanha da GamaZoltan Dienes

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

What do you believe in? French translation of the FAD-plus to assess beliefs in free will and determinism and their relationship with religious practices and personality traits

Emilie CasparO. VerdinDavide RigoniA. CleeremansO. Klein

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICA BELGICA

2016

Coercion changes the sense of agency in the human brain

Emilie CasparJulia F. ChristensenAxel CleeremansPatrick Haggard

A1 Journal Article in CURRENT BIOLOGY

Human body schema exploration : analyzing design requirements of robotic hand and leg illusions

Philipp BeckerleAlbert De BeirTim SchurmannEmilie Caspar

Social transmission of experience of agency : an experimental study

Nima KhalighinejadBahador BahramiEmilie CasparPatrick Haggard

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

The sense of agency as tracking control

Emilie CasparAndrea DesantisZoltan DienesAxel CleeremansPatrick Haggard

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

2015

'Free will' : are we all equal? A dynamical perspective of the conscious intention to move

Emilie CasparAxel Cleeremans

A2 Journal Article in NEUROSCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

New frontiers in the rubber hand experiment : when a robotic hand becomes one’s own

Emilie CasparAlbert De BeirPedro A. Magalhaes De Saldanha Da GamaFlorence YernauxAxel CleeremansBram Vanderborght

A1 Journal Article in BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS

The relationship between human agency and embodiment

Emilie CasparAxel CleeremansPatrick Haggard

A1 Journal Article in CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION

2014

Developing new frontiers in the rubber hand illusion : design of an open source robotic hand to better understand prosthetics

Albert De BeirEmilie CasparFlorence YernauxPedro Magalhaes Da Saldanha da GamaBram VanderborghtAxel Cleermans

2013

Placebo-suggestion modulates conflict resolution in the stroop task

Pedro A. Magalhaes De Saldanha da GamaHichem SlamaEmilie CasparWim GeversAxel Cleeremans

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Revue d’un phénomène étrange : la synesthésie

Emilie CasparRégine Kolinsky

A1 Journal Article in ANNEE PSYCHOLOGIQUE