Recherche et publications

• CV

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• Projet de thèse

  Provisional title: “Laughing with, laughing about or being laughed at: the appreciation, comprehension and expression of humor in individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions”.
  
  Summary: Humor is important in our everyday life. It can enhance well-being and foster social interactions. It is however a complex phenomenon which requires cognitive, social and emotional abilities. Some individuals might thus experience difficulties with humor, and particularly individuals with cognitive and/or socio-emotional differences. The goal of this thesis is to better understand how humor is processed in individuals with Williams syndrome (WS), in parallel to individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The goal of the thesis is to expand our knowledge on humor in developmental disorders, and on humor in general.

   

• Projets de recherche

  Socio-emotional processes and their relation to social and non-social anxiety in developmental and intellectual disabilities (PEERSEP)

  Responsible person(s) and collaborators: Prof. Dr. Andrea Samson & chEERS Lab

  Funding: SNSF Professorship project (PP00P1_176722) and Unidistance Suisse/FernUni Schweiz

  Timeline: September 2018 - April 2023

  Project description: Anxiety disorders are one of the major concerns in developmental and intellectual disabilities. Since anxieties significantly impact social and adaptive functioning, it is of great urgency to better understand potential risk and protective factors. Given the crucial role of social approach, positive emotions, and emotion regulation for optimal social and adaptive functioning, the goal of this project is to study these three phenomena in individuals with developmental disabilities with a particular focus on Williams syndrome (WS) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In certain respects, WS and ASD present with opposite profiles in the prevalence of social and non-social anxieties, as well as in social approach and positive emotions. Moreover, while autistic individuals seem to have increased difficulties regulating emotions, little is known about emotion regulation in individuals with WS. Considering these opposite patterns, the two seem make a promising model for the study of socio-emotional phenomena as potential risk and protective factors for social and non-social anxiety. With a multi-method approach (including virtual reality), the goal of this project is to examine in a multi-method approach how these three socio-emotional phenomena relate to each other and how they are linked to social and non-social anxiety in autistic individuals and individuals with WS, compared to a group with non-specific intellectual disability. The insights derived from this project will help to inform interventions targeting emotional difficulties in individuals with developmental disabilities.

   

  Socio-emotional processes in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (SOEMO)

  Responsible person(s) and collaborators: Prof. Dr. Andrea Samson & Noémie Treichel

  Funding: SNSF Professorship project (PP00P1_176722)

  Timeline: September 2018 - April 2023

  Project: This project in collaboration with Prof. Jo Van Herwegen (Insitute of Education, UCL, London) is a continuation of the FNS PEERSEP project and aims to better understand how different social and emotional phenomena are articulated in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Williams-Beuren syndrome, Down syndrome, and idiopathic intellectual disabilities. The purpose of this project is to examine the associations between social approach, emotions, emotion regulation, humor, and anxiety. The insights gained from this project can increase our knowledge about the social-emotional life of people with developmental disabilities, with the aim to contribute to targeted interventions to improve their social and emotional life.

• Publications

  Peer-reviewed journals

  
  Di Poi, G., Dukes, D., Meuleman, B., Banta Lavenex, P., Lavenex, P., Papon, A., Tran, M., Stallmann, L., Treichel, N., & Samson, A. C. (2023) Anxiety in families of individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland. Frontiers in Education, 8, 1-17.

   

  Treichel, N., & Samson, A. C. (2023) Anxiety in families of individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland. Frontiers in Education, 8, 1-17.

   

  Treichel, N., Dukes, D., Barisnikov, K., & Samson, A. C. (2022). How cognitive, social, and emotional profiles impact humor appreciation: sense of humor in autism spectrum disorder and Williams syndrome. HUMOR, 35(1), 113-133.

   

  Treichel, N., Dukes, D., Van Herwegen, J., & Samson, A. C. (in press). “Not in the mood”: The fear of being laughed at is better predicted by humor temperament traits than diagnosis in neurodevelopmental conditions. [Manuscript submittted for publication in Research in Developmental Disorders].

   

  Treichel, N., Dukes, D., Barisnikov, K., & Samson, A. C. (in prep). Appreciation of slapstick humour and expressivity in response to amusement in individuals with Williams syndrome. [Manuscript in preparation]

   

  Non peer-reviewed and pre-prints

  
  Dukes, D., Van Herwegen, J., Alessandri, M., Alnemary, F., Rad, J. A., Lavenex, P. B., ... Samson, A. C. (2021). Introducing the COVID-19 crisis Special Education Needs Coping Survey.

   

  Treichel N. (2022). Rapport à l’humour et trouble du spectre autistique. ActualitéSociale (Août 2022).

   

• Récompenses

  Treichel, N., Hennig, R., Kinany, N., Cristian, F.-B., The Cell. [Court-métrage] Jury prize for best movie. SciFilmIt Hackathon. Geneva (CH), 26. September 2021.

  
  Treichel, N. Best Poster Presentation. «Don’t laugh at me!» Risk factors for gelotophobia in neurodevelopmental disorders. Annual Research Forum. Centre Interfacultaire de Sciences Affectives. Geneva, 05 February 2020.

  
  Treichel, N. Best Short Talk. The influence of cognitive, social and emotional phenotypes on the sense of humor: the case of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams syndrome. Swiss Psychological Society. Bern, 11 September 2019.  

   

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