Isabell Jacob

Research staff

Isabell Jacob

Department for the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport
Isabell Jacob
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Room O104
Seidelstraße 20
07749 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link
  • Academic Vita
    • Since January 2026: PhD student at the Department for the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport, Institute for Sports Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
    • 2023 – 2025 Student Assistant, Department for General Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute for Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
    • 2022 – 2025 Master of Science in Psychology: Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Master’s thesis topic: The Direction of Hemodynamic Signal Change as a Function of Language Complexity
    • 2018 – 2022 Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Bachelor‘s thesis topic: Accuracy in Judgments of Personality Based on Voice Averages
  • Research

    Research Interests:

    • Social interaction and cognition
    • Perception-action coupling
    • Multisensory perception in a social context
    • Gaze signaling in social interactions

     

     

  • Publications

    Peer-reviewed:

    • Skuk, V.G., Jacob, I., Wientzek, R. et al. Big five personality perceptions from voices and faces: Impressions and kernels of truth. J Nonverbal Behav 49, 125–154 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-025-00480-5
  • Further Activities
    • Sport Psychologist in  junior and elite sports