• Postdoctoral Researcher - Department of Psychology
  • i.lois@uoc.gr

Studies

Postdoctoral Researcher. Department of Psychology. School of Social Sciences. University of Crete (Registration Date 22/06/2022).

PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience. Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology. University of Mainz, Germany. (2013-2017, Successful Defense Date 06/03/2017).

Master of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience “Neuroscience and Cognition”. Utrecht University, Netherlands. (2009-2011).

Bachelor of Science in Biology. Department of Biology. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. (2004 – 2009).

Postdoctoral Research Title

The cognitive bases of evidence resistance: the role of group identification in belief and impression updating

Brief Presentation
The subject of this research is the study of cognitive mechanisms and factors that influence belief formation on social and political issues as well as in more neutral contexts such as the estimation of quantitative quantities based on direct visual stimuli. Specifically, the work focuses on the influence of social identity on belief formation and revision and vulnerability to misinformation. The project studies two possible cognitive mechanisms to explain this phenomenon: (1) the presence of an ingroup protection motive that leads to motivated reasoning in favor of the ingroup (ingroup bias) or (2) the existing bias regarding the credibility of the ingroup and outgroup that makes even those motivated by the truth (bayesian reasoning) vulnerable to misinformation.

Funding

The research is funded within the framework of the call for “3rd Call for Research Projects EL.IDEK. for the support of Postdoctoral Researchers by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (EL.IDEK).

Scientific Associate

Tsakanikos Elias, Associate Professor of Cognitive Experimental Psychology

  1. Lois, G., Riedl, A. Interplay between different forms of power and meritocratic considerations shapes fairness perceptions. Sci Rep 12, 11428 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15613-9 (Impact Factor: 4.99)
  2. Sandner M., Lois G., Zeier P., Wessa M. (2021). Cognitive emotion regulation withstands the stress test: an fMRI study on the effect of acute stress on distraction and reappraisal. Neuropsychologia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107876 (Impact Factor: 2.65)
  3. Lois, G., Schneider, E. E., Kaurin, A., & Wessa, M. (2020). Altered neural responses to social fairness in Bipolar Disorder. NeuroImage: Clinical. 102487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102487 (Impact Factor: 4.35)
  4. Lois G., Wessa M. (2020). Honest mistake or perhaps not: The role of descriptive and injunctive norms on the magnitude of dishonesty. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2196 (Impact Factor: 1.791)
  5. Sandner M., Lois G., Zeier P., Streit F., Kirsch P., Wüst S., Wessa M. (2020). Investigating individual stress reactivity: High hair cortisol predicts lower acute stress responses. Journal of Psychoneuroendocrinology. 104660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104660 (Impact Factor: 4.732)
  6. Lois G., Wessa M. (2019). Creating sanctioning norms in the lab: The influence of descriptive norms and the bad apple effect in third-party punishment. Journal of Social Influence 14(4):1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2019.1641147 (Impact Factor: 0.467)
  7. Lois G., Kirsch , Sandner M., Plichta MM., Wessa M. (2018). Experimental and methodological factors affecting test-retest reliability of amygdala BOLD responses. Psychophysiology, 55(12):e13220. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13220 (Impact Factor: 3.378)
  8. Lois G., Gerchen M.F., Kirsch , Kanske P., Schönfelder S., Wessa M. (2017). Large-scale network functional interactions during distraction and reappraisal in remitted Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder patients. Bipolar Disorders, 19(6), 487-495. https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12512 (Impact Factor: 5.410)
  9. Lois G., Wessa M. (2016). Differential association of Default Mode Network connectivity and rumination in healthy individuals and remitted MDD patients. Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience, 11(11), 1792-1801. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsw085 (Impact Factor: 4.174)
  10. Wessa M., Lois G. (2015) Brain Functional Effects of Psychopharmacological Treatment in Major Depression: A Focus on Neural Circuitry of Affective Processing. Current Neuropharmacology, 13(4), 466-479. https://doi.org/10.2174/1570159X13666150416224801 (Impact Factor: 5.470)
  11. Lois G., Linke J., & Wessa M. (2014). Altered functional connectivity between emotional and cognitive resting state networks in euthymic bipolar I disorder patients. PLoS One, 9(10), e107829. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107829 (Impact Factor: 3.234)

Asimaki O., Leondaritis G., Lois G., Sakellaridis N., & Mangoura D. (2011). Cannabinoid 1 receptor-dependent transactivation of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 emanates from lipid rafts and amplifies