Name
First name
Address
Phone
E-mail
Weisgerber
Anne
University of Louvain/IPSY
Place Cardinal Mercier, 10
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
+3210478683
anne.weisgerber@ uclouvain.be
Languages:
Luxembourgish: native speaker
German: Fluent in spoken and written
French: Fluent in spoken and written
English: Fluent in spoken and written
Education:
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2012 - , Catholic University of Louvain: Master complémentaire conjoint en cliniques
psychothérapeutiques intégrées
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2010- 2012, Catholic University of Louvain: Master en Sciences Psychologiques, à finalité
spécialisée (mention « distinction ») Master’s thesis: « L’influence de la musique et de
l’alexithymie sur la mémorisation de stimuli émotionnels. » (The influence of music and
alexithymia on the treatment of emotional stimuli.)
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2007- 2010, University of Luxembourg: Bachelor Académique en Psychologie (mention « bien »)
September 2008 - February 2009: Erasmus mobility at the « Ruprecht Karls Universität » Heidelberg
Bachelor’s thesis: « Gerechtigkeit in der Schule: Der Einfluss wahrgenommener Gerechtigkeit von
Schülern auf ihre Motivation, ihr Fachinteresse und die Wahrscheinlichkeit indirekter aggressiver
Verhaltensweisen. (Justice at school: the influence of the perceived justice by students on their
motivation, their interest for the subject and the probability of indirect aggressive behaviour.) »
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2007, Athénée de Luxembourg: Diplôme de fin d’études secondaires (music class, mention « bien »)
Main subjects: music history; music theory; choir conducting; main instrument: Organ
Musical education:
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2004- 2012, Conservatory in Luxembourg-City (L): Solfège, 1er Prix (mention « distinction »);
Organ, 2ième Prix (mention « très bien »); Percussion, 2ième mention (mention « très bien »);
Written harmony, Harmonisation, 3ième mention (mention « bien »); Organologie, certificate
(mention « très bien »)
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1996-2004, Music school in Wiltz (L): Solfège, 1ière mention (mention « très bien »); Piano,
2ième mention (mention « très bien »); Organ, 2ième mention (mention « très bien »)
Professional experience
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PhD student in Psychology at the Catholic University of Louvain: Research project on the influence of
music on emotional competencies; since October 2012
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Mental Health
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Internship at Consultations Psychologiques Spécialisées (CPS emotions), in Louvain-la-Neuve (B),
10h/week since August 2014
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Internship at the CHNP, Centre Thérapeutique de Diekirch (L), 10h/week from September 2012 to July
2014
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Internship at the Centre Hospitalier Neuro-Psychiatrique (CHNP) in Ettelbruck (L), 2 weeks in 2011
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Children and adolescents
Internship at the Centre d’accueil « Kannerland, » (foyer d’enfants) in Luxembourg- City (L), 7 weeks
in 2010 et 5 months in 2011
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Addiction prevention and Health promotion
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Internship at the Centre de Prévention des Toxicomanies (CePT) in Luxembourg-City (L), 6 weeks in
2009
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Student job at « Coopérations a.s.b.l .» Wiltz (L): 2 weeks in 2011
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Student job at the CePT: health promotion in “MAG-Net festif”, presence at different festivals
(Echternach (L), Tuntange (L), Hotton (B)); in 2010, 2011
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Student job at the Clinique St. Joseph in Wiltz (L), 4-5 weeks in 2006, 2007, 2008
Publications
Papers
- Weisgerber, A., Constant, E., Gilson, T., Vermeulen, N. (in preparation). Congruent musical primes
facilitate emotion categorization in faces.
- Weisgerber, A., Vermeulen, N., Peretz, I., Samson, S., Philippot, P., Maurage, P., De Graeuwe
D’Aoust, C., De Jaegere, A., Delatte, B., Gillain, B., De Longueville, X., Delbeke, J. &
Constant, E. (in preparation). Facial, vocal and musical emotion recognition is altered in
paranoid schizophrenic patients.
Book chapters
- Blagan, E., Cappelier, V., Devos, G., Hardy, L., Schinkus, L., Schul, E., Wattier, G., & Weisgerber, A
(2013). Le Tabagisme. Dans M. Mikolajczak (dir.). Interventions en Psychologie de la Santé. Paris:
Dunod
- Weisgerber, A., Bayot, M., Constant, E. & Vermeulen, N. (2013). Music and Cognitive Processing of
Emotions: Individual Differences and Psychopathology. In P. Simon & T. Szabo (Eds.). Music:
Social Impacts, Health Benefits and Perspectives. New York : Nova Science Publishers
Poster Presentations
- Weisgerber, A., Vermeulen, N. The influence of music and alexithymia on the processing of
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emotional words and faces, BAPS Annual Meeting, 2013, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Weisgerber, A., Vermeulen, N. The influence of music and alexithymia on the processing of
emotional words and faces, European Congress of Psychology, 2013, Stockholm, Sweden
Weisgerber, A., Gilson, T. & Vermeulen, N. The influence of musical primes on the evaluation of
emotional facial expressions, Consortium of European Research on Emotion (CERE), 2014, Berlin,
Germany
Oral presentations
- The influence of music to the access and sharing of emotions, at the seminar “Psychotherapy and Science”,
April 2014, University of Namur, Belgium
Other engagements
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Secretary of the Association Luxembourgeoise des Etudiants en Psychologie (ALEP) from January
2010 to January 2012
Animation for children (formation aide-animatrice auprès de la Croix Rouge) in 2011
Personal interests
Organ, Percussion, Choir singing, animation for children