Biography

Lucía Cores-Sarría is a PhD candidate pursuing a joint degree in Media and Cognitive Science. She uses quantitative methods to study moving images, with an emphasis on psychophysiological methods and multilevel modeling analysis. Her current research focuses on how cinematography, such as the distance, the movement, or the angle of the camera affect the way we perceive films. Her perspective on media is informed by ecological psychology and an embodied approach to cognition.

Lucía received her joint B.A. degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication from Carlos III University of Madrid, and her M.A. degree in Cognitive Semiotics from Aarhus University. She is pursuing her PhD with the support of a Fulbright Scholarship.

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Peer-reviewed publications

Cores-Sarría, L., Hale, B., & Lang, A. (2021) Danger, Sex, and everything else: A Comparison of Camera Angle and Camera Distance Effects across Pictures of Varied Emotional Contents. Journal of Media Psychology.

Rodero, E., & Cores-Sarría, L., (2022) What is the best form to convey the news? A psychophysiological study comparing a broadcast against a narrative speaking style. Communication Research.

Manuscripts under review

Cores-Sarría, L., Han, J., Myrick, J., & Rob Potter (2022) Tech Neck Effects During Mobile Device Use: Impact of Spinal Flexion on Physiological Cognition, Emotion & Arousal.

Academic awards, grants, and fellowships

2021: Best Paper – First Prize at the Common Ground Conference for the presentation ‘The Joy of Overload: Intensified (dis)Continuity in K-dramas’. $150.

2020-2021: Dissertation Completion Fellowship. Granted by the College of Arts & Sciences at Indiana University – Bloomington. $25,000.

2020: Supplemental research fellowship. Granted by the Department of Cognitive Science. $3,000.

2015-2017: Fulbright scholarship for doctoral studies. Granted by the Fulbright Commission for Cultural, Educational and Scientific Exchange between the United States of America and Spain.

Academic Appointments

SP 2022: Associate Instructor, The Media School, Indiana University

Course: Strategic Content Development (MSCH-A305)

FA 2021: Associate Instructor, ASURE, Indiana University

Course: Science and Culture of Empathy (COLL-C/S-103)

SP 2020: Instructor of Record, Collins Living Learning Center, Indiana University. Course: Cinema and Cognition. (CLLC-L130)

FA 2019: Associate Instructor, Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University. Course: Social Psychology of Individual Differences. (PSY-P304)

FA 2018-SP 2019: Director of the Media Living Learning Center at Indiana University

FA 2018: Instructor of Record, The Media School, Indiana University. Course: The Media Village (MSCH-C160)

SP 2018: Associate Instructor, The Media School, Indiana University.  Course: Electronic Media Advertising (MSCH-A337)

FA 2017: Associate Instructor, The Media School, Indiana University. Course: Media (MSCH-C101)

SP 2017: Associate Instructor, The Media School, Indiana University. Course: Race, Prejudice and the Media (MSCH -C214)

Selected conference abstracts, papers and posters

Cores-Sarría, L., Dubree, W., & Lang, A. (2021) Through the Camera into the Body: a Physiological Study Investigating the Effect of Camera Movement on Leg Motor Activation. Research presented at SPR– Society for Psychophysiological Research. October. Online conference.

Ni, Y. & Cores-Sarría, L., (2021) Bridging Skin Conductance and Self-report Arousal Rating Using Random Walk Decision-Making Models. Research presented at SPR– Society for Psychophysiological Research. October. Online conference.

Cores-Sarría, L., Han, J., Myrick, J., & Rob Potter (2021) Tech Neck Effects During Mobile Device Use: Impact of Spinal Flexion on Physiological Cognition, Emotion & Arousal. Research presented at ICA – the International Communication Association. April. Online conference.

Cores-Sarría, L., Hale, B., Yan, H., Rosenberg, K., & Lang, A. (2020) Danger, Sex, and everything else: A Comparison of Camera Angle and Camera Distance Effects across Pictures of Varied Emotional Content. Research presented at NCA – National Communication Association. November. Online conference.

Cores-Sarría, L., & Rodero, E. (2020) Psychophysiological effects of prosody style on radio news. Research presented at SPR – Society of Psychophysiological Research. October. Online conference.

Cores-Sarría, L., Dubree, W., & Lang, A. (2020) Entering the Interrogation Room: Psychological Effects of a ‘Breathing’ Camera in Crime Shows. Research presented at SCSMI – Society for the Cognitive Studies of Moving Images. June. Online conference.

Cores-Sarría, L., Hale, B., Rosenberg, K., Yan, H., Lang, A. (2019) An Embodied Motivated Approach to the Perception of Camera Framing: Affective Effects of Camera Angle and Distance When Looking at Pictures. Research presented at ICA – the International Communication Association. May. Washington D.C., USA.

Myrick, J., Cores-Sarría, L., Han, J., Newman, L., Floom, A., Potter, R. (2018) Embodied cognition and ‘tech neck’: A psychophysiological study of the impact of spinal flexion on cognitive and emotional processing of video messages. Research presented at ICA – the International Communication Association. May. Prague, CZ.

Cores-Sarría, L. (2017). The walking eye: An ecological approach to mobile framing. Research presented presented at SCSMI – Society for the Cognitive Studies of Moving Images. June. Helsinki, Finland.

Read, G. L., Cores-Sarría, L., Zheng, X., Lu, Y., & Potter, R. F. (2017). Do gender identity and expression influence responses to transgender and androgynous models in advertisements? Research presented at ICA – the International Communication Association. June. San Diego, CA, USA.

Cores-Sarría, L. (2015) The influence of camera angle in film narratives. Poster presented at the SCSMI – Society for the Cognitive Studies of Moving Images. June. London, England.