Bio Note: Asena Boyadzhieva is a cognitive scientist at the University of Vienna. She has a background in medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology. From 2018 to 2019 she was researching addiction, eating disorders, and dopaminergic signaling at the University Medical Center Utrecht Brain Center. In 2019, she enrolled in the Middle European Master’s Programme in Cognitive Science, where she has been investigating the role of respiratory-entrained dynamics in self-regulatory processes. Her interest in mind-body interactions is situated within the wider context of investigating how selfhood is constructed. Most recently, she has been employing a phenomenological lens to investigate perceptual presence and intersubjective space at the University of Ljubljana. With her research she aspires to contribute to the development of an empirical neurophenomenology, which can synergize with clinical practice.

Affiliation: University of Vienna, Austria