Ellen Seiss

Dr Ellen Seiss

  • u_eseiss at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
  • Principal Academic In Psychology
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Biography

After studying at the Universities of Potsdam, Sussex (exchange year) and at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, I graduated with a Diplom (MSc equivalent) in Psychology in 2000. I conducted my PhD studies at the Psychology Department of the University of Birmingham (2000-2004). Afterwards, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham (SyMoN lab) and at the Birkbeck College, UCL (Brain and Behaviour Lab), and as a lecturer at the University of Surrey (2007-2015. In March 2015, I joined Bournemouth University as a Senior Lecturer. My research interests are on topics in the area of affective, motivational cognitive neuroscience with applications in clinical populations (OCD, Parkinson’s disease), glucose effects on cognition and food choice. In many of my studies I use EEG methods.

Research Interests

Cognitive Neuroscience; Electrophysiological Methods (EEG, ERPs); Movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD); Glucose effects on cognition; Spatial attention, Response selection, Motor preparation, Subliminal (masked) motor priming.

Journal Articles

  • Gnacek, M., Özhan, N., Broulidakis, J., Mavridou, I., Kostoulas, T., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Gjoreski, M., Gjoreski, H., Nduka, C., Garner, M., Graf, E., Seiss, E., 2026. Multi-modal physiological markers of arousal induced by CO2 inhalation in Virtual Reality. Information Fusion, 126.
  • Mavridou, I., Seiss, E., Ugazio, G., Harpster, M., Brown, P., Cox, S., Panchevski, F., Erie, C., Lopez, D., Copt, R., Nduka, C., Hughes, J., Butera, J., Weiss, D.N., 2025. “Did you hear that?”: Software-based spatial audio enhancements increase self-reported and physiological indices on auditory presence and affect in virtual reality. Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 6.
  • Mavridou, I., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Kostoulas, T., Seiss, E., 2025. Affect Recognition in Immersive Room-Scale Environments: A Large-Scale VR Study With Custom Facial Sensing at the Science Museum in London. IEEE Access, 13, 155616-155631.
  • Gnacek, M., Quintero, L., Mavridou, I., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Kostoulas, T., Nduka, C., Seiss, E., 2024. AVDOS-VR: Affective Video Database with Physiological Signals and Continuous Ratings Collected Remotely in VR. Scientific Data, 11 (1).
  • Mavridou, I., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Nduka, C., Seiss, E., 2023. A reliable and robust online validation method for creating a novel 3D Affective Virtual Environment and Event Library (AVEL). Plos One, 18 (4 April).
  • Gnacek, M., Broulidakis, J., Mavridou, I., Fatoorechi, M., Seiss, E., Kostoulas, T., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Kiprijanovska, I., Rosten, C., Nduka, C., 2022. emteqPRO—Fully Integrated Biometric Sensing Array for Non-Invasive Biomedical Research in Virtual Reality. Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 3.
  • Toovey, B.R.W., Seiss, E., Sterr, A., 2021. Functional Equivalence Revisited: Costs and Benefits of Priming Action With Motor Imagery and Motor Preparation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 47 (12), 1698-1716.
  • Timotijevic, L., Hodgkins, C.E., Banks, A., Rusconi, P., Egan, B., Peacock, M., Seiss, E., Touray, M.M.L., Gage, H., Pellicano, C., Spalletta, G., Assogna, F., Giglio, M., Marcante, A., Gentile, G., Cikajlo, I., Gatsios, D., Konitsiotis, S., Fotiadis, D., 2020. Designing a mHealth clinical decision support system for Parkinson's disease: A theoretically grounded user needs approach. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 20 (1).
  • Husted, M., Seiss, E., Banks, A.P., 2019. The relationship between dietary restraint and deficits in reasoning about causes of obesity. Psychology and Health, 34 (12), 1504-1522.
  • Antonini, A., Gentile, G., Giglio, M., Marcante, A., Gage, H., Touray, M.M.L., Fotiadis, D.I., Gatsios, D., Konitsiotis, S., Timotijevic, L., Egan, B., Hodgkins, C., Biundo, R., Pellicano, C., Hatzakis, H., Correia, J., Manuela, G., Weis, L., Chiarot, M., Zanin, V., Seljak, B.K., Cestnik, B., Aleksovski, D., Miljkovic, D., Novak, F., Bohanec, M., Anzic, T., Podpecan, V., Valmarska, A., Papa, G., Blazica, B., Boshkoska, B.M., Vilzmann, R., Assogna, F., Spalletta, G., Pellicano, G.R., Palma, V., Scudellari, C., Soru, T., Napoletano, M., Fanciulli, F., Raffaelli, M., Banks, A., Elliot, B., Seiss, E., Rusconi, P., Peacock, M., Gillies, S., Puttock, E., Rigas, G., Vera, C., Uceda, J., Mascato, S.V., De La Cal, J.R., Olmedo, J.J.S., Martinez, F., Arrendondo, M.T., Cikajlo, I., Peterlin-Potisk, K., 2018. Acceptability to patients, carers and clinicians of an mHealth platform for the management of Parkinson's disease (PD-Manager): Study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial. Trials, 19 (1).
  • Husted, M., Banks, A.P., Seiss, E., 2016. Eating behaviour associated with differences in conflict adaptation for food pictures. Appetite, 105, 630-637.
  • Seiss, E., Klippel, M., Hope, C., Boy, F., Sumner, P., 2014. The relationship between reversed masked priming and the tri-phasic pattern of the lateralised readiness potential. Plos One, 9 (4).
  • Herron, K., Dijk, D.J., Dean, P., Seiss, E., Sterr, A., 2014. Quantitative electroencephalography and behavioural correlates of daytime sleepiness in chronic stroke. Biomed Research International, 2014.
  • Hope, C., Seiss, E., Dean, P.J.A., Williams, K.E.M., Sterr, A., 2013. Consumption of glucose drinks slows sensorimotor processing: Double-blind placebo-controlled studies with the Eriksen flanker task. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
  • Dean, P.J.A., Otaduy, M.C.G., Harris, L.M., McNamara, A., Seiss, E., Sterr, A., 2013. Monitoring long-term effects of mild traumatic brain injury with magnetic resonance spectroscopy: A pilot study. Neuroreport, 24 (12), 677-681.
  • Dean, P.J.A., Seiss, E., Sterr, A., 2012. Motor Planning in Chronic Upper-Limb Hemiparesis: Evidence from Movement-Related Potentials. Plos One, 7 (10).
  • Van Herpen, E., Seiss, E., Van Trijp, H.C.M., 2012. The role of familiarity in front-of-pack label evaluation and use: A comparison between the United Kingdom and The Netherlands. Food Quality and Preference, 26 (1), 22-34.
  • Leather, C., Hogh, H., Seiss, E., Everatt, J., 2011. Cognitive functioning and work success in adults with dyslexia. Dyslexia, 17 (4), 327-338.
  • Seiss, E., Driver, J., Eimer, M., 2009. Effects of attentional filtering demands on preparatory ERPs elicited in a spatial cueing task. Clinical Neurophysiology, 120 (6), 1087-1095.
  • Seiss, E., Kiss, M., Eimer, M., 2009. Does focused endogenous attention prevent attentional capture in pop-out visual search? Psychophysiology, 46 (4), 703-717.
  • Kourtis, D., Seiss, E., Praamstra, P., 2008. Movement-related changes in cortical excitability: A steady-state SEP approach. Brain Research, 1244, 113-120.
  • Seiss, E., Gherri, E., Eardley, A.F., Eimer, M., 2007. Do ERP components triggered during attentional orienting represent supramodal attentional control? Psychophysiology, 44 (6), 987-990.
  • Seiss, E., Praamstra, P., 2006. Time-course of masked response priming and inhibition in Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychologia, 44 (6), 869-875.
  • Stürmer, B., Seiss, E., Leuthold, H., 2005. Executive control in the Simon task: A dual-task examination of response priming and its suppression. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 17 (5), 590-618.
  • Praamstra, P., Seiss, E., 2005. The neurophysiology of response competition: Motor cortex activation and inhibition following subliminal response priming. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 (3), 483-493.
  • Seiss, E., Praamstra, P., 2004. The basal ganglia and inhibitory mechanisms in response selection: Evidence from subliminal priming of motor responses in Parkinson's disease. Brain, 127 (2), 330-339.
  • Hesse, C.W., Seiss, E., Bracewell, R.M., Praamstra, P., 2004. Absence of gaze direction effects on EEG measures of sensorimotor function. Clinical Neurophysiology, 115 (1), 29-38.
  • Moffat, A.C., Osselton, M.D., Widdop, B., Clarke, E.G.C.. Clarke's analysis of drugs and poisons. Pharmaceutical Pr.
  • Seiss, E., Praamstra, P., Hesse, C.W., Rickards, H., 2003. Proprioceptive sensory function in Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease: Evidence from proprioception-related EEG potentials. Experimental Brain Research, 148 (3), 308-319.
  • Seiss, E., Hesse, C.W., Drane, S., Oostenveld, R., Wing, A.M., Praamstra, P., 2002. Proprioception-related evoked potentials: Origin and sensitivity to movement parameters. Neuroimage, 17 (1), 461-468.
  • Duka, T., Seiss, E., Tasker, R., 2002. The effects of extrinsic context on nicotine discrimination. Behavioural Pharmacology, 13 (1), 39-47.

Chapters

Conferences

  • Kempapidis, T., Mavridou, I., Seiss, E., Castle, C.L., Bradwell, D., Panchevski, F., Cox, S., Gomes, R.S.M., 2025. Visual Search in People with Macular Degeneration: A Virtual Reality Eye-Tracking Study. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 15445 LNCS, 182-203.
  • Sulutas, R.I., Richerol, A., De Garidel-Thoron, E., Charles, F., Seiss, E., 2025. Virtual Reality Application for OCD Assessment. Proceedings 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops Vrw 2025, 1470-1471.
  • Mavridou, I., Seiss, E., Ugazio, G., Harpster, M., Brown, P., Cox, S., Erie, C., Lopez, D., Copt, R., Nduka, C., Hughes, J., Butera, J., Weiss, D.N., 2025. "did you hear that?": Investigating localized spatial audio effects on enhancing immersive and affective user experiences in virtual reality. Proceedings 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops Vrw 2025, 1276-1277.
  • Nash, J., Seiss, E., Charles, F., 2024. Fear, guilt, hope or humour? Understanding emotional responses to water safety advertising in young adult men using OCOsense eyewear technology. In: EMAC (European Marketing Academy) 25/09/2024 Lisbon, Portugal.
  • King, B.G., Seiss, E.. A dynamic cognitive stimulation programme for stroke patients. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE, 18 (1).
  • Gnacek, M., Mavridou, I., Broulidakis, J., Nduka, C., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Kostoulas, T., Seiss, E., 2022. AVDOS-Affective Video Database Online Study Video database for affective research emotionally validated through an online survey. 2022 10th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Acii 2022.
  • Gnacek, M., Seiss, E., Kostoulas, T., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Mavridou, I., Nduka, C., 2021. Remote Collection of Physiological Data in a Virtual Reality Study. In: CHI 21 15/05/2021 XR Remote Research Workshop.
  • Gnacek, M., Garrido-Leal, D., Nieto Lopez, R., Seiss, E., Kostoulas, T., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Mavridou, I., Nduka, C., 2020. Heart rate detection from the supratrochlear vessels using a virtual reality headset integrated PPG sensor. Icmi 2020 Companion Companion Publication of the 2020 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, 210-214.
  • Mavridou, I., Seiss, E., Kostoulas, T., Hamedi, M., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Nduka, C., 2019. Introducing the EmteqVR Interface for Affect Detection in Virtual Reality. 2019 8th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos Aciiw 2019, 83-84.
  • Mavridou, I., Seiss, E., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Kostoulas, T., Perry, M., 2019. Emerging Affect Detection Methodologies in VR and future directions. In: VRIC 20/03/2019 Laval, France.
  • Fatoorechi, M., Archer, J., Nduka, C., Seiss, E., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Mavridou, I., Hamedi, M., Cleal, A., 2017. Using facial gestures to drive narrative in VR. Sui 2017 Proceedings of the 2017 Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, 152.
  • Mavridou, I., McGhee, J.T., Hamedi, M., Fatoorechi, M., Cleal, A., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Seiss, E., Cox, G., Nduka, C., 2017. FACETEQ; a novel platform for measuring emotion in VR. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.
  • Mavridou, I., McGhee, J.T., Hamedi, M., Fatoorechi, M., Cleal, A., Ballaguer-Balester, E., Seiss, E., Cox, G., Nduka, C., Rosenberg, E.S., Krum, D.M., Wartell, Z., Mohler, B., Babu, S.V., Steinicke, F., Interrante, V., 2017. FACETEQ Interface Demo for Emotion Expression in VR. In: IEEE Virtual Reality 2017 x. IEEE VIRTUAL REALITY (VR), 441-442.
  • Mavridou, I., Troisi, A., Seiss, E., Renaud, A., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Balaguer-Ballester, E., 2016. Experience Design for Emotional Stimulation in Virtual Reality. In: Virtual Reality World Congress 12/04/2016 Bristol.
  • Husted, M., Banks, A.P., Seiss, E., 2014. EXTERNAL AND EMOTIONAL EATING DIFFERENTIALLY EFFECTS PERFORMANCE IN FLANKER TASK USING FOOD STIMULI. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE, 21, S87.
  • Seiss, E., Hope, C., Guinn, A., Dean, P.J.A., Sterr, A., 2013. THE EFFECT OF ELEVATED BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS ON ENCODING AND RETRIEVAL IN A VERBAL MEMORY TASK. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 50, S92-S93.
  • Encke, M., Dean, P.J.A., Seiss, E., Sterr, A., 2013. EFFECTS OF AGING ON MOTOR PREPARATION PROCESSES. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 50, S87.
  • Herron, K., Dijk, D.-J., Dean, P., Seiss, E., Sterr, A., 2009. EEG-DERIVED BIOMARKERS FOR DAYTIME SLEEPINESS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC STROKE. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 46, S108.
  • Hope, C., Seiss, E., Dean, P., Sterr, A., 2009. AN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF GLUCOSE ADMINISTRATION EFFECTS ON SENSORIMOTOR PROCESSING IN A MODIFIED ERIKSEN FLANKER TASK. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 46, S97.
  • Dean, P., Seiss, E., Sterr, A., 2009. ADVANCE MOVEMENT PREPARATION IN HEMIPARETIC PATIENTS: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL INDICE. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 46, S97.
  • Seiss, E., Wilkinson, L., Eimer, M., Jahanshahi, M., 2009. Selective attention in Parkinson's disease: An investigation with the priming-of-popout paradigm. MOVEMENT DISORDERS, 24, S312.
  • Seiss, E., Praamstra, P., 2003. Proprioception-related evoked potentials in Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 17 (2), 101-102.
  • Hesse, C., Drane, S., Seiss, E., Wing, A., Praamstra, P., 2001. Proprioceptive SEPs: Origin and sensitivity to movement parameters. NEUROIMAGE, 13 (6), S1185.

Grants

  • PD Manager: mHealth platform for Parkinson’s Disease Management (Horizon 2020, 01 Sep 2015). In Progress
  • PD Manager: mHealth platform for Parkinson’s Disease Management (Horizon 2020, 01 Sep 2015). In Progress
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