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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Mar 3

New pre-print out!

🔬In this article, we explain why our clinical trial to improve the automatic tendency to approach PA failed and offer recommendations to help future studies maximise patient acceptability.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thrilled to start a postdoc position at SCALab (France) with Prof. Yvonne Delevoye-Turrell!

Roots in the affectivism (Dukes et al., 2021), this project aims to develop a research programme around visual-auditory-olfactory environments to help people discover the pleasure of effort 🏃‍♂️

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Nikos Ntoumanis @nikosntoumanis.bsky.social · Jan 16

Long but rewarding day in Brussels for the kick-off of our new 10m Euros EU-funded Horizon project. Five years to develop solutions that target youth physical (PA, diet, sleep, sedentary behaviour) and mental health.

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Jan 6

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S’engager dans une activité physique régulière : le rôle des expériences affectives positives. | Request PDF

Request PDF | S’engager dans une activité physique régulière : le rôle des expériences affectives positives. | Psychologie positive des activités physiques et sportives Corps, santé mentale et bien-êt...

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Jan 6

2024 Recap!
🎓 2 international conferences, 5 published articles, 1 book chapter, and a 360-pp manuscript that earned me a PhD in Exercise Psychology.

🏃‍♂️ 252 workouts, 1380 km, and countless kg lifted!

💡 Key strategies for staying active come from our 2024 chapter (link below)

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Dec 19

🎓 On 17th December 2024, I received my PhD in Exercise Psychology, in the same lecture hall where my journey began 8 years ago.

🤝 I’m incredibly grateful to have spent these 3 years under the guidance of Philippe Sarrazin and @bcheval.bsky.social – the best team I could have hoped for!

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Nikos Ntoumanis @nikosntoumanis.bsky.social · Nov 22

Are you looking for a post-doc on, broadly speaking, behavioural science and the green transition? My university has EU funding for 15 post-docs. If you meet the eligibility criteria, feel free to email me and discuss the possibility of putting in an application.
www.thegaiaproject.eu/application

Application — Gaia.

www.thegaiaproject.eu

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Nov 22

This article is very helpful to justify such an initiative to the university! Last year, we launched a French podcast series aimed at giving a voice to young researchers youtube.com/playlist?lis...

CerCoG-CAST - YouTube

CerCoG-Cast est un podcast mensuel produit avec passion par le Conseil Scientifique Junior du #CerCoG@UGA. Notre mission est de promouvoir la #pluridisciplin...

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · Nov 18

As Bluesky seems to have exploded over the weekend, I am reposting this ⬇️

Starter Pack for #sports & #exercise: a (very incomplete but evolving) list of researchers, labs & resources that cover physical activity, sports & exercise 🦵💪

Just DM me, if you would like to be added 🙂

go.bsky.app/4hjz2Q6

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Wanja Wolff @wanjawolff.bsky.social · Nov 15

I created a starter pack for sports and exercise research!

Please share and do let me know if you would like to be added 🙏

go.bsky.app/4hjz2Q6

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Oct 3

Thrilled to share this new article where we investigated the motivational and emotional correlates of PA and SB levels in patients

Results showed an association between higher perceived capability and positive affective attitudes toward PA with higher PA levels 📊

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Sep 18

Open access article doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Sep 18

Thrilled to see this publication out!

During my 3 ½ month Doctoral internship with Prof. Karageorghis, I had the pleasure to run this intervention in the well-equiped lab of the Division of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Brunel University, London !🚲📊💻🇬🇧

@segoleneguerin.bsky.social

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Sep 3

📄Thrilled to share this new article with such high-level colleagues!

💡In this opinion, we argue that our natural tendency to minimise effort can be overcome thanks to executive functions and affective variables, particularly at certain times in life
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Matthieu Boisgontier @matthieuboisgontier.com · Sep 1

Side projects always end up requiring as much work & time as main projects. I hope my future self remembers that. #SlowScience.
We are very proud of this one showing that physical activity levels before a stroke are predictive of post-stroke functional dependence. doi.org/10.1093/ptj/...

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Aug 23

🧠 Can automatic reactions mirror exercise dependenc

In this new article, we explore this question and discuss the results in the light of the characteristics of our sample and the specific features of PA behaviour. 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WFEVW...
@bcheval.bsky.social @labosens.bsky.social

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Jul 22

Friday 11am ➡️ Presentation at the European Congress of Sport and Exercise Psychology in Innsbruck 🗣

Saturday 22h ➡️ Start of the UT4M 2024 20km in Grenoble (605d+, 1345d-) 🏃⛰
⏱ 02:05:50, 31st overall and 22nd in my category.

Doing science and putting it into practice: the dynamic duo!🦇

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Jul 5

💡 Why using R Studio for data analysis? How to get started with R Studio?

💻 Silvio Maltagliati and I hosted a "Introduction to R Studio" workshop to answer these questions (FR). Find all the resources (slides, exercises, R script, datasets) free on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1266...

Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Jul 3

Available on request from ResearchGate www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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S'engager dans une activité physique régulière : le rôle des expériences affectives positives | Request PDF

Request PDF | On Jun 20, 2024, Layan Fessler and others published S'engager dans une activité physique régulière : le rôle des expériences affectives positives | Find, read and cite all the research y...

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Jul 3

Our new chapter (FR) "Engaging in regular physical activity: the role of positive affective experiences" is out !
We drew inspiration from the excellent textbook "Essentials of Exercise & Sports Psychology" by @ZackZenko and @Dr_LJones to transpose these perspectives into French

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy to have presented some initial results from my latest PhD study on the association between affective responses, perceived exertion and physical activity in people with chronic disease at ICAMPAM 2024! A sneak peek here, just a few months away from pre-print👀. @labosens.bsky.social

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Mar 21

Our new paper testing the Peak-End Rule in Parkinson's patients on affective attitudes and physical activity behavior is available for free download until 20/04/2024 www.cairn.info/revue-moveme...

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#patient #parkinson #phd #physicalactivity #affect

Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Jan 30

One of the most useful skills @bcheval.bsky.social taught me during my PhD was how to manage data properly: (a) create folders and subfolders with standardised names, (b) create README files, (c) do all the data management in R.

This makes scientific collaboration and #openscience much easier.

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Layan Fessler @layanfessler.bsky.social · Jan 8

🏃‍♂️🏋️‍♂️Glad to see that implementing the strategies I use in my PhD to improve affective experiences helped me reach 320 workouts in 2023 (while doing a PhD @labosens.bsky.social and an internship at Brunel University 🇬🇧)!

🎧 Specific music type during the HIIT sessions was one of the most effective!

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