Research Areas
- Executive functions
- Cognitive control
- Consciousness
- Decision making
- Perception
- Suggestions
- Placebo and nocebo
- Hypnosis
Selected Publications
Zahedi, A., Abdel Rahman, R., Stürmer, B., & Sommer, W. (2019). Common and specific loci of Stroop effects in vocal and manual tasks, revealed by event-related brain potentials and posthypnotic suggestions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(9), 1575-1594. doi:10.1037/xge0000574
Zahedi, A., & Sommer, W. (2022). Can hypnotic susceptibility be explained by bifactor models? Structural equation modeling of the Harvard group scale of hypnotic susceptibility - Form A. Consciousness and Cognition, 99, 103289. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2022.103289
Zahedi, A., Stürmer, B., & Sommer, W. (2020). Can posthypnotic suggestions boost updating in working memory? Behavioral and ERP evidence. Neuropsychologia, 148, 107632. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107632
Zahedi, A., Luczak, A., & Sommer, W. (2020). Modification of food preferences by posthypnotic suggestions: An event-related brain potential study. Appetite, 151, 104713. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2020.104713
Zahedi, A., Öznur Akalin, R., Lawrence, J. E., Baumann, A., & Sommer, W. (2022). The Nature and Persistence of Posthypnotic Suggestions' Effects on Food Preferences: An Online Study. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.859656
Academic CV
| since 2022 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology (Biological Psychology), University of Münster |
| 2016-2021 |
Ph.D. of Psychology at the Humboldt University of Berlin Thesis title: “Hypnotic Suggestions: Their Nature and Applicability in Studying Executive Functions.” |
| 2014 - 2016 | Master of Psychology at the University of Tehran |
| 2008-2014 |
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering at the AmirKabir University of Tehran |