Kirill Fayn, PhD
Research Interests:
- Correlates and consequences of openness to experience
- Affective dynamics in aesthetic and learning contexts
- Behavioural and affective dynamics of museum visits
Vita
Academic Education
| 2016 | PhD Psychology, University of Sydney, Australia |
| 2011 | Bsc Psychology, University of Sydney, Australia |
| 2010 | Graduate Diploma in Psychology, University of Sydney, Australia |
| 2006 | Bsc Information Systems, University of New South Wales, Australien |
Professional Experience
| Since 10/2018 | Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main |
| 2016–09/2018 | Postdoctoral researcher, KU Leuven, Belgium |
| 2015–2016 | Research Officer at the Department of Corrections NSW (Australian State Government) |
| 2011–2014 | Psychology Tutor, University of Sydney, Australia |
Publications
Articles (in peer-reviewed journals)
Smillie, L. D., Bennett, D., Tan, N. P., Sutcliffe, K., Fayn, K., Bode, S., & Wacker, J. (2021). Does openness/intellect predict sensitivity to the reward value of information? Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 21, 993–1009. doi:10.3758/s13415-021-00900-1
Fayn, K., Willemsen, S., Muralikrishnan, R., Castaño Manias, B., Menninghaus, W., & Schlotz, W. (2021). Full throttle: Demonstrating the speed, accuracy, and validity of a new method for continuous two-dimensional self-report and annotation. Behavior Research Methods, 53 (3). doi:10.3758/s13428-021-01616-3
MacCann, C., Erbas, Y., Dejonckheere, E., Minbashian, A., Kuppens, P., & Fayn, K. (2020). Emotional intelligence relates to emotions, emotion dynamics, and emotion complexity: A meta-analysis and experience sampling study. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 36(3), 460–470. doi:10.1027/1015-5759/a000588
Fayn, K., Silvia, P. J., Dejonckheere, E., Verdonck, S., & Kuppens, P. (2019). Confused or curious? Openness/intellect predicts more positive interest-confusion relations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117(5), 1016–1033. doi:10.1037/pspp0000257
Heathers, J. A. J., Fayn, K., Silvia, P. J., Tiliopoulos, N., & Goodwin, M. S. (2018). The voluntary control of piloerection. PeerJ, 6, Article e5292. doi:10.7717/peerj.5292
Cotter, K. N., Silvia, P. J., & Fayn, K. (2018). What does feeling like crying when listening to music feel like? Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts, 12(2), 216–227. doi:10.1037/aca0000108
Barford, K. A., Fayn, K., Silvia, P. J., & Smillie, L. D. (2018). Individual differences in conflicting stimulus evaluations: Openness/Intellect predicts mixed-valenced appraisals of visual art. Journal of Research in Personality, 73, 46–55. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2017.11.006
Van Liefferinge, D., Sonuga-Barke, E., Danckaerts, M., Fayn, K., Van Broeck, N., & Oord, S. (2018). Measuring child and adolescent emotional lability: How do questionnaire-based ratings relate to experienced and observed emotion in everyday life and experimental settings? International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 27(3), Article e1720. doi:10.1002/mpr.1720
Fayn, K., Silvia, P. J., Erbas, Y., Tiliopoulos, N., & Kuppens, P. (2018). Nuanced aesthetic emotions: emotion differentiation is related to knowledge of the arts and curiosity. Cognition & Emotion, 32(3), 593–599. doi:10.1080/02699931.2017.1322554
Fayn, K., & Kuppens, P. (2017). Individual differences in embracing negatively valenced art: The roles of openness and sensation seeking. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, 2, Article e360. doi:10.1017/s0140525x17001686
Fayn, K., Silvia, P. J., MacCann, C., & Tiliopoulos, N. (2017). Interested in different things or in different ways? Journal of Individual Differences, 38(4), 265–273. doi:10.1027/1614-0001/a000243
Lumbroso, P., Fayn, K., Tiliopoulos, N., & Francis, L. J. (2016). The internal consistency reliability of the Katz-Francis Scale of attitude toward Judaism among Australian Jews. Religions, 7(10), 6, 123. doi:10.3390/rel7100123
Fayn, K., Tiliopoulos, N., & MacCann, C. (2015). Interest in truth versus beauty: Intellect and openness reflect different pathways towards interest. Personality and Individual Differences, 81, 47–52. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.12.031
Fayn, K., MacCann, C., Tiliopoulos, N., & Silvia, P. J. (2015). Aesthetic emotions and aesthetic people: Openness predicts sensitivity to novelty in the experiences of interest and pleasure. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 1877. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01877
Silvia, P. J., Fayn, K., Nusbaum, E. C., & Beaty, R. E. (2015). Openness to experience and awe in response to nature and music: Personality and profound aesthetic experiences. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts, 9(4), 376–384. doi:10.1037/aca0000028
Mullan, B., Allom, V., Fayn, K., & Johnston, I. (2014). Building habit strength: A pilot intervention designed to improve food-safety behavior. Food Research International, 66, 274–278. doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2014.09.027
Book Chapter
Willemsen S., Bálint, K., Hakemulder, F., Konijn, E., & Fayn, K. (2021; forthcoming). Who likes complex films? Personality and preferences for narrative complexity. In: S. Willemsen & M.Kiss (Eds.), Puzzling Stories:The Aesthetic Appeal of Cognitive Challenge in Film, Television & Literature. New York & London: Berghahn Books.
Fayn, K., & Silvia, P. (2015). States, People, and Contexts: Three Psychological Challenges for the Neuroscience of Aesthetics. In Joseph P. Huston, Nadal Marcos, Francisco Mora, Luigi F. Agnati & Camilo J. Cela-Conde (Eds.), Art, Aesthetics, and the Brain (pp. 40–56). New York: Oxford University Press.
Awards and Grants
| 2017 | Postdoctoral Mandate, KU Leuven |
| 2016 | University of Sydney, School of Psychology Publication Prize |
| 2015 | Australia-Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme |
| 2012 | The Campbell Perry International Research Grant |
| 2012 | Sydney University Graduates Union of North America (SUGUNA) Alumni Scholarship |
| 2012 | R. and M. Bentwich Scholarship |
| 2011 | Australian Post Graduate Award |