Elisabeth Holl

Dr. Elisabeth Holl is a Researcher at the Institute for Human-Computer-Media at the University of Würzburg since September 2023. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Luxembourg (2022), with a focus on moral decision-making in video games. Her academic journey includes a Master's in Media and Instructional Psychology from Chemnitz University of Technology and a Bachelor's in Psychology from the University of Cologne.

• Education: University of Cologne (BSc), Chemnitz University of Technology (MSc), University of Luxembourg (PhD)
• Current Role: Researcher at Media and Business Communication team

Her research spans reception and impact research, entertainment research, and psychophysiology and presence, often employing multimethod approaches. Key publications analyze stereotype threat, gaming motivation, and moral cognition in virtual environments. While her studies on gender stereotypes in gaming found no behavioral ST effects, they revealed cognitive impacts like frustration. She collaborates with scholars like André Melzer and Gary Lee Wagener, focusing on media use during crises and VR's role in pain distraction. Her work emphasizes domain-specific identification over gender in predicting gaming performance.

Recent articles in Entertainment Computing and Computers in Human Behavior Reports explore eudaimonic gaming, presence theory, and psychophysiological mechanisms. Despite null findings on stereotype threat, her research highlights the importance of self-efficacy and gaming experience in mitigating performance gaps. She contributes to debates on diverse character representation in games and its implications for gender equity.