Dr. Barbara Montagne is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Utrecht University , affiliated with the Experimental Psychology department. Her work bridges psychology and computer science, focusing on facial emotion recognition, social cognition, and digital mental health interventions. Her research spans clinical populations (stroke survivors, OCD, psychosis, Korsakoff syndrome) and tech-driven applications (LLMs in mHealth, gamified systems). Recent studies examine LLM-generated treatment goals, social touch deficits, and crisis dynamics modeling. She collaborates with institutions like the Helmholtz Institute and ACM conferences. Doctoral thesis on facial expressions in psychiatric/neurological disorders (2005) Key areas: emotion perception, mental health technology, social cognition Her 2024-2025 work highlights mHealth gamification, personalized psychiatry, and trauma impacts on borderline disorder. Despite no listed awards, her 29+ peer-reviewed outputs and Mendeley readers indicate significant academic impact.








