studied mathematics and cognitive science at the University of Kassel (Germany) and Bordeaux (France), and obtained a PhD in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Geneva (Switzerland). Currently she is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Neuroscience of Emotion and Affective Dynamics Laboratory and the Interdisciplinary Center of Affective Sciences in Geneva. In her research Wiebke Trost is focusing on the brain processes of emotions in response to music.