Melisa earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Fribourg (2023) and is now pursuing a Master of Science in Psychology with a specialization in Cognitive Neuroscience at the same institution. Passionate about understanding the brain and behavior, she focuses her research on neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience. Her research investigates how the presence of contextual faces from different racial backgrounds influences neural face discrimination using EEG combined with the fast periodic visual stimulation (FPVS) paradigm.