Layan Fessler
Publications
21. Wang, Y. B., Hutchinson, J., Bird, J. M., Cheval, B., Herold, F., Fessler, L., Gerber, M., Mao, Z-H., Heath, M., Kramer, A.F., Lowe, C. J., & Zou, L. (2025). Affective and cerebral haemodynamic responses to audiovisual stimuli during exercise above and below the ventilatory threshold. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2025.2549884
Contribution: Writing – review & editing
20. Pellet-Bourgeois, G., Laulan, P., Fessler, L., & Lebon, F. (2025). Beyond Age and Expertise: Emotional Intelligence and Heart Rate Variability Predict Decision-Making Under Risk in Mountain-Guide Population. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 102974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102974
Contribution: Writing – review & editing, Formal analysis
19. Chen, J., Aikeremu, A., Cheval, B., Gerber, M., Fessler, L., Werneck, A.O., Owen, N., Kramer, A.F., Hall, D.L., Yeung, A.S., Liu, J., Herold, F., Pindus, D.M., Kuang, J., Zou, L. (2025). Social Support for Physical Activity in Community-Dwelling Adults with Serious Mental Illness: Latent Profile Analysis and Correlates. Mental Health and Physical Activity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2025.100706
Contribution: Writing – review & editing, Methodology, Conceptualization
18. Wang, Y.-B., Bigliassi, M., Cheval, B., Yu, Q., Maltagliati, S., Zhang, Z., Herold, F., Chen, Y., Dupuy, O., Gao, Y., Hou, M., Fessler, L., Kuang, J., Gerber, M., Heath, M., Pindus, D.M., Mao, Z.-X., Terry, P.C., Zou, L. (2025). Effects of Self-Selected Audiovisual Stimuli on Affective Responses and Cortical Oxygenation in the Prefrontal Cortex during Acute Endurance Exercise: An fNIRS Study. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 100688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2025.100688
Contribution: Writing – review & editing, Methodology, Conceptualization
17. Karageorghis, C. I., Guérin, S. M. R., Fessler, L., Howard, L. W., Pinto, C., Ojuri, O., Kuan, J., & Samwell-Nash, K. G. (2025). One-HIIT wonder: Can music make high-intensity interval training more pleasant? Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 76, Article e102717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102717
Contribution: Writing – review & editing, Visualization, Project administration, Methodology, Investigation, Data curation
16. Fessler, L., Tessitore, E., Craviari, C., Sarrazin, P., Meyer, P., Luthy, C., Hanna-Deschamps, E., Cheval, B. (2024). Motivational and Emotional Correlates of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior After Cardiac Rehabilitation: An Observational Study. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 16, 209. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-024-00997-0
Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing—original draft
15. Maltagliati S.†, Fessler, L. †, Yu, Q., Zhang, Z., Chen, Y., Dupuy, O., Falck R., Owen, N., Zou, L., Cheval, B. (2025). Effort Minimization: A Permanent, Dynamic, and Surmountable Influence on Physical Activity. Journal of Sport and Health Science, Article e100971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2024.100971
† S.M. et L.F. ont contribué à parts égales et partagent la qualité de premier auteur
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing—original draft
14. Quossi, A., Fessler, L., Maltagliati, S., Gardner, B., Miller, M.W., Sander, D., Rebard, A., Szabo, A., Cheval, B. (2024). Can automatic reactions mirror exercise dependence? International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2024.2387698
Contribution: Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
13. Cheval, B., Zou, L., Maltagliati S., Fessler, L., Owen, N., Falck R., Yu, Q., Zhang, Z., Dupuy, O. (2024). The intention-behaviour gap in physical activity: unravelling the critical role of the automatic tendency towards effort minimisation. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58, 889–891 https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2024-108144
Contribution: Writing – review & editing
12. Fessler, L., Sarrazin, P., Maltagliati, S., Smeding A., & Cheval, B. (2024). All’s well that ends well: an early-phase study testing lower end-session exercise intensity to promote physical activity in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Movement & Sport Sciences-Science & Motricité, 123, 17–31. https://doi.org/10.1051/sm/2023009
Contribution: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing–original draft
11. Maltagliati, S., Muller, D., Sarrazin, P., Fessler, L., Ferry, T., Wiers, R., & Cheval, B. (2024). Improving physical activity using a single personalized consequence-based approach-avoidance training: Effects on self-reported behaviors, attitudes, and choices. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 70, Article e102565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102565
Contribution: Writing – review & editing
10. Maltagliati, S., Sarrazin, P., Fessler, L., Lebreton, M., & Cheval, B. (2024). Why people should run after positive affective experiences instead of health benefits. Journal of Sport and Health Science, S2095–2546(22), 00105–3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2022.10.005
Contribution: Writing – review & editing
9. Farajzadeh, A., Goubran, M., Fessler, L., Cheval, B., Van Allen, Z., & Boisgontier, M. P. (2023). Training older adults to inhibit the automatic attraction to sedentary stimuli: A cognitive-bias-modification protocol. European Rehabilitation Journal, 3(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.52057/erj.v3i1.32
Contribution: Writing – review & editing
8. Fessler, L., Maltagliati, S., Sieber, S., Cullati, S., Tessitore, E., Craviari, C., Luthy, C., Hanna, E., Meyer, P., Orsholits, D., Sarrazin, P., & Cheval, B. (2023) Physical activity matters for everyone’s health, but individuals with multimorbidity benefit more. Preventive Medicine Reports, 34, Article e102265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102265
Contribution: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft
7. Wang, T., Cheval, B., Maltagliati, S., Zenko, Z., Herold, F., Ludyga, S., Gerber, M., Luo, Y., Fessler, L., Müller, N.-G., & Zou, L. (2023). Validation of the Chinese version of the Affective Exercise Experiences (AFFEXX) questionnaire. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 25(7), 799–812. https://doi.org/10.32604/ijmhp.2023.028324
Contribution: Writing-Review & Editing, Formal Analysis
6. Cheval, B., Maltagliati, S., Saoudi, I., Fessler, L., Farajzadeh, A., Sieber, S., Cullati, S., & Boisgontier, M.P. (2023). Physical activity mediates the effect of education on mental health trajectories in older age. Journal of Affective Disorders, 336, 64–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.05.052
Contribution: Writing – review & editing
5. Cheval, B., Saoudi, I., Maltagliati, S., Fessler, L., Farajzadeh, A., Sieber, S., Cullati, S., & Boisgontier, M.P. (2023). Initial status and change in cognitive function mediate the association between academic education and physical activity in adults over 50 years of age. Psychology and Aging, 38(6), 494–507. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000749
Contribution: Writing – review & editing
4. Cheval, B., Maltagliati, S., Fessler, L., Farajzadeh, A., Ben Abdallah, S.N., Vogt, F., Dubessy, M., Lacour, M., Miller, M.W., Sander D. & Boisgontier, M. P. (2022). Physical effort biases the perceived pleasantness of neutral faces: a virtual reality study. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 63, Article e102287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102287
Contribution: Writing – review & editing
3. Cheval, B., Finckh, A., Maltagliati, S., Fessler, L., Cullati, S., Sander, D., Friese, M., Wiers, R.W., Boisgontier, M.P. Courvoisier, D., & Luthy, C. (2021). A cognitive-bias intervention to improve physical activity in patients following a rehabilitation program: protocol for the randomized controlled IMPACT trial. BMJ Open, 11, Article e053845. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053845
Contribution: Writing – review & editing
2. Maltagliati, S., Rebar, A., Fessler, L., Forestier, C., Sarrazin, P., Chalabaev, A., ... & Cheval, B. (2021). Evolution of physical activity habits after a context change: The case of COVID‐19 lockdown. British Journal of Health Psychology, 26 (4), 1135–1154. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12524
Contribution: Investigation; Writing– review & editing
1. Cheval, B., Sivaramakrishnan, H., Maltagliati, S., Fessler, L., Forestier, C., Sarrazin, P. Orsholits, D. Chalabaev, A., Sander, D., Ntoumanis, N., & Boisgontier, M.P. (2021). Relationships between changes in self-reported physical activity, sedentary behaviour and health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in France and Switzerland. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39(6), 699–704. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1841396
Contribution: Investigation; Writing– review & editing
2. Fessler, L., Orsholits, D., Le Faucheur, A., Rhodes, R.E., Cheval, B., & Sarrazin, P. (2025). Unravelling the Relationship Between Exercise-Induced Affective Responses and Daily Physical Activity in People with Chronic Diseases: Spillover or Confounding effect? SportRχiv. https://doi.org/10.51224/SRXIV.664
1. Fessler, L., Maltagliati, S., Meyer, P., Finckh, A., Cullati, S., Sander, D., Friese, M., Wiers, R., Farajzadeh, A., Luthy, C., Sarrazin, P., & Cheval, B. (2025). Anatomy of a Failure: Can a Cognitive-Bias Modification Intervention Improve Physical Activity in Patients Following a Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme? medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.25323019
4. Fessler, L., Guérin, S. M. R., & Delevoye-Turrell, Y. N. (2025). Effect of Traffic Separation and Nature Integration on Affect and Cerebral Oxygenation During Active Transport: An Immersive Virtual Reality and Multi-Study Design. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17658559
3. Fessler, L., Igloi, K., Karageorghis, C. I., Hutchinson, J. C., Tessitore, E., Luthy, C., Sarrazin, P., & Cheval, B. (2025). Effect of Differentiated Music Exposure on Exercise-Related Affect Among Cardiac Rehabilitation Inpatients: A Pre-Registration of the MUSICare Project. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14872097
2. Karageorghis, C. I., Guérin, S. M. R., Fessler, L., Howard, L. W., Schiphof-Godart, L., Silva, P. J., Samwell-Nash, K. G., Blacio Zambrano, U., Collins, Z. R. E., & Bonsu, N. D. (2024). Re-examining Psychological and Psychophysiological Effects of Respite–Active Music in HIIT (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13908678
1. Fessler, L., Sivaramakrishnan, H., Ntoumanis., N., Maltagliati, S., Gucciardi, D., Sarrazin, P., Cheval, B. Effects of interventions targeting affective mechanisms on physical activity behaviors in people with chronic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PROSPERO. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42022354104
1. Fessler, L., Maltagliati, S., Cheval, B. et Sarrazin, P. (2024). Chapitre 9. S’engager dans une activité physique régulière : le rôle des expériences affectives positives. In Martin-Krumm, C. et Tarquinio, C. (dir.), Psychologie positive des activités physiques et sportives Corps, santé mentale et bien-être. (p. 202–219 ). Dunod. https://doi.org/10.3917/dunod.marti.2024.01.0