Visiting times:
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Tuesdays 1.00pm to 2.00pm
or by appointment
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Curriculum Vitae
Date of birth: 30.08.1951
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
1. Academic Career
Study
| 1970 - 1974 |
Psychology (Humboldt University at Berlin) |
Graduation / Academic Degrees
| 1974 |
Diploma in Psychology |
| 1979 |
PhD in Psychology |
| 1983 |
Habilitation thesis in Psychology |
Current Position
| 1993 |
Professor for Cognitive Psychology (Humboldt University at Berlin) |
| 2006 |
Berlin Graduate School of Mind and Brain (Principal Investigator) |
| 2007 |
Languages of Emotion Excellence Cluster (Principal Investigator) |
Positions held
| 1974 – 1988 |
Research Assistant, Docent (Humboldt University at Berlin) |
| 1983 |
Visiting Professorship at the University of Salzburg |
| 1985 |
Visiting Professorship at the University of Bern |
| 1988 – 1993 |
Professor for General Psychology (Humboldt University at Berlin) |
| 1996 |
Visiting Professorship at the University of Heidelberg |
Relevant International Research Experience
| 1974 |
Moscow State University |
| 1979 |
University of Paris VIII |
| 1981 |
University of Warszaw |
| 1983 / 1985 |
see the above listed Visiting Professorships in Austria and Switzerland |
Major Research Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
| since 1991 |
Research grants (PROCOPE, DFG, BMBF, Industry) |
| 1992 – 1993 |
Fellow of the Interdisciplinary Research Center Bielefeld |
Membership and Further Activities
German Society for Psychology/ General Psychology Group (2000 – 2002 Member of the Executive Board) Cognitive Science Society (1999 – 2003 Member of the Advisory Board) European Society for Cognitive Psychology The Psychonomic Society International Society for the Study of Time
| 1997 |
President of the Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Germany |
| 2002 |
President of the 43th Conference of German Society of Psychology |
| 2004 – 2006 |
Head of the Department of Psychology (Humboldt University at Berlin) |
| 2006 – 2008 |
Member of the Natural Sciences Faculty II (Humboldt University) |
| 2005 - |
Member of the Berlin Senate Commission to Promote Young Scientists |
2. Research
| Focus |
Knowledge representation and higher cognitive processes (e.g., analogical reasoning, mathematical thinking) |
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Emotional-cognitive interaction |
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Individual differences |
| Approach |
Experimental approaches derived from Cognitive Psychology / Psychophysiology (reaction time, pupillary response, eye movements, electrodermal activity) |
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Experimental approaches derived from Neuroscience (fMRT) |
3. Teaching
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Cognitive Psychology: Learning, Memory, Emotion, Intelligence and Giftedness, Applied Cognitive Psychology |
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Supervised Dissertations: 17 |
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Ongoing Dissertations: 13 |
Publications