Prof. Dr. Peter Frensch
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- Name
- Prof. Dr. Peter Frensch
- Status
- professor
- peter.frensch (at) psychologie.hu-berlin.de
- Institution
- Humboldt-Universität → Präsidium → Lebenswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Institut für Psychologie → Allgemeine Psychologie
- Function / Working Area
- Leiter
- Visiting address
- Rudower Chaussee 18 , Room 2'205
- Phone number
- (030) 2093-4922
- Fax
- (030) 2093-2910
- Mailing address
- Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin
Personal
Place of Birth: | Koblenz, Germany |
Date of Birth: | April 1, 1956 |
Family Status: | Married, 2 children |
Education
1989 | Ph.D., Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
1988 |
M.Phil, Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
1987 |
M.S., Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
1984 | B.S., Psychology, University of Trier, Germany |
1979 | M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Darmstadt, Germany |
Professional Experience
1998- | Full Professor (C4), Professur Allgemeine Psychologie, Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
1995-1998 | Honorarprofessor, Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
1994-1998 | Senior Research Scientist (C3), Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin |
1994-1995 | Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA |
1989-1994 | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA |
Main Research Interests
Experimental approaches to the study of consciousness |
Implicit learning and memory |
Language and the control of action |
Cognitive skill acquisition and problem solving |
Computer modelling of learning and knowledge representation |