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Education

2008: Habilitation in Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

2001: Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany (summa cum laude)

1997: Diploma (M.S.) in Psychology, Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Academic positions

Since 2010: Heisenberg-Professor of Neurocognitive Psychology

2009: Heisenberg-Fellow

2007-2008: Visiting Professor, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

2004-2007: Research scientist (“Eigene Stelle”, funded by DFG) at the Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

2000-2003: Scientific staff member of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (Speech production group; head: W. J. M. Levelt) in Nijmegen, The Netherlands

1997-2000: Ph.D. Student, graduate school “Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience”, Berlin, Germany

Awards and Stipends

2008: Heisenberg-Fellowship, German Research Council (DFG)

2002: Heinz-Heckhausen-Junior-Scientist Award, German Psychological Society (DGPs)

1997-2000: Ph.D scholarship, graduate school “Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience”

Research interests

Language production, interface between vision, semantics and language

Functional organisation of semantic memory

Attentional, emotional and semantic influences on visual perception

Face and object perception, mental imagery

Methods: behavioral, electrophysiological (EEG)

Publications

Media

Üble Nachrede bleibt im Gehirn hängen (Radiobeitrag und Interview bei Deutschlandfunk)

Our Language Affects What We See (Artikel im Scientific American, von Catherine Caldwell-Harris)

Wie wir durch unsere Muttersprache sehen (Radiobeitrag und Interview bei radioeins "Die Profis")

Your native language affects what you can and can't see (Bericht im "Research Digest" Blog der British Psychological Society, von Emma Young)

PsyPost Blog: "Neurocognitive study finds emotional news impacts social judgments regardless of perceived media credibility"

Invited talk (Julia Baum) and panel discussion at The Communications Coordination Committee for the United Nations (CCCUN) on "Countering Misinformation and Fake News in Many Spheres"

Pressemitteilung HU Berlin "Emotionale Schlagzeilen wirken unabhängig von der Glaubwürdigkeit der Quelle"

Press release HU Berlin "Emotional headlines have an impact regardless of the credibility of the source"

Press release HU Berlin "Emotions persist"

Pressemitteilung HU Berlin "Die Emotionen bleiben"

Deutschlandfunk "Psychologisches Experiment: Üble Nachrede bleibt im Gehirn"

PsyPost Blog: "Study: People are strongly influenced by gossip even when it is explicitly untrustworthy"

Research projects