Prof. Dr. Petra Ahrweiler
Social and behavioural sciencesSimulation of innovation processes in complex social systems
Prof. Dr. Katja Fiehler
Nominated by
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- AcademiaNet member since 10.12.2012
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Health and welfare
- Social sciences, journalism and information
Field
Health, Social and behavioural sciences
Area of specialisation
Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience
Research interests
perception-action coupling
working memory, attention and motor control
multisensory integration
spatial cognition in blind and sighted people
cortical plasticity of blind people
Distinctions and Awards
Heisenberg-Professorship, 2012 – 2015
Interested in
- Membership in scientific bodies, Professorship
Languages
English, German
Doctorate
- 2005: Temporospatial characteristics of error correction
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 2011: Interaction of Perception and Action: A converging view of psychophysical and neuroimaging findings in sighted and blind people
Short CV/Education and training
- 1996 – 2001Study of Psychology at the Technical University Dresden, Germany
- 2002 – 2005Doctoral study at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig,Germany
- 2005 – 2006PostDoc, Department of Psychology at the Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
- 2006 – 2012Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology at the Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
- Since 2012W2 Professor of Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology and Sports Science at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
Selected publications
Reuschel, J., Rösler, F., Henriques, D.Y.P., & Fiehler, K. (2012). Spatial updating depends on gaze direction even after loss of vision. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(7), 2422 – 2429.
Beets, I.A.M., Rösler, F., & Fiehler, K. (2010). Non-visual motor learning improves visualmotion perception: Evidence from violating the two-thirds power law. Journal of Neurophysiology, 104, 1612 – 1624.
Fiehler, K. & Rösler, F. (2010). Plasticity of multisensory dorsal stream functions: Evidence from congenitally blind and sighted adults. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 28, 193 – 205.
Fiehler, K., Burke, M., Engel, A., Bien, S., & Rösler, F. (2008). Kinesthetic working memory and action control within the dorsal stream. Cerebral Cortex, 18, 243 – 253.
Complete list of publications
Selected projects
International Graduate School (IRTG) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) together with 3 Canadian Universities: Title "The brain in action"
DFG Project: Title "The impact of working memory on visuomotor functions"
TransCoop project together with a Canadian researcher funded by the Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation: Title "Action-oriented spatial processing in sighted and blind humans"
Membership in scientific bodies/juries
Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
German Psychological Society (DGPs)
German Association of University professors and lecturers (DHV)
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