PhD representatives
Psychology - Julia Reiter
+43-1-4277-47417
Institut für Psychologie der Entwicklung und Bildung,
Universitätsstraße 7 (NIG), Raum B0610
1010 Wien
Cognitive Humanities - Anna Miscena
Institut für Kunstgeschichte,
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 9 (Campus),
1090 Wien
Behavioral and Cognitive Biology - Daria Nagel
Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Biology
Djerassiplatz 1, Raum 5.018
1030 Wien
Work in progress...
PhD Candidates - Behavioral & Cognitive Biology
| PhD Candidate | Title of PhD thesis |
|---|---|
| Ali Mostafa; Dina Abdelhafez (EG) | The role of acoustic communication pair, family and group cohesion in greylag geese (Anser anser) |
| Anchundia Gonzalez; David Jhon (EC) | Conservation of the Little Vermilion Flycatcher population in Santa Cruz and genetic assessment for future reintroduction planning to reestablish former range |
| Bapat; Awani (IN) | Social information use and strategies for social integration in free-flying ravens |
| Beeck; Veronika Christine (DE) | Functions and Mechanisms of Vocal Flexibility in Social Mammals |
| Bezeljak; Petra (DE) | Exploring middle school students' environmental interest, attitudes and knowledge |
| Blum; Christian Reinhard (AT) | Ontogeny, Flexibility and Memory of Vocalisations in Common Ravens (Corvus corax) |
| Damini; Silvia (IT) | How to cope with others? Inter- and intra-specific interactions in wild ravens |
| Deventer; Sarah Angelina (DE) | Individual differences: from prenatal learning to social networks |
| Eleutri; Vesta (IT) | Multimodal communication in African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) |
| Emser; Sarah Viola (DE) | Genetic and epigenetic aspects of hibernation phenotypes |
| Gallego-Abenza; Mario (ES) | Fission-fusion dynamics and cognition in common ravens (Corvus corax) |
| Grabner; Julia Victoria (AT) | Acoustic information integration and dynamic decision making in common marmosets |
| Garcia Loor; Jefferson (EC) | Risk taking behavior in Darwins's fiches |
| Haiduk; Felix (DE) | Song and Speech - Evolutionary and Cognitive Function of Discrete Pitch |
| Henschel; Melanie (DE) | Play behavior and innovation in birds |
| Ibáñez De Aldecoa; Paula (ES) | Mechanisms, components and promoters of innovation in birds and humans |
| Jean-Joseph; Hillary Gabrielle (FR) | How dogs and wolves see their worlds: Differences in autonomic nervous system modulation |
| Kofler; Barbara (IT) | Dynamic interactions between Darwin's finches and an alien parasite in the early phase of invasion on the Galapagos Islands |
| Kunert; Lisa (DE) | Understanding the dynamics of neuronal dopamine transporter trafficking in Drosophila |
| Maiditsch; Isabelle Pia (AT) | Ecological Constraints and Sound Communication in Fishes; the Croaking Gourami (Trichopsis vittata) |
| Markovitsch; Johann (AT) | Breaking symmetry: The neural and evolutionary basis of brain lateralization |
| Mayr; Christina (AT) | Die Wirkung rhythmischer - bindungsgeleiteter Interventionen auf physiologische Variablen. Musikalische Synchronisation der Herzschlagraten als Indikator für Bindungsoffenheit. |
| Munteanu; Marian Alexandru (RO) | The emotional basis of raven social relations |
| Müllner; Bernhard | doing science <> talking science Sprachsensibles Forschendes Lernen im Biologieunterricht |
| Neurohr; Anna-Lena (DE) | Modellierung der Entwicklung und Förderung einer Umweltkompetenz bei Kindern und Jugendlichen durch Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung |
| Pelayo-van Buuren; Tiffany Magdalena | Underlying mechanisms involved in innovative problem solving and mirror related behaviours in large-brained birds. |
| Pike; Courtney Lauren (US) | Investigating the behavior and larval development of the invasive parasitic fly, Philornis downsi, in different host nests in the Galapagos Islands |
| Pühringer-Sturmayr; Verena (AT) | Social Behaviour and Movement Ecology of the Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita): Contributions to the Behavioural Ecology of an Endangered Avian Species |
| Rodriguez Lopez; Camilo (CO) | Examining the mechanisms underlying territorial tradeoffs in a Neotropical poison frog: behavioural flexibility and sexual hormones |
| Stocker; Martina (AT) | A hormonal perspective on cooperative behaviour: A comparative approach |
| Stückler; Susanne (AT) | Functions and mechanisms of dynamic color change in anurans |
| Teufelbauer; Norbert (AT) | Using citizen science data in bird conservation |
| Urquiza Haas; Esmeralda Gabriela (MX) | Mental state attribution to animals and objects: processes and associated factors |
| Vanhooland; Lisa-Claire (FR) | AVISSA: Animal Visual Self-recognition and Self-Awareness |
| Wagner; Bernhard (AT) | Cross-species studies on the role of vocal harmonics in musicality |
| Wenig; Katharina (DE) | How to evaluate others: The ontogeny and underlying mechanism of social information use |
PhD Candidates - Cognitive Humanities
| PhD Candidate | Title PhD thesis |
|---|---|
| Borba Borges; Priscilla (BR) | |
| Dare; Zoya (CA) | Screen Viewer/Art User: Examining the Effects of Smartphone Use on Art Viewing Behaviour |
| Georgopoulos; Gerasmios (EL) | |
| Guzmán-Alcon; Irena (ES) | |
| Hochenauer; Peter (AT) | |
| Immelmann; Birke Maria Beatrice | Vibrations-Konzepte in kunsttheoretischen Diskursen von 1725 bis 1925: Die Suche nach der Angleichung von Klang, Farbe uns Gestik. |
| Jocik; Nikola (RS) | |
| Miscena; Anna (IT) | Modes of Vision: a historical analysis and experimental evaluation of twofoldness in the perception of Art |
| Rantasa; Peter (AT) |
PhD Candidates - Neuroscience
| PhD Candidate | Title of PhD thesis |
|---|---|
| Abbasi; Reyhaneh (IR) | Developing a bioacoustic tool for mice vocalizations inspired by speech recognition algorithms |
| Bergkirchner; Beate | Development and Plasticity of Bilateral Brain Circuits in Drosophila |
| Javorski; Dominik | Brain circuit plasticity in Drosophila |
| Kalathinkunnath; Lakshmi (IN) | |
| Kunert; Lisa (AT) | Understanding the dynamics of neuronal dopamine transporter trafficking in Drosophila |
| Lechner; Stephan (AT) | |
| Markovitsch; Johann (AT) | Breaking symmetry: The neural and evolutionary basis of brain lateralization |
| Parinov; Anton | Sensory coding and sensorimotor integration in the brain of C. elegans |
| Riegler; Clemens | Neural circuitry underlying the Optomotor response in the larval zebrafish |
| Steger; Julia | Evolution and development of metazoan cell type diversity: Insights from the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis |
| Zurl; Martin | Testing the role of melatonin for a fundamental timing mechanism in a marine model species |
PhD Candidates - Psychology
| PhD Candidate | Title of PhD thesis |
|---|---|
| Amini-Nejad; Rojan (DE) | Targeting the mental health of asylum seekers in Austria |
| Baldt; Bettina | Medical-Decision-Making in Oncology - A Multiperspectivistic Approach |
| Baumgartner; Vera | The consequences of cognitive demands in flexible work & the role of individual factors |
| Bayram; Burcu (TR) | Dynamates - Dynamic auditory predictions in human and non-human primates Spatial and Temporal Auditory predictions |
| Boch; Magdalena | How dogs and humans perceive and understand each other: A comparative neuroimaging approach |
| Burger; Christoph | Bullying and teacher interventions |
| Burzler; Matthias Alexander | Cultivated or dispositional? A mixed methods construct evaluation of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire |
| Bühler; Raimund (DE) | The Neuropharmacology of Social Motivation in Autism |
| Clay; Georgia (UK) | The intrinsic value of effort |
| Egger; Martin | The Effects of Selective Attention on Preference in Choice |
| Emprechtinger; Robert | Current State and Applications of SEM-Based Meta-Analysis |
| Feneberg; Anja Christine | The beneficial effects of music listeninig on health |
| Forstinger; Marlene (AT) | Proactive Top-Down Suppression of Visual Attention - Different Aspects of Attentional Control Settings for To-Be-Suppressed Features |
| Fries; Jonathan (DE) | Intelligence and its Associations with Physical and Mental Health |
| Goreis; Andreas | Psychobiological impact on ethnic discrimination on the health of Turkish immigrants living in Austria |
| Grillich; Ludwig | Schritte zu einer evidenzbasierten gesundheitsförderlichen und präventiven Praxis am Beispiel sozialer Isolation und Einsamkeit bei älteren Personen |
| Grösel; Evelyn Stephanie | Implementierung des Konstrukts Genießerleben in die Positive Psychologie |
| Grüner; Markus | The Influence of Light-induced Dynamics on Attention, Perception, and Driving Behavior |
| Hagenmüller; Bettina | Influencing factors on the dimensionality of achievement tests for children and adolescents |
| Hartmann; Andre Julian | Methodological challenges in experimental research on tax compliance |
| Hartmann; Helena | Another’s pain in my brain: Clarifying the specificity of the effects of placebo analgesia on empathy for pain |
| Hirsch; Stefanie (DE) | Targeting the negative health-related impact of ethnic discrimination |
| Ignatiadis; Karolina (AT) | Development and Adaptation of Auditory Processing Across the Human Lifespan |
| Jankowski; Julia Marie (DE) | Why Try if Nothing Changes? The Influence of Lay Theories of the World on Mobilizing Effort for the Environment and the Underlying Mechanisms |
| Karner; Alexander (AT) | Towards a reward-enhanced, computerized intervention for specific phobias using real-time fMRI |
| Klingel; Maike | Reweighting of Binaural Cues: Generalizability and Applications in Cochlear Implant Listening |
| Krammer; Ina | Understanding supportive contact to promote supportive peer relations and to reduce peer related stress in the classroom via a digital intervention game |
| Kunz; Sonja | The unhealthy = tasty illusion: Pseudocontigencies in (un)healthiness and tastiness perceptions of food |
| Kutlikova; Hana | The Causal Role of Testosterone in Reputation-Based Prosocial Behaviour and Underlying Neural Mechanisms |
| Kühnapfel; Corinna (DE) | Art and Engagement: The Role of the Body in Art Experience |
| Laaber; Franziska (AT) | Establishing a Comprehensive Understanding and Measure of Children’s Digital Maturity |
| Lengersdorff; Lukas | Investigating the neural bases of prosocial learning using computational models |
| Lindenbeck; Martin Julius | Towards improving selective hearing in cochlear implant listeners |
| Lor; Cindy Sumaly | Deconsolidating fear memories with a neuro-control system |
| Lubert; Veronika | Choking Interventions for Performance under Pressure in the Performing Arts: Investigating Mechanisms and Effectiveness |
| Maidhof; Rosa Maria | Effects of music characteristics on health |
| Marin; Manuela | Complexity and emotion in the visual and musical domains |
| Markey; Patrick | How we perceive content and style in art and what this does to us - implications of processes of intermediate and later stages of art perception |
| Massaccesi; Claudia | State-dependent opioid modulation of human social reward: a multimethod and multilevel investigation |
| Meyer; Edo | Autonomy, self-control and well-being in ICT-enabled boundaryless work enviroments |
| Michna; Melanie | The proximate cognitive and neural mechanisms of sexual objectification: from empathy to (pro)social behaviour |
| Mielacher; Clemens | Modulation of cognitive and affective functions in patient samples using noninvasive stimulation of hippocampal connectivity |
| Mikuš; Nace | The role of dopamine and opioid receptors in complex decision making |
| Mitrovic; Aleksandra | Look at beauty! Testing the influence of beauty on our perception |
| Mittmann; Gloria Sophie | Investigating online interactions and interpersonal emotion regulation of early adolescents in the digital setting of a serious game |
| Mües; Hanna Maria | The interaction between stress-related disorders and sexual experience and behavior |
| Müller; Martin | Information acquisition and decision processes in tax compliance decisions |
| Nguyen; Quynh Trinh | How interpersonal rhythms affect bio-behavioral synchrony in parent-child interactions |
| Patterer; Ada Sil | |
| Pivecka; Peer Niklas (DE) | The (un)healthy = tasty intuition and social class: A pseudocontingency approach to explain nutritional inequality |
| Prinz; Wolfgang | Measuring Mental Health in the Austrian Armed Forces: Is the Assessment of ICD-11 Disorders Associated with Military Service Biased by Military Culture? |
| Pronizius; Ekaterina | The role of rTPJ and rSMG in self-other distinction: unitary or distinct mechanisms investigated by means of real-time fMRI neurofeedback and transcranial magnetic stimulation |
| Reiter; Julia | Youth Radicalization in Austria: Antecedents and Consequences |
| Schieß-Jokanovic; Jennifer | The association of complex PTSD and post-migration living difficulties in asylum seekers and refugees |
| Schirl; Jessica (AT) | Associations between family conflicts and ADHD symptoms |
| Schleupner; Ricarda Maria | Strategien für Ressourcenaktivierung und Mikro-Rollen-transitionen im Rahmen der Work-Nonwork-Schnittstelle |
| Schmid; Rebecca Rosa | Mechanisms of visual attention: Parallel searching for multiple features |
| Schätz; Christina Maria (DE) | The formation of object representations in the developing brain |
| Seeger; Natalia | Emotion processing during social interaction in individuals with psychopathic traits |
| Slowik; Agnieszka | New Approaches to Assess the Evidential Value of Empirical Research Findings: How Can We Know What Is True in Psychological Science and Elsewhere? |
| Spee; Blanca Thea Maria | Neuropsychopharmacology and Empirical Aesthetics: Effects on aesthetic states and the underlying functional neuro-networks |
| Springer; Nadja | Springer; Nadja |
| Steinfeld; Jan Dietrich | Challenges of adaptive testing: New insights and solutions from simulation studies. |
| Stiehl; Katharina Anna Maria | Early adolescents’ fears at school transition, attitude formation and social behaviour |
| Stijovic; Ana | Getting what you like instead of what you need: the effects of aversive motivational states on seeking non-specific rewards |
| Straub; Gloria | Resilience in the Austrian Armed Forces: Multilevel Factors of Resilience and Their Role in a High-Risk Occupation |
| Straus; Eva | Human Resource Management in Times of Crisis: Employee support, selection and motivation |
| Söllner; Martin | Mobilität im Alter: Selbstregulation im Kontext der Mobilität älterer Menschen |
| Trupp; Mackenzie Dunhill | Art and Wellbeing - Examining the circumstances and mechanism of art interventions |
| Tsarpalis-Fragkoulidis; Achilleas (EL) | Please Don’t Compliment Me! The Role of Fear of Positive Evaluation in Social Anxiety |
| Tschenett; Hannah (IT) | Mindfulness and exacerbations: The feasibility and effectivity of a digital mindfulness-based intervention for COPD patients following acute exacerbations |
| Tünte; Markus Roman | On the relationship between interoception and social cognition in infancy |
| Uhlig; Lars Uwe | The Ambivalent Nature of Cognitive Demands |
| Vilsmeier; Johannes | Replication Metrics for Psychological Science and Beyond |
| Windsperger; Karin | Die Heterogenität des entwicklungspsychologischen Outcomes von T21-Schwangerschaften: Die Identifikation zugrunde liegender Subtypen sowie ihre differenzierte Auswirkung auf die familiäre Belastungssituation |
| Wrbouschek; Markus | Moods in Transition - Towards a Non-Representationalist Theory of Moods as Liminal Experiences |
| Wucherer; Anna Maria | Modulation of empathy - clarifying the effects of imitation on empathy for pain |
| Zrnic; Irina | Towards a Healthy Adjustment: Mixed Methods Analysis of Positive and Negative Reactions to the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| van Eickels; Rahel Lea (DE) | |
| Andisha; Pouya | Afghan Asylum Seekers in Austria: Contextual Study of Forced Migration Related Mental Health Issues |
| Banki; Anna Andrea | Neural entrainment to external rhythms in early social interactions |
| Belostotckaia; Daria | Psychological effects of social interaction between elderly people and children without family ties: A predictor for subjective well-being |
| Donath; Johanna Lowis (DE) | Learning in teacher professional development: Investigating the role of emotions |
| Fekete; Anna | The beneficial effects of aesthetic experiences |
| Francis Xavier; Deeviya | Team Creativity through the lens of Creative Collective Efficacy and Team Diversity |
| Garaus; Marion | Ceiling and negative spillover effects in brand alliances |
| Ghafari; Hakimeh | Exploring Subliminal Priming Effects in the Initial Stage of Hiring Process |
| Graf; Elisabeth | Learning and Knowing About Politics: The Role of Emotions |
| Grünzner; Maja (DE) | Behavioural Approaches to the Microplastics Problem and Potential Solutions |
| Luckgei; Vera | Feministische Psychologie in Theorie und Praxis: Wiener Psychologinnen der 1980er und 1990er Jahre |
| Mikuni; Jan | Museum fatigue: A cross-cultural investigation on decreased engagement to art |
| Muth; Joy | Teaching to the test in Austrian secondary education |
| Oczlon; Sophie | The role of in- and outgroup friendships in immigrant children and adolescents’ developmental and acculturative tasks |
| Pelikan; Elisabeth Rosa | Education in crisis mode - The relevance of self-regulated learning and intrinsic motivation for learning success in unplanned distance learning |
| Radjenovic; Sonja (RS) | The Role of Age in the Experience of Significant Life Events |
| Schöllbauer; Julia | Effekte IT-gestützter flexibler Erwerbsarbeit auf psychische Erholung und die Rolle des aktiven Grenzmanagements |
| Siegel; Magdalena | Queer people in straight systems: The impact of sexual orientation laws on the health of sexual minorities |
| Song; Yichen | The Effect of Music on Stress Recovery |
| Steiner; Katharina (AT) | What does success look like? When is it beneficial to stick to category design codes for a new product launch. |
| Stempfer; Lisa (AT) | Boredom and Performance: A meta-analysis and real-life studies |