Dr. Christina Pfeuffer
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Research Interests:
Instruction-based Stimulus-Response Associations
Endogenous and Exogenous Action Control
Eye Tracking
Anticipatory Eye Movements
Current Projects:
A Look into the Future: Anticipatory saccades shed light on human action control (DFG)
Visualisiertes Verständnis: Gezielte Aufmerksamkeitslenkung zur Unterstützung der Interpretation von Diagrammen im Physikunterricht (Baden-Württemberg Stiftung: cooperation project within the scope of the postdoctoral fellowship program; cooperation partner: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Martin Schwichow)
Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christina_Pfeuffer
Pfeuffer, C. U., Kiesel, A., & Huestegge, L. (in press). Similar Proactive Effect Monitoring in Free and Forced Choice Action Modes. Psychological Research.
Jargow, J., Wolfensteller, U., Pfeuffer, C. U.*, & Ruge, H.* (in press). Instructing item-specific switch probability: Expectations modulate stimulus-action priming. Psychological Research. (* = equal last author contribution)
Wentura, D., Eder, A., Giesen, C., Pfeuffer, C. U., & Sauter, M. (2022). Fachgruppe Allgemeine Psychologie. Eine Umfrage unter Studierenden - ein Appell an die Lehrenden. Psychologische Rundschau, 73, 38-40.
Dames, H. & Pfeuffer, C. U. (in press). On the Interdependence of Post-Error Control and Memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
Gouret, F. & Pfeuffer, C. U. (2021). Learning to Expect and Monitor the Future: How fast do anticipatory saccades towards future action consequences emerge?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 47, 992-1008.
Pfeuffer, C. U. (2020). Item-specificity and Intention in Episodic Memory [Commentary on "An Episodic Model of Task Switching Effects: Erasing the Homunculus from Memory" by J. Schmidt, B. Liefooghe, & J. De Houwer]. Journal of Cognition, 3:24, 1-4.
Pfeuffer, C. U., Aufschnaiter, S., Thomaschke, R., & Kiesel, A. (2020). Only Time will Tell the Future: Anticipatory saccades reveal the temporal dynamics of time-based location and task expectancy. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 46, 1183-1200.
Whitehead, P. S., Pfeuffer, C. U., & Egner, T. (2020). Memories of Control: One-shot episodic learning of item-specific stimulus-control associations. Cognition, 199.
Hölle, D., Aufschnaiter, S., Bogon, J., Pfeuffer, C. U., Kiesel, A., & Thomaschke, R. (2020). Quality ratings of wine Bottles in E-commerce: The influence of time delays and spatial arrangement. Journal of Wine Research.
Pfeuffer, C. U., Moutsopoulou, K., Waszak, F., & Kiesel, A. (2019). Execution-based and Verbal code-based Stimulus-Response Associations: Proportion manipulations reveal conflict adaptation processes in item-specific priming. Psychological Research.
Pfeuffer, C. U., Pfister, R., Foerster, A., Stecher, F., & Kiesel, A. (2019). Binding Lies: Flexible retrieval of honest and dishonest behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45, 157-173.
Moutsopoulou, K., Pfeuffer, C. U., Kiesel, A., Yang, Q., & Waszak, F. (2019). How long is long-term priming? Classification and action priming in the scale of days. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72, 1183-1199.
Pfeuffer, C. U., Moutsopoulou, K., Waszak, F., & Kiesel, A. (2018). Multiple Priming Instances Increase the Impact of Practice-based but not Verbal Code-based Stimulus-Response Associations. Acta Psychologica, 184, 100-109.
Pfeuffer, C. U., Hosp, T., Kimmig, E., Moutsopoulou, K., Waszak, F., & Kiesel, A. (2018). Defining Stimulus Representation in Stimulus-Response Associations Formed on the Basis of Task Execution and Verbal Codes. Psychological Research, 82, 744-758.
Pfeuffer, C. U., Moutsopoulou, K., Pfister, R., Waszak, F., & Kiesel, A. (2017). The Power of Words: On item-specific stimulus-response associations formed in the absence of action. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43, 328-347.
Pfeuffer, C. U., Kiesel, A., & Huestegge, L. (2016). A Look into the Future: Spontaneous anticipatory saccades reflect processes of anticipatory action control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145, 1530-1547.
Hitchman, G. A. M., Pfeuffer, C. U., Roe, C. A., & Sherwood, S. J. (2016). The effects of experimenter-participant interaction qualities in a goal-oriented nonintentional precognition task. The Journal of Parapsychology, 80, 45-69.
Pfister*, R., Pfeuffer*, C. U., & Kunde, W. (2014). Perceiving by proxy: Effect-based action control with unperceivable effects. Cognition, 132(3), 251-261. (* = equal first author contribution)
Preprints: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christina_Pfeuffer
Gouret, F. & Pfeuffer, C. U. (2020/preprint). One-shot learning of proactive effect monitoring: Temporally-distinct attention allocation towards future action outcomes. Preprint available online on ResearchGate.
Pfeuffer, C. U., Kiesel, A., & Huestegge, L. (2020/preprint). Proactive Effect Monitoring does not Differ between Free Choice and Forced Choice Actions. Preprint available online on ResearchGate. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.19875.48167/1
Pfeuffer, C. U. (2020/preprint). Prediction-based Memory Control? - Does task predictability enable top-down control over item-specific stimulus- classification associations?. Preprint available online on ResearchGate.
Teaching:
winter 2021/22 | 4x Seminar "Wissenschaftliche Konzepte & Methoden (B.Sc.) Empirisch-experimentelles Praktikum - Thema: "Der Blick in die Zukunft: Untersuchung antizipativer Prozesse mittels Blickbewegungen" (B.Sc.) S2-Schwerpunktseminar "Wahrnehmung und Handlungskontrolle" (M.Sc.) |
summer 2021 | S1-Schwerpunktseminar "Wahrnehmung und Handlungskontrolle" (M.Sc.) studiengangsübergreifendes Workshop-Seminar vor Semesterstart "Wissenschaftliches Schreiben in der Psychologie" (B.Sc./M.Sc.), gemeinsam mit Florian Gouret |
winter 2020/21 | S2-Schwerpuntseminar "Lernen und menschliche Handlungskontrolle" (M.Sc.) studiengangsübergreifendes Seminar "Wissenschaftliches Schreiben in der Psychologie" (B.Sc./M.Sc.) - eigenständige Durchführung durch Studierende auf Basis des ILIAS-Kurses und Material - Betreuung des Online-Kurses |
summer 2020 | studiengangsübergreifendes Seminar "Wissenschaftliches Schreiben in der Psychologie" (B.Sc./M.Sc.) |
winter 2019/20 | S2-Schwerpunktseminar "Learning and Human Action Control" (M.Sc.) Empirisch-experimentelles Praktikum - Thema: "Der Blick in die Zukunft: Untersuchung antizipativer Prozesse mittels Blickbewegungen" (B.Sc.) |
summer 2019 | S1-Schwerpunktseminar "Prediction and Expectation in Human Action Control" (M.Sc.) |
winter 2017/18 | Empirisch-experimentelles Praktikum - Koordination (B.Sc.) Empirisch-experimentelles Praktikum - Thema: "Der Blick in die Zukunft: Untersuchung antizipativer Prozesse mittels Blickbewegungen" (B.Sc.) |
summer 2017 | Begleitseminar Allgemeine Psychologie II (B.Sc.) |
winter 2016/17 | Begleitseminar Allgemeine Psychologie I (B.Sc.) |
summer 2016 | Begleitseminar Allgemeine Psychologie II (B.Sc.) |
winter 2015/16 | Begleitseminar Allgemeine Psychologie I (B.Sc.) |
summer 2015 | Begleitseminar Allgemeine Psychologie II (B.Sc.) S1-Schwerpunktseminar "Kognitive Kontrolle" (M.Sc.) |
Overarching Topics for Bachelor and Master Theses:
- Der Blick in die Zukunft: Antizipative Blickbewegungen erlauben Rückschlüsse auf Mechanismen der zielgerichteten Handlungskontrolle
- Wie bilden wir Stimulus-Response Assoziationen ohne zu handeln?
- Visualisiertes Verständnis: Gezielte Aufmerksamkeitslenkung zur Unterstützung der Interpretation von Diagrammen im Physikunterricht
- Das kannst du vergessen! Welche kognitiven Mechanismen helfen uns inzidentell erlernte Informationen intentional zu vergessen?
Research Internships:
Research internships typically focus on one topic (see bachelor and master thesis topics for some options) and you follow the development of one or more experiments from planning through programming, data collection, and analysis to the interpretation of results. Different foci (e.g. programming/analyzing) are possible based on project requirements and personal interests. Please include details on your learning goals and motivation in your application.
Online internships are possible during the Corona crisis.
Curiculum Vitae:
07/2014 - 05/2017 | Dissertation on "Instruction-based Action Control" at the University of Freiburg (until 04/2015 University of Würzburg) |
10/2012 - 06/2014 | Master of Science in Psychology at the University of Würzburg Thesis: “The Power of Instruction: Exploring stimulus-response associations” |
10/2009 - 07/2012 | Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Würzburg Thesis: “Do Effect Anticipations Influence the Readiness Potential?” |