Prof. Lilian Weber
Principal Investigator
Lilian is a professor for cognitive modelling at Osnabrück University in Germany and has the pleasure of working with the members of the MIC lab.
Team
Janine Steinke
Secretary
since Sep 2026
Janine coordinates the administrative operations of the lab, enabling the team to focus on their research.
Dr. phil. habil. Annette Hohenberger
Lecturer
Dr. Frank Hezemans
Postdoctoral Scientist
Studying the computational and neuropharmacological determinants of motivational and cognitive control.
Zakieh Hassanzadeh
Incoming PhD Student
My research explores how biological systems learn from experience and generate adaptive, flexible behaviour, with a particular interest in how memory and affect shape these processes
Carlotta Ruths
Student Assistant
Currently finishing a Bachelor of Cognitive Science with an exciting study on Sleep Deprivation (see SLEPS study). Otherwise involved in TUS projects or found dancing somewhere.
Felix Marxen
Student Assistant
Currently pursuing a Master's in Cognitive Science, with interests in computational and causal modeling, robotics, and linguistics, while navigating a never-ending collection of side quests and social endeavors.
Marieke Schmiesing
Student Assistant
Thesis Students
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Audrey Hernandez
MScModelling Learner Stress Capacity and Perceived Coping Dynamics for Adaptive UX
Belana Floßbach
BScContinuous inference task loss versus win framing
Carlotta Ruths
BScThe Impact of Partial Sleep Deprivation on Mismatch Negativity
Eva Mazur
BScStudying the Role of Sleep for Affective Processing using a Novel Continuous Emotion Rating Task: An EEG Study
Frederic Hannowsky
BScTwo-timescale belief nodes for history-dependent gating in Bayesian inference
Jila Petsch
MScModeling Belief Updating under Consideration of a Belief’s Relatedness with Other Relevant Existing Beliefs
Leslie Wolk
MScLucid dreaming: Neurochemical, neurophysical and psychological dynamics, through the lense of A.I. principles
Liv Schröder
BScThe effect of volatility and noise instructions on belief updating in an ambiguous environment
Malin Tausch
BScInvestigating the effects of ketamine on interoceptive signal processing using HEPs
Nico Pfeifer
BScTowards within-trial dynamics of belief updating: Continuous-time EEG response simulation based on the discrete generalised hierarchical Gaussian filter
Sajjad Homayouni
MScLocal versus global estimation of volatility in the brain
Stella Thiele
MScTitle to follow
Tito Duarte
MScTitle to follow
Yulia Terekhova
MScDecision making in dynamic, continuously evolving environments: analysis of a novel continuous choice task
Dr. phil. habil. Annette Hohenberger 9
Ali Haydar Özgün
MScLooking at the relationship between sexual violence against women within marriage and coping strategies in Turkey
Anna Joline Lippold
BScNeural efficiency meets stress: Attention and coping in gifted individuals
Carolin Hildebrandt
MScEffects of political attitude, media consumption and modality of presentation on the confirmation bias
Ferdinand Lengsfeld
BScEmotion-induced distortions of time perception: Arousal and attention in prospective interval timing
Jonas Rickers
BScHow do we win people for sustainable action?
Leonard Schwanke
BScThe psychology of "us vs. them": Strategies for mitigating in-group favoritism in globalized environments
Marisa Ortlieb
MScWhat would an inventor do? Role-induced exploration and problem-solving during tool use and tool innovation in preschool children
Muazzez Deniz Barut
MScThe role of mind attribution and trust in human-AI cooperation: The effect of partner type in a repeated prisoner's dilemma
Natalie Ludwig
BScThe additive bias in cross-cultural perspective
Dr. Frank Hezemans 1
Jan Eric Wiemann
BScTitle to follow
