B.Sc. Nils Heise - CV and research interests

Nils Heise

Neurobiopsychology Group

University of Osnabrück

Address: Albrechtstr. 28, 49076 Osnabrück

Research Interests:

visual perception, context effect in scene and object perception, visual attention, emotion, different experimental methods (EEG, fMRI, behavioral studies), animal cognition, evolution of cognition, evolutionary psychology, cultural differences in cognition

Master thesis project:

Various experiments have been conducted in the past on the question whether a consistent scene context primes or facilitates the recognition of objects embedded in the scene. Different methodologies showed completely opposing results. Some past studies showed a facilitation for consistent versus inconsistent object-scene relations others studies were not able to bring up significant differences. The thesis will shed light on the questions of the origins of these contrary results. The thesis will stress the methodology (2AFC Task vs. Naming task) which is used for the recognition task itself and the second which factors (Distance of the object from the fixation, color, presentation side, cultural background, emotion) have to be controlled in order to get reliable results.

Short CV:

1993 - 2003 Karlsgymnasium Bad Reichenhall

2003 - 2004 Computer Science at University of Freiburg

2004 - 2006 Cognitive Science and Instructional Design at University of Freiburg

2006 - 2008 B.Sc. in Cognitive Science at University of Osnabrück

2008 - present M.Sc. in Cognitive Science at University of Osnabrück,

supported by the Graduiertenkolleg Adaptivity

2010 - present Semester abroad at University of Vienna