Alexandra E. Clausen M.Sc.
Research group Ellermeier
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- Evaluative conditioning
- Early sensory processing
- Clausen, A. E., & Kattner, F. (2024). The role of evaluatively conditioned stimuli in iconic memory. Psychological Research, 88, 2266-2279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-024-02024-w
- Kattner, F.* & Clausen, A.* (2020). Revisiting the prioritization of emotional information in iconic memory. Royal Society Open Science, 7(10), 191507. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191507
* Authors contributed equally / shared first authorship
- Clausen, A. E., McMahon, J., Green, C. S., & Kattner, F. (2025). Effects of evaluative conditioning on peripheral visual attention. TeaP 2025 – 67th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Frankfurt, Germany.
- Clausen, A. E. & Kattner, F. (2024). Does emotional valence affect intelligibility of speech in noise? TeaP 2024 – 66th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Regensburg, Germany.
- Clausen, A. E., Kattner, F., & Ellermeier, W. (2024). Affective valence affects speech intelligibility in noise.15th Speech in Noise Workshop – SPIN 2024, Potsdam, Germany.
- Clausen, A. E., Kattner, F., & Ellermeier, W. (2023). Does speech intelligibility depend on affective valence? Fechner Day 2022 – 39th Annual meeting of the international society for psychophysics, Assisi, Italy.
- Clausen, A.E. & Kattner, F. (2023). Valence in feature and conjunction search. TeaP 2023 – 65th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Trier, Germany.
- Clausen, A., Lindenkreuz, H., Kracke, H., & Kattner, F. (2022). Visual attention guided by either associatively or propositionally learned valence. Fechner Day 2022 – 38th Annual meeting of the international society for psychophysics, Lund, Sweden.
- Clausen, A., Schlichting, O., & Kattner, F. (2022). Investigating search asymmetry in visual search tasks with evaluative conditioned stimuli. 11th PhD Summer School Cognitive Psychology (“A-Dok”), Bremen, Germany.
- Clausen, A. & Kattner, F. (2022). Revisiting valence in visual search tasks. TeaP 2022 – 64th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Cologne, Germany.
- Clausen, A., Kattner, F., & Westerweller, S. (2021). The salience of valence in visual search tasks. TeaP 2021 – 63rd Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Ulm, Germany.
- Clausen, A., Kattner, F., & Salazar-Vogel, K. (2020, March). Effects of evaluative conditioning on the selection from iconic memory. TeaP 2020 – 62nd Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Jena, Germany.
- Clausen, A., Saul, C., & Kattner, F. (2019, September). Investigating ERP components resulting from evaluatively conditioned stimuli. Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
- Clausen, A. & Kattner F. (2019, April). Revisiting the prioritization of emotional information in iconic memory: A pre-registered replication study. TeaP 2019 – 61st Conference of Experimental Psychologists, London, United Kingdom.
- Clausen, A., Fenner, B., Kennett, S., & Cooper, N. R. (2014, September). Through the looking glass: An EEG investigation into the proposed social responding function of the human mirror neuron system. Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience, York, United Kingdom.
| 11/2019 | Recipient of a research award of the Department of Human Sciences for an innovative doctoral research proposal, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany |
| 08/2018 – 08/2024 | Research Associate (doctoral candidate), Applied Cognitive Psychology Lab (Prof. Wolfgang Ellermeier), Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany |
| 09/2017 – 07/2018 | Teacher in training, PGCE in Mathematics, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK |
| 02/2017 – 08/2017 | Student, SKE in Mathematics, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK |
| 04/2016 – 08/2017 | Teaching Assistant, South Bromsgrove High School, Bromsgrove, UK |
| 11/2015 – 04/2016 | Teaching Assistant, The Chase School, Malvern, UK |
| 08/2015 – 12/2015 | Support Worker, Safehands Recruitment, Worcester, UK |
| 01/2015 – 07/2015 | Live Skills Instructor, Options Malvern View residential care home (prior AALPS Midlands), Hanley Castle, Worcester, UK |
| 10/2013 – 11/2014 |
Student, M.Sc. in Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, UK Research focus: Neuroscience |
| 03/2013 – 09/2013 | Self-employed, Public Relations, Communication and Congress Service, Bichl, Germany |
| 08/2011 – 09/2011 | Intern at the Department of Fundamentals and Development, Zentrum Informationsarbeit Bundeswehr (prior AIK), Strausberg, Germany |
| 05/2009 – 12/2012 | Student Assistant at the Department “Denkmalforschung und Denkmalerfassung”, Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Munich, Germany |
| 10/2007 – 03/2013 | Student, M.A. in Theatre Studies, Psychology, German Medieval Language and Literature, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany |
| 01/2007 – 12/2009 | Temp, BayWa DIY & Garden Centre, Bad Tölz, Germany |
| 07/2007 – 09/2007 | Intern, Tölzer Kurier, local newspaper, Bad Tölz, Germany |
| 06/2006 – 06/2006 | Intern, Sanofi Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Department of Communication and Public Relations, Höchst, Germany |
| 08/2022 – 03/2024 | Team leader of the mentoring team for first year psychology students |
| 10/2021 – 09/2023 | Representative of the scientific staff of the department in the departmental council of Human Sciences |
| 05/2021 – 07/2024 | Member of the task force for the doctorate colloquium of the department of Human Sciences |
| 10/2020 – 09/2022 | Representative of the scientific staff in the “Direktorium” of the Institute of Psychology in a shared responsibility with Florian Kadner |
| 02/2019 – 93/2023 | Moodle support of the Institute of Psychology |
| WT 2023/24 | Practical training in experimental research [Experimentalpsychologisches Praktikum] |
| ST 2023 | Seminar on general psychology topics [Seminar “Allgemeine Psychologie”] |
| WT 2022/23 | Practical training in experimental research [Experimentalpsychologisches Praktikum] |
| ST 2022 | Seminar on general psychology topics [Seminar “Allgemeine Psychologie”] |
| WT 2021/22 | Practical training in experimental research [Experimentalpsychologisches Praktikum] |
| ST 2021 | Seminar on general psychology topics [Seminar “Allgemeine Psychologie 1”] |
| WT 2020/21 | Practical training in experimental research [Experimentalpsychologisches Praktikum] |
| WT 2019/20 | Practical training in experimental research [Experimentalpsychologisches Praktikum] |
| WT 2018/19 | Practical training in experimental research [Experimentalpsychologisches Praktikum] |
- “Unterschiede in der peripheren Wahrnehmung von visuellen Reizen aufgrund evaluativ konditionierter Valenz” – Jenny McMahon, Wintersemester 2024-25
- “Werden emotional besetzte Wörter leichter im Störgeräusch erkannt? Wirkung evaluativer Konditionierung auf das Sprachverstehen.” – Yusra Mohammad Saeed & Imen Sincar, Sommer term 2024
- “Emotionale Semantik beeinflusst das Sprachverstehen im Störgeräusch” – Leonie Schmied, Winter term 2023-24
- “Assessing the Impact of Evaluative Conditioning on Visual Conjunction Search” – Nina James, Winter term 2023-24
- “Auswirkungen einer Meditation mit geführten Bildern auf die mentalen Bilder von Menschen mit Aphantasie” – Elisabeth Tepelboim, Summer term 2022
- “Achtsames Bewerten: Der Einfluss von Mindfulness auf evaluative Konditionierung” – Laszlo Gilanyi, Summer term 2022
- “Effects of Evaluative Conditioning in Explicit and Implicit Evaluations After Inferential or Associative Learning” – Juliane Höfling, Summer term 2022
- “Evaluative Konditionierung: Auswirung auf die visuelle Aufmerksamkeit und zugrundeliegende Lernprozesse” – Hannah Lindenkreuz & Henri Kracke, Summer term 2022
- “Die Wirkung von Diskriminationstrainings auf Angst-Generalisierung mithilfe evaluativer Konditionierung” – Vanessa Voges, Summer term 2022
- “Evaluativ konditionierte Reize in der Visuellen Suche: Asymmetrie basierend auf Emotionalität” – Olivia Schlichting, Summer term 2022
- “Evaluative Konditionierung digitaler Orte am Bildschirm und ihr Einfluss auf das ikonische Gedächtnis” – Eleftherios Pantazidis, Winter term 2021-22
- “Generalisierung von evaluativen Konditionierungseffekten bei visuell ähnlichen Stimuli” – Jenny McMahon, Winter term 2021-22
- “Die Verarbeitung von emotionalen Stimuli im ikonischen Gedächtnis, Labor vs. Online-Studie” – Johanna Stumpf, Bachelor thesis, Summer term 2021
- „Wie evaluative Konditionierung die visuelle Aufmerksamkeit beeinflusst“ – Saskia Westerweller, Bachelor thesis, Summer term 2020
- “Elektrophysiologische Korrelate evaluativer Konditionierung” – Celine Saul, Bachelor thesis, Summer term 2019
- “Untersuchung der Auswirkung von Emotionen auf das ikonische Gedächtnis mithilfe evaluativer Konditionierung“ – Karla Salazar-Vogel, Master thesis, Summer term 2019