Dr. Cordelia Mühlenbeck
Postdoctoral researcher
Dr. phil. (Psychology)
M.A. International Art Management
B.A. Multilingual Communication
Research focus
- Audio-visual integration
- Context effects on object perception and identification
- Concept formation in real-world scenes
Education and career path
- 10/2015-12/2016: Postdoctoral researcher in the Cognitive Systems Lab, Chemnitz University of Technology
- 10/2011-06/2015: Ph.D. in Psychology, Free University of Berlin, Evolutionary Psychology - PhD thesis "On the origins of artistic behaviour and aesthetic universals"
- 2006-2008: M.A. International Art Management, "Centre of International Art Management", Musikhochschule Köln
- 2003-2006: B.A. Multilingual Communication, Fachhochschule Köln
- 2001: Abitur at Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium, Radevormwald
Publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Mühlenbeck, C., Liebal, K., Pritsch, C., & Jacobsen, T. (2016). Differences in the visual perception of symmetric patterns in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus abelii) and two human cultural groups: a comparative eye-tracking study. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 408. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00408 [Open Access]
Mühlenbeck, C., Liebal, K., Pritsch, C., & Jacobsen, T. (2015). Gaze duration biases for colours in combination with dissonant and consonant sounds: A comparative eye-tracking study with orangutans. PLoS ONE, 10, e0139894. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139894 [Open Access]
Conference contributions
Mühlenbeck, C. et al. (2014). Universal preference of decorated objects and symmetric patterns – a comparative eye-tracking study. International Conference of Comparative Psychology (ICCP), Bogotá, Kolumbien.
Mühlenbeck, C. (2012). Über den Ursprung der Kunst – Ästhetische Universalien im Kultur- und Artvergleich. Summer School des Marsilius-Kollegs Heidelberg. Neue interdisziplinäre Anthropologie: Leib – Geist – Kultur. Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg.
