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Kai Preuss
- © K.P.
Research Assistant
Marchstraße 23
D-10587 Berlin
Room: MAR 3.037
Phone: +49 (0)30 314 27821
My main task lies in the contribution to the DPDU-Project. Its goal is the cognitive modelling of spatial processes, for instance mental folding of two-dimensional patterns into three-dimensional objects or the examination of these pattern through mental rotation, among others. Our focus lies on working out associated mental processes - which factors contribute to the difficulty of a mental transformation? Which brain areas are active during what process? On the basis of potential answers to these questions, modelling approaches could be created that would allow spatial-cognitive processes to be describable in general.
Aside from that, I support Nele Rußwinkel as a TA (currently Applied Cognitive Modelling).
Research Interests
- Cognitive Modelling (ACT-R)
- Extending ACT-R with representation and processing of spatial mechanisms
- the role of the motor cortex in simulating movement patterns
- Strategic choices and strategy development
- Cognitively plausible learning and emergence in technical systems
Career
- since 09/2018: Research Assistant (KModyS, TU Berlin)
- 07/2018: Graduated MSc in Cognitive Science
(Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg) - 08/2013: Graduated BSc in Psychology
(University of Osnabrück)
Supervised Master Theses
- Lou Conradi - "Methoden der Workload-Analyse in kognitiver Modellierung und Pupillometrie" ["Methods of workload analysis in cognitive modeling and pupillometry"], 2019 (co-supervised with Nele Russwinkel, technical supervision).
- Linda Heimisch - "Bringing together Cognitive Models and EEG through Hidden Semi-Markov Models - An Analysis of Processing Stages in a Mental Rotation Task", 2020 (co-supervised with Nele Russwinkel).
- Oliver Klückmann - "Einführung und Anwendung eines generellen mental-räumlichen Ansatzes zur kognitiven Modellierung einer Frame-of-Reference Transformation" ["Introduction and application of a general mental-spatial cognitive modeling approach to a frame-of-reference transformation"], 2022 (co-supervised with Nele Russwinkel, technical supervision).
