Claudia von Bastian
My research focuses on the mechanisms of experience-based cognitive plasticity, and the factors potentially boosting or hindering cognitive change and learning. More specifically, I am interested in the effects of short-term interventions (e.g., intensive training) and life-long experiences (e.g., bilingualism) on working memory and other higher-order cognitive performance.
I studied at the University of Zurich during my undergraduate and masters degrees. In my master thesis, I worked on visual cognition in the field of human-machine interaction in aviation security. The thesis was supervised by Stefan Michel and Adrian Schwaninger.
In 2009, I started my PhD working with Klaus Oberauer at the University of Zurich. We examined the distinct transfer effects of training different functional categories of working memory capacity, which provided an insight into the specific working memory functions that are most promising to show behavioral plasticity. In a follow-up collaboration project, we investigated a training regimen that focused on multiple working memory functions simultaneously in young and old adults. Moreover, we examined neural correlates of training and transfer effects with EEG, MRI, and DTI.
From 2011 to 2012, I was a visiting fellow in Chris Jarrold's lab at the University of Bristol. Together with Chris, I worked on interference and rehearsal processes in verbal and visual working memory.
After finishing my PhD, I worked as a Research Associate at Klaus Oberauer's lab at the University of Zurich, where I continued my research on working memory, cognitive training, and transfer of training. More recently, I started to investigate the impact of life-long experience (particularly bilingualism) on cognitive functions. Before I joined Bournemouth University as a lecturer in 2016, I was a Research Associate at Akira Miyake's lab at the University of Colorado Boulder. In an NSF funded project, I worked with Akira Miyake and Mike Kane examining the cognitive underpinnings of STEM learning and its relationship with executive functions and mind wandering.
Together with André Locher and Michael Ruflin, I am developing Tatool, an open-source software for programming and running experiments. It is available for free on www.tatool-web.com .
I studied at the University of Zurich during my undergraduate and masters degrees. In my master thesis, I worked on visual cognition in the field of human-machine interaction in aviation security. The thesis was supervised by Stefan Michel and Adrian Schwaninger.
In 2009, I started my PhD working with Klaus Oberauer at the University of Zurich. We examined the distinct transfer effects of training different functional categories of working memory capacity, which provided an insight into the specific working memory functions that are most promising to show behavioral plasticity. In a follow-up collaboration project, we investigated a training regimen that focused on multiple working memory functions simultaneously in young and old adults. Moreover, we examined neural correlates of training and transfer effects with EEG, MRI, and DTI.
From 2011 to 2012, I was a visiting fellow in Chris Jarrold's lab at the University of Bristol. Together with Chris, I worked on interference and rehearsal processes in verbal and visual working memory.
After finishing my PhD, I worked as a Research Associate at Klaus Oberauer's lab at the University of Zurich, where I continued my research on working memory, cognitive training, and transfer of training. More recently, I started to investigate the impact of life-long experience (particularly bilingualism) on cognitive functions. Before I joined Bournemouth University as a lecturer in 2016, I was a Research Associate at Akira Miyake's lab at the University of Colorado Boulder. In an NSF funded project, I worked with Akira Miyake and Mike Kane examining the cognitive underpinnings of STEM learning and its relationship with executive functions and mind wandering.
Together with André Locher and Michael Ruflin, I am developing Tatool, an open-source software for programming and running experiments. It is available for free on www.tatool-web.com .
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