Leading the DFG Emmy-Noether Group: 'What's in a name? Computational modeling and experimental investigations on the non-arbitrariness of word label choices'. The project aims to investigate both sides of this phenomenon – why do we pick the labels we choose, and what are the consequences of these choices – from a cognitive point of view.
Research Experience
Guest professor (Psychological Research Methods) at the Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His position as junior research group leader (DFG Emmy Noether Programme), 'Computational Modelling' group, at the Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is currently paused.
Background
Studying how our experience with regularities in the world shapes how we think about things, and how we can draw from our experience to think about things we haven't experienced (yet). Most of his work relies on computational models based on large collections of data, which are supposed to reflect our experience with our environment.