Research
Most of the topics we work on in our group are related to the controlled triggering and objective measurement of emotions:
- construction of a Database for sounds to induce emotions in a controlled way
- measuring of the Skin conductivity
- analysis of data by dissection in single components
- quantitative recording of goosebumps
- Slowdown or acceleration of reaction time
- increase/decrease of blood pressure or heart frequency
We also study
- management of visually controlled actions with help of prism glasses
- perception of pitch
- sensory memory for pitch and random signals (noise)
- aspects of creativity
- questions of awareness, free will, pity with artefacts and artificial inteligence
- "Sex and appetite" STUDY
questionnaires
Our Work unit translated an english creativity test to german and validated it:
- The german version of the revised Creative Behavior Inventory (revised German CBI) bas on Hocevar (1979).
- The german version of the Creative Achievement Questionnaire (German CAQ) based on Carson et al. (2005).
Nähere Informationen in der zugehörigen Publikation: Form, S., Schlichting, K., & Kaernbach, C. (2017). Mentoring functions: Interpersonal tensions are associated with mentees' creative achievement. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 11(4): 440-450.