Cognitive Modeling

The professorship of Cognitive Modeling pursues the goal of formalizing and experimentally testing theories and hypotheses about cognitive mechanisms. The formal language of modeling allows us to abstract away from the concrete implementation of these mechanisms (whether in humans, animals, or computers).

News

Interview

18.04.2026
Lilian was interviewed by the NDR about the Wellcome Trust funded project on rumination. See the transcript  here!

Introduction of the Lab

15.04.2026
Our lab features on the university website as a press release: see  here!

New Lab Members

01.04.2026
We are excited to have Dr. Frank Hezemans join the lab as a postdoc - welcome Frank!
Felix Marxen and Deniz Gün are supporting the lab as student assistants since April 2026— welcome Felix und Deniz!
Visit the  team page.

Publication

01.04.2026
​​​​​​​Our very first TUS study in humans has just been published in  Neuron. See a press release from Uni Oxford  here!