Dr. Sarah Schwarzkopf

Research Interests

• Applied Cognitive Science
• Intuitive Usability & User-Centered Design
• Human-Machine-Interaction
• Learning
• Improvement of Interfaces & the Interplay between People and the Processes, Spaces, Objects and other Beings that surround them
• Multi-Agent-Models
• Comprehensibility of Text & Language
• Brain-Computer Interfaces
• Communication

• Methodology
• Eye Tracking
• Comparability of Field and Lab Studies
• Virtual & Augmented Reality
• EEG
• Social Interactive Settings

• Cognitive Processes
• Situated Cognition: Understanding Human Behavior and Minds in the Context of the Environment
• Perception & Visual Attention
• Spatial Cognition: Movement and Navigation in Real and Virtual Space
• Embodied Cognition: Understanding the Complex Interaction of Cognition, Perception & Body Movements
• Automatic and Controlled Processing
• Language Processing
• Mental Models
• Social Cognition
  
  • Gaze Following
  • Social Interaction & Cooperation
  • Visuospatial Perspective Taking
  • Shared Attention
  • Mentalizing & Theory of Mind
• Clinical Interests
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Aphasia

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Vita

Scientific Projects

• 2017 - 2018: Research assistant at the Neurocenter, Department of Neurology & Neuroscience, University Medical Center Freiburg (Cluster of Excellence BrainLinks-BrainTools; project: BCI Neurotechnology for Novel Rehabilitation Approaches in Stroke-induced Cognitive Defects)
• in the media: Über Gehirnsignale die Sprache zurückgewinnen

• 2012 - 2015: Research assistant at the Center for Cognitive Science, University of Freiburg (SFB TR/8 "Spatial Cognition"; project: Signage, Eye­‐Tracking & Airport Navigation)
• 2010 - 2012: Research assistant at the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University Hospital of Cologne (Research group Neuroimaging & Social Cognition; project: Being addressed as You – Conceptual and Empirical Investigations of a Second-Person Approach to Other Minds)
• in the media: Menschliches Verstehen verstehen
• 2010: Research assistant at the University of Bielefeld (SFB 673 "Alignment in Communication" ; project: Alignment of Situation Models)
• 2006 - 2009: Scientific assistant at the Center for Cognitive Science, University of Freiburg (DFG-project "ELoC" and SFB TR/8 "Spatial Cognition"; member of the Psycholinguistic Research Lab) 

Education

• Doctoral thesis in Psychology, Cognitive Science at University of Freiburg (Situated, Spatial & Social Cognition, Eye-Tracking)
• M.A.-thesis in Cognitive Science & Linguistics (Embodiment)
• Studies of Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Philosophy at University of Freiburg

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Science Communication

Selected articles, published at the Office of University and Science Communications, University of Freiburg

• Netz der Seidenstraßen. Die Historikerin Sitta von Reden untersucht Handel und Wirtschaft in der Antike. (2021)
• Hochaufgelöster Flügelschlag. Eine neue Videotechnik macht die Körperbewegungen von Insekten sichtbar. (2020)
• Mit Abstand betrachtet: die Welt nach Corona. Der Zukunftsforscher Michael Schetsche sieht viele Veränderungen für die Arbeitswelt und das Bildungssystem. (2020)
• „Ich könnte wirklich mal mit dem Rauchen aufhören“. Mit einem digitalen Lernprogramm üben Studierende der Zahnmedizin die motivierende Gesprächsführung. (2020)
• Wenn Lehrkräfte erklären. Die Bildungswissenschaftlerin Mona Weinhuber gewinnt einen Early Career Award. (2020)
• Alles neu macht der Mai. Michael Fischer zeigt, wie Liedtexte das Symbol des Frühlings aufgreifen. (2018)
• Vorbild für die arabische Welt. Der Islamwissenschaftler Simon Wolfgang Fuchs untersucht, wie die iranische Revolution in den 1970er Jahren andere muslimisch geprägte Länder beeinflusste. (2018)
• Gute Laune kommt vor dem Fall. Positive Emotionen können den Lernerfolg schmälern, zeigt eine Freiburger Studie – worauf Studierende bei der nächsten Schreibtisch-Session achten sollten. (2018)
• Seminarrückblick mit rotem Faden. Anhand von E-Portfolios können Lehrende die Reflexionskompetenzen ihrer Studierenden bewerten. (2018)
• Stars im Schwarzwald. Wildtiere wecken bei Menschen unterschiedliche Assoziationen – das Reh ist der Liebling, und das Auerhuhn verspricht, was es nicht halten kann. (2018)
• Was am Mainstream besonders ist. Im Songlexikon wird die musikalische und gesellschaftliche Bedeutung populärer Lieder analysiert. (2017)
• Mindset für Mathe. Wie das Umfeld beeinflusst, ob Lehrkräfte in der Oberstufe gut erklären können. (2017)

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Teaching

My courses at the Center for Cognitive Science, University of Freiburg:

• Introduction into cognitive science II: Language and cognition, winter term 2019/20 (tutorial seminar)
• Embodiment, winter term 2013/14 (advanced seminar)
• Cognitive Science, summer term 2013 (basic seminar)
• Empirical research methods, winter term 2006/07 (tutorial seminar)

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Publications

Articles

• Musso, M., Hübner, D., Schwarzkopf, S., Bernodusson, M., LeVan, P., Weiller, C., & Tangermann, M. (2022). Aphasia recovery by language training using a brain-computer interface: a proof-of-concept study. Brain Communications, 4(1). doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac008.
• Schwarzkopf, S. (2020). Sehe ich, was du nicht siehst? Visuell-räumliche Perspektivenübernahme in isoliertem und sozial-interaktivem Kontext: Untersuchungen zu Autismus und mit mobilem Eyetracking (Doctoral dissertation, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br.).
• Musso, M., Hübner, D., Schwarzkopf, S., Weiller, C., & Tangermann, M. (2019, submitted). A brain-computer interface for language training in chronic post-stroke aphasia patients.
• Schwarzkopf, S., Büchner, S.J., Hölscher, C., & Konieczny, L. (2017). Perspective tracking in the real world. Gaze angle analysis in a collaborative wayfinding task. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 17(1-2), 143-162.
• Fiebich, A.*, Nguyen, N*., & Schwarzkopf, S*. (2015). Cooperation with robots? A two-dimensional approach. In C. Misselhorn (ed.), Collective Agency and Cooperation in Natural and Artificial Systems, Philosophical Studies Series 122, 25-43. *equal contribution, alphabetical order
• Müller-Feldmeth, D.*, Schwarzkopf, S.*, Büchner, S.J., Hölscher, C., Kallert, G., von Stülpnagel, R., & Konieczny, L. (2014). Location Dependent Fixation Analysis with Sight Vectors. Locomotion as a Challenge in Mobile Eye Tracking. Paper presented at the 2nd International workshop on eye tracking for spatial research, ET4S 2014 (in conjunction with GIScience 2014), Vienna. *equal contribution, alphabetical order
  
• Schwarzkopf, S., Schilbach, L., Vogeley, K., Timmermans, B. (2014). “Making it explicit” makes a difference:
  Evidence for a dissociation of spontaneous and intentional level 1 perspective taking in high-functioning autism. Cognition 131 (3), 345–354.
• Schwarzkopf, S., von Stülpnagel, R., Büchner, S.J., Konieczny, L., Kallert, G., & Hölscher, C. (2013). What Lab Eye Tracking Tells us about Wayfinding. A Comparison of Stationary and Mobile Eye Tracking in a Large Building Scenario. Paper presented at the 1st International workshop on eye tracking for spatial research, ET4S 2013 (in conjunction with COSIT 2013), Scarborough.
• Schwarzkopf, S., Weldle, H., Müller, D., Konieczny, L. (2011). Mental Simulation of Spatial Perspective during Sentence Comprehension. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 11), July 2011, Boston.
• Konieczny, L., Müller, D., Hachmann, W., Schwarzkopf, S., & Wolfer, S. (2009). Local syntactic coherence interpretation. Evidence from a visual world study. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 09), July 2009, Amsterdam.
• Schwarzkopf, S. (2009). Mentale Simulation von Perspektive bei der Satzverarbeitung. Eine experimentelle Studie zur  Embodied Cognition (Thesis, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br.).

Conference Contributions

• Musso, M., Hübner, D., Schwarzkopf, S., Weiller, C., & Tangermann, M. (2019). Evidence for language-specificity of a BCI-based language training. Front. Hum. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: Academy of Aphasia 56th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. (2018, issue: 69) doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2018.228.00069
• Musso, M., Hübner, D., Schwarzkopf, S., Weiller, C., & Tangermann, M. (2018). A BCI-supported online language training: A novel and effective approach for training basic and distinctive aspects of language-processing. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie (DGN).
• Hübner, D., Schwarzkopf, S., Musso, M., & Tangermann, M. (2018). BCI-based language training induces changes in ERP responses in chronic post-stroke aphasia patients. In: Proceedings of the 7th International BCI Meeting, Asilomar. pp. 106-107.
• Tangermann, M., Hübner, D., Schwarzkopf, S., Weiller, C., & Musso, M. (2018). Effects on language ability induced by BCI-based training of patients with aphasia. In: Proceedings of the Seventh International Brain-Computer Interface Meeting, Pacific Grove, USA: Verlag der TU Graz, May 2018, pp. 110-111. (second price of the BCI award 2018)
• Musso, M., Hübner, D., Schwarzkopf, S., Weiller, C. & Tangermann, M. (2018). A novel aphasia training based on brain-computer interface. In: European Stroke Journal, Vol. 3(1S), pp. 205-206.

• Schwarzkopf, S. (2015, accepted). Individual and cooperative functions of shared visual attention. Poster at the 6th Joint Action Meeting (JAM), July 2015, Budapest.
• Schwarzkopf, S., von Stülpnagel, R., & Hölscher, C. (2013). We never walk alone – the influence of social interaction on wayfinding behavior. Poster at the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 13), August 2013, Berlin.
• Fiebich, A.*, Schwarzkopf, S.*, Nguyen, N.* (2013). What is cooperation? Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics. Talk at the 5th Joint Action Meeting (JAM), July 2013, Berlin. *equal contribution
  
• Fiebich, A.*, Schwarzkopf, S.*, Nguyen, N.* (2013). What is cooperation? Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychology, and Informatics. Joint talk at the conference on "Cooperation: Why, How, and With Whom", April 2013, Aarhus. *equal contribution
  
• Schwarzkopf, S., Schilbach, L., Vogeley, K., Timmermans, B. (2012). Automatic and Intentional Level 1 Perspective-Taking in Adults with High-Functioning Autism. Poster at the 11th Biannual Conference of the German Cognitive Science Society (KogWis 2012), October 2012, Bamberg.
• Schwarzkopf, S., Schilbach, L., Vogeley, K., Timmermans, B. (2012). Explicit and Implicit Level One Perspective-Taking in Adults with High-Functioning Autism. Poster at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Social Interaction, Engagement and the Second-Person Perspective, May 2012, Cologne.
• Schwarzkopf, S., Schilbach, L., Vogeley, K., Timmermans, B. (2012). Automatic Level One Perspective-Taking is Intact in Adults with High-Functioning Autism. Poster at the Interdisciplinary College (IK 2012), March 2012, Günne.
• Schwarzkopf, S., Schilbach, L., Vogeley, K., Timmermans, B. (2012). Explicit and Implicit Level One Perspective-Taking in Adults with High-Functioning Autism. Poster at the Workshop on Pre-reflective and Reflective Processing in Social Interaction, March 2012, Cambridge (UK).
• Schwarzkopf, S., Timmermans, B., Vogeley, K., Schilbach, L. (2011). Looking through your eyes: Investigating automatic perceptual perspective taking with a mental rotation task. Poster at the 4th Joint Action Meeting (JAM), July 2011, Vienna.
• Schwarzkopf, S., Müller, D., Weldle, H., Konieczny, L. (2008). Grammatical person controls perspective taking in embodied simulation semantics. Poster at the 14th Annual Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP 08), September 2008, Cambridge (UK).
• Konieczny, L., Müller, D., Hachmann, W., Wolfer, S., Schwarzkopf, S. (2007). Local coherence interpretation in spoken language comprehension. Talk at the European Conference on Eye-Movements (ECEM 07), August 2007, Potsdam.

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