Deutsch Intern
Psychology of Communication and New Media

Dr. Lena Wimmer

Dr. Lena Wimmer

Postdoctoral Researcher

Room: 01.002
Campus Hubland Nord
Oswald-Külpe-Weg 82

E-mail: lena.wimmer[*at*]uni-wuerzburg.de
Phone: 0931/31 89336

Consultation hours: by arrangement via mail.

Summary

  • since 2024: Research and Teaching Associate, Psychology of Communication and New Media & Educational Psychology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg
  • 2022 - 2023: Substitute Professur of Cognitive Psychology, University of Kassel
  • 2020 - 2024: Research and Teaching Associate, Instruction, Learning, and Difference, University of Freiburg
  • 2018 - 2020: Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Psychology, University of Kent, United Kingdom
  • 2016 - 2017: Research Fellow, Dorjee Lab, School of Psychology, Bangor University, United Kingdom
  • 2015: Dr. Phil. in Psychology, Title of dissertation thesis: Das ästhetische Paradox bei der Verarbeitung von fiktionalen vs. nicht-fiktionalen Texten [The aesthetic paradox when processing fictional vs. non-fictional texts]
  • 2012 - 2018: Research and Teaching Associate, Cognitive Psychology, University of Duisburg-Essen
  • 2011 - 2012: Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Applied Psychology, SRH University Heidelberg
  • 2011 - 2011: Research Assistant, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg
  • 2009 - 2011: Research Associate, Cognitive Psychology, Heidelberg University
  • 2004 - 2009: Diploma (comparable to a combination of Bachelor and Master of Science) in Psychology, University of Bamberg

Selected Research Interests

  • text processing
  • learning from texts and narratives
  • educational psychology of autism
  • (self-regulatory effects of) mindfulness