Dr. Caroline Surrey
Research Associate (PostDoc)
Contact information
Faculty of Science, Department of Psychology
Institute of General Psychology, Biopsychology and Methods of Psychology
Technische Universität Dresden
Zellescher Weg 17, 01069 Dresden
Phone: +49 351 46342430
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Research Statement
How is flexible regulation of cognitive control adjusted to changing demands in the environment? What are the mechanisms serving these adjustments? How and when does the cognitive system use context features for the flexible adjustments? And how does it even know when and to what extent to control? These are the main questions that guide my research.
Scientific Education
| 04/2019 | PhD in Psychology, at Technische Universität Dresden, Prof. Dr. Stefan Scherbaum und Prof. Dr. Rico Fischer |
| 09/2011 | Diploma in Psychology at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany |
| 09/2009 – 06/2010 | Study visit in France, University „Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2“ |
| 10/2005 - 09/2011 | Studies in Psychology at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany |
Professional Experience
| Since 05/2019 | Research associate and postdoctoral fellow, Chair of Research Methods and Cognitive Modeling, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 10/2012 – 04/2019 | Research associate and doctoral fellow, Chair of General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 10/2011 - 09/2012 | Research assistant at the Chair of Research Methods, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden |
Other Scientific Activities, Honors, Awards
| 2019 | Travel grant for the conference “I, Scientist” at Technische Universität Berlin, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 2019 | Travel grant for a summer school “Analyzing Neural Time Series Data” at Radboud University, Nijmegen, Graduate Academy |
| 2018 |
Significant participation in Prof. Stefan Scherbaums DFG-proposal „Exploring short- and long-term dynamics of context-specific adjustments of cognitive control“ (DFG-Kz: SCHE 1827/4-1) |
| 2018 | Start-up research grant, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 2012 | Start-up research grant, Technische Universität Dresden |
| Since 2003 | Member of the Committee for Resource Allocation of the Psychology Department, Technische Universität Dresden |
| 2012 | Diploma award (Werner-Straub-Award), Technische Universität Dresden |
Selected Publications
Frisch, S., Surrey, C., Dshemuchadse, M., Maack, M. C., & Scherbaum, S. (2019). Frontal Midline Theta Reveals Temporal Dynamics of Target Amplification and Distracter Inhibition During Mental Set-Shifting. preprint, PsyArXiv.
Surrey, C., Kretschmer-Trendowicz, A., Altgassen, M., & Fischer, R. (2019). Contextual recruitment of cognitive control in preadolescent children and young adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 183, 189-207. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.02.002
Surrey, C., Dreisbach, G., & Fischer, R. (2017). Context-specific adjustment of cognitive control: Transfer of adaptive control sets. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70(11), 2386-2401. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2016.1239748
Gottschalk, C., & Fischer, R. (2017). Activation of context-specific attentional control sets by exogenous allocation of visual attention to the context? Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung, 81(2), 378-391. doi: 10.1007/s00426-016-0746-5
Scherbaum, S., Gottschalk, C., Dshemuchadse, M., & Fischer, R. (2015). Action dynamics in multitasking: the impact of additional task factors on the execution of the prioritized motor movement. Frontiers in psychology, 6:934. doi: 10.3389/Fpsyg.2015.00934
Fischer, R., Gottschalk, C., & Dreisbach, G. (2014). Context-sensitive adjustment of cognitive control in dual-task performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40(2), 399-416. doi: 10.1037/a0034310 2013-33714-001