Professional / Educational History
| Since May 2025 Research assistant (PhD student), Department of Cognitive Psychology, Prof. Dr. Christian Frings, Trier University |
| Sep. 2020 – Apr. 2025 Student Research Assistant, Department of Cognitive Psychology, Prof. Dr. Christian Frings, Trier University |
| Oct. 2022 – Mar. 2025 Master of Science Psychology, Trier University |
| Aug. 2023 – Dec. 2023 ERASMUS exchange program, University of Bergen |
| Dec. 2022 – May 2023 Organizing committee member for the Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP), Leibniz Institute for Psychology |
| Oct. 2019 – Mar. 2023 Bachelor of Science Psychology, Trier University |
Research Interest
- Neurostimulation
- Action Control
- Motion Tracking
Publications
| Talks and Posters |
| Pingen, L. J., Prochnow, A., Geissler, C. F., Münchau, A., Beste, C. & Frings, C. (2026, March 15-18). Auricular transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation enhances stimulus-response binding effects - evidence from drift diffusion modeling [Talk]. 68th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog*innen (TeaP), Tübingen, Germany. |
| Pingen, L. J., Prochnow, A., Geissler, C. F., Münchau, A., Beste, C. & Frings, C. (2026, March 12-13). Auricular transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation enhances stimulus-response binding effects - evidence from drift diffusion modeling [Talk]. UniGR ECHO-Meeting, Trier, Germany. |
| Pingen, L. J., & Frings, C. (2025, October 8-10). Binding and retrieval beyond discrete actions: First insights from motion tracking of reach movements in action control [Poster]. 57. Herbsttreffen Experimentelle Kognitionspsychologie (HExKoP), Trier, Germany. |
Abschlussarbeiten / Specific theses
| Thema | BA/MA | Betreuung | Kurzbeschreibung |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vagusnerv-Stimulation und kognitive Funktionen | Bachelor | Leah Pingen | Es sollen weitere Einblicke in die Wirkungsweisen von Vagusnerv-Stimulation auf kognitive Funktionen untersucht werden. Wie wirkt atVNS? Welche kogitiven Prozesse werden moduliert? |