Professional / Educational History

July 2025
PhD, Trier University.
Title of the dissertation: "Feature Processing in Action Control"
Grade: summa cum laude
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Christian Frings, University of Trier, Prof Dr. Tobias Bäumer, University of Lübeck, & Prof. Dr. Roland Neumann, University of Trier

Since Oct. 2022
Phd Student, Department of Cognitive Psychology, Prof. Dr. Christian Frings, University of Trier

Apr. 2020 – Jun. 2022
Master of Science Psychology, University of Trier
Thesis Title: “Action-effect anticipation in a conflict scenario: An oscillatory perspective”
Supervisors: PD Dr. Bernhard Pastötter and M. Sc. Céline C. Haciahmet, University of Trier

Apr. 2021 – Aug. 2021
Tutor in Multivariate Statistics, Department of Educational Psychology, Prof. Dr. Michael Schneider

Apr. 2019 – Aug. 2020
Tutor in Test Theory, Department of Giftedness research, Prof. Dr. Franzis Preckel

Oct. 2016 – Jul. 2020
Bachelor of Science Psychology, University of Trier

Research Interests

Neuropsychology
Action Control
Feature (Hyper-)Binding and Retrieval in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS)

Reviewing Activity

Journals:

Cognition & Emotion
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Performance & Perception

Publications

Journal articles (peer reviewed)
Münster, N. D., & Frings, C. (in press). Red and green and the mind in between: How context modulates feature relations in action-perception integration. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
Hao, Y., Münster, N., Pastötter, B., Talebi, N., Bäumer, T., Münchau, A., Frings, C., Beste, C. (2025). Directed information transfer in theta networks: timing and its role in managing distractions during action control. Cortex, 189, 242-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2025.06.003
Münster, N. D., Schmalbrock, P., Beste, C., Münchau, A., & Frings, C. (2025). Adding meaningful distal action effects in feature binding. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-025-03092-9
Münster, N. D., Schmalbrock, P., & Frings, C. (2025). It’s about location, location, location: Absolute and relative stimulus positions in action control. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-025-03062-1
Münster, N. D., & Frings, C. (2025). From tusk till horn: Modulating feature boundaries in action control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0001280
Münster, N. D., Schmalbrock, P., & Frings, C. (2024). A question of perspective: Perspective as a feature in stimulus-response binding. Visual Cognition, 32(2) 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2024.2406046
Münster, N. D., Schmalbrock, P., Bäumer, T., Hommel, B., Beste, C., Münchau, A., & Frings, C. (2024). Separating binding and retrieval of event files in older adults.Acta Psychologica, 244, 104190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104190

Talks / Posters

Münster, N.D., & Frings, C. (2025, October 08-10). Shades of similarity: Context modulates feature relations in action control [Talk]. 57. Herbsttreffen Experimentelle Kognitionspsychologie (HExKoP), Trier, Germany.

Münster, N.D., & Frings, C. (2025, September 1-6) From tusk till horn: Modulating feature boundaries in action control [Talk]. 24th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP), Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Münster, N. D., & Frings, C. (2025, May 07-09). From tusk till horn: Shifting the boundaries between stimulus representations [Poster]. 25th Workshop on CONCEPTS, ACTIONS, and OBJECTS, Rovereto, Italy.

Schmalbrock, P. & Münster, N. D. (2025, May 07-09). Percepts vs. concepts in action control [Poster]. 25th Workshop on CONCEPTS, ACTIONS, and OBJECTS, Rovereto, Italy

Münster, N.D., & Frings, C. (2025, March 9-12). Any color you like: How context modulates feature relations in action-perception integration [Poster]. 67^th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog*innen (TeaP), Frankfurt, Germany.

Münster, N.D., Schmalbrock, P., & Frings, C. (2024, September 30-October 2). Weighting feature dimensions to modulate the influence of task-irrelevant features on S-R binding [Talk].
56^th. Herbsttreffen Experimentelle Kognitionspsychologie (HExKoP), Paderborn, Germany.

Münster, N.D., Schmalbrock, P., & Frings, C. (2024, March 17-20). Bound to a place? Disentangling two types of locations in S-R binding [Talk]. 66^th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog*innen (TeaP), Regensburg, Germany.

Münster, N.D., Schmalbrock, P., & Frings, C. (2023, October 6-8). The elephant in the room - Perspective as a feature in stimulus-response binding [Talk]. 55^th Herbsttreffen Experimentelle Kognitionspsychologie (HexKop) Hildesheim, Germany.

Münster, N.D., & Frings, C (2023, March 27-29). Feature binding and retrieval in younger and older adults - a systematic comparison [Poster]. 65^th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog*innen (TeaP), Trier, Germany.

Abschlussarbeiten / Specific theses

Thema	Art der Arbeit	Betreuung	Kurzbeschreibung
Merkmalsverarbeitung in der Handlungssteuerung	Bachelor	Nico Münster muenstern@uni-trier.de	In diesem Projekt soll untersucht werden, inwiefern vorausgehende Handlungen die Verarbeitung und relative Bewertung dort involvierter Reize in einer nachfolgenden/aktuellen Handlungsepisode beeinflussen. Die Arbeit umfasst die Erhebung, Auswertung und Verschriftlichung eines Experiments.
Merkmalsverarbeitung in der Handlungssteuerung	Bachelor	Nico Münster muenstern@uni-trier.de	In diesem Projekt soll untersucht werden, wie die Belastung des Arbeitsgedächtnisses die Verarbeitung und Bewertung von komplexeren Bildreizen beeinflusst und wie dies sich wiederum ausübt auf das Verhalten in einer aktuellen Handlungsepisode. Die Arbeit umfasst die Erhebung, Auswertung und Verschriftlichung eines Experiments.