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Lehre im Fach: Allgemeine Psychologie I
Prüferin im Fach: Allgemeine Psychologie I
Research Interests
- motivational and affective modulations of cognitive control
- the adaptive balance between cognitive flexibility and stability
- psychocinematics
Key Publications
Journal articles (peer-reviewed)
Fröber, K., & Lerche, V. (2023). Performance-contingent reward increases the use of congruent distracting information. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 85, 905-929. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-023-02682-9 full text
Fröber, K., & Dreisbach, G. (2023). You Can(’t) Always Get What You Want: When Goal Persistence Requires Flexibility. Motivation Science, 9(3), 193-204. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000297
Fröber, K., Jurczyk, V., & Dreisbach, G. (2022). Keep flexible - keep switching? Boundary conditions of the influence of forced task switching on voluntary task switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48(9), 1249-1262. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001104
Fröber, K., Jurczyk, V., Mendl, J., & Dreisbach, G. (2021). Investigating anticipatory processes during sequentially changing reward prospect: An ERP study. Brain and Cognition, 155, 105815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2021.105815
Fröber, K., & Thomaschke, R. (2021). In the dark cube: Movie theater context enhances the valuation and aesthetic experience of watching films. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 15(3), 528-544. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000295
Jurczyk, V., Mittelstädt, V., & Fröber, K. (2021). Does temporal predictability of tasks influence task choice? Psychological Research, 85, 1066-1083. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01297-1 full text
Fröber, K., & Dreisbach, G. (2021). How sequentially changing reward prospect modulates meta-control: Increasing reward prospect promotes cognitive flexibility. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 21, 534-548. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-020-00825-1 full text
Chiu, Y.-C., Fröber, K., & Egner, T. (2020). Item-specific priming of voluntary task switches. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 46(4), 434-441. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000725
Fröber, K., Pittino, F., & Dreisbach, G. (2020). How sequential changes in reward expectation modulate cognitive control: Pupillometry as a tool to monitor dynamic changes in reward expectation. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 148, 35-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.12.010
Fröber, K., Pfister, R., & Dreisbach, G. (2019). Increasing reward prospect promotes cognitive flexibility: Direct evidence from voluntary task switching with double registration. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(8), 1926-1944. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021818819449
Fröber, K., Stürmer, B., Frömer, R., & Dreisbach, G. (2017). The role of affective evaluation in conflict adaptation: An LRP study. Brain and Cognition, 116, 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2017.05.003
Fröber, K., & Dreisbach, G. (2016). How sequential changes in reward magnitude modulate cognitive flexibility: Evidence from voluntary task switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 42, 285-295. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000166
Fröber, K., & Dreisbach, G. (2014). The differential influences of positive affect, random reward, and performance-contingent reward on cognitive control. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 14, 530-547. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-014-0259-x full text
Fröber, K., & Dreisbach, G. (2012). How positive affect modulates proactive control: Reduced usage of informative cues under positive affect with low arousal. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 265. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00265 full text
For a complete list of publications, click here: Publications
Other publications
Fröber, K. (2022). [Review of the book Movies on Our Minds: The Evolution of Cinematic Engagement, by J. E. Cutting]. Journal für Kunstgeschichte, 26(4), 368-374.
Fröber, K. (2019). Cognitive Control as a dynamic balance between stability and flexibility. Habilitationsschrift, Universität Regensburg.
Fröber, K. (2013). How positive affect modulates cognitive control: New insights into the specificity of positive affect effects. Dissertation, Universität Regensburg. full text
Teaching
- Perception, Attention, and Consciousness
- Learning and Memory
- Cognitive Psychology