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Research interests

• Cognitive Control
• Attention
• Multitasking
• Task interruptions
• Cognitive aging

 

Teaching

Psychology B.Sc.

• Motivation and emotion (Winter 2016/2017, Winter 2017/2018, Winter 2018/2019, Winter 2019/2020, Winter 2020/2021, Winter 2021/2022, Winter 2022/2023)
• Experimental designs and empirical methods (Winter 2014/2015, Winter 2015/2016, Winter 2016/2017, Winter 2017/2018, Sommer 2020, Sommer 2021)
• Memory (Summer 2018, Summer 2019)
• Methods in cognitive psychology (Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018)
• Intoduction into scientific working (Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2019)
• Empirical course (Winter 2015/2016)
• Experimental course (Summer 2014, Summer 2015)

Psychology M.Sc.

• Methods for the analysis of behavioral data (Winter 2019/2020, Winter 2020/2021, Winter 2022/2023)
• Methods in cognitive neuroscience (Winter 2018/2019)
• Project seminar: Cognitive Psychology (Winter 2014/2015)

 

Publications

• Hirsch, P., Moretti, I., Askin, S., & Koch, I. (submitted). Examining the role of inhibition during the resumption processes of the interrupted task.
• Hirsch, P., Moretti, L., Leichtmann, B., Koch, I., & Nitsch, V. (submitted). Effects of interruption timing and interruption duration and task performance.
• Hirsch, P., Pears, K., Kiefer, C., Koch, I., & Sopka, S. (submitted). The effects of cognitive-motor multitasking requirements on the quality of chest compressions in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Hirsch, P., Koch, I., & Grundgeiger, T. (2022). Task interruptions. In A. Kiesel et al. (Eds.), Handbook of Human Multitasking (pp. 145-188). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
• Hirsch, P., Roesch, C., & Koch, I. (2021). Evidence for a multicomponent hierarchical representation of dual tasks. Memory & Cognition, 49, 350-363. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-020-01097-3
• Hirsch, P., Koch, I., & Karbach, J. (2019). Putting a stereotype to the test: The case of gender differences in multitasking costs in task-switching and dual-task situations. PLoS ONE 14(8): e0220150. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220150
• Hirsch, P., Nolden, S., Declerck, M., & Koch, I. (2018). Common cognitive control processes underlying performance in task-switching and dual-task contexts. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 14, 62-74. doi: 10.5709/acp0239-y
• Hirsch, P., Nolden, S., Philipp, A. M., & Koch, I. (2018). Hierarchical task organization in dual tasks: evidence for higher-level task representations. Psychological Research, 82, 759-770. doi: 10.1007/s00426-017-0851-0
• Hirsch, P., Nolden, S., & Koch, I. (2017). Higher-order cognitive control in dual tasks: Evidence from task-pair switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43, 569-580. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000309
• Schuch, S., Zweerings, J., Hirsch, P., & Koch, I. (2017). Conflict adaptation in positive and negative mood: Applying a success-failure manipulation. Acta Psychologica, 176, 11-22. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2017.03.005
• Hirsch, P., Schwarzkopp, T., Declerk, M., Reese, S., & Koch, I. (2016). Age-related differences in task switching and task preparation: Exploring the role of task-set competition. Acta Psychologica, 170, 66-73. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.06.008
• Hirsch, P., Declerck, M., & Koch, I. (2015). Exploring the functional locus of language switching: Evidence from a PRP paradigm. Acta Psychologica, 161, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.07.010