Abteilung Psychologie
Prof. Dr. Arvid Herwig
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Prof. Dr. Arvid Herwig
- Phone
- +49 521 106-4432
- Telephone secretary
- +49 521 106-4540
- Office
- H1-Gebäude-6.104
associate professor
Graduate Psychologist
Postal address
Bielefeld University
Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science
Department of Psychology
PO Box 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld
Consultation hours
By appointment
Google Scholar
ResearchGate
Scopus Author ID: 22634524300
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5979-3004
- Curriculum Vitae
since 2026 Adjunct Professor (apl. Prof.), Bielefeld University since 2023 Akademischer Oberrat, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, Bielefeld University since 2022 Akademischer Rat, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, Bielefeld University 2019-2022 Researcher, Institute of Psychology, University of Bremen 2015 Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil., Privatdozent), Bielefeld University; habilitation thesis: "Linking perception and action: from targets in the world to goals in the mind"
2009 Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude), Leipzig University; dissertation: "Intention and reactivity in ideomotor learning" 2008-2019 Research Associate, Neurocognitive Psychology, Bielefeld University 2005-2008 Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Munich/Leipzig
1999-2005 Studies in Psychology (Diplom), University of Bonn - Forschung
Research interests
- Body representations and their role in mental disorders
- Experimental psychopathology
- Transsaccadic perception, attention and eye movements
- Perception and action control, ideomotor learning
- Predictive processing as an overarching framework
Research methods
- Experimental studies with healthy participants and patients
- Eye tracking
- Virtual reality and motion capture
Research projects
- since 2021: DFG project "Visual and tactile body representations in body dysmorphic disorder" (co-investigator; applicant: A. Möllmann; GEPRIS project no. 463145403)
- 2016–2020: DFG project "Transsaccadic prediction of visual features: weighting, scope and generalization" (grant no. He 6388/1-2; 36 months)
- 2011–2015: DFG project "Transsaccadic prediction in visual search and object recognition" (with W. X. Schneider; grant no. He 6388/1-1; 36 months)
- Prizes and awards
- First prize, poster award in the Movement Disorders session, German Society of Neurology (DGN) (2020), for the poster "Analysis of eye movements in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and idiopathic Parkinson's disease (iPD) using a virtual reality headset and eye tracking"
- Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society for outstanding doctoral research (2009)
- Fellowship of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (2001-2004)
- Publikationen