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There are a lot of challenges you face with when you run human subject studies. One of them deals with making the actual research tasks more fun. Here’s a gamified way of asking people about what they know about a location: The authors of this paper present Google StreetView images on a website. People then […]

One of the things I like most about science is that you learn about new things literally several times a day… So here’s one of my latest examples, one that I find quite scary: As you know I’m studying the impact of how well people know a neighborhood on how they find their way from […]

This is another post about the task I already reported on in April – the systematic review. After months of coding, I have the impression that the coding scheme I developed (including a web-application to do so), is, finally, converging. For 50+ papers, I have no longer made any changes, so that’s a good sign. […]

Becoming familiar is clearly related to getting to know the city, town, village we live in. One of the many fascinating facets of my research is that it relates to an everyday phenomenon. Since I came to Santa Barbara in late February, I have constantly experienced how I became continuously more familiar. I also experienced […]

Since I have moved to UCSB in March, I have been working on a systematic review on spatial familiarity. When you hear about a “systematic review,” it might sound like just another research buzzword. But in reality, it’s a painstaking and highly detailed process that helps scientists make sense of a huge body of existing […]

I will use this blog to report on my Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship as part of the EC’s H2020 actions (Beneficiary: TU Wien, Partner Organization: UC Santa Barbara). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project start is postponed until March 2022. Stay tuned for the latest developments! In the meantime enjoy the pages I’ve setup!