Stephan, Simon
Biographical Sketch
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| 2019 - |
Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Cognitive and Decision Sciences, University of Göttingen |
| 2015 - 2019 |
Dr. rer. nat. (Psychology/ Cognitive Science), Department of Cogntive and Decision Sciences, University of Göttingen, Study Program: "Behavior and Cognition" |
| 2014 - |
Research assistant in the Department of Cogntive and Decision Sciences, University of Göttingen |
| 2012 - 2014 |
M.Sc. Psychology, University of Göttingen |
| 2009-2012 | B.Sc. Psychology, University of Göttingen |
| Other experiences/ accomplishments | |
| 2017 | Computational Modeling Prize - Higher Level Cognition (awarded by the Cognitive Science Society) |
| 2016 - 2018 |
Leibniz-ScienceCampus Grant Project: “The relationship between causal and moral judgments” |
| 2015 - 2017 |
Leibniz-ScienceCampus Grant Project: “The role of intentions in children’s and adult’s causal ascriptions” |
| Teaching | |
| since 2014 | Seminars in statistics (Quantitative Methods I and II) |
| since 2016 | Supervision of Bachelor and Master theses |
Research interests
- Causal reasoning
- Explanations
- Singular causation vs. generic causation
- Probabilistic reasoning