Tabea-Maria Haase
Research Associate

Profile

Biography

• 2024: Cotutelle PhD Cognitive Science, Macquarie University
• 2024: Cotutelle PhD Psychology, University of Bristol
• 2020: BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Bristol

Career

• 2024 – present: Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of York
• 2021 – 2022: Graduate Teacher, Research Methods, Department of Psychology, University of Bristol
• 2021 – 2022: Widening Participation Tutor, Department of Psychology, University of Bristol
• 2020 - 2022: Science of Happiness Mentor, Department of Psychology, University of Bristol

Research

Overview

BounCes - Boundary Conditions of Conceptual Spaces

Projects

This project, in collaboration with the University Paris Cité and the University of Potsdam, investigates how we represent conceptual knowledge. We examine how boundary conditions during acquisition and performance in numerical cognition shape this representation, using neural (fMRI) and behavioural (eye- and motion- tracking, behavioural performance) measures in children and adults. Our work informs best teaching practice for children and adults to acquire and integrate new information and update conceptual knowledge.

As a doctoral student, I investigated the underlying mechanisms of a visual illusion, called the Motion Silencing Effect, using behavioural and multivariate MEG decoding measures.

Research group(s)

• Numerical Cognition Lab

Grants

• 2023: Best PhD Student Poster Presentation Prize, Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference
• 2023: Best Student Presentation Prize, Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology Conference (AUD 250)
• 2022: Research Committee Travel Funding Award, School of Psychological Science, Bristol (GBP 1 500)
• 2022: Alumni Travel Grant, University of Bristol (GBP 550)
• 2021: Research Committee Pavlovia License Funding Award, School of Psychological Science, Bristol (GBP 1 800)
• 2020: PhD Cotutelle Scholarship award, University of Bristol and Macquarie University

Collaborators

• Professor Silke Göbel (University of York)
• Dr Tom Hartley (University of York)
• Professor André Knops (University Paris Cité)
• Professor Martin Fischer (University of Potsdam)
• Professor Anina N. Rich (Macquarie University)
• Associate Professor Christopher Kent (University of Bristol)
• Professor Kevin R. Brooks (Macquarie University)
• Professor Iain D. Gilchrist (University of Bristol)
• Dr Denise Moerel (Western Sydney University)
• Dr Rebecca Keogh (Macquarie University)
• Dr Geoff Gallagher (University of Bristol)

Publications

External activities

Memberships

• 2023 – Present: Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society
• 2023 – Present: Cognitive Science Society
• 2021 – Present: Applied Vision Association
• 2021 – Present: British Psychological Society