Hölscher, Christoph
Professor
Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Switzerland
Biography
Professor of Cognitive Science at ETH Zurich since 2013; previously assistant and extra-curricular professor at University of Freiburg, Germany, Center for Cognitive Science. Doctorate (2000) and Habilitation (2009) in Psychology at University of Freiburg. Project manager in IT industry from 2000-2003 (User-adaptive systems, usability). Visiting positions University College London, honorary senior research fellow Bartlett School of Architecture / Space Syntax group (since 2007). Visiting professor at UC Santa Barbara, departments of Geography and Psychology (2011 & 2012). Visiting researcher and project manager at University of Freiburg / SFB/TR8 Spatial Cognition (2013-2014). Service roles Governing board Cognitive Science Society (since 2012). Board of directors SFB/TR8 Spatial Cognition (2007-2012). Co-chair of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (2011, Boston). Co-chair of Spatial Cognition International Conference (2010, Mt. Hood, OR).
Research Interest
Wayfinding in Built Environments, Spatial Cognition & Usability Research for Architectural Design, Human Computer Interaction User Modeling & Personalisation, Information Retrieval & Web Search Behavior.
Publications
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Dalton, R., Kuliga, S., & Hölscher, C. (2013). POE 2.0: exploring the potential of social media for capturing unsolicited post occupancy evaluations. Intelligent Buildings International 5(3), 162-180.
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Hölscher, C., Büchner, S., & Strube, G. (2013) Multi-floor buildings and human wayfinding cognition [Commentary on Jeffery et al. Navigating in a 3D world]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol. 36, No. 5 (2013), p. 551-552
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Meilinger, T., Frankenstein, J., Watanabe, K., Bülthoff, H.H. & Hölscher, C. (in press): Reference frames in learning from maps and navigation. Psychological Research.
