I am Gidon Frischkorn and I currently work as an SNF Ambizione Fellow associated with the Cognitive Psychology Lab at the Department of Psychology of the University of Zurich. I did my PhD in Cognitive Individual Differences Research at Heidelberg University under the supervision of Prof. Dirk Hagemann.
I am a psychometrician - that is a psychologists researching how to measure and psychological processes - focussing on 1) the measurement of cognitive processes, such as working memory, processing speed, and attention, as well as 2) evaluating experimental manipulations that might affect these processes.
My work revolves around the question how to measure psychological processes and individual differences therein. Thus, my research lies at the inter-section of psychometrics, psychological research methods, and experimental psychology. Empirical research typically collects self-reports or behavioral data, such as accuracies and response times, from participants. Yet, these do not directly reflect the psychological processes to be measured and investigated. My work tries to address this gap by using mathematical models that describe how psychological processes interact and translate into observed behavior.
A unified account of cognitive individual differences?
This project explores the binding hypothesis, that proposes that working memory capacity is limited by the number and strength of bindings a person can form and maintain in working memory.
Easing the application and use of formal models
In this project, I try to implement commonly used cognitive Measurement models in easily accessible software packages to enable as many researchers as possible to use these models in their work.