Amy Strivens | University of Tübingen

Dr. Amy Strivens

Visitors' Address:
General Psychology, Schleichstraße 4, room 4318

E-Mail: amy.strivens@uni-tuebingen.de

Postal Address:
University of Tübingen
Department of Psychology
Schleichstraße 4
72076 Tübingen
Germany

After completing her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Psychology at the University of Exeter (UK), Amy earned her PhD at RWTH Aachen University in Germany, where she investigated what auditory attention switching can reveal about cognitive control. Her current research focuses on the mechanisms of cognitive control, including how different levels of control interact, the extent to which control can be proactively prepared, and the number of task sets held in working memory during task switching.

Publications

Strivens, A., Benini, E., Philipp, A.M., Koch, I., & Lavric, A. (2025). The effect of preparation on binding between spatial and non-spatial features of voices in a multitalker setting. Psychological Research, 89, Article 88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-025-02103-6
Strivens, A., Koch, I., & Lavric, A. (2024). Exploring 'Phasic' vs. 'Tonic' Accounts of the Effect of Switch Probability on the Auditory Attention Switch Cost. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 78(6), 1061-1076. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241256361
Strivens, A., Koch, I & Lavric, A. (2024). Does Preparation Help to Switch Auditory Attention Between Simultaneous Voices: Effects of Switch Probability and Prevalence of Conflict. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 86, 750-767. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-023-02841-y
Monsell, S., Lavric, A., Strivens, A. & Paul, E. (2019). Can we Prepare to Attend to One of Two Simultaneous Voices? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45(7), 966–982. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000650

Teaching

WS 2024/25 – FS Cognitive Control Seminar
WS 2024/25 – S Cognitive Control Seminar
SS 2025 – PA Cognitive Control Seminar
SS 2025 – S Cognitive Control Seminar
WS 2025/26 – FS “What can task switching tell us about cognitive control?” Seminar
Available to supervise bachelor theses