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40
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World Ranking
5250
National Ranking
143

Overview

Friedrich W. Hesse is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Germany. Their research spans multiple intersecting areas within cognitive science, social psychology, computer science applications, and political science, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach. The scientist's subfields of focus include cognitive neuroscience, computer science applications, social psychology, political science and international relations, and information systems.

Their main topics of research cover neural and behavioral psychology studies, online learning and analytics, educational innovations and challenges, e-learning and knowledge management, human-automation interaction and safety, personal information management and user behavior, and higher education governance and development.

Friedrich W. Hesse has contributed to several publications in a variety of research venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • Digital higher education: a divider or bridge builder? Leadership perspectives on edtech in a COVID-19 reality (2021), published in the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education
  • How spatial information structuring in an interactive technological environment affects decision performance under working memory load (2021), published in Computers in Human Behavior
  • Digital Transformation of Higher Education - Global Learning Report 2021 (2021), published in the Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
  • Two people, one graph: the effect of rotated viewpoints on accessibility of data visualizations (2021), published in Cognitive Research Principles and Implications
  • Kommentar des Forschungsschwerpunkts D²L² der FernUniversität in Hagen (2022), published in MedienPädagogik Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung

The scientist frequently collaborates with a network of co-authors. Regular collaborators include Anne Leiser, Christian Kobsda, Irina Brich, Inga M. Bause, and Ann-Katrin Wesslein.

Their research appears consistently in academic venues such as the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, Computers in Human Behavior, Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences), Cognitive Research Principles and Implications, and MedienPädagogik Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung.

Best Publications

  • Relative effectiveness and validity of mood induction procedures : a meta-analysis

    Rainer Westermann;Kordelia Spies;Günter Stahl;Friedrich W. Hesse

  • Collaboration Scripts--A Conceptual Analysis.

    Ingo Kollar;Frank Fischer;Friedrich W. Hesse

  • Experimental inductions of emotional states and their effectiveness: A review

    Astrid Gerrards-Hesse;Kordelia Spies;Friedrich W. Hesse

  • A Framework for Teachable Collaborative Problem Solving Skills

    Friedrich W. Hesse;Esther Care;Jürgen Buder;Kai Sassenberg

  • Store atmosphere, mood and purchasing behavior

    Kordelia Spies;Friedrich Hesse;Kerstin Loesch

  • Advancing the Science of Collaborative Problem Solving

    Arthur C. Graesser;Stephen M. Fiore;Samuel Greiff;Jessica Andrews-Todd

  • Leveraging the affordances of Youtube: The role of pedagogical knowledge and mental models of technology functions for lesson planning with technology

    Karsten Krauskopf;Carmen Zahn;Friedrich W. Hesse

  • Guiding knowledge communication in CSCL via group knowledge awareness

    Jessica Dehler;Daniel Bodemer;Jürgen Buder;Friedrich W. Hesse

  • Learning with hypermedia: The influence of representational formats and different levels of learner control on performance and learning behavior

    Peter Gerjets;Katharina Scheiter;Maria Opfermann;Friedrich W. Hesse

  • Barriers and Biases in Computer-Mediated Knowledge Communication: And How They May Be Overcome

    Rainer Bromme;Friedrich W. Hesse;Hans Spada

  • How digital concept maps about the collaborators’ knowledge and information influence computer-supported collaborative problem solving

    Tanja Engelmann;Friedrich W. Hesse

  • When are powerful learning environments effective? The role of learner activities and of students’ conceptions of educational technology

    Peter H. Gerjets;Friedrich W. Hesse

  • Subclinical eating disorders in male athletes : a study of the low weight category in rowers and wrestlers

    A. Thiel;H. Gottfried;F. W. Hesse

  • Stigmatization of obese individuals by human resource professionals: an experimental study

    Katrin Elisabeth Giel;Stephan Zipfel;Manuela Alizadeh;Norbert Schäffeler

  • Barriers and Biases in Computer-Mediated Knowledge Communication

    Rainer Bromme;Friedrich W. Hesse;Hans Spada

  • Information Exchange With Shared Databases as a Social Dilemma The Effect of Metaknowledge, Bonus Systems, and Costs

    Ulrike Cress;Joachim Kimmerle;Friedrich W. Hesse

  • Implicit and explicit dialogue structuring in virtual learning groups.

    Aemilian Hron;Friedrich W. Hesse;Ulrike Cress;Christos Giovis

  • Do film cuts facilitate the perceptual and cognitive organization of activity sequences

    Stephan Schwan;Bärbel Garsoffky;Friedrich W. Hesse

  • Audience design in Twitter: Retweeting behavior between informational value and followers’ interests

    Anja Rudat;Juergen Buder;Friedrich W. Hesse

  • Comparing Simple and Advanced Video Tools as Supports for Complex Collaborative Design Processes

    Carmen Zahn;Roy Pea;Friedrich W. Hesse;Joe Rosen

  • The Use of Hypertext for Learning

    Friedrich W. Hesse;Dagmar C. Unz

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrike Cress
Ulrike Cress Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Roy D. Pea
Roy D. Pea Stanford University
Joachim Kimmerle
Joachim Kimmerle University of Tübingen
Kai Sassenberg
Kai Sassenberg Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Katharina Scheiter
Katharina Scheiter University of Potsdam
Katrin Elisabeth Giel
Katrin Elisabeth Giel University of Tübingen
Stephan Zipfel
Stephan Zipfel University of Tübingen
Rainer Bromme
Rainer Bromme University of Münster
Peter Gerjets
Peter Gerjets University of Tübingen
Frank Fischer
Frank Fischer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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