Ricarda Schubotz
© Ricarda Schubotz

Prof. Dr. Ricarda I. Schubotz

head of the lab
Institute for Psychology
Fliednerstraße 21
D-48149 Münster
Room Fl 310d
Phone: +49 (0) 251/83 34100

E-Mail: rschubotz [at] uni-muenster.de

Consultation hour

  • by appointment (please contact Jutta Linke)

Academic CV

1990-1995
Studies of philosophy, linguistics and German literature (University of Marburg and Free University of Berlin)

1995-1998
Research Scientist at the Academy of Sciences of Berlin-Brandenburg in Berlin

1998
PhD in Cognitive Science, Potsdam

1999-2007
Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig

2004
Habilitation in Cognitive Neurology, Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig

2006-2007
Visiting professor at the University of Magdeburg

2008-2012
Group Leader "Motor Cognition" at the Max Planck Institute for neurological research, Cologne

2011-
Professor for Biological Psychology, University of Münster

Distinctions, scholarships, academic activities

  • Research scholarship of the Max Planck Society (1998-1999)
  • Member of the Young Academy (2004-2009)
  • Dorothea Erxleben Professorship at the University of Marburg for the academic year 2006/2007
  • Member of the International Neuropsychological Symposium (since 2008)
  • Member of the "European Platform for Life Sciences, Mind Sciences, and the Humanities" of Volkswagen Foundation (since 2006)
  • Reviewer for German Research Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German-Israeli Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation, The Wellcome Trust
  • Review editor for Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Ad hoc reviewer for Cerebral Cortex, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, The Journal of Neuroscience, Neuron, Social Neuroscience and 15 others

Research interests

  • Anticipation of external events and serial-hierarchical learning
  • action planning and action understanding
  • cognitive functioning of cerebral motor system
  • intentionality and theory of mind