Alexandra Begau (M.Sc. Psych.)

Foto_Begau Scientific Staff (PhD student)

Phone: +49 / 231 1084 264
Email: begau@ifado.de

Curriculum Vitae:

  • since 10/2018 Phd student, Leibniz Research Center for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo)
  • 10/2017 - 02/2018 Semester abroad as ERASMUS-scholar at Jegiellonen University of Krakau
  • 07/2016 - 10/2017 Graduate assistant in the department of Education at University of Bielefeld in the project BiProfessional
  • 12/2015 - 03/2018 Master studies in Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology at University of Bielefeld, degree: Master of Science in Psychology
  • 10/2012 - 09/2015 Bachelor studies in Psychology at University of Bielefeld, degree: Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Research topics:

  • audiovisual speech processing
  • Cocktail party scenarios
  • aging

Key publications:

  • Getzmann, S., Klatt, L.I., Schneider, D., Begau, A., & Wascher, E. (2020). EEG correlates of spatial shifts of attention in a dynamic multi-talker speech perception scenario in younger and older adults. Hearing Research, 398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2020.108077
  • Klatt, L.I., Getzmann, S., Begau, A., & Schneider, D. (2020). A dual mechanism underlying retroactive shifts of auditory spatial attention: dissociating target-and distractor-related modulations of alpha lateralization. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70004-2
  • Begau, A., & Getzmann, S. (2020). Audiovisuelles Sprachverstehen in dynamischen Cocktailparty-Situationen bei jüngeren und älteren Probanden. In DAGA 2020 (pp. 84–87). Hannover
  • Begau, A., Klatt, L. I., Wascher, E., Schneider, D., & Getzmann, S. (2021). Do congruent lip movements facilitate speech processing in a dynamic audiovisual multi-talker scenario? An ERP study with older and younger adults. Behavioural Brain Research, 412, 113436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113436