Dr. rer. nat. Birte Thissen

Education

2020 Dr. rer. nat., Goethe-University, Psychology, Frankfurt am Main 

2015 M.A. Heinrich-Heine-University, Psychology, Düsseldorf 

2013 B.A. Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Psychology, Müster  

Positions

2021 Research assistant, University of Hamburg , Hamburg 

2021 Guest scientist, Max Plack Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main 

2015 - 2020 Research assistant (PhD student), Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main 

Advanced online

Thissen, B. A. K., Menninghaus, W., & Schlotz, W. (2020). The pleasures of reading fiction explained by flow, presence, identification, suspense, and cognitive involvement. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, doi:10.1037/aca0000367

2018

Thissen, B. A. K., Menninghaus, W., & Schlotz, W. (2018). Measuring optimal reading experiences: the reading flow short scale. Frontiers in Psychology, 9:2542. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02542