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JLU Giessen

In HapLab at the Department of Experimental Psychology at Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), we investigate human haptic and multisensory perception. We use various behavioral experimental methods such as psychophysics, or movement tracking combined with computational modeling, and partly physiological measures. Our group is particularly interested in:

• Active touch
• Visuo-haptic interactions
• Time perception
• Material perception
• Affective touch

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Knut Drewing received the Ph.D. degree in psychology from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany, in 2001, and the postdoctoral lecture qualification (habilitation) in psychology from JLU Giessen, Giessen, Germany, in 2010. He worked in the MPIs for Psychological Research (Munich) and for Biological Cybernetics (Tuebingen). He is Professor at the Department of Psychology, JLU Giessen. His research interests include haptic perception, multisensory integration and time perception.

Müge Cavdan received her Ph.D. degree in experimental psychology from Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany in 2021. She is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the same university. She obtained her master and bachelor degrees in psychology from Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey. She was awarded the World Haptics Best Student Paper in 2019 and Best Paper in EuroHaptics 2020. Her research interests include haptic perception, emotion, and time perception.

Bora Celebi graduated from Yeditepe University Cognitive Sciences Master’s Program at 2021 in Turkey. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Galatasaray University, Turkey. He is currently pursing his Ph.D. at Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany under supervision of Prof. Dr. Knut Drewing. He is interested in haptic perception, multisensory integration, time perception, and haptic feedback technologies.

Nedim Göktepe received his master’s degree in Cognitive Science from Ruhr University Bochum in 2019. He is approaching the end of his doctoral studies at Philipps University, Marburg, where he studied visual perception using various techniques ranging from modelling to eye tracking. He joined HapLab and Chrono Pilot to pursue his interest in multisensory perception and eye movements.