Dr. Benedikt Seger

Phone:	+49 931 - 31 80816
E-mail:	benedikt.seger(at)uni-wuerzburg.de
Address:	Röntgenring 10, room 325
Office hours:	by appointment

Comprehension (situation model construction) of auditory, audiovisual, and written narrative text
Effects of interactive elements on digital text processing
Cognitive processes involved in the debunking of misinformation
Role of proximity versus distance framing in the communication of climate change

Peer-reviewed papers

Baghestani, F., Rißel, L., & Seger, B. T. (in press). Zustimmung zu umweltpolitischen Maßnahmen als Messinstrument für Umwelteinstellung und -verhalten: Hinweise auf ein eindimensionales und zeitgeschichtlich abhängiges Konstrukt. [Environmental policy approval as a measurement for environmental attitude and behavior: evidence for a one-dimensional and historically susceptible construct.] Umweltpsychologie.

Seger, B. T., Burkhardt, J., Straub, F., Scherz, S., & Nieding, G. (2023). Reducing the individual carbon impact of video streaming: a 7-week intervention using information, goal setting, and feedback. Journal of Consumer Policy, 46, 137-153. doi:10.1007/s10603-023-09536-9

Betz, A.-K., Seger, B. T. & Nieding, G. (2022). How can carbon labels and climate-friendly defaults contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions associated with dining? PLoS Climate, 1(5), e0000028. doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0000028

Seger, B. T., Wannagat, W., & Nieding, G. (2021). Children's surface, textbase, and situation model representations of written and illustrated written text. Reading and Writing, 34, 1415-1440. doi:10.1007/s11145-020-10118-1

Seger, B. T., Hauf, J. E. K., & Nieding, G. (2020). Perceptual simulation of vertical object movement during comprehension of auditory and audiovisual text in children and adults. Discourse Processes, 57(5-6), 460-472. doi:10.1080/0163853X.2020.1755801

Hauf, J., Nieding, G., & Seger, B. T. (2020). The development of dynamic perceptual simulations during sentence comprehension. Cognitive Processing, 21, 197-208. doi:10.1007/s10339-020-00959-7

Seger, B. T., Wannagat, W., & Nieding, G. (2019). How pictures and picture animations contribute to multi-level mental representations of auditory text in 7-, 9-, and 11-year-old children. Journal of Cognition and Development, 20(4), 573-591. doi:10.1080/15248372.2019.1636799

Books and book chapters

Seger, B., Wullenkord, M., Hamann, K., Chokrai, P., & Landmann, H. (2021). Psychologie des sozial-ökologischen Wandels. Eine offene virtuelle Vorlesung. [Psychology of social-ecological change. An open virtual lecture.] In L. Dohm, F. Peter & K. van Bronswijk (Eds). Climate Action - Psychologie der Klimakrise [Psychology of Climate Crisis], 371-387. Psychosozial. doi:10.30820/9783837978018-371

Seger, B. T. (2021). Children’s Comprehension of Illustrated Narrative Text: The Role of Tripartite Representations and Perceptual Simulation. Doctoral Thesis, Universität Würzburg. urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-242280

Presentations and workshops

Seger, B. T., Wandernoth, M. J., Agirman, J., Schütz, J., & Nieding, G. (2023, June). Retrieval of misinformation prior to debunking: How does it affect the continued influence effect? Paper presented at 33th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse, Oslo, Norway.

Seger, B. T. & Böcker, N. (2023, June). Reduce your footprint, increase your handprint: A group intervention for individual goal-directed action. Poster presented at the International Conference on Environmental Psychology, Aarhus, Denmark.

Seger, B. T. (2023, June). Welchen Beitrag kann Psychologie zu einer Transformation der Universität leisten? [How can psychology contribute to a sustainable transformation of the university?] Guest contribution to the interdisciplinary seminar System Change!?, University of Würzburg.

Seger, B. T. (2022, June). Was verbirgt sich hinter deinem Engagement? Eine Expedition in die Psychologie kollektiven Umweltschutzes. [What covers behind your engagement? An expedition to the psychology of collective environmental action.] Workshop at the Klimacamp Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden.

Seger, B. T. & Teigeler, J. (2022, May). Wie gewinne ich andere für den Klimaschutz? [How can I reach others for climate action?] Workshop at the Global Systems and Intercultural Competence program, Universität Würzburg.

Seger, B. T. (2022, January). Psychologie für individuellen und kollektiven Klimaschutz – eine Einführung. Presentation at the Lecture Series “Nachhaltigkeit und Globale Verantwortung” [Sustainability and Global Responsibility], Universität Würzburg.

Seger, B. T. (2022, January). Psychologie für individuellen und kollektiven Klimaschutz – eine Einführung. Presentation at the Lecture Series “Communicate Climate!”, Technische Universität Dresden

Seger, B. T. & Nieding, G. (2021, July). Development of Narrative Processing within the Framework of the Tripartite Model and Embodied Cognition. Hot topic sessions at the “Würzburg Summer Module Course: How Stories Affect our Lives: The Psychology of Narrative Impact (SALON)”.

Seger, B. T. (2019, October). Mit Psychologie die Welt retten? [Save the World Using Psychology?] Presentation at the “1^st Climate Slam”, Universität Würzburg.

Seger, B. T. & Nieding, G. (2019, September). Aufbau von Repräsentationen beim Lesen narrativer und illustrierter narrativer Texte: eine Studie mit 7- bis 13-jährigen Kindern. [Readers’ representations of narrative and illustrated narrative text: A study with 7- to 13-year-old children.] Poster presented at PAEPSY 2019, Leipzig, Germany.

Seger, B. T., Hauf, J. & Nieding, G. (2019, July). Perceptual simulation of vertical object movements in children aged between 5 and 11 and adults: A comparison between auditory and audiovisual narrative text. Paper presented at 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse, New York City, USA.

Seger, B. T. (2019, February). Umweltpsychologie in der Praxis: Umsetzung im Alltag und an der Uni. [Environmental psychology in action: Implementation in everyday life and at the university.] Keynote presentation at the Fachschaftsinitiative Psychologie [Psychology Student Association], Universität Würzburg.

Seger, B. T. (2018, October). Psychologie im Umweltschutz – was hindert Menschen daran, anders zu handeln, was motiviert? [Psychology for environmental conservation – what does inhibit people to act differently and what does motivate them?] Keynote presentation at the “1^st Plastic Summer School”, Universität Würzburg.

Seger, B. T., Wannagat, W., & Nieding, G. (2018, July). How Do Static and Animated Pictures Contribute to Multi-level Mental Representations of Auditory Text in Basic School Students? Poster presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse, Brighton, UK.

Diergarten, A. K., Hauf, J., Nieding, G., & Seger, B. T. (2018, July). Current Issues of Discourse Processing: General and Developmental Findings. Hot topic sessions at the “Würzburg Summer School on Reading and Learning in the Digital World (READI)”.

Education
2021-04	PhD, University of Würzburg: Children’s Comprehension of Illustrated Narrative Text: The Role of Tripartite Representations and Perceptual Simulation (summa cum laude)
2015-09	M.Sc. Psychology with major in Environmental Psychology & Human-Technology Interaction (1.3/very good) University of Magdeburg, Germany
2013-09	B.Sc. Psychology (1.4/very good), University of Magdeburg
2009-03	A-Levels (Abitur, 1.3/AAA), Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Research experience
since 2021	Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Developmental Psychology Department, University of Würzburg
2015-2021	PhD Research, Developmental Psychology Department, University of Würzburg
Teaching experience
since 2015	Lecturer, Developmental Psychology Department, University of Würzburg
2017-2021	Lecturer, Media Literacy Center, University of Würzburg
2012-2015	Tutor in Statistics, Psychological Institute, University of Magdeburg
Additional training
2018-07	Workshop on linear modelling in R
2018-01	Certificate Teaching at Bavarian Universities – Advanced, ProfiLehre (Professional Teaching), University of Würzburg
2017-10	Service Learning: Good Learning – Good Practice, Akademie Bildung durch Verantwortung (Education by Responsibility Network), University of Kassel
Peer review activities
Reading & Writing (since 2021)