Dr. Ulrike Frischen

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Research Assistant

Psychology, Dr. rer. nat.

Musicology, M.A.

Music & Biology, M.Ed.

University of Bremen

Mary-Somerville-Str. 3, room 3.3260

28359 Bremen

Phone: + 49-421-218-68658

E-mail: frischen@uni-bremen.de

Research interests and projects

Intervention research

Development and fostering of executive functions

Music impact research

Music and cognition

 

CV

Since 2023Research assistant at the University of Bremen, Germany. Project: BRISE – Bremen initiative to foster childhood development
2019 - 2023Research assistant at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, a.o. in the project MIDDEL – Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in Elderly Care
2021Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude) at the Justus Liebig University Gießen, Gießen, Germany
2017 – 2020Research assistant at the Justus Liebig University Gießen, Gießen, Germany, department of developmental psychology
2016

Master of Arts (musicology)

Master of Education (music & biology)

2012Bachelor of Arts (two-subject-bachelor, music & biology)
  

Publications

Reserach papers

  • Frischen, U., Degé, F., Schwarzer, G. (2022). The relation between rhythm processing and cognitive abilities during child development: The role of prediction. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:1–11. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.920513
  • Frischen, U., Bullack, A., Roden, I., Kreutz, G. (2022). Short-term effects of listening to music on breathing and emotional affect in people suffering from chronic lung diseases. Music and Science, 5:1–11. doi.org/10.1177/20592043221074665
  • Frischen, U., Schwarzer, G., Degé, F. (2022). Music training and executive functions in adults and children: what role do hot executive functions play? Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 25(3):551–578. doi.org/10.1007/s11618-022-01103-1
  • Degé, F., Frischen, U. (2022). The impact of music training on executive functions in childhood—a systematic review. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 25(3):579–602. doi.org/10.1007/s11618-022-01102-2
  • Frischen, U., Schwarzer, G., Degé, F. (2021). Music lessons enhance executive functions in 6- to 7-year-old children. Learning and Instruction, 74:101442. doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2021.101442
  • Frischen, U., Schwarzer, G., Degé, F. (2019). Comparing the effects of rhythm-based music training and pitch-based music training on executive functions in preschoolers. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 13:1–11. doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2019.00041

Bookchapters

  • Frischen, U., Büdenbender, N. (2016). Kinder- und Jugendchöre und Migrationsgesellschaft – die Expert_innen-Interviews. In K. Ermert (Hrsg.), Chormusik und Migrationsgesellschaft. Erhebungen und Überlegungen zu Kinder- und Jugendchören als Orte transkultureller Teilhabe (Bd.66, S. 254–323). Wolfenbüttel: Bundesakademie für Kulturelle Bildung Wolfenbüttel

Posters & scientific presentations at symposia (selection):

  • Frischen, U., Bullack, A., Roden, I., Kreutz, G. (2022). Short-term effects of listening to music on breathing and emotional affect in people suffering from chronic lung diseases. Music & Hearing Health Workshop, Oldenburg (Vortrag)
  • Frischen, U., Rasing, N. (2022). Processes of group music therapy and recreational choir singing - experiences from MIDDEL. Vortrag im Symposium: Music therapy and other music interventions in dementia care, Ankara.
  • Frischen, U., Schwarzer, G., Degé, F. (2022). The effect of music lessons on IQ in 6- to 7-year-old children: the mediating role of inhibition. 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) in Hildesheim (Poster).
  • Frischen, U., Schwarzer, G., Degé, F. (2019). Do instrumental music lessons enhance executive functions and IQ in children? Gemeinsame Tagung der Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie (Vortrag im Symposium: Transfer effects of music training on cognitive abilities), Leipzig.
  • Frischen, U., Schwarzer, G., Degé, F. (2019). Der Einfluss von Musikunterricht auf exekutive Funktionen und IQ im Kindesalter. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Musikpsychologie (DGM), Eichstätt (Vortrag).
  • Frischen, U., Schwarzer, G., Degé, F. (2019). Der Einfluss verschiedener Musiktrainings auf Exekutive Funktionen im Vorschulalter – Rhythm is it!? Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Musikpsychologie (DGM), Eichstätt (Poster).
  • Frischen, U., Schwarzer, G., Degé, F. (2019). The effect of music lessons on executive functions and IQ in 6-to-7-year-old children. 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC), New York City, New York, USA (Vortrag).
  • Frischen, U., Schwarzer, G., Degé, F. (2019). The effect of music lessons on executive functions in preschoolers – Rhythm is it!? 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Poster).
  • Frischen, U., Schwarzer, G., Degé, F. (2018). Der Zusammenhang zwischen Musikunterricht und heißen exekutiven Funktionen. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Musikpsychologie, 2018, Gießen (Poster).

Memberships and committees

Since 2021Young member representative of the speaker group Developmental Psychology of the German Society for Psychology (DGPs)
2021 - 2023Decentralized Equal Opportunity Officer at the Institute of Music, University of Oldenburg
2021 - 2023Member of the Study Commission of FK III, University of Oldenburg
Since 2017Member of the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM), Treasurer