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M.A. M.Ed. Ulrike Frischen

Ph.D. Student

 

Research Area

 

  • The association between music lessons, executive functions and intelligence

  • The influence of music lessons on executive functions

  • The influence of music lessons on IQ

 

 

Curriculum vitae

 

  • Since 01/2017: PhD student in the DFG-Project: The association between music lessons and intelligence: the mediating role of executive functions

  • 2012 – 2016: Studies of Systematically Musicology at Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany; degree: Master of Arts (M.A.)

  • 2012 – 2016: Studies of Music and Biology for Senior High School at Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany; degree: Master of Education (M.Ed.)

  • 2009 – 2012: Studies of Music and Biology at Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany; degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  • 2014 – 2015: Student assistant in the department of Music at Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany

  • 2016: Student assistant in the department of Educational Psychology at Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany

  • 2013 – 2016: Teacher for flute at the Music School of Cloppenburg, Germany

  • 2013 – 2015: Teacher for flute at Helene-Lange-School, Oldenburg, Germany

 

 

Conference contributions

 

  • Frischen, U., Schwarzer, G., Degé, F. (2019). The Association between Music Lessons and Hot as well as Cold Executive Functions in Adults and Children. International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus), Berlin, Germany (talk).

  • 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 (talk at the symposium: Transfer effects of music training on cognitive abilities), Leipzig, Germany.
  • 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, Germany (talk).
  • 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, Germany (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 (talk).
  • 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, Gießen, Germany (poster).
  • Degé, F., Frischen, U., & Schwarzer, G. (2017). Der Zusammenhang zwischen Musikunterricht und spezifischen kognitiven Fähigkeiten bei 9- bis 12-jährigen Kindern: Die mediierende Rolle der exekutiven Funktionen (Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Musikpsychologie, 2017, Hamburg (poster).
  • Degé, F., Frischen, U., & Schwarzer, G. (2017). Der Zusammenhang zwischen Musikunterricht und spezifischen kognitiven Fähigkeiten bei 9- bis 12-jährigen Kindern: Die mediierende Rolle der exekutiven Funktionen. Tagungsband Gemeinsame Tagung der Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, Münster.

 

Publications

 

  • Frischen, U., Schwarzer, G., & Degé, F. (2021). Music lessons enhance executive functions in 6- to 7-year-old children. Learning and Instruction, Vol. 74, 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(August), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2019.00041