Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Maja Dshemuchadze

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Prof. Dr. rer. nat.
Maja Dshemuchadse
Faculty of Social Sciences
02826 Görlitz
Brückenstraße 1
Building G II, Room 158
First floor
+49 3581 374-4954

Focus of content

  • Systemic psychology: theory of dynamic systems, system-therapeutic approaches
  • Coaching: mechanisms and factors of action, experience-oriented methods
  • Applied psychology: improvisational theater, climate psychology, psychology of musical ensembles
  • Fundamentals of psychology: emotion psychology, decision-making processes, social interaction
  • Professional career

    since 09/2019       
    Dean of Studies and Head of the Communication Psychology degree program at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences

    since 09/2016          
    Professor of Communication Psychology and Organizational Consulting at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences

    2009 - 2017            
    Self-employed as a consultant, coach and trainer in her own practice

    2003 - 2016            
    Research assistant at the TU Dresden with Professor Thomas Goschke, Chair of General Psychology

    2016 - 2017         
    Training in Psychodynamic Imaginative Trauma Therapy, Wiesloch Institute for Systemic Solutions

    2006 - 2009            
    Training in "Systemic Counseling and Therapy", Society for Systemic Therapy, DGSF-certified

    2003 - 2009            
    Doctorate at the Technical University of Dresden, title: "Influence of emotions on cognitive processes"

    1997 - 2003            
    Studied psychology at the Technical University of Dresden

  • Prices and subsidies

    2020 - 2022  
    GAP - Gender shares in ESF projects, ESF

    2019                            
    Support for the development of cooperation networks for school inclusion in Saxony, SMK

    2018                            
    E-learning module Basic Statistical Concepts and Fundamentals of Multivariate Methods, funding from the BMBF joint project Teaching Practice in Transfer PLUS

    2018                            
    Development of a concept for a study assistance system to increase student success, SMWK advance research funding

    2014                          
    Influence of systemic-therapeutic interventions on attribution patterns and cognitive control processes, start-up funding through centralized research funds of the TU Dresden

    2012                                        
    Dynamic principles of face perception, start-up funding through centralized research funds of TU Dresden

    2012                                        
    Karl-and-Charlotte-Bühler-Prize for excellent teaching

    2009                                        
    Werner-Straub-Prize for outstanding achievements in academic qualification

    2007 - 2009            
    Associate member of the "European Platform for Life Sciences, Mind Sciences, and the Humanities" of the Volkswagen Foundation

    2003 - 2006          
    Doctoral scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation

  • Publications

    Scherbaum, S., Lade, S.J., Siegmund, S., Goschke, T., & Dshemuchadse, M. (2022). From single decisions to sequential choice patterns: Extending the dynamics of value-based decision-making. PLOS One. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267249

    Leising, D., Dshemuchadze, M., Schönbrodt, F., & Scherbaum, S. (2021). Enough is enough: Unethical behavior in science must finally be systematically addressed! Zenodo.  doi: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5126637

    Scherbaum, S., Dshemuchadse, M., Esmeyer, M., Herbers, J., Maurer, P., Reichert, M., Rolf, D., Wehner, P., Vogel, D., Rudolf, M. (2020). Let's play with statistics! HDS.journal, 2, 41-43.

    Schwenke, D., Dshemuchadse, M., Rasehorn, L., Klarhölter, D., & Scherbaum, S. (2020). Improv to Improve: The Impact of Improvisational Theater on Creativity, Acceptance, and Psychological Well-Being. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 1-18.

    Frisch, S., Surrey, C., Dshemuchadze, M., Maack, M. C., & Scherbaum, S. (2019). Frontal Midline Theta Reveals Temporal Dynamics of Target Amplification and Distracter Inhibition During Mental Set-Shifting. doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/zt2jb

    Scherbaum, S., & Dshemuchadze, M. (2019). Psychometrics of the continuous mind: Measuring cognitive sub-processes via mouse tracking. Memory & Cognition, 1-19.

    Scherbaum, S., Lade, S., Gross, T., Siegmund, S., Goschke, T., & Dshemuchadse, M. (2019). From single decisions to long-term choice patterns: Extending the dynamics of decision-making. doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kexj8

    Senftleben, U., Schoemann, M., Schwenke, D., Richter, S., Dshemuchadse, M., & Scherbaum, S. (2019). Choice perseveration in value-based decision making: the impact of inter-trial interval and mood. Acta psychologica, 198, doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102876

    Scherbaum, S., Frisch, S., & Dshemuchadse, M. (2018). Step by step: Harvesting the dynamics of delay discounting decisions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(4), 949-964.

    Scherbaum, S., Frisch, S., Dshemuchadse, M., Rudolf, M. & Fischer, R. (2018). The test of both worlds: identifying feature binding and control processes in congruency sequence tasks by means of action dynamics. Psychological Research, 82, 337-352.

    Scherbaum, S., Frisch, S., & Dshemuchadse, M. (2018). A Bird in the Hand Isn't Good for Long: Action Dynamics Reveal Short-Term Choice Impulses in Intertemporal Choices. Experimental Psychology, 65, 23-31.

    Scherbaum, S., Frisch, S., Holfert, A., O'Hora, D., & Dshemuchadse, M. (2018). No evidence for common processes of cognitive control and self-control. Acta Psychologica, 182, 194-199.

    Schwenke, D., Dshemuchadze, M., Vesper, C., Bleichner, M., & Scherbaum, S. (2017). Let's decide together: Differences between individual and joint delay discounting. PLOS ONE, 12(4), e0176003.

    Scherbaum, S., Frisch, S., Dshemuchadse, M., Rudolf, M., & Fischer, R. (2016). The test of both worlds: identifying feature binding and control processes in congruency sequence tasks by means of action dynamics. Psychological Research, 1-16.

    Scherbaum, S., Frisch, S., & Dshemuchadse, M. (2016). Switches of stimulus tagging frequencies interact with the conflict-driven control of selective attention, but not with inhibitory control. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 99, 103-107.

    Scherbaum, S., Gottschalk, C., Dshemuchadse, M., & Fischer, R. (2015). Action dynamics in multitasking: the impact of additional task factors on the execution of the prioritized motor movement. Frontiers in Cognition, 6, 934.

    Evens, R., Stankevich, Y., Dshemuchadze, M., Storch, A., Wolz, M., Reichmann, H., ... Lueken, U. (2015). The impact of Parkinson's disease and subthalamic deep brain stimulation on reward processing. Neuropsychologia, 75, 11-19.

    Frisch, S., Dshemuchadze, M., Görner, M., Goschke, T., & Scherbaum, S. (2015). Unraveling the sub-processes of selective attention: insights from dynamic modeling and continuous behavior. Cognitive Processing, 16(4), 377-388.

    Dzhemuchadze, M., Grage, T., & Scherbaum, S. (2015). Action dynamics reveal two components of cognitive flexibility in a homonym relatedness judgment task. Frontiers in Cognition, 6, 1244.

    Kräplin, A., Behrendt, S., Scherbaum, S., Dshemuchadse, M., Bühringer, G., & Goschke, T. (2015). Increased impulsivity in pathological gambling: Considering nicotine dependence. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 37(4), 367-378.

    Scherbaum, S., & Dshemuchadze, M. (2015). Weber's Protestantism Thesis and the Perception of the Individual - A Cognitive Psychological Approach. Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 4, 108 - 116.

    Kräplin, A., Dshemuchadse, M., Behrendt, S., Scherbaum, S., Goschke, T., & Bühringer, G. (2014). Dysfunctional decision-making in pathological gambling: Pattern specificity and the role of impulsivity. Psychiatry Research, 215(3), 675-682.

    Dzhemuchadze, M., & Scherbaum, S. (2013). Impro therapy. In A. Wienands (Ed.), System und Körper: Der Körper als Ressource in der systemischen Praxis (pp. 160 - 176). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

    Scherbaum, S., & Dshemuchadse, M. (2013). Higher response time increases theta energy, conflict increases response time. Clinical Neurophysiology, 124(7), 1477-1479.

    Scherbaum, S., Dshemuchadze, M., Leiberg, S., & Goschke, T. (2013). Harder than expected: increased conflict in clearly disadvantageous intertemporal choices in a computer game. PLoS ONE, 8(11), e79310.

    Dzhemuchadze, M., Scherbaum, S., & Goschke, T. (2012). How Decisions Emerge: Action Dynamics in Intertemporal Decision Making. Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 142, 151-185.

    Scherbaum, S., Dshemuchadze, M., & Goschke, T. (2012). Building a bridge into the future: dynamic connectionist modeling as an integrative tool for research on intertemporal choice. Frontiers in Cognition, 3, 514.

    Scherbaum, S., Dshemuchadze, M., Ruge, H., & Goschke, T. (2012). Dynamic goal states: Adjusting cognitive control without conflict monitoring. NeuroImage, 63(1), 126-136.

    Scherbaum, S., Fischer, R., Dshemuchadse, M., & Goschke, T. (2011). The dynamics of cognitive control: Evidence for within-trial conflict adaptation from frequency-tagged EEG. Psychophysiology, 48(5), 591-600.

    Scherbaum, S., Dshemuchadse, M., Fischer, R., & Goschke, T. (2010). How decisions evolve: The temporal dynamics of action selection. Cognition, 115(3), 407-416.

    Dzhemuchadze, M. (2009). Influence of moods on cognitive parameters: A dynamic connectionist research approach. Saarbrücken: Suedwestdeutscher Verlag fuer Hochschulschriften.

    Scherbaum, S., Dshemuchadse, M., & Kalis, A. (2008). Making decisions with a continuous mind. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 8(4), 454-474.

    Gerdes, J. & Dshemuchadze, M. (2002). Emotional regulation. In: Dietrich Dörner, Die Mechanik des Seelenwagens. Bern: Hans Huber.