Member of the e-teaching-Transfer Lab
Irina Brich works as a research associate at the Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien in the section Research and Transfer on the Use of Digital Media in Teaching. In the transfer office of the BMBF-funded Kompetenzverbund lernen:digital, she is involved in the design of a future space on the lernen:digital platform. For this future space, science-communicative presentation formats for practice will be designed for innovative national and international projects and research results on digital transformation in school education. The future space aims to paint visions for digitally supported teaching and thereby generate interest in new technological and didactic developments.
In 2014, Irina Brich started her work in the scientific community at the IWM as a research associate and doctoral student and was working as a PostDoc in the Perception and Action lab from 2020 to 2023. During that time, she researched comprehension processes in visual narratives like comics, with a special interest in influencing factors like education and age, and the perception of risk in the interaction with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.
Irina Brich graduated at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (M.Sc. 2014) with a focus on business psychology as well as knowledge, communication, and media psychology. She finished her dissertation at the University of Tübingen and the IWM in July 2020. In her dissertation project, she investigated with a multi-touch table how tailoring the interaction of human and technology to our cognitive architecture can improve information processing in group and individual situations.
Huff, M., Gagarina, N., Varkentin, E., & Brich, I. R. (2025). Education, not age, linked to narrative comprehension. Learning and Instruction, 97, 102102. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102102
Open Access
Brich, I. R., Papenmeier, F., Huff, M., & Merkt, M. (2024). Construction or updating? Event model processes during visual narrative comprehension. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 31, 2092–2101. https://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02424-w
Open Access
Said, N., Potinteu, A.-E., Brich, I. R., Buder, J., Schumm, H., & Huff, M. (2023). An artificial intelligence perspective: How knowledge and confidence shape risk and benefit perception. Computers in Human Behavior, 149, Article 107855. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107855
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Schwesig, R., Brich, I. R., Buder, J., Huff, M., & Said, N. (2023). Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Risk and opportunity perception of AI predict people’s willingness to use AI. Journal of Risk Research, 26(10), 1053-1084. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2023.2249927
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Brich, I. R., Bause, I. M., Hesse, F. W., & Wesslein, A.-K. (2021). How spatial information structuring in an interactive technological environment affects decision performance under working memory load. Computers in Human Behavior, 123, Article 106860. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106860 [Data]
Bause, I. M., Brich, I. R., Hesse, F. W., & Wesslein, A.-K. (2020). Does touching information on a surface tablet affect how it is evaluated. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null-Hypothesis, 16(2), 127-146. https://www.jasnh.com/pdf/Vol16-No2-article5.pdf
Brich, I. R., Bause, I. M., Hesse, F. W., & Wesslein, A.-K. (2019). Working memory affine technological support functions improve decision performance. Computers in Human Behavior, 92, 238-249. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.11.014
Bause, I. M., Brich, I. R., Wesslein, A.-K., & Hesse, F. W. (2018). Using technological functions on a multi-touch table and their affordances to counteract biases and foster collaborative problem solving. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 13(1), 7-33. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11412-018-9271-4
Huff, M., Maurer, A. E., Brich, I., Pagenkopf, A., Wickelmaier, F., & Papenmeier, F. (2018). Construction and updating of event models in auditory event processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 44, 307-320. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000482
Varkentin, E., Brich, I. R., Kurmanbekova, K., & Huff, M. (2025, April 7-9). Visual narrative comprehension in the context of aging and stress. Doctoral symposium - Context in Cognition. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. [Talk]
Varkentin, E., Brich, I. R., Kurmanbekova, K., & Huff, M. (2025, April 7-9). Visual narrative comprehension in the context of aging and stress. Doctoral symposium - Context in Cognition. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. [Poster]
Brich, I. R., & Gebhardt, M. (2024, April 24-25). Schüler:innen im Fokus: Gemeinsam eine chancengerechte digitale Zukunft gestalten. 8. Konferenz Bildung Digitalisierung (KonfBD). Berlin. https://www.forumbd.de/veranstaltungen/konfbd24/ [Workshop Organisation]
Brich, I. R., Irle, G., Gebhardt, M., Nieder-Steinheuer, K., & Schilling, T. (2024, Juni 21). Frag den Zukunftsraum! Eure Fragen an die Zukunft der digitalen Schulbildung. 2. KI-Fachtag. Tübingen. [Poster]
Gebhardt, M., Brich, I. R., & Irle, G. (2024, September 30-Oktober 2). Frag den Zukunftsraum! Digitale Transformation für Schule und Lehrkräftebildung gestalten. Potsdam. https://lernen.digital/veranstaltungen/tagung-digitale-transformation-fuer-schule-und-lehrkraeftebildung-gestalten/ [Poster]
Huff, M., Gagarina, N., Varkentin, E., & Brich, I. R. (2024, November 21-24). Education, not age, linked to narrative comprehension. 65th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. New York City, NY, USA. http://www.psychonomic.org/page/2024annualmeeting [Talk]
Irle, G., Gebhardt, M., Nieder-Steinheuer, K., Brich, I. R., Schilling, T., Busch, P., & Karnebogen, M. (2024, November 6). Organisation des Community Calls "Schule der Zukunft: Welche Rolle könnten Augmented und Virtual Reality spielen?". Kompetenzverbund lernen:digital. https://www.schule-mal-digital.de/alle-beitraege/event-aufzeichnungen/online-event-schule-der-zukunft-welche-rolle-koennten-augmented-und-virtual-reality-spielen; https://lernen.digital/veranstaltungen/schule-der-zukunft-welche-rolle-koennten-augmented-und-virtual-reality-spielen/ [Symposium Organisation]
Papenmeier, F., Brich, I. R., Huff, M., & Merkt, M. (2024, June 27-28). Construction or updating? Event model processes during visual narrative comprehension. Visual Language (VisLang) Conference 2024. Tilburg University. [Talk]
Said, N., Burkhardt, L., Plötz, L., Brich, I. R., & Antes, N. (2024, Mai 8). Understanding sharing behavior on social media platforms. Universität Jena. [Vortrag]
Varkentin, E., Brich, I. R., Kurmanbekova, K., & Huff, M. (2024, March 17-20). The role of acute stress in narrative comprehension across age groups. 66. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog:innen (TeaP) - Conference of Experimental Psychologists. Universität Regensburg. [Talk]
Varkentin, E., Brich, I. R., Sünkel, U., von Thaler, A. K., Eschweiler, G. W., & Huff, M. (2024, June 27-28). Stability of narrative comprehension across age and education: The pictorial advantage and resilience to cognitive decline in older adults. Visual Language (VisLang) Conference 2024. Tilburg University, Netherlands. [Talk]
Varkentin, E., Brich, I. R., Sünkel, U., von Thaler, A. K., Eschweiler, G. W., & Huff, M. (2024, June 27). Stability of narrative comprehension across age and education: The pictorial advantage and resilience to cognitive decline in older adults. Visual Language (VisLang) Conference 2024. Tilburg University, Netherlands. [Talk]
Brich, I., Schenk, A., Papenmeier, F., & Huff, M. (2023, March 26-29). Text in comics: Cross-codal information integration during visual narrative comprehension. 65th Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP). University of Trier. [Talk]
Pardi, G., Brucker, B., Ziegs, T., Nieder-Steinheuer, K., Brich, I., Halfmann, M., & Gerjets, P. (2023, Juli 24). MINT-ProNeD-Workshop „Willkommen im Future Innovation Hub – Einblicke in Technologien der Zukunft im MINT-Unterricht“. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen. [Workshop Organisation]
Said, N., Brich, I., & Antes, N. (2023, March 26-29). Understanding sharing behavior on social media platforms - the influence of knowledge and confidence. 65th Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP). University of Trier. [Talk]
Brich, I., Varkentin, E., Gagarina, N., & Huff, M. (2022, März 30). Digitale Comics als Weg zur Teilhabe – Narrationsverstehen in verschiedenen Alters- und Bildungsgruppen. Jahrestagung Leibniz-Forschungsverbund Bildungspotenziale (LERN). Frankfurt am Main (virtuelle Konferenz). [Vortrag]
Said, N., Brich, I., & Antes, N. (2022, October 7-8). Understanding sharing behavior on social media platforms: The influence of knowledge and confidence. Autumn Meeting of Experimental Cognitive Psychologists (HexKoP). Greifswald. [Talk]
Said, N., Schwesig, R., Brich, I., Buder, J., & Huff, M. (2022, March 20-23). Knowledge about Artificial Intelligence (AI) moderates the relationship between risk and opportunity perception of AI and people's willingness to use AI-based applications. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) 2022 - 64th Conference of Experimental Psychologists. University of Cologne (online conference). [Talk]
Brich, I., Varkentin, E., Gagarina, N., & Huff, M. (2021, November 1-3). Do education and age influence visual narrative comprehension processes? (A representative study). MODE 2021: Methods of Online Discourse Elicitation Conference (Text & Tea with LITMUS-MAIN Meeting). Berlin. [Talk]
Brich, I. R., Henner, J., Papenmeier, F., & Huff, M. (2021, March 14-16). Cross-codal information integration in narrative comprehension occurs immediately upon encounter. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) 2021 - 63th Conference of Experimental Psychologists. Ulm. [Talk]
Hoppe, A., Yu, R., Brich, I., & Liu, J. (2021, November 1). Second International Workshop on Learning During Web Search (IWILDS’21). 30th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM ’21). [Workshop Organisation]
Said, N., Brich, I., Buder, J., & Huff, M. (2021, November 4-7). Metacognitive insight into artificial intelligence knowledge predicts AI risk/opportunity perception. 62nd Annual Meeting Psychonomics Society 2021 (Psychonomics2021). New Orleans, LA, USA. [Poster]
Bause, I. M., Brich, I. R., Müller, T., Probst, L.-M., Rahn, J., Schweitzer, J., & Wesslein, A.-K. (2018, October). Turn the tables: An exploratory field study in higher education. Fachtagung IWM #LearnMap zum Thema “Lernprozess im Fokus: Forschung zu digitalen Medien in der Hochschullehre”. Tübingen. [Poster]
Bause, I. M., Brich, I. R., Wesslein, A.-K., & Hesse, F. W. (2018, April). Intuitive Use of Technological-Support-Kit Fosters Problem-Solving Processes in Human-to-Human Collaboration. National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) 2018 Annual Meeting. New York, NY, USA. [Talk]
Bause, I. M., Brich, I. R., Wesslein, A., & Hesse, F. W. (2017, March). Developing a paradigm to purely measure favorism of preference-consistent information. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) 2017 - 59th Conference of Experimental Psychologists. Dresden. [Talk]
Brich, I. R., Bause, I. M., Wesslein, A., & Hesse, F. W. (2017, March). Raising Hidden Profile Solution Rate by Supporting Working Memory Processes with Touch Technology. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) 2017 - 59th Conference of Experimental Psychologists. Dresden. [Talk]
Huff, M., Maurer, A. E., Brich, I., & Pagenkopf, A. (2016, September). Wahrnehmung dynamischer auditiver Ereignisse: Wie Menschen Hörspiele segmentieren und erinnern. 50. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Leipzig. [Vortrag]
Maurer, A. E., Brich, I., & Huff, M. (2015, September). Perceiving and remembering audio dramas. 9th Conference of the DGPs Media Psychology Division. Tübingen. [Talk]
Brich, I. R., & Winter, L. (2024). Was ist eigentlich der Digital Divide im Schulkontext?. https://lernen.digital/fragen-an-die-zukunft-der-bildung/was-ist-eigentlich-der-digital-divide-im-schulkontext/
Brich, I. R., Gagarina, N., Varkentin, E., & Huff, M. (2025). Education, not age, linked to narrative comprehension. https://osf.io/hdzxv/
Brich, I. R., Papenmeier, F., Huff, M., & Merkt, M. (2023). Dataset for: Construction or updating? Event model processes during visual narrative comprehension. https://osf.io/zjwe5/
Varkentin, E., Brich, I. R., Kurmanbekova, K., & Huff, M. (2023). Stress induction in young and elderly samples. https://osf.io/r7e5z/
Brich, I. R., Bause, I. M., Hesse, F., & Wesslein, A.-K. (2021). How spatial information structuring in an interactive technological environment affects decision performance under working memory load. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/AVTE8 [Publication]
Dr. Irina Brich
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