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Former member of staff [2014-02-01 - 2015-04-30]

Dr. Insa Feinkohl

Former Projects

Comprehension of the fragility of medical findings in participatory media formats

Articles in refereed Journals

Flemming, D., Feinkohl, I., Cress, U., & Kimmerle, J. (2017). User comments about research findings: How conflictual information in online science journalistic articles influences laypeople’s understanding of scientific tentativeness. Communications, 42, 465-480. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/commun-2017-0037
 

Feinkohl, I., Flemming, D., Cress, U., & Kimmerle, J. (2016). The impact of personality factors and preceding user comments on the processing of research findings on deep brain stimulation: A randomized controlled experiment in a simulated online forum. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 18, e59. https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.4382 Open Access
 

Feinkohl, I., Flemming, D., Cress, U., & Kimmerle, J. (2016). The impact of epistemological beliefs and cognitive ability on recall and critical evaluation of scientific information. Cognitive Processing, 17, 213-223. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10339-015-0748-z request document
 

Flemming, D., Feinkohl, I., Cress, U., & Kimmerle, J. (2015). Individual uncertainty and the uncertainty of science: The impact of perceived conflict and general self-efficacy on the perception of tentativeness and credibility of scientific information. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 1859. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01859 Open Access
 

Kimmerle, J., Flemming, D., Feinkohl, I., & Cress, U. (2015). How laypeople understand the tentativeness of medical research news in the media: An experimental study on the perception of information about deep brain stimulation. Science Communication, 37, 173-189. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1075547014556541 request document
 

Feinkohl, I., Aung, P. P., Keller, M., Robertson, C. M., Morling, J. R., McLachlan, S., Deary, I. J., Frier, B. M., Strachan, M. W. J., & Price, J. F. (2014). Severe hypoglycemia and cognitive decline in older people with type 2 diabetes: the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study. Diabetes Care, 37, 507-515.
 

Feinkohl, I., Keller, M., Robertson, C. M., Morling, J. R., Williamson, R. M., Nee, L. D., McLachlan, S., Sattar, N., Welsh, P., Reynolds, R. M., Russ, T. C., Deary, I. J., Strachan, M. W. J., & Price, J. F. (2013). Clinical and subclinical macrovascular disease as predictors of cognitive decline in older patients with type 2 diabetes: the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study. Diabetes Care, 36, 2779-2786.
 

Feinkohl, I., Sattar, N., Welsh, P., Reynolds, R. M., Deary, I. J., Strachan, M. W., & Price, J. F. (2012). Association of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide with cognitive function and depression in elderly people with type 2 diabetes. PLOS ONE, 7(9), Article e44569. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044569 Open Access
 

Chapters in Edited Books

Cress, U., Feinkohl, I., Jirschitzka, J., & Kimmerle, J. (2016). Mass collaboration as co-evolution of cognitive and social systems. In U. Cress, J. Moskaliuk, & H. Jeong (Eds.), Mass collaboration and education (pp. 85-104). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
 

Conference Contributions

Feinkohl, I., Flemming, D., Cress, U., & Kimmerle, J. (2016, April). The impact of epistemological beliefs and cognitive ability on recall and critical evaluation of scientific information. ELSA Statusseminar. BMBF, Berlin. [Poster]
 

Flemming, D., Feinkohl, I., Cress, U., & Kimmerle, J. (2016, April). User comments about deep brain stimulation: How conflictual information in online science journalistic articles influences laypeople's understanding of scientific tentativeness. ELSA Statusseminar. BMBF, Berlin. [Poster]
 

Flemming, D., Feinkohl, I., Cress, U., & Kimmerle, J. (2016, April). Individual uncertainty and the uncertainty of science: The impact of perceived conflict and general self-efficacy on the perception of tentativeness and credibility of scientific information. ELSA Statusseminar. BMBF, Berlin. [Poster]
 

Kimmerle, J., Flemming, D., Feinkohl, I., & Cress, U. (2016, April). How laypeople understand the tentativeness of medical research news in the media. An experimental study on the perception of information about deep brain stimulation. ELSA Statusseminar. BMBF, Berlin. [Poster]
 

Feinkohl, I., Flemming, D., Cress, U., & Kimmerle, J. (2015, September). Internet users’ critical evaluation of an online medical news article: Influencing factors of user discussions of scientific uncertainty. Symposium "How Web 2.0 influences public understanding of science". 9th Conference of the Media Psychology Division. Tübingen. [Talk]
 

Flemming, D., Feinkohl, I., Cress, U., & Kimmerle, J. (2015, January). Perception of scientific uncertainty in science communication. Workshop Motivated Science Reception. Universität Koblenz-Landau. [Talk]
 

Feinkohl, I., Aung, P. P., Keller, M., Robertson, C. M., Morling, J. R., McLachlan, S., Deary, I. J., Frier, B. M., Strachan, M. W. J., & Price, J. F. (2013, April). Relationship between severe hypoglycaemia and cognitive function in older people with type 2 diabetes: the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study. Annual Diabetes UK Professional Conference. Manchester, UK. [Poster]
 

Dr. Insa Feinkohl
Dr. Insa Feinkohl