Freja Holm Kristensen

Freja Holm Kristensen serves as a Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Copenhagen, operating under the Faculty of Social Sciences. She is an active member of the CoInAct research group and her doctoral research forms a key component of the 'Selection in Intention' project, which investigates cognitive selection mechanisms under limited processing capacity.

Her academic foundation was built at the University of Copenhagen, where she earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Psychology. These qualifications established her expertise in experimental methodologies and theoretical frameworks central to modern cognitive science.

Her research program centers on experimental cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience, specifically targeting the modeling of intention selection processes within constrained cognitive architectures. Key investigations include internal representation of intentions, problem-solving dynamics under resource limitations, and hierarchical planning mechanisms. These studies employ rigorous experimental paradigms to dissect fundamental principles of human decision-making and action initiation, with implications for artificial intelligence and cognitive rehabilitation.

Her current doctoral work is supported by a prestigious Carlsberg Foundation Semper Ardens: Advance grant (2023-2028), which funds the broader 'Selection in Intention' initiative exploring how cognitive resources are allocated during goal-directed behavior.

Within the CoInAct research group, Kristensen collaborates on interdisciplinary projects bridging cognitive science, neuroscience, and computational modeling to advance understanding of intentional action formation and execution in complex environments.