Claudia Muth

Claudia Muth is a Professor of Applied Design Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Hof, Faculty of Interdisciplinary and Innovative Sciences. As a cognitive scientist and designer, she bridges empirical psychology with design research, focusing on perception, semantic instability, and embodied cognition.

• Current affiliation: University of Applied Sciences Hof
• Research areas: Gestalt structures, semantic instability, embodied knowledge in design

Her research explores how perceptual dynamics, ambiguous stimuli, and cognitive challenge drive aesthetic experiences. She investigates the interplay between order/disorder, gestalt detectability, and epistemic pleasure in design and art contexts.

Recent publications analyze semantic instability in art, haptic aesthetic insights, and perceptual challenge mechanisms. Key themes include predictive coding, visual complexity, and the cognitive appeal of ambiguous design.

• Habilitation in Psychology (University of Bamberg, 2023)
• PhD in Psychology (University of Bamberg, 2015)