Sarah Schwöbel

Dr. Sarah Schwöbel is a PostDoc researcher at the Chair of Neuroimaging within the Faculty of Psychology at Technische Universität Dresden since 2020. She holds a Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) in Psychology from TU Dresden (2020), an MSc and BSc in Physics from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2013-2020). Her research focuses on computational modeling of decision-making processes, integrating Bayesian approaches to study habitual vs. goal-directed behavior, and the neural mechanisms underlying predictive processing. She has contributed to studies on active inference frameworks, contextual behavioral control, and sequential decision-making tasks.

Her academic journey includes roles as a software developer at Engineering Bureau Cichon, teaching assistant in physics and computer science, and internships in child psychiatry. Her work bridges psychology, neuroscience, and computational methods, with a particular emphasis on applying mathematical models to understand cognitive processes.

Notable publications include studies on rational trade-offs in cognitive control, computational models of narcissism etiology, and Bayesian interpretations of behavioral balancing. She collaborates across disciplines, contributing to the ReCoDe addiction research consortium and exploring predictive minds in neurobiological contexts.