Dr. rer. nat.

Andrea Bönsch

IT Center

Leader Immersive Visualization Services

Building: 2191
Room: K110
Kopernikusstr. 6
52074 Aachen

Office Hours

On request or whenever the door is open

Publications

Title Author(s)
Heard-text recall and listening effort under irrelevant speech and pseudo-speech in virtual reality
Journal Article (2026)
Ermert, Cosima Antonia (Corresponding author)
Schlittmeier, Sabine Janina
Bönsch, Andrea
Kuhlen, Torsten
Fels, Janina
Beyond words: The impact of static and animated faces as visual cues on memory performance and listening effort during two-talker conversations
Journal Article (2026)
Mohanathasan, Chinthusa (Corresponding author)
Koleva, Plamenna B.
Ehret, Jonathan
Bönsch, Andrea
Fels, Janina
Kuhlen, Torsten
Schlittmeier, Sabine Janina (Corresponding author)
Objectifying Social Presence: Evaluating Multimodal Degraders in ECAs Using the Heard Text Recall Paradigm
Journal Article (2025)
Ehret, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Schüppen, Jonas
Mohanathasan, Chinthusa
Ermert, Cosima Antonia
Fels, Janina
Schlittmeier, Sabine Janina
Kuhlen, Torsten
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
A Latency-Optimized LLM-based Multimodal Dialogue System for Embodied Conversational Agents in VR
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2025)
Kühlem, Konstantin Wilfried (Corresponding author)
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
Bönsch, Andrea
Audiovisual angle and voice incongruence do not affect audiovisual verbal short-term memory in virtual reality
Journal Article (2025)
Ermert, Cosima Antonia (Corresponding author)
Yadav, Manuj
Ehret, Jonathan
Mohanathasan, Chinthusa
Bönsch, Andrea
Kuhlen, Torsten
Schlittmeier, Sabine Janina
Fels, Janina
The impact of coverbal visual cues on speech intelligibility and cognitive load in virtual reality environments
Abstract, Journal Article (2025)
Ermert, Cosima Antonia (Corresponding author)
Bönsch, Andrea
Kuhlen, Torsten
Fels, Janina
Influence of (non-) intelligible background speech on memory and listening effort in conversational situations
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2025)
Ermert, Cosima Antonia (Corresponding author)
Ehret, Jonathan
Mohanathasan, Chinthusa
Bönsch, Andrea
Kuhlen, Torsten
Schlittmeier, Sabine Janina
Fels, Janina
Exploring Gaze Dynamics: Initial Findings on the Role of Listening Bystanders in Conversational Interactions
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2025)
Ehret, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Dasbach, Valentin
Hartmann, Jan-Nikjas
Fels, Janina
Kuhlen, Torsten
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
9th Edition of IEEE VR Workshop: Virtual Humans and Crowds in Immersive Environments (VHCIE)
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2025)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Chollet, Mathieu
Martin, Jordan
Olivier, Anne-Hélène
Pettré, Julien
German and Dutch Translations of the Artificial-Social-Agent Questionnaire Instrument for Evaluating Human-Agent Interactions
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2024)
Albers, Nele (First author)
Bönsch, Andrea (First author)
Ehret, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Khodakov, Boleslav A.
Brinkman, Willem-Paul (Last author)
Authentication in Immersive Virtual Environments through Gesture-Based Interaction with a Virtual Agent
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2024)
Rupp, Daniel (Corresponding author)
Grießer, Philipp
Bönsch, Andrea
Kuhlen, Torsten
Beeinflusst die Stimmqualität von Hochschuldozent*innen die Zuhörleistung der Studierenden?
Abstract, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2024)
Schiller, Isabel Sarah
Aspöck, Lukas
Breuer, Carolin
Ehret, Jonathan
Bönsch, Andrea
Fels, Janina
Kuhlen, Torsten
Schlittmeier, Sabine Janina
Social wayfinding strategies to explore immersive virtual environments
Dissertation / PhD Thesis (2024)
Bönsch, Andrea
A lecturer’s voice quality and its effect on memory, listening effort, and perception in a VR environment
Journal Article (2024)
Schiller, Isabel Sarah (Corresponding author)
Breuer, Carolin
Aspöck, Lukas
Ehret, Jonathan
Bönsch, Andrea
Kuhlen, Torsten
Fels, Janina
Schlittmeier, Sabine Janina
Audiovisual Coherence: Is Embodiment of Background Noise Sources a Necessity?
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2024)
Ehret, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Schiller, Isabel Sarah
Breuer, Carolin
Aspöck, Lukas
Fels, Janina
Schlittmeier, Sabine Janina
Kuhlen, Torsten
StudyFramework : Comfortably Setting up and Conducting Factorial-Design Studies Using the Unreal Engine
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2024)
Ehret, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Bönsch, Andrea
Fels, Janina
Schlittmeier, Sabine Janina
Kuhlen, Torsten
The Role of Talker Visibility on Memory and Listening Effort during Conversations
Abstract (2024)
Mohanathasan, Chinthusa
Ehret, Jonathan
Bönsch, Andrea
Ermert, Cosima Antonia
Fels, Janina
Kuhlen, Torsten
Koleva, Plamenna Borisova
Schlittmeier, Sabine Janina
Wayfinding in immersive virtual environments as social activity supported by virtual agents
Contribution to a book, Journal Article (2024)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Ehret, Jonathan
Rupp, Daniel
Kuhlen, Torsten
Does a talker's voice quality affect university students’ listening effort in a virtual seminar room?
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2024)
Schiller, Isabel Sarah (Corresponding author)
Bönsch, Andrea
Ehret, Jonathan
Breuer, Carolin
Aspöck, Lukas
Voice quality and its effects on university students' listening effort in a virtual seminar room
Conference Presentation, Contribution to a conference proceedings, Journal Article (2023)
Schiller, Isabel Sarah
Aspöck, Lukas
Breuer, Carolin
Ehret, Jonathan
Bönsch, Andrea
Fels, Janina
Kuhlen, Torsten
Schlittmeier, Sabine Janina
Who's next? Integrating Non-Verbal Turn-Taking Cues for Embodied Conversational Agents
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2023)
Ehret, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Bönsch, Andrea
Nossol, Patrick
Ermert, Cosima Antonia
Mohanathasan, Chinthusa
Schlittmeier, Sabine Janina
Fels, Janina
Kuhlen, Torsten
Enhancing Proxy Localization in World in Miniatures Focusing on Virtual Agents
Contribution to a conference proceedings (2023)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Coanda, Radu A.
Kuhlen, Torsten
Whom Do You Follow? Pedestrian Flows Constraining the User’s Navigation during Scene Exploration
Abstract, Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2023)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Zimmermann, Lukas B.
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
Where Do They Go? Overhearing Conversing Pedestrian Groups during Scene Exploration
Abstract, Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2023)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Sittart, Till
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
Hoarseness among university professors and how it can influence students’ listening impression: an audio-visual immersive VR study
Contribution to a conference proceedings (2023)
Schiller, Isabel Sarah (Corresponding author)
Aspöck, Lukas (Corresponding author)
Breuer, Carolin (Corresponding author)
Ehret, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Effect of head-mounted displays on students’ acquisition of surgical suturing techniques compared to an e-learning and tutor-led course: a randomized controlled trial
Journal Article (2023)
Peters, Philipp
Lemos, Martin
Bönsch, Andrea
Ooms, Mark
Ulbrich, Max
Rashad, Ashkan
Krause, Felix
Lipprandt, Myriam
Kuhlen, Torsten
Röhrig, Rainer
Hölzle, Frank
Puladi, Behrus (Corresponding author)
Advantages of a Training Course for Surgical Planning in Virtual Reality for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery : Crossover Study
Journal Article (2023)
Ulbrich, Max
Van den Bosch, Vincent
Bönsch, Andrea
Gruber, Lennart Johannes
Ooms, Mark
Melchior, Claire
Motmaen, Ila
Wilpert, Caroline
Rashad, Ashkan
Kuhlen, Torsten
Hölzle, Frank
Puladi, Behrus (Corresponding author)
Late-Breaking Report: An Embodied Conversational Agent Supporting Scene Exploration by Switching between Guiding and Accompanying
Abstract (2022)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Rupp, Daniel
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
Quantitative mapping of keratin networks in 3D
Journal Article (2022)
Windoffer, Reinhard (Corresponding author)
Schwarz, Nicole
Yoon, Sungjun
Piskova, Teodora
Scholkemper, Michael
Stegmaier, Johannes
Bönsch, Andrea
Di Russo, Jacopo
Leube, Rudolf E. (Corresponding author)
An Introduction to the World of Internet Memes by Curator Kate : Guiding or Accompanying Visitors?
Abstract (2021)
Hashem, David
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
Being Guided or Having Exploratory Freedom : User Preferences of a Virtual Agent's Behavior in a Museum
Poster (2021)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Hashem, David
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
Indirect User Guidance by Pedestrians in Virtual Environments : presented at ICAT-EGVE 2021
Conference Presentation, Multimedia (2021)
Bönsch, Andrea
Güths, Katharina
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
Indirect User Guidance by Pedestrians in Virtual Environments
Poster (2021)
Bönsch, Andrea
Güths, Katharina
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
Do Prosody and Embodiment Influence the Perceived Naturalness of Conversational Agents’ Speech?
Contribution to a conference proceedings, Journal Article (2021)
Ehret, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Bönsch, Andrea
Aspöck, Lukas
Röhr, Christine T.
Baumann, Stefan
Grice, Martine
Fels, Janina
Kuhlen, Torsten
Listening to, and remembering conversations between two talkers: Cognitive research using embodied conversational agents in audiovisual virtual environments
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2021)
Fels, Janina (Corresponding author)
Ermert, Cosima Antonia
Ehret, Jonathan
Mohanathasan, Chinthusa
Bönsch, Andrea
Kuhlen, Torsten
Schlittmeier, Sabine Janina
Speech Source Directivity for Embodied Conversational Agents
Conference Presentation, Multimedia (2021)
Ehret, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Aspöck, Lukas
Bönsch, Andrea
Fels, Janina
Kuhlen, Torsten
Prosodic and Visual Naturalness of Dialogs Presented by Conversational Virtual Agents
Poster (2021)
Aspöck, Lukas (Corresponding author)
Ehret, Jonathan
Baumann, Stefan (Corresponding author)
Bönsch, Andrea
Röhr, Christine T.
Grice, Martine
Kuhlen, Torsten
Fels, Janina
An Introduction to the World of Internet Memes by Curator Kate : Guiding or Accompanying Visitors?
Conference Presentation, Multimedia (2021)
Hashem, David
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
Being Guided or Having Exploratory Freedom : User Preferences of a Virtual Agent's Behavior in a Museum
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2021)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Hashem, David
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
Indirect User Guidance by Pedestrians in Virtual Environments
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2021)
Bönsch, Andrea
Güths, Katharina
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
Immersive Sketching to Author Crowd Movements in Real-time
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2020)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Barton, Sebastian J.
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
Inferring a User's Intent on Joining or Passing by Social Groups
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2020)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Bluhm, Alexander R.
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
The Impact of a Virtual Agent's Non-Verbal Emotional Expression on a User's Personal Space Preferences
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2020)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Radke, Sina
Ehret, Jonathan
Habel, Ute
Kuhlen, Torsten
The 19 Unifying Questionnaire Constructs of Artificial Social Agents
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2020)
Fitrianie, Siska (Corresponding author)
Bruijnes, Merijn (Corresponding author)
Richards, Deborah (Corresponding author)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Brinkman, Willem-Paul (Corresponding author)
Evaluating the Influence of Phoneme-Dependent Dynamic Speaker Directivity of Embodied Conversational Agents' Speech
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2020)
Ehret, Jonathan
Stienen, Jonas
Brozdowski, Chris
Bönsch, Andrea
Mittelberg, Irene
Vorländer, Michael
Kuhlen, Torsten
Joint Dual-Tasking in VR : Outlining the Behavioral Design of Interactive Human Companions WhoWalk and Talk with a User
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2020)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Kuhlen, Torsten
Towards a Graphical User Interface for Exploring and Fine-Tuning Crowd Simulations
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2020)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Jonda, Marcel
Ehret, Jonathan
Kuhlen, Torsten
The Impact of a Virtual Agent’s Non-Verbal Emotional Expression on a User’s Personal Space Preferences: Supplemental Material
Dataset (2020)
Bönsch, Andrea
Radke, Sina
Ehret, Jonathan
Habel, Ute
Kuhlen, Torsten
[DC] Joint Locomotion with Virtual Agents in Immersive Environments
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2019)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Influence of Directivity on the Perception of Embodied Conversational Agents' Speech
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2019)
Wendt, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Weyers, Benjamin
Stienen, Jonas
Bönsch, Andrea
Vorländer, Michael
Kuhlen, Torsten
An Empirical Lab Study Investigating if Higher Levels of Immersion Increase the Willingness to Donate
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2019)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Kies, Alexander
Jörling, Moritz
Paluch, Stefanie
Kuhlen, Torsten
Volumetric Video Capture using Unsynchronized, Low-cost Cameras
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2019)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Feng, Andrew
Patel, Parth
Shapiro, Ari
Evaluation of Omnipresent Virtual Agents Embedded as Temporarily Required Assistants in Immersive Environments
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2019)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Hoffmann, Jan
Wendt, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Kuhlen, Torsten (Corresponding author)
Virtual humans as co-workers: A novel methodology to study peer effects
Journal Article (2018)
Gürerk, Özgür (Corresponding author)
Bönsch, Andrea
Kittsteiner, Thomas
Staffeldt, Andreas
Influence of Emotions on Personal Space Preferences
Conference Presentation (2018)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Kuhlen, Torsten
Social VR: How Personal Space is Affected by Virtual Agents' Emotions
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2018)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Radke, Sina
Overath, Heiko
Asché, Laura M.
Wendt, Jonathan
Vierjahn, Thomas
Habel, Ute
Kuhlen, Torsten
Does the Directivity of a Virtual Agent's Speech Influence the Perceived Social Presence?
Contribution to a conference proceedings (2018)
Wendt, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Weyers, Benjamin
Bönsch, Andrea
Stienen, Jonas
Vierjahn, Thomas
Vorländer, Michael
Kuhlen, Torsten
Do Not Invade: A Virtual-Reality-Framework to Study Personal Space
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2017)
Schnathmeier, Jan
Overath, Heiko
Radke, Sina
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Habel, Ute
Kuhlen, Torsten
Turning Anonymous Members of a Multiagent System Into Individuals
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2017)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Vierjahn, Thomas
Shapiro, Ari
Kuhlen, Torsten
Score-Based Recommendation for Efficiently Selecting Individual Virtual Agents in Multi-Agent Systems
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2017)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Trisnadi, Robert
Wendt, Jonathan
Vierjahn, Thomas
Kuhlen, Torsten
Evaluation of approaching-strategies of temporarily required virtual assistants in immersive environments
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2017)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Vierjahn, Thomas (Corresponding author)
Kuhlen, Torsten (Corresponding author)
Peers at work: Economic real-effort experiments in the presence of virtual co-workers
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2017)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Wendt, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Overath, Heiko (Corresponding author)
Gürerk, Özgür (Corresponding author)
Harbring, Christine (Corresponding author)
Grund, Christian (Corresponding author)
Kittsteiner, Thomas (Corresponding author)
Kuhlen, Torsten (Corresponding author)
Peers at Work: Economic Real-Effort Experiments in the Presence of Virtual Co-workers
Poster (2017)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Wendt, Jonathan
Overath, Heiko
Gürerk, Özgür
Harbring, Christine
Grund, Christian
Kittsteiner, Thomas
Kuhlen, Torsten
Two Basic Aspects of Virtual Agents’ Behavior: Collision Avoidance and Presence Strategies
Talk (non-conference) (2016)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Vierjahn, Thomas
Kuhlen, Torsten
Automatic Generation of World in Miniatures for Realistic Architectural Immersive Virtual Environments
Poster (2016)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Freitag, Sebastian
Kuhlen, Torsten
Evaluating Presence Strategies of Temporarily Required Virtual Assistants
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2016)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Vierjahn, Thomas (Corresponding author)
Kuhlen, Torsten (Corresponding author)
Automatic generation of world in miniatures for realistic architectural immersive virtual environments
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2016)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Freitag, Sebastian
Kuhlen, Torsten
Collision Avoidance in the Presence of a Virtual Agent in Small-Scale Virtual Environments
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2016)
Bönsch, Andrea (Corresponding author)
Weyers, Benjamin
Wendt, Jonathan (Corresponding author)
Freitag, Sebastian (Corresponding author)
Kuhlen, Torsten (Corresponding author)
Comparison and Evaluation of Viewpoint Quality Estimation Algorithms for Immersive Virtual Environments
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2015)
Freitag, Sebastian (Corresponding author)
Weyers, Benjamin
Bönsch, Andrea
Kuhlen, Torsten
MRI visualisation by digitally reconstructed radiographs
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2015)
Serrurier, Antoine
Bönsch, Andrea
Lau, Robert
Deserno, Thomas
Comparison and Evaluation of Viewpoint Quality Estimation Algorithms for Immersive Virtual Environments : Additional Material
Dataset, Report (2015)
Freitag, Sebastian (Corresponding author)
Weyers, Benjamin
Bönsch, Andrea
Kuhlen, Torsten
Experimental Economics in Virtual Reality
Report (2014)
Gürerk, Özgür (Corresponding author)
Bönsch, Andrea
Braun, Lucas
Grund, Christian
Harbring, Christine
Kittsteiner, Thomas
Staffeldt, Andreas
Poster: Guided tour creation in immersive virtual environments
Abstract, Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2014)
Pick, Sebastian (Corresponding author)
Bönsch, Andrea
Tedjo-Palczynski, Irene
Hentschel, Bernd
Kuhlen, Torsten
CAVIR : Correspondence Analysis in Virtual Reality
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2012)
Bönsch, Andrea
Graff, Jan Frederik
Bündgens, Daniel
Kuhlen, Torsten
CAVIR : Correspondence Analysis in Virtual Reality ; ways to a Valid Interpretation of Correspondence Analytical Point Clouds in Virtual Environments
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings, Journal Article (2012)
Graff, Jan Frederik
Bönsch, Andrea
Bündgens, Daniel
Kuhlen, Torsten
Efficiently Navigating Data Sets Using the Hierarchy Browser
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2011)
Bönsch, Andrea
Pick, Sebastian
Hentschel, Bernd
Kuhlen, Torsten