Abteilung Psychologie

• Dr. Iris Wiegand from the Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research is the stand-in professor for Prof. Dr. Werner Schneider during the presence phase of the ZiF research group "Cognitive Behavior of Humans, Animals, and Machines: Situation Model Perspectives" (WiSe19/20, SoSe20). Welcome Iris!

• Rebecca Foerster und Gernot Horstmann presented experiments from psychological research about perception, cognition, eye movements, and motor control as part of the exhibition psychoLogisch in the namu. The photo shows Daniel Vogt, the former European champion in speed stacking. Speed stacking has been investigated to understand how attention and eye movements are used to guide manual actions.

• Dr. Christian Poth awarded for dissertation: 3rd price, Dissertation contest of the Experimental Psychology section of the German Society of Psychology, 2019, Willebadessen (near Paderborn), with a talk on Episodic Visual Cognition: Implications for Object and Short-Term Recognition.

• NEW PUBLICATION: Foerster, R. M., Poth, C. H., Behler, C., Botsch, M., & Schneider, W. X. (2019, January 17). Neuropsychological Assessment of Visual Selective Attention and Processing Capacity With Head-Mounted Displays. Neuropsychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/neu0000517

Summer Semester 2018/19

• Schedule of upcoming Colloquium "Cognitive behavior of humans, animals, and machines: Computational and experimental perspectives" (COBHAM Colloquium) now online.

• NEW PUBLICATION: Horstmann, G., & Loth, S. (2018). The Mona Lisa Illusion-Scientists See Her Looking at Them Though She Isn`t. i-Perception, 10(1), 1-5. doi: 10.1177/2041669518821702 .

• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Prinz was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Department of Psychology and Sports Science of Bielefeld University as an expression of the University's appreciation of his outstanding contributions in the field of cognitive psychology. The laudation was given by Professor Dr. Ulman Lindenberger.

• The ZiF research group "Cognitive behavior of humans, animals, and machines: Situation model perspectives" will take place between October 2019 and July 2020. The organizers are Werner Schneider (Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science, & CITEC Bielefeld University) & Helge Ritter (Faculty of Technology, & CITEC, Bielefeld University).

• Corinna Osterbrink is a new member in the Neuro-Cognitive Psychology Unit. She will work and pursue her PhD project in the DFG funded project "Transsakkadische Prädiktion visueller Merkmale". Welcome, Corinna!

• NEW PUBLICATION: Poth, C. H., Foerster, R. M., Behler, C., Schwanecke, U., Schneider, W. X., & Botsch, M. (2018). Ultrahigh temporal resolution of visual presentation using gaming monitors and G-Sync. Behavior Research Methods, doi: 10.3758/s13428-017-1003-6 .

• Summer Semester 2018: Schedule of upcoming Vision Science Colloquium now online.
• Winter Semester 2017/18: Schedule of upcoming Vision Science Colloquium now online.

• Best dissertation: Christian Poth received an award for the best dissertations of 2017 by Universitätsgesellschaft Bielefeld. Congratulations Dr Poth!

• Christian Poth has finished his PhD and completed his defense on 25 April 2017. Title of dissertation "Episodic Visual Cognition: Implications for Object and Short-Term Recognition". Congratulations Dr. Poth!

• Winter Semester 2017: Schedule of upcoming Vision Science Colloquium now online.
• Winter Semester 2016/17: Schedule of upcoming Vision Science Colloquium now online.

• CITEC NEWS: Measuring Visual Apprehension with Virtual Reality Glasses

• NEW PUBLICATION: Foerster, R. M., Poth, C. H., Behler, C., Botsch, M., & Schneider, W. X. (2016). Using the virtual reality device Oculus Rift for neuropsychological assessment of visual processing capabilities. Scientific Reports, 6:37016.

• Cassandra Köller is a new member in the Neuro-Cognitive Psychology Unit. She will work and pursue her PhD project in the DFG funded project "Transsakkadische Prädiktion visueller Merkmale". Welcome, Cassandra!

• NEW PUBLICATION: Poth, C. H., & Schneider, W. X. (2016). Episodic short-term recognition requires encoding into visual working memory: Evidence from probe recognition after letter report. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:1440.

• NEW PUBLICATION: Poth, C. H., & Schneider, W. X. (2016). Breaking object correspondence across saccades impairs object recognition: The role of color and luminance. Journal of Vision, 16(11):1, 1-12. doi:10.1167/16.11.1 .

• NEW PUBLICATION: Horstmann, G., & Herwig, A., Becker, S. I. (2016). Distractor dwelling, skipping, and revisiting determine target absent performance in difficult visual search. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:1152. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01152

• Research project "Transsakkadische Prädiktion visueller Merkmale: Gewichtung, Geltungsbereich und Generalisierung" is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. PD Dr. Arvid Herwig was awarded a research grant of 192.770 Euro for 3 years.

• Winter Semester 2015/16 / Summer Semester 2016: Schedule of upcoming Vision Science Colloquium now online.

• NEW PUBLICATION: Herwig, A. (2015). Transsaccadic integration and perceptual continuity. Journal of Vision, 15(16):7, 1-6.

• Research project "Visuelle Aufmerksamkeit und Prädiktion in der fernen Peripherie" is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Dr. Katharina Weiß and Prof. Dr. Werner Schneider were awarded a research grant of 277.606 Euro for 3 years.

• NEW PUBLICATION: Poth, C. H., Herwig, A., & Schneider, W. X. (2015). Breaking object correspondence across saccadic eye movements deteriorates object recognition. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 9:176. doi:10.3389/fnsys.2015.00176 .

• Daniel Ernst is a new member in the Neuro-Cognitive Psychology Unit. He will work and pursue his PhD project in the DFG funded project "Expectation Discrepancy, Eye Movements, and Attention". Welcome, Daniel!

• NEW PUBLICATION: Horstmann, G. & Herwig, A. (2015). Novelty biases attention and gaze in a surprise trial. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, xx, xxx-xxx.

• Research project "Expectation Discrepancy, Eye Movements, and Attention" is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. apl. Prof. Dr. Gernot Horstmann was awarded a research grant of 196.750 Euro for 3 years.

• PD Dr. Arvid Herwig gave his inaugural lecture. Title: "Die Strukturen menschlichen Handelns: Neue Erkenntnisse der Kognitionspsychologie".

• NOW ONLINE: Special issue of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Competitive Visual Processing Across Space and Time. Editors, W. Schneider, W. Einhäuser, & G. Horstmann. March, 2015; Vol. 1339.

• NEW PUBLICATION: Herwig, A. (2015). Linking perception and action by structure or process? Toward an integrative perspective. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 52, 105-116.

• Dr. Arvid Herwig successfully habilitated. Title of habilitation thesis: "Linking perception and action: from targets in the world to goals in the mind". Congratulations PD Dr. Herwig!

• Summer Semester 2015 / Winter Semester 2014/15: Schedule of upcoming Vision Science Colloquium now online.

• Gordian Griffiths has finished his PhD. Congratulations Dr. Griffiths!

• Media coverage of our recent JEP:General paper: Westfalenblatt, Universität Bielefeld, Bild der Wissenschaft, Scinexx, Report Psychologie

• RESEARCH REPORTS: Recent reports of the ZiF Research Group 'Competition and priority control in mind & brain' CITEC-Newsletter, ZiF-Mitteilungen

• NOW ONLINE: Special issue Journal of Ophthalmology. Eye movement control. Editors, S.I. Becker, H. Horstmann & A. Herwig

• Dr. Gernot Horstmann appointed as Professor. Gernot Horstmann has been appointed associate professor (ausserplanmäßger Professor) at Bielefeld University.

• NEW PUBLICATION: Herwig, A., & Schneider, W. X. (2014). Predicting object features across saccades: Evidence from object recognition and visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(5), 1903-1922.

• NOW ONLINE: Theme issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B. Attentional selection in visual perception, memory and action: A quest for common principles. Editors, W. Schneider, W. Einhäuser, & G. Horstmann. October 19, 2013; Vol. 368, No. 1628.

NEW BOOK AT MIT-PRESS: Prinz, W., Beisert, M., & Herwig, A. (Eds.). (2013). Action science: Foundations of an emerging discipline. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

• Dr. Rebecca Förster awarded for dissertation: 3rd price, Dissertation contest of the Experimental Psychology section of the German Society of Psychology, 2013, Dresden, with a talk on Eye movements, attention, and memory processes during sensorimotor learning and automatization.

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Emeritus Prof. Dr. Odmar Neumann

*13. Juli 1942 †25. Februar 2013

Mit tiefer Bestürzung und großem Bedauern müssen wir mitteilen, dass Prof. Dr. Odmar Neumann, der diese Arbeitseinheit "Allgemeine Psychologie I" (Neurokognitive Psychologie) viele Jahre leitete, am 25. Februar in Bielefeld verstarb. Sein wissenschaftliches Wirken hat nicht nur einen entscheidenden und bleibenden Beitrag zur internationalen Aufmerksamkeitsforschung hinterlassen, sondern es liefert auch für uns, die aktuelle Arbeitseinheit, den Ansporn dieses Erbe, den Bielefelder "attention-for-action approach", in seinem Geist weiter zu entwickeln.

Im Namen der Allgemeinen Psychologie I,

Prof. Dr. Werner Schneider

 

With great sorrow and regret we have to announce that Prof. Dr. Odmar Neumann, who for many years was head of this unit "Allgemeine Psychologie I" (Neurokognitive Psychologie), died on February 25, 2013, in Bielefeld. His scientific work not only left an important and lasting contribution to international attention research, but motivates us as the current members of the unit to further develop this heritage, the Bielefeld "attention-for-action approach", according to his spirit.

On behalf of the members of "Allgemeine Psychologie I"

Prof. Dr. Werner Schneider