University of Bremen - Heinrich Liesefeld

60 University of Bremen - Heinrich Liesefeld https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/research-methods-and-cognitive-psychology/team/heinrich-liesefeld Heinrich Liesefeld en University of Bremen Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:26:20 +0200 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:26:20 +0200 University of Bremen content-351418 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:27:47 +0200 CV https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/research-methods-and-cognitive-psychology/team/heinrich-liesefeld#c351418 Short CV: <ul><li data-list-item-id="e8154058fd28d8b810e86e9e896223ee5">September 2023: Promotion to <a href="https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/academic-career-options-at-the-university-of-bremen/senior-researcher-senior-lecturer" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">Senior Researcher</a> (tenured)</li><li data-list-item-id="e182737116ef9d06182f2c4026f66457c">October 2021-September&nbsp;2022: Organizer&nbsp;und co-speaker of the research group&nbsp;<a class="external-link" href="https://www.cas.lmu.de/en/programs/cas-research-groups/handling-visual-distraction.html" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">Handling Visual Distraction</a> at the&nbsp;Center for Advanced Studies of LMU Munich</li><li data-list-item-id="e526fc2becf20b94dbb1ea56d68cb65ad">since November 2020: <a href="https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/academic-career-options-at-the-university-of-bremen/senior-researcher-senior-lecturer" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">Researcher</a> for Applied Statistics and Cognitive Modeling at the University of Bremen (tenure track)</li><li data-list-item-id="eddafe4952d4ebb867a04b9f2d9bfdea5">November 2013-October 2020: PostDoc/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_ranks_in_Germany" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">Akademischer Rat a.Z</a>. at the chair of General and Experimental Psychology at LMU Munich</li><li data-list-item-id="e35c6cd36ef8fe3b02237bc749b0c8eb0">May 2020: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habilitation">Habilitation</a>&nbsp; with Venia Legendi in Psychology at LMU Munich</li><li data-list-item-id="e994edea55dd1ed46a8ebfa9dc441d1c6">October 2019-July 2020: Fellow in Residence of the ZiF Research Group <a href="https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtungen/zif/groups/previous/archive-rg/2019cognitive-behavior/" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">Cognitive Behavior of Humans, Animals, and Machines: Situation Model Perspectives</a> at the Center for Integrative Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University, Hosts: Werner X. Schneider and Helge Ritter</li><li data-list-item-id="e623015007ec39f1338df803a8ae9abff">November 2014: Visiting Researcher at the School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Host: Marius Usher</li><li data-list-item-id="ea1680ed33e57532a05b8cfccfc96bfef">June 2008-May 2013: PhD student/PostDoc at the chair of <a href="https://www.uni-saarland.de/lehrstuhl/wentura.html">General Psychology and Methods</a> at Saarland University, supervisor: Hubert D. Zimmer</li><li data-list-item-id="eb3711784f0438d05bb61632beb28c35b">September 2010 - January 2011: Visiting Researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Host: Xiaolan Fu</li><li data-list-item-id="e34fdf1b52395d9a6d0f5bfb3c261bf02">October 2012: PhD in the International Research Training Group (IRTG) GRK 1457 <a href="https://www.uni-saarland.de/forschen/adaptive-minds.html">Adaptive Minds</a> at Saarland University; summa cum laude; awards for IRTG’s and department’s best thesis</li><li data-list-item-id="e5567a103a3b3f4e6db5ffc223dd52b43">May 2008: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplom">Diplom</a> (equivalent to master's degree) in Psychology from Saarland University</li><li data-list-item-id="e3334255c903a1e104d344ca95a7d784d">2007: Student Assistant at the chair of <a href="https://www.uni-saarland.de/lehrstuhl/spinath.html">Differential Psychology</a> at Saarland University</li><li data-list-item-id="ea23079468e13b2250dd39d45fa9d08fa">Winter term 2005/Summer term 2006: Studied Chinese at East China Normal University, Shanghai, China</li><li data-list-item-id="eee1ce979d4ed9ebb189bf9d4bfd36d28">Summer term 2005: Studied Cognitive Sciences and Psychology at the Université Nancy2, France</li><li data-list-item-id="ec9a0aae996e15c46329b9b07d18e7909">2003-2005: Student Assistant at the <a href="https://ceval.de/" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">Center for Evaluation</a> at Saarland University&nbsp;</li></ul> Five representative publications (for my full publication list,&nbsp;please click <a class="internalLink" href="t3://page?uid=45562" title="Opens internal link in current window">here</a>): <ul><li data-list-item-id="eb606f5c01af0aa82d083856f33c2d182">Constant, M., &amp; Liesefeld, H.R. (2021). Massive effects of saliency on information processing in visual working memory. Psychological Science, 32, 682-691. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620975785">https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620975785</a></li><li data-list-item-id="e0b46dc260d089e8cabdf6826cf2c5b2e">Liesefeld, H.R. &amp; Janczyk, M. (2019). Combining speed and accuracy to control for speed-accuracy tradeoffs (?). Behavior Research Methods, 51, 40-60. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-018-1076-x">https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-018-1076-x</a></li><li data-list-item-id="e98b46e2ceb74ccb0cde2561849c9e8fa">Liesefeld, H.R.*, Lamy, D.*,…, Wolfe, J. (2024). Terms of debate: Consensus definitions to guide the scientific discourse on visual distraction. Attention, Perception, &amp; Psychophysics, 86, 1445-1472. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-023-02820-3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-023-02820-3</a></li><li data-list-item-id="eeb0846ef941ee39fe96b78219707f23b">Liesefeld, H.R., &amp; Müller, H.J. (2019). Distractor handling via dimension weighting. Current Opinion in Psychology, 29, 160-167. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.03.003">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.03.003</a></li><li data-list-item-id="ebe4a5e3117bb9d100b0fca4ce3a96252">Mandal, A., Liesefeld, A.M., &amp; Liesefeld, H.R. (2024). Tracking the misallocation and reallocation of spatial attention toward auditory stimuli. The Journal of Neuroscience, 44,&nbsp; e2196232024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2196-23.2024" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2196-23.2024</a></li></ul> Current research projects: <ul><li data-list-item-id="e02718e0f8c2bae88f53ac20fb9fffd6e">German Research Foundation (DFG) LI 2868/7-1: "Validating (easy) measures to combine speed and accuracy". Individual research grant together with Markus Janczyk.</li></ul> &nbsp;Completed research projects: <ul><li data-list-item-id="eeba64a96bd172aac9c50811413703b85">German Research Foundation (DFG): “Guidance and capture of spatial attention by (irrelevant) visual and auditory events”. PhD Project co-supervised by Hermann J. Müller and Benedikt Grothe (both LMU Munich) in the DFG Research Training Group (RTG) 2175 <a href="https://www.mcn.uni-muenchen.de/teaching/grad_training/rtg_2175/index.html" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">Perception In Context and Its Neural Basis</a></li><li data-list-item-id="eee54ee4c75bea04a131fc2077895ec5a">German Research Foundation (DFG) LI 2868/3-1: “Understanding visual-working-memory encoding as a visual search for multiple targets”. Individual project in the DFG Research Unit FOR 2293 <a href="https://www.for2293.uni-muenchen.de/index.html">Active Perception</a></li><li data-list-item-id="e68c098547471b3c6c640365359890246">LMUexcellent Investment Fund “Distraction in visual working memory” with Hermann J. Müller</li><li data-list-item-id="eb9a11a3dcfa007efec062e7dfa528062">LMUexcellent Junior Research Grant “Selective processing of visual information”&nbsp;</li></ul> Teaching experience: <ul><li data-list-item-id="e391f5e12ae42aec98709fdbaa2710417">Methods/Statistics: lecture and tutorial on statistics, empirical research practicum, electroencephalography, data analysis (with R), (neuro-)computational modeling (with Matlab), internships&nbsp;</li><li data-list-item-id="e1b2e3952d309b60fcf0ffc6c1c15042c">General&nbsp;Psychology/Neurosciences: lectures on working memory, motivation, emotion, biological psychology, perception, motor skills, somatosensory system</li><li data-list-item-id="e67a39443d0046a147c88f7293c26577a">Study Programs: MSc Psychology (LMU), MSc Neurosciences (LMU), MSc Neuro-Cognitive Psychology (LMU), BSc Psychology (LMU), Minor in Psychology (LMU), BSc Psychology (Bremen), MSc Psychology (Bremen), Graduate School for Systemic Neurosciences (LMU)</li></ul> Scientific coordination: <ul><li data-list-item-id="e383c83a38d6b5e1960c54a9a7cb18cf3">Co-speaker of the Center for Advanced StudiesLMU Research Group <a href="https://www.cas.lmu.de/en/programs/cas-research-groups/handling-visual-distraction.html" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">Handling Visual Distraction</a>; speaker: Hermann J. Müller (October 2021-September 2022)</li><li data-list-item-id="e26e3984b7f2176c5d1771a48f679e8e2">Organization and Chair of the closing conference of the Research Group <a href="https://www.cas.lmu.de/en/programs/cas-research-groups/handling-visual-distraction.html" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">Handling Visual Distraction</a> with Hermann J. Müller (July 2022)</li><li data-list-item-id="ec04fec25e0e32f971241b70f44f962ee">Organization of the <a href="https://www.psy.lmu.de/exp/research/vwm/index.html">Munich Symposium on Visual Working Memory</a> with Hermann J. Müller (July 2017)&nbsp;</li></ul> Editorial roles: <ul><li data-list-item-id="ee8f374bbf96620062a88b95b3f4c1e24">Cortex: Associate Editor (2026), Consulting Editor (2025)</li><li data-list-item-id="e6f69682da4d31c64b9af0b27db3e20ba">Visual Cognition: Guest Editor ("Handling Visual Distraction",&nbsp;Issue 9-10, 2024; with Dominique Lamy, Jan Theeuwes, and Hermann J. Müller)</li><li data-list-item-id="e2fa6473506b0f61c3266bf4336b7bcae">British Journal of Psychology: Guest Editor ("Current Directions in Visual Working Memory Research", Issue 2, 2019; with Hermann J. Müller)</li></ul> Peer reviewing (†multiple papers; *co-reviewer; regularly) for: <ul><li data-list-item-id="e6c90752a305565ae249b04fd17003a4e">>200 reviewed papers for 72&nbsp;scientific journals, including:&nbsp;Acta Psychologica†; Attention, Perception, &amp; Psychophysics†; Behavior Research Methods†; Biological Psychology; Brain &amp; Cognition†; Brain Research†; British Journal of Psychology†; Cerebral Cortex†; Cognition†; Cognitive Psychology; Cortex†; Experimental Brain Research†; Human Brain Mapping; Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience†; Journal of Experimental Psychology: General†; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance†; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition†; Journal of Neuroscience†; Nature Communications; Nature Human Behaviour; NeuroImage†; Neuropsychologia†; PLOS Computational Biology; PLOS ONE†; PNAS; Psychological Medicine†; Psychological Science*; Psychonomic Bulletin &amp; Review†; Psychophysiology†; Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology†; Trends in Cognitive Sciences†; Visual Cognition†</li><li data-list-item-id="e2a5cc0f5437c27a375d0a0d68b8fc023">Funding bodies: German Research Foundation (DFG)†, National Science Foundation (NSF)†, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research†, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Science Fund</li></ul> Content