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 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:35:39 +0100 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:35:39 +0100 University of Bremen content-351418 Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:14:33 +0200 CV https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/research-methods-and-cognitive-psychology/team/heinrich-liesefeld#c351418 Short CV: <ul> <li>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" target="_blank" title="Opens external link in new window">Senior Researcher</a> (tenured)</li> <li>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" target="_blank" title="Opens external link in new window">Handling Visual Distraction</a> at the&nbsp;Center for Advanced Studies of LMU Munich</li> <li> since November 2020: <a href="https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/academic-career-options-at-the-university-of-bremen/senior-researcher-senior-lecturer" target="_blank" title="Opens external link in new window">Researcher</a> for Applied Statistics and Cognitive Modeling at the University of Bremen (tenure track) </li> <li> November 2013-October 2020: PostDoc/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_ranks_in_Germany" target="_blank" title="Opens external link in new window">Akademischer Rat a.Z</a>. at the chair of General and Experimental Psychology at LMU Munich </li> <li> May 2020: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habilitation">Habilitation</a>&nbsp; with Venia Legendi in Psychology at LMU Munich </li> <li> 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/" target="_blank" title="Opens external link in new window">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> November 2014: Visiting Researcher at the School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Host: Marius Usher </li> <li> 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> September 2010 - January 2011: Visiting Researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Host: Xiaolan Fu </li> <li> 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> May 2008: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplom">Diplom</a> (equivalent to master's degree) in Psychology from Saarland University </li> <li> 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> Winter term 2005/Summer term 2006: Studied Chinese at East China Normal University, Shanghai, China </li> <li> Summer term 2005: Studied Cognitive Sciences and Psychology at the Université Nancy2, France </li> <li> 2003-2005: Student Assistant at the <a href="https://ceval.de/" target="_blank" title="Opens external link in new window">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> 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> 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> 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" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-023-02820-3</a> </li> <li> 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> 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" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2196-23.2024</a> </li> </ul> Current research projects: <ul> <li> 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> 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" target="_blank" title="Opens external link in new window">Perception In Context and Its Neural Basis</a> </li> <li> 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> LMUexcellent Investment Fund “Distraction in visual working memory” with Hermann J. Müller </li> <li> LMUexcellent Junior Research Grant “Selective processing of visual information”&nbsp; </li> </ul> Teaching experience: <ul> <li> Methods/Statistics: lecture and tutorial on statistics, empirical research practicum, electroencephalography, data analysis (with R), (neuro-)computational modeling (with Matlab), internships&nbsp; </li> <li> General&nbsp;Psychology/Neurosciences: lectures on working memory, motivation, emotion, biological psychology, perception, motor skills, somatosensory system </li> <li> 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> 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" target="_blank" title="Opens external link in new window">Handling Visual Distraction</a>; speaker: Hermann J. Müller (October 2021-September 2022) </li> <li> 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" target="_blank" title="Opens external link in new window">Handling Visual Distraction</a> with Hermann J. Müller (July 2022) </li> <li> 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>Cortex: Consulting Editor (EEG)</li> <li>Visual Cognition: Guest Editor ("Handling Visual Distraction",&nbsp;Issue 9-10, 2024; with Dominique Lamy, Jan Theeuwes, and Hermann J. Müller)</li> <li>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> ~200 reviewed papers for 71&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> Funding bodies: German Research Foundation (DFG)†, National Science Foundation (NSF)†, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Science Fund, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research* </li> </ul> Content