Senior professorship for Cognitive Psychology

Prof. Dr. Edgar Erdfelder

Credit: Dr. Elisa Berdica

Headed by Prof. Dr. Edgar Erdfelder, our research group investigates various aspects of cognitive psychology. This includes in particular the processes of learning, memory, judgment, and decision making. Furthermore, we are interested in experimental methods and experimental design as well as mathematical modeling of cognitive processes.

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Team

Our team is looking forward to answering your questions.

Vier Menschen sitzen in einer Reihe vor Computern.

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Research

An overview about recent publications and research projects at our chair.

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Successful disputation of Ruben Laukenmann

Ruben Laukenmann successfully defended his dissertation „The Influence of Race on Weapon Identification: Cognitive Processes Underlying the Weapon Identification Task“ on December 15, 2023. Congratulaton, Ruben!

Credit: Daniela Haupt

Time to say Goodbye

Dr. Lena Nadarevic has left our team for the winter semester 2023/2024 to join the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences in Heidelberg. We congratulate Prof. Dr. Lena Nadarevic on her appointment as professor and wish her much joy and success in her new tasks in research and teaching!

Successful disputation of Sabrina Berres

Sabrina Berres successfully defended her dissertation, “The Sleep Benefit in Episodic Memory: Investigating Underlying Mechanisms,” on June 19, 2023. Congratulations, Sabrina!

Credit: Katrin Glückler

Lasse Elsemüller receives Otto-Selz-Award

At this year's graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Lasse Elsemüller was awarded the Otto-Selz-Prize for the best master's thesis in psychology. His master thesis is entitled “Bayesian Comparison of Hierarchical Models Using Specialized Deep Learning Architectures”. The thesis was ...

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Prof. Dr. Edgar Erdfelder

Senior Professor

erdfelder[at]uni-mannheim.de

University of Mannheim
School of Social Sciences
A5
B – Room 118
68159 Mannheim

Phone: +49 621 181-2146
Web: sowi.uni-mannheim.de/en/erdfelder

Office hours:
after consultation with Prof. Erdfelder

Credit: Dr. Elisa Berdica

Senior professorship for Cognitive Psychology

Prof. Dr. Edgar Erdfelder

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Research

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Prof. Dr. Edgar Erdfelder

Senior professorship for Cognitive Psychology

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