Professor Dr. Edgar Erdfelder was born in 1953 in Göttingen, Germany. After his studies of Psychology, German Literature, and History at Georg-August University in his hometown (1974–1980), he became Research Assistant and Instructor at Trier University in 1981. Later on he proceeded as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the Psychological Institute of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University Bonn (1984–2001). In 2001 he was appointed as Associate Professor of Psychological Methods at the Department of Psychology of Justus-Liebig University Gießen before he moved to Mannheim in the subsequent year.
Professor Dr. Edgar Erdfelder has been a Full Professor of Psychology and Head of the Department Psychology III (Cognitive Psychology and Individual Differences) at the University of Mannheim since 2002. From 2018 to 2021, he was the Vice President of Research and Early-Career Researchers.
Professional and Academic Career
Professional career
2007 Offer of the Professorship of Applied Methods of Psychology at the University of Vienna, Austria (declined). 2004 Offer of the Chair of Experimental Psychology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (declined). Since April 2002 Professor of Psychology, Chair for Cognitive Psychology and Individual Differences (Psychology III), University of Mannheim, Germany. 2001–2002 Professor of Quantitative Psychology, Department of Psychology, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany. 1984–2001 Lecturer (1984–1987) and Senior Lecturer (1987–2001), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany. 1981–1984 Research Assistant and Instructor, Department of Psychology, Trier University, Germany. Academic career
2000 Post-doctoral lecturer qualification in Psychology, School of Philosophy, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany. 1986 Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.), Department of Psychology, University of Trier, Germany. 1980 Diploma (M.Sc.) in Psychology, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen. 1974–1980 Studies of Psychology, German Literature, Linguistics, and History, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen. 1972–1974 Alternative National Service (Community Service), Psychiatric Hospital, Göttingen. 1965–1972 Felix-Klein-Gymnasium (High school), Göttingen, Germany Services and Offices
2018–2021 Vice President of Research and Early-Career Researchers 2017–2018 Spokesperson of the “DFG Graduiertenkolleg 2277 Statistical Modeling in Psychology” (SMiP) 2016–2019 Dean of the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS), University of Mannheim 2016–2019 Academic Director of the Center of Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (CDSS), University of Mannheim 2012–2016 Spokesperson of the Review Panel Psychology of the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)” 2008–2016 Member of the Review Panel Psychology of the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)” 2006–2013 Member of Curatorship of the “Zentrum für psychologische Information und Dokumentation (ZPID)” 2004–2011 Dean of Education for the “Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften” (School of Social Sciences) at the University of Mannheim 2004–2006 Member of the Executive Committee of the “Föderation Deutscher Psychologenvereinigungen” 2004–2006 Secretary of the Executive Committee of the “Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)” (German Psychological Society) 2004–2006 Spokesperson of the Department of Psychology at the University of Mannheim, Germany Editorial Activities and Editorial Board Memberships
Editorial Activities
- Associate Editor of “Frontiers of Psychology, Section Cogntive Science” (since 2021)
- Associate Editor of “Frontiers of Psychology, Section Quantitative Psychology and Measurement” (since 2018)
- Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology” (2017 – 2020).
- Associate Editor of the journal “Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology” (2007–2017).
- Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Experimental Psychology” (2007–2010).
Editorial Board Memberships
- Review Editor in the Editorial Board of the journal “Frontiers in Psychology, Section Cognition” (since 2019).
- Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal “Open Psychology” (since 2017).
- Review Editor in the Editorial Board of the journal “Frontiers in Psychology, Section Cognitive Science” (2010 – 2021).
- Review Editor in the Editorial Board of the journal “Frontiers in Psychology, Section Quantitative Psychology and Measurement” (2010 – 2018).
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Methodology – European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences” (since 2004).
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling” (2010–2015).
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Psychology Science / Psychology Science Quarterly” (2003–2009).
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Experimental Psychology” (2001–2006 and since 2011).
- Consulting Editor in the Editorial Board of the journal “Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition” (2000–2002)
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Methods of Psychological Research – online” (1996–2004).
Ad-hoc Reviews
For Journals
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science; American Statistician; Behavior Research Methods / Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers; Biological Rhythm Research; Brain and Cognition; British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology; British Journal of Psychology; British Journal of Social Psychology; Cognition; Cognition and Emotion; Cognitive Processing; Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications; Cognitive Science; Consciousness and Cognition; Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods; Computational Brain & Behavior; Computers in Biology and Medicine; Diagnostica; E-Biomedicine; Empirische Pädagogik; European Journal of Cognitive Psychology; European Journal of Social Psychology; Experimental Psychology; Frontiers in Psychology, Section Cognitive Science; Frontiers in Psychology, Section Quantitative Psychology and Measurement; Human Movement Science; Information Sciences; Journal of Computational Science; Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics; Journal of Experimental Psychology: General; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition; Journal of Mathematical Psychology; Journal of Psychosomatic Research; Judgment and Decision Making; Marine Pollution Bulletin; Mathematics; Memory; Memory & Cognition; Methodology; Methodika; Methods of Psychological Research – online; Multivariate Behavioral Research; Neuroscience Letters; New Ideas in Psychology; Perspectives on Psychological Science; PLOS Computational Biology; PLOS ONE; Psychiatry Research; Psychological Methods; Psychological Research; Psychological Review; Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling; Psychologische Beiträge; Psychologische Rundschau; Psychology Science/
Psychology Science Quarterly; Psychometrika; Psychonomic Bulletin & Review; Report Psychologie; SAGE Open; Scientific Reports; Spanish Journal of Psychology; Sprache & Kognition; Swiss Journal of Psychology; The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology; Zeitschrift für Differentielle und Diagnostische Psychologie; Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie / Zeitschrift für experimentelle und angewandte Psychologie; Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie; Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie; Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology; Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie For Grant Agencies, Awards and Fellowships
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn; Baden-Württemberg Stiftung; Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Bonn; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie e.V. (DGPs); Deutsch-Israelische Stiftung für Wissenschaftliche Forschung und Entwicklung (GIF), Jerusalem, Israel; European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS), Paris, Frankreich; European Research Council (ERC), European Commission, Brussels, Belgium; Fachgruppe Allgemeine Psychologie in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie e.V. (DGPs); Fachgruppe Methoden & Evaluation in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie e.V. (DGPs); Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg (FNR), Luxembourg; Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF), Wien, Österreich; Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Jerusalem, Israel; Israel Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS), Jerusalem, Israel; Marsden Fund, Wellington, New Zealand; Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR); Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia; National Science Centre, Kraków, Poland; National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington D.C., USA; Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Bern, Schweiz; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Ottawa, ON, Canada; Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Bonn; VolkswagenStiftung, Hannover.
Research Interests and Projects
Research Interests
- Episodic memory
- Judgment and memory illusions
- Source memory
- Explicit vs. implicit processes in memory
- Cognitive aging
- Methodological foundations of Experimental Psychology
- Stochastic modeling of cognitive processes
- Statistical power analysis
Current Projects
- Experimental tests of proximate explanations of the survival processing effect in episodic memory (DFG), since 2018, Project partners: Prof. Dr. Meike Kroneisen (University of Koblenz-Landau) and Prof. Dr. Siri-Maria Kamp (University of Trier)
- Hierarchical MPT modeling – methodological comparisons and application guidelines (Scientific Network, DFG), since 2017
Spokespersons: Dr. Julia Groß (Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf) and Prof. Dr. Beatrice G. Kuhlmann (University of Mannheim) - Statistical modeling in psychology (SMiP), Research Training Group GRK 2277 (DFG), since 2017
SMiP-Website
Completed Projects
- Optimization theory of memory-based decisions: Model and evaluation (DFG Research Unit FOR 1410), 2013–2017
- Fast and easy decision-making: a cost-benefit approach (DFG Research Unit FOR 1410), 2009–2013
- Cognitive determinants of memory judgments and their influence on decisions (SFB 504, DFG), 2006–2008.
- Evidence-based stress prevention and health (Forschungsschwerpunkt Baden-Württemberg), 2006–2007.
- Honest answers to embarassing questions: Experimental surveys using the Randomized Response Technique (DFG), 2006–2007.
- Investigating adult age differences in recognition memory using an eyewitness memory paradigm (NIA, Washington D.C., USA), 2004–2005.
- Metacognition: A window to the conscious and unconscious determinants of behavior (Deutsch-Israelische Projektkooperation, BMBF), 2003–2006.
- Aging, memory, and judgment bias (TransCoop cooperation, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation), 2001–2003.
- Multinomial models of cognitive illusions (DFG), 1994–2000.
- Psychophysics of selected perceptual illusions (DFG), 1990–1993.
Awards and Prizes
- Member of the Academia Europaea (2022)
- Teaching Award (Best Lecture 2019/
2020: “Differentielle Psychologie und Persönlichkeitspsychologie”), University of Mannheim (2020) - Martin-Irle Award of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) (2020)
- Member of honor of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) (2020)
- Member of the Wilhelm-Wundt-Gesellschaft (2017)
- Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (2016)
- Teaching Award (Best Lecture 2015/
2016: “Allgemeine Psychologie 2: Lernen und Gedächtnis“), University of Mannheim (2016) - Teaching Award of the University of Mannheim (2016)
- Memory & Cognition Best Paper Award 2015 (jointly with Monika Undorf) for:
- Undorf, M., & Erdfelder, E. (2015). The relatedness effect on judgments of learning: A closer look at the contribution of processing fluency. Memory & Cognition, 43, 647–658. doi:10.3758/s13421–014-0479-x
- Fellow of the Psychonomic Society (2014)
- Teaching Award (Best Seminar 2013/
2014: “Evolution und Kognition“), University of Mannheim (2014) - Teaching Award (Best Lecture 2013/
2014: “Differentielle Psychologie und Persönlichkeitsforschung“), University of Mannheim (2014) - Teaching Award (Best Lecture 2010/
2011: “Allgemeine Psychologie 2: Lernen und Gedächtnis“), University of Mannheim (2011) - Young Psychologist Award, 25th International Congress of Psychology in Brussels, Belgium (1992)
- Heinz Heckhausen Award, German Psychological Society (1988)
- Dissertation Award, University of Trier (1987)
Publications
2023
- Laukenmann, R., Erdfelder, E., Heck, D. W. & Moshagen, M. (2023). Cognitive processes underlying the weapon identification task: A comparison of models accounting for both response frequencies and response times. Social Cognition.
- Li, Y., Schlather, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2023). A queueing model of visual search. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 115(Article 102766), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2023.102766
- Nestler, S. & Erdfelder, E. (2023). Random effects multinomial processing tree models: A maximum likelihood approach. Psychometrika (forthcoming).
- Schmidt, O., Erdfelder, E. & Heck, D. W. (2023). Tutorial on multinomial processing tree modeling: How to develop, test, and extend MPT models. Psychological Methods (forthcoming).
2022
- Giroux, M. E., Hunsche, M. C., Erdfelder, E., Kumar, R. & Bernstein, D. M. (2022). Hindsight Bias for Emotional Faces. Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001068
- Kroneisen, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2022). Survival processing effect. In R. F. Pohl (eds.), Cognitive illusions : intriguing phenomena in judgement, thinking and memory (3., S. 3–23). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
- Kroneisen, M., Kriechbaumer, M., Kamp, S.-M. & Erdfelder, E. (2022). Realistic context doesn`t amplify the survival processing effect: Lessons learned from Covid-19 scenarios. Acta Psychologica, 222(Article 103459), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103459
- Malejka, S., Heck, D. W. & Erdfelder, E. (2022). Recognition-memory models and ranking tasks: The importance of auxiliary assumptions for tests of the two-high-threshold model. Journal of Memory and Language : JML, 127(Article 104356), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2022.104356
- Nicolai, J., Moshagen, M., Schillings, K. & Erdfelder, E. (2022). The role of base-rate neglect in cyberchondria and health anxiety. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 91(Article 102609), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2022.102609
- Pohl, R. F. & Erdfelder, E. (2022). Hindsight bias. In R. F. Pohl (eds.), Cognitive illusions : intriguing phenomena in judgement, thinking and memory (3., S. 436–454). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
- Quevedo Pütter, J. & Erdfelder, E. (2022). Alcohol-induced retrograde facilitation? Mixed evidence in a preregistered replication and encoding-maintenance-retrieval analysis. Experimental Psychology, 69(6), 335–350. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618–3169/a000569
- Schnuerch, M., Heck, D. W. & Erdfelder, E. (2022). Waldian t tests: Sequential Bayesian t tests with controlled error probabilities. Psychological Methods. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000492
- Voelkle, M. C. & Erdfelder, E. (2022). Power Analysis. In F. Maggino (eds.), Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research (2. Auflage, S. ). : Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978–3-319–69909-7_2230–2
2021
- Berres, S. & Erdfelder, E. (2021). The sleep benefit in episodic memory: An integrative review and a meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 147(12), 1309–1353. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000350
- Erdfelder, E., Antoni, C. H., Bermeitinger, C., Bühner, M., Elsner, B., Fydrich, T., Gärtner, A., Gollwitzer, M., König, C., Spinath, B., Tuschen-Caffier, B. & Vaterrodt, B. (2021). Präsenzveranstaltungen: Unverzichtbarer Kernbestandteil einer qualitativ hochwertigen universitären Psychologieausbildung : Kommission Studium und Lehre der DGPs. Psychologische Rundschau, 72(1), 19–26. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033–3042/a000492
- Erdfelder, E. & Schnuerch, M. (2021). On the efficiency of the independent segments procedure: A direct comparison with sequential probability ratio tests. Psychological Methods, 26(4), 501–506. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000404
- Kroneisen, M., Kriechbauer, M., Kamp, S.-M. & Erdfelder, E. (2021). How can I use it? The role of functional fixedness in the survival-processing paradigm. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review : PB&R, 28(1), 324–332. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423–020-01802-y
2020
- Erdfelder, E., Hu, X., Rouder, J. N. & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2020). Cognitive psychometrics: The scientific legacy of William H. Batchelder (1940–2018). Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 99(Article 102468), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2020.102468
- Forester, G., Kroneisen, M., Erdfelder, E. & Kamp, S.-M. (2020). Adaptive memory: Independent effects of survival processing and reward motivation on memory. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14(Article 588100), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.588100
- Forester, G., Kroneisen, M., Erdfelder, E. & Kamp, S.-M. (2020). Survival processing modulates the neurocognitive mechanisms of episodic encoding. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience : CABN, 20(4), 717–729. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415–020-00798–1
- Heck, D. W. & Erdfelder, E. (2020). Benefits of response time-extended multinomial processing tree models: A reply to Starns (2018). Psychonomic Bulletin & Review : PB&R, 27(3), 571–580. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423–019-01663–0
- Janke, S., Hein, J., Daumiller, M., Rinas, R., Erdfelder, E., Dresel, M. & Dickhäuser, O. (2020). Open Access Evaluation: Lehr-Evaluation-Online (LEO) als Instrument zur studentischen Lehrveranstaltungsevaluation. Qualität in der Wissenschaft : QiW, 14(4), 120–125.
- Schnuerch, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2020). Controlling decision errors with minimal costs: The sequential probability ratio t test. Psychological Methods, 25(2), 206–226. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000234
- Schnuerch, M., Erdfelder, E. & Heck, D. W. (2020). Sequential hypotheses tests for multinomial processing tree models. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 95, Article 102326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2020.102326
2019
- Erdfelder, E. & Heck, D. W. (2019). Detecting evidential value and p-hacking with the p-curve tool: A word of caution. Zeitschrift für Psychologie = Journal of Psychology, 227(4), 249–260. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151–2604/a000383
- Forester, G., Kroneisen, M., Erdfelder, E. & Kamp, S.-M. (2019). On the role of retrieval processes in the survival processing effect: Evidence from ROC and ERP analyses. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 166, Article 107083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2019.107083
- Heck, D. W. & Erdfelder, E. (2019). Maximizing the expected information gain of cognitive modeling via design optimization. Computational Brain & Behavior, 2(3/4), 202–209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42113–019-00035–0
- Jung, D., Erdfelder, E., Bröder, A. & Dorner, V. (2019). Differentiating motivational and cognitive explanations for decision inertia. Journal of Economic Psychology, 72, 30–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2019.01.004
- Kranz, D., Nadarevic, L. & Erdfelder, E. (2019). Bald and bad? Experimental evidence for a dual-process account of baldness stereotyping. Experimental Psychology, 66(5), 331–345. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618–3169/a000457
- Kuhlmann, B. G., Erdfelder, E. & Moshagen, M. (2019). Testing interactions in multinomial processing tree models. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(Article 2364). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02364
- Nadarevic, L. & Erdfelder, E. (2019). More evidence against the Spinozan model: Cognitive load diminishes memory for “true” feedback. Memory & Cognition, 47(7), 1386–1400. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421–019-00940–6
2018
- Erdfelder, E. (2018). Fallstricke statistischer Signifikanz : Wissenschaftliche Fachzeitschriften und die Replikationskrise. Forschung & Lehre, 23(2), 114–115.
- Erdfelder, E. (2018). Gibt es ein fotografisches Gedächtnis? Gehirn & Geist, 2018(3), 42–43.
- Erdfelder, E. & Ulrich, R. (2018). Zur Methodologie von Replikationsstudien. Psychologische Rundschau, 69(1), 3–21. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033–3042/a000387
- Heck, D. W., Erdfelder, E. & Kieslich, P. J. (2018). Generalized processing tree models: Jointly modeling discrete and continuous variables. Psychometrika, 83(4), 893–918. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336–018-9622–0
- Michalkiewicz, M., Arden, K. & Erdfelder, E. (2018). Do smarter people employ better decision strategies? The influence of intelligence on adaptive use of the recognition heuristic. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 31(1), 3–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2040
- Ulrich, R., Miller, J. & Erdfelder, E. (2018). Effect size estimation from t-statistics in the presence of publication bias: A brief review of existing approaches with some extensions. Zeitschrift für Psychologie = Journal of Psychology, 226(1), 56–80. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151–2604/a000319
2017
- Castela, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2017). Further evidence for the memory state heuristic : Recognition latency predictions for binary inferences. Judgment and Decision Making, 12(6), 537–552.
- Castela, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2017). The memory state heuristic : a formal model based on repeated recognition judgments. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 43(2), 205–225. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000299
- Erdfelder, E. & Leplow, B. (2017). Ten years after. Zeitschrift für Psychologie = Journal of Psychology, 225(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151–2604/a000293
- Heck, D. W. & Erdfelder, E. (2017). Linking process and measurement models of recognition-based decisions. Psychological Review, 124(4), 442–471. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000063
- Kroneisen, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2017). Survival processing effect. In R. F. Pohl (eds.), Cognitive illusions : intriguing phenomena in judgement, thinking and memory (2., S. 357–372). London ; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
- Pohl, R. F. & Erdfelder, E. (2017). Hindsight bias. In R. F. Pohl (eds.), Cognitive illusions : intriguing phenomena in judgement, thinking and memory (2., S. 424–445). London ; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
- Pohl, R. F., Michalkiewicz, M., Erdfelder, E. & Hilbig, B. E. (2017). Use of the recognition heuristic depends on the domain’s recognition validity, not on the recognition validity of selected sets of objects. Memory & Cognition, 45(5), 776–791. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421–017-0689–0
2016
- Coolin, A., Erdfelder, E., Bernstein, D. M., Thornton, A. E. & Thornton, W. L. (2016). Inhibitory control underlies individual differences in older adults' hindsight bias. Psychology and Aging, 31(3), 224–238. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000088
- Erdfelder, E. & Bosnjak, M. (2016). Hotspots in psychology : a new format for special issues of the Zeitschrift für Psychologie. Zeitschrift für Psychologie = Journal of Psychology, 224(3), 141–144. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151–2604/a000249
- Heck, D. W. & Erdfelder, E. (2016). Extending multinomial processing tree models to measure the relative speed of cognitive processes. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review : PB&R, 23(5), 1440–1465. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423–016-1025–6
- Kellen, D., Erdfelder, E., Malmberg, K. J., Dubé, C. & Criss, A. H. (2016). The ignored alternative: an application of Luce’s low-threshold model to recognition memory. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 75, 86–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2016.03.001
- Kroneisen, M., Rummel, J. & Erdfelder, E. (2016). What kind of processing is survival processing? Effects of different types of dual-task load on the survival processing effect. Memory & Cognition, 44(8), 1228–1243. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421–016-0634–7
- Michalkiewicz, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2016). Individual differences in use of the recognition heuristic are stable across time, choice objects, domains, and presentation formats. Memory & Cognition, 44(3), 454–468. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421–015-0567–6
- Moshagen, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2016). A new strategy for testing structural equation models. Structural Equation Modeling, 23(1), 54–60. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2014.950896
- Pohl, R. F., Erdfelder, E., Michalkiewicz, M., Castela, M. & Hilbig, B. E. (2016). The limited use of the fluency heuristic : converging evidence across different procedures. Memory & Cognition, 44(7), 1114–1126. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421–016-0622-y
- Ulrich, R., Erdfelder, E., Deutsch, R., Strauß, B., Brüggemann, A., Hannover, B., Tuschen-Caffier, B., Kirschbaum, C., Blickle, G., Möller, J. & Rief, W. (2016). Inflation von falsch-positiven Befunden in der psychologischen Forschung : mögliche Ursachen und Gegenmaßnahmen. Psychologische Rundschau, 67(3), 163–174. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033–3042/a000296
2015
- Coolin, A., Erdfelder, E., Bernstein, D. M., Thornton, A. E. & Thornton, W. L. (2015). Explaining individual differences in cognitive processes underlying hindsight bias. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review : PB&R, 22(2), 328–248. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423–014-0691–5
- Erdfelder, E., Castela, M., Michalkiewicz, M. & Heck, D. W. (2015). The advantages of model fitting compared to model simulation in research on preference construction. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Art. 140, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00140
- Hilbig, B. E., Michalkiewicz, M., Castela, M., Pohl, R. F. & Erdfelder, E. (2015). Whatever the cost? Information integration in memory-based inferences depends on cognitive effort. Memory & Cognition, 43(4), 659–671. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421–014-0493-z
- Thielmann, I., Erdfelder, E. & Stahlberg, D. (2015). Now you see it, now you don’t : explaining inconsistent evidence on gender stereotyping of newborns. European Journal of Social Psychology, 45(6), 678–686. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2132
- Undorf, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2015). The relatedness effect on judgments of learning: A closer look at the contribution of processing fluency. Memory & Cognition, 43(4), 647–658. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421–014-0479-x
2014
- Castela, M., Kellen, D., Erdfelder, E. & Hilbig, B. E. (2014). The impact of subjective recognition experiences on recognition heuristic use: A multinomial processing tree approach. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review : PB&R, 21(5), 1131–1138. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423–014-0587–4
- Erdfelder, E. & Kroneisen, M. (2014). Proximate cognitive mechanisms underlying the survival processing effect. In B. L. Schwartz (eds.), What is adaptive about adaptive memory? (S. 172–198). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199928057.001.0001
- Heck, D. W., Moshagen, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2014). Model selection by minimum description length : Lower-bound sample sizes for the Fisher information approximation. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 60, 29–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2014.06.002
- Kroneisen, M., Rummel, J. & Erdfelder, E. (2014). Working memory load eliminates the survival processing effect. Memory, 22(1), 92–102. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2013.815217
- Küpper-Tetzel, C. E., Erdfelder, E. & Dickhäuser, O. (2014). The lag effect in secondary school classrooms : Enhancing students’ memory for vocabulary. Instructional Science, 42(3), 373–388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251–013-9285–2
- Moshagen, M., Hilbig, B. E., Erdfelder, E. & Moritz, A. (2014). An experimental validation method for questioning techniques that assess sensitive issues. Experimental Psychology, 61(1), 48–54. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618–3169/a000226
- Nadarevic, L. & Erdfelder, E. (2014). Initial judgment task and delay of the final validity-rating task moderate the truth effect. Consciousness and Cognition, 23, 74–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2013.12.002
2013
- Erdfelder, E. & Moshagen, M. (2013). Conjoint measurement of disorder prevalence, test sensitivity, and test specificity: Notes on Botella, Huang, and Suero’s multinomial model. Frontiers in Psychology, 4(876), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00876
- Greve, W., Bröder, A. & Erdfelder, E. (2013). Result-blind peer reviews and editorial decisions: A missing pillar of scientific culture. European Psychologist, 18(4), 286–294. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016–9040/a000144
- Kroneisen, M., Erdfelder, E. & Buchner, A. (2013). The proximate memory mechanism underlying the survival processing effect : Richness of encoding or interactive imagery? Memory, 21(4), 494–502. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2012.741603
- Nadarevic, L. & Erdfelder, E. (2013). Spinoza’s error: Memory for truth and falsity. Memory & Cognition, 41(2), 176–186. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421–012-0251-z
- Pohl, R. F., Erdfelder, E., Hilbig, B. E., Liebke, L. & Stahlberg, D. (2013). Effort reduction after self-control depletion : The role of cognitive resources in use of simple heuristics. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 25(3), 267–276. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2012.758101
- Undorf, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2013). Separation of encoding fluency and item difficulty effects on judgements of learning. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology : QJEP, 66(10), 2060–2072. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2013.777751
2012
- Aßfalg, A. & Erdfelder, E. (2012). CAML – Maximum likelihood consensus analysis. Behavior Research Methods : BRM, 44(1), 189–201. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428–011-0138–0
- Bell, R., Buchner, A., Erdfelder, E., Giang, T., Schain, C. & Riether, N. (2012). How specific is source memory for faces of cheaters? Evidence for categorical emotional tagging. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(2), 457–472. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026017
- Hilbig, B. E., Erdfelder, E. & Pohl, R. F. (2012). A matter of time : Antecedents of one-reason decision making based on recognition. Acta Psychologica, 141(1), 9–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.05.006
- Küpper-Tetzel, C. E. & Erdfelder, E. (2012). Encoding, maintenance, and retrieval processes in the lag effect : A multinomial processing tree analysis. Memory, 20(1), 37–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2011.631550
- Moshagen, M., Musch, J. & Erdfelder, E. (2012). A stochastic lie detector. Behavior Research Methods : BRM, 44(1), 222–231. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428–011-0144–2
- Waubert de Puiseau, B., Aßfalg, A., Erdfelder, E. & Bernstein, D. M. (2012). Extracting the truth from conflicting eyewitness reports : A formal modeling approach. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Applied, 18(4), 390–403. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029801
2011
- Bernstein, D. M., Erdfelder, E., Meltzoff, A. N., Peria, W. & Loftus, G. R. (2011). Hindsight bias from 3 to 95 years of age. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(2), 378–391. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021971
- Erdfelder, E., Küpper-Tetzel, C. E. & Mattern, S. D. (2011). Threshold models of recognition and the recognition heuristic. Judgment and Decision Making, 6(1), 7–22. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00147
- Hilbig, B. E., Erdfelder, E. & Pohl, R. F. (2011). Fluent, fast, and frugal? A formal model evaluation of the interplay between memory, fluency, and comparative judgments. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(4), 827–839. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022638
- Kroneisen, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2011). On the plasticity of the survival processing effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(6), 1553–1562. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024493
- Nadarevic, L. & Erdfelder, E. (2011). Cognitive processes in implicit attitude tasks: An experimental validation of the Trip Model. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41(2), 254–268. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.776
- Undorf, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2011). Judgments of learning reflect encoding fluency: Conclusive evidence for the ease-of-processing hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(5), 1264–1269. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023719
2010
- Erdfelder, E. (2010). Experimental psychology: A note on statistical analysis. Experimental Psychology, 57(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618–3169/a000001
- Erdfelder, E., Faul, F., Buchner, A. & Cüpper, L. (2010). Effektgröße und Teststärke. In H. Holling (eds.), Handbuch Statistik, Methoden und Evaluation (S. 358–369). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe.
- Hilbig, B. E., Erdfelder, E. & Pohl, R. F. (2010). One-reason decision-making unveiled: A measurement model of the recognition heuristic. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36(1), 123–134. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017518
- Völkle, M. C. & Erdfelder, E. (2010). Varianz- und Kovarianzanalyse. In C. Wolf (eds.), Handbuch der sozialwissenschaftlichen Datenanalyse (S. 451–489). Wiesbaden: VS Verl. für Sozialwiss.
2009
- Bernstein, D. M., Rudd, M. E., Erdfelder, E., Godfrey, R. & Loftus, E. F. (2009). The revelation effect for autobiographical memory: A mixture-model analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review : PB&R, 16(3), 463–468. https://doi.org/10.3758/PBR.16.3.463
- Erdfelder, E. (2009). Experimental Psychology: Continuity and change. Experimental Psychology, 56(1), 1–4.
- Erdfelder, E., Auer, T.-S., Hilbig, B. E., Aßfalg, A., Moshagen, M. & Nadarevic, L. (2009). Multinomial processing tree models: a review of the literature. Zeitschrift für Psychologie = Journal of Psychology, 21(3), 108–124. https://doi.org/10.1027/0044–3409.217.3.108
- Faul, F., Erdfelder, E., Buchner, A. & Lang, A.-G. (2009). Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression analyses. Behavior Research Methods : BRM, 41(4), 1149–1160.
- Vent, S. & Erdfelder, E. (2009). Das Mannheimer Informationssystem für Studieninteressierte der Sozialwissenschaften: Führt ein Erwartungstest als Self-Assessment tatsächlich zu korrekteren Erwartungen bei Studienanfängern? In G. Rudinger (eds.), Self-Assessment an Hochschulen : Von der Studienfachwahl zur Profilbildung (S. 99–110). Göttingen: V&R Unipress.
- Vent, S., Erdfelder, E. & Heilig, B. (2009). MISS – Mannheimer Informationssystem für Studieninteressierte der Sozialwissenschaften. Zeitschrift für Beratung und Studium : ZBS, 4(1), 23–25.
2008
- Erdfelder, E. (2008). Experimental Psychology: Good news. Experimental Psychology, 55(1), 1–2.
- Stahl, C., Klauer, K. C. & Erdfelder, E. (2008). Matching bias in the selection task is not eliminated by explicit negations. Thinking & Reasoning, 14(3), 281–303.
2007
- Bayen, U. J., Pohl, R. F., Erdfelder, E. & Auer, T.-S. (2007). Hindsight bias across the life span. Social Cognition, 25(1), 83–97. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2007.25.1.83
- Erdfelder, E. (2007). Experimental Psychology: A successful transition. Experimental Psychology, 54(1), 1–5.
- Erdfelder, E. & Brandt, M. (2007). Memory measurement. In J. Wassmann (eds.), Experiencing new worlds (S. 201–223). New York, NY [u.a.]: Berghan Books.
- Erdfelder, E., Brandt, M. & Bröder, A. (2007). Recollection biases in hindsight judgments. Social Cognition, 25(1), 114–131. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2007.25.1.114
- Erdfelder, E., Cüpper, L., Auer, T.-S. & Undorf, M. (2007). The four-states model of memory retrieval experiences. Zeitschrift für Psychologie = Journal of Psychology, 215(1), 61–71.
- Erdfelder, E. & Geisberger, A. (2007). Curriculare Normwerte für die neuen Studiengänge. Psychologische Rundschau, 58(4), 274–277.
- Faul, F., Erdfelder, E., Lang, A.-G. & Buchner, A. (2007). G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical scienes. Behavior Research Methods : BRM, 39(2), 175–191.
- Holling, H. & Erdfelder, E. (2007). Editorial : The new Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology. Zeitschrift für Psychologie = Journal of Psychology, 215(1), 1–3.
- Klauer, K. C., Stahl, C. & Erdfelder, E. (2007). The abstract selection task: New data and an almost comprehensive model. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33(4), 680–703.
- Mayr, S., Erdfelder, E., Buchner, A. & Faul, F. (2007). A short tutorial of GPower. Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 3(2), 51–59.
2006
- Bayen, U. J., Erdfelder, E., Bearden, J. N. & Lozito, J. P. (2006). The interplay of memory and judgment processes in effects of aging on hindsight bias. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32(5), 1003–1018.
- Brandt, M. & Erdfelder, E. (2006). Übersicht : Methoden und Statistik. In Handbuch der Allgemeinen Psychologie – Kognition (S. 677–684). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
- Erdfelder, E., Cüpper, L. & Auer, T.-S. (2006). Multinomiale Verarbeitungsbaummodelle. In Handbuch der Allgemeinen Psychologie – Kognition (S. 760–768). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
- Erdfelder, E. & Musch, J. (2006). Experimental methods of psychological assessment. In Handbook of Multimethod Measurement in Psychology (S. 205–220). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
2005
- Buchner, A. & Erdfelder, E. (2005). Word frequency of irrelevant speech distractors affects serial recall. Memory & Cognition, 33(1), 86–97.
- Erdfelder, E., Faul, F. & Buchner, A. (2005). Power analysis for categorical methods. In Encyclopedia of statistics in behavioral science (S. 1565–1570). London; Weinheim [u.a.]: Wiley.
- Liekweg, A., Eckhardt, M., Malfair Taylor, S. C., Erdfelder, E. & Jaehde, U. (2005). Patient satisfaction with information on cancer treatment : Psychometric assessment and application of the Canadian PS-CaTE-questionnaire in German settings. Pharmacy World & Science : PWS, 27(2), 96–103.
- Liekweg, A., Eckhardt, M., Malfair Taylor, S. C., Erdfelder, E. & Jaehde, U. (2005). Psychometric assessment and application of a questionnaire measuring patient satisfaction with information on cancer treatment. Pharmacy World & Science : PWS, 27(2), 96–103.
- Schweizer, K. & Erdfelder, E. (2005). Sprache und Denken : Neue Argumente und Befunde zu einem alten Thema. Zeitschrift für Psychologie = Journal of Psychology, 213(3), 127–132.
2004
- Erdfelder, E. & Funke, J. (eds.) (2004). Allgemeine Psychologie und deduktivistische Methodologie . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- Cüpper, L. & Erdfelder, E. (2004). Die Wortstammlänge beeinflusst kontrollierte, nicht aber automatische Gedächtnisprozesse in der Wortstammergänzungsaufgabe. Zeitschrift für Psychologie = Journal of Psychology, 212(3), 167–176.
- Erdfelder, E. (2004). Angewandte deduktivistische Methodologie in der empirischen Psychologie. In Allgemeine Psychologie und deduktivistische Methodologie (S. 98–123). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- Erdfelder, E. (2004). Über Allgemeine und Differentielle Psychologie. In Seelenlandschaften : Streifzüge durch die Psychologie (S. 78–79). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- Erdfelder, E., Buchner, A., Faul, F. & Brandt, M. (2004). GPOWER: Teststärkeanalysen leicht gemacht. In E. Erdfelder (eds.), Allgemeine Psychologie und deduktivistische Methodologie (S. 148–166). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- Golz, D. & Erdfelder, E. (2004). Effekte von L-Dopa auf die Speicherung und den Abruf semantisch verbundener und unverbundener verbaler Informationen bei Schlaganfallpatienten. Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie, 15(4), 275–286.
2003
- Blank, H., Fischer, V. & Erdfelder, E. (2003). Hindsight bias in political elections. Memory, 11(4/5), 491–504.
- Erdfelder, E. (2003). Das Gedächtnis des Augenzeugen : Aktuelle Hypothesen und Befunde zur Genese fehlerhafter Aussagen. Report Psychologie : rp, 28(7/8), 434–445.
- Erdfelder, E. & Buchner, A. (2003). Prozessdissoziationsprozedur : Quo vadis? Zeitschrift für Psychologie = Journal of Psychology, 211(1), 17–25.
2002
- Erdfelder, E. (2002). Auf dem Wege zu einer interdisziplinär verwendbaren Systematik des Gedächtnisses? Erwägen, Wissen, Ethik : EWE = Deliberation, Knowledge, Ethics, 13(2), 197–200.
2000
- Erdfelder, E. & Brandt, M. (2000). How good are fast and frugal inference heuristics in case of limited knowledge? Behavioral and Brain Sciences : BBS, 23(5), 747–748. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00293448
- Steffens, M. C., Buchner, A., Martensen, H. & Erdfelder, E. (2000). Further evidence on the similarity of memory processes in the process dissociation procedure and in source monitoring. Memory & Cognition, 28(7), 1152–1164. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03211816
1998
- Dehn, D. M. & Erdfelder, E. (1998). What kind of bias is hindsight bias? Psychological Research, 61(2), 135–146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004260050020
- Erdfelder, E. & Bredenkamp, J. (1998). Recognition of script-typical versus script-atypical information: Effects of cognitive elaboration. Memory & Cognition, 26(5), 922–938. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03201173
- Erdfelder, E. & Buchner, A. (1998). Decomposing the hindsight bias: A multinomial processing tree model for separating recollection and reconstruction in hindsight. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 24(2), 387–414. https://doi.org/10.1037//0278–7393.24.2.387
- Erdfelder, E. & Buchner, A. (1998). Process dissociation measurement models: Threshold theory or signal-detection theory? Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 127(1), 83–96. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096–3445.127.1.83
- Steffens, M. C. & Erdfelder, E. (1998). Determinants of positive and negative generation effects in free recall. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Section A, 51(4), 705–733. https://doi.org/10.1080/713755794
1996
- Erdfelder, E., Mausfeld, R., Meiser, T. & Rudinger, G. (eds.) (1996). Handbuch Quantitative Methoden (Digitalisierte Ausg. 2019) . Mannheim: Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim.
- Buchner, A., Erdfelder, E. & Faul, F. (1996). Teststärkeanalysen. In E. Erdfelder (eds.), Handbuch Quantitative Methoden (Digitalisierte Ausg. 2019, S. 123–136). Mannheim: Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim. https://doi.org/10.25521/HQM10
- Erdfelder, E., Faul, F. & Buchner, A. (1996). GPOWER: A general power analysis program. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 28(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203630
- Erdfelder, E., Rietz, C. & Rudinger, G. (1996). Methoden der Entwicklungspsychologie. In E. Erdfelder (eds.), Handbuch Quantitative Methoden (Digitalisierte Ausg. 2019, S. 539–550). Mannheim: Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim. https://doi.org/10.25521/HQM39
- Rost, J. & Erdfelder, E. (1996). Mischverteilungsmodelle. In E. Erdfelder (eds.), Handbuch Quantitative Methoden (Digitalisierte Ausg. 2019, S. 333–348). Mannheim: Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim. https://doi.org/10.25521/HQM26
