In Memoriam
Credit: Daniela Haupt
Dr. Martin Brandt
Academic Staff Member (2003–2026)
Since 2003, he had been an Academic Staff Member at the University of Mannheim and a member of our chair since 2022. He passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in July 2026. In his memory, we are preserving this page in its original form.
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Academic and Professional Career
Academic Career
2001 Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.); University of Trier, Germany 1987 – 1993 Diploma (MA) in Psychology; University of Bonn, Germany 1986 – 1987 Studies Social Sciences and Sports Sciences; University of Bonn, Germany 1985 Abitur (Diploma from German secondary school qualifying for university admission); Rheinbach, Germany Professional Career
seit 2003 Senior Lecturer; University of Mannheim 2001 – 2003 Lecturer; University of Düsseldorf 1994 – 2001 Research Assistant and Instructor; University of Bonn 1993 – 1994 Research Assistant; University of Kiel Publications
Publikationen
2020
- Brandt, M., Aßfalg, A., Zaiser, A.-K. and Bernstein, D. M. (2020). A computational approach to the revelation effect. Journal of Memory and Language : JML, 112, Article 104091.
2018
- Brandt, M., Zaiser, A.-K. and Schnuerch, M. (2018). Homogeneity of item material boosts the list length effect in recognition memory: A global matching perspective. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45, 834–850.
2012
- Boywitt, C. D. and Brandt, M. (2012). The primacy effect in memory for repetitions: Evidence for the role of lag between repetitions in source monitoring. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 24, 295–305.
2010
- Schmid, J., Herholz, S. C., Brandt, M. and Buchner, A. (2010). Recall-to-reject: The effect of category cues on false recognition. Memory, 18, 863–882.
2009
- Buchner, A., Mayr, S. and Brandt, M. (2009). The advantage of positive text-background polarity is due to high display luminance. Ergonomics, 52, 882–886.
2008
- Buchner, A. and Brandt, M. (2008). Gedächtniskonzeptionen und Wissensrepräsentationen. In Allgemeine Psychologie (S. 429–464). Berlin [u. a.]: Spektrum, Akad. Verl.
2007
- Brandt, M. (2007). Bridging the gap between measurement models and theories of human memory. Zeitschrift für Psychologie = Journal of Psychology, 215, 72–85.
- Erdfelder, E. and Brandt, M. (2007). Memory measurement. In Experiencing new worlds (S. 201–223). New York, NY [u. a.]: Berghan Books.
- Erdfelder, E., Brandt, M. and Bröder, A. (2007). Recollection biases in hindsight judgments. Social Cognition, 25, 114–131.
2006
- Brandt, M. and Erdfelder, E. (2006). Übersicht : Methoden und Statistik. In Handbuch der Allgemeinen Psychologie – Kognition (S. 677–684). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
- Buchner, A., Brandt, M., Bell, R. and Weise, J. (2006). Car backlight position and fog density bias observer-car distance estimates and time-to-collision judgments. Human Factors, 48, 300–317.
2004
- Erdfelder, E., Buchner, A., Faul, F. and Brandt, M. (2004). GPOWER: Teststärkeanalysen leicht gemacht. In Allgemeine Psychologie und deduktivistische Methodologie (S. 148–166). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
2003
- Buchner, A. and Brandt, M. (2003). Further evidence for systematic reliability differences between explicit and implicit memory tests. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Section A, 56, 193–209.
- Buchner, A. and Brandt, M. (2003). The principle of multiple memory systems. In The principles of learning and memory (S. 93–111). Basel: Birkhäuser.
2002
- Buchner, A. and Brandt, M. (2002). Gedächtniskonzeptionen und Wissensrepräsentationen. In Allgemeine Psychologie (S. 493–534). Heidelberg: Spektrum, Akad. Verl.
2001
- Brandt, M. (2001). Modellbasierte Analyse globaler Gedächtnismodelle. Theoretische Grundlagen, methodische Probleme und experimentelle Befunde. Lengerich: Pabst.
2000
- Erdfelder, E. and Brandt, M. (2000). How good are fast and frugal inference heuristics in case of limited knowledge? Behavioral and Brain Sciences : BBS, 23, 747–748.