Neth, Hansjörg

Curriculum vitae

seit 10/2013	Vertretung der Professur für Allgemeine Psychologie (bislang Lehrstuhl von Prof. Dr. Hans Spada), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
2011–2013	Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Kognitionswissenschaft und Entscheidungspsychologie (Prof. Dr. Michael Waldmann), Georg-Elias-Müller Institut für Psychologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
2008–2011	Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Adaptives Verhalten und Kognition (Prof. Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer), Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin.
2007–2008	Research Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science Department (Prof. Wayne Gray), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
2004–2007	Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Science Department, (Prof. Wayne Gray), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
2000–2004	Promotion in Psychologie (Ph.D.). Dissertation: Thinking by doing: Interactive problem solving with internal and external representations (Prof. Stephen Payne). Cardiff University, UK.
1998–1999	Graduate Student Research Collaborator (Prof. Phil Johnson-Laird). Princeton University, NJ, USA.
1998	Diplom in Psychologie (Prof. Dr. Hans Spada), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.

Publications

Moussaid, M., Kämmer, J., Analytis, P., & Neth, H. (2013). Social influence and the collective dynamics of opinion formation. PLoS ONE, 8(11), e78433. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078433 URL
Sims, C. R., Neth, H., Jacobs, R. A., & Gray, W. D. (2013). Melioration as rational choice: Sequential decision making in uncertain environments. Psychological Review, 120, 139–154. PDF
Osman, M., Meder, B., Gigerenzer, G., Chater, N., Read, D., & Neth, H. (2012). What can Cognitive Science say or learn about economic crises? (Symposium). In N. Miyake, D. Peebles, & R. P. Cooper (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 48–49). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
Neth, H., & Payne, S. J. (2011). Interactive coin addition: How hands can help us think. In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 279–284). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
Neth, H., Schächtele, S., Duwal, S., & Todd, P. M. (2011). Competitive mate choice: How need for speed beats quests for quality and harmony. In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 699–704). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
De Cruz, H., Neth, H., & Schlimm, D. (2010). The cognitive basis of arithmetic. In B. Löwe & T. Müller (Eds.), PhiMSAMP. Philosophy of mathematics: Sociological aspects and mathematical practice (pp. 59–106). London, UK: College Publications. PDF
Neth, H., Khemlani, S. S., & Gray, W. D. (2008). Feedback design for the control of a dynamic multitasking system: Dissociating outcome feedback from control feedback. Human Factors, 50(4), 643–651. PDF
Neth, H., & Müller, T. (2008). Thinking by doing and doing by thinking: A taxonomy of actions. In V. Sloutsky, B. Love, & K. McRae (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 993–998). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
Schlimm, D., & Neth, H. (2008). Modeling ancient and modern arithmetic practices: Addition and multiplication with Arabic and Roman numerals. In V. Sloutsky, B. Love & K. McRae (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2097–2102). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
Payne, S. J., Duggan, G. B., & Neth, H. (2007). Discretionary task interleaving: Heuristics for time allocation in cognitive foraging. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 36 (3), 370–388. PDF
Neth, H., Carlson, R. A., Gray, W. D., Kirlik, A., Kirsh, D., & Payne, S. J. (2007). Immediate interactive behavior: How embodied and embedded cognition uses and changes the world to achieve its goals. In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 33–34). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF

Neth, H., Myers, C. W., & Gray, W. D. (2006). Memory modulates visual search: Interactions of external and internal representations. Journal of Vision, 6(6), 1077-1077. URL
Neth, H., Khemlani, S. S., Oppermann, B., & Gray, W. D. (2006). Juggling multiple tasks at once: A rational analysis of multitasking in a synthetic task environment. Proceedings of the 50th annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1142–1146.
Schoelles, M. J., Neth, H., Myers, C. W., & Gray, W. D. (2006). Steps towards integrated models of cognitive systems: A levels-of-analysis approach to comparing human performance to model predictions in a complex task environment. In R. Sun & N. Miyake (Eds.). Proceedings of the 28th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 756–761). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. PDF
Neth, H., Sims, C. R., & Gray, W. D. (2006). Melioration dominates maximization: Stable suboptimal performance despite global feedback. In R. Sun & N. Miyake (Eds.). Proceedings of the 28th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 627–632). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. PDF
Gray, W. D., Neth, H., & Schoelles, M. J. (2006). The functional task environment. In A. F. Kramer, D. A. Wiegman & A. Kirlik (Eds.), Attention: From theory to practice (pp. 100–118). New York: Oxford University Press. PDF
Neth, H., Gray, W. D., & Myers, C. W. (2005). Memory models of visual search: Searching in-the-head vs. in-the-world? Journal of Vision, 5(8), 417-417. URL
Neth, H., Sims, C. R., & Gray, W. D. (2005). Melioration despite more information: The role of feedback frequency in stable suboptimal performance. Proceedings of the 49th annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 357–361.
Neth, H., Sims, C. R., Veksler, V. & Gray, W. D. (2004). You can't play straight TRACS and win: Memory updates in a dynamic task environment. In K. D. Forbus, D. Gentner & T. Regier (Eds.). Proceedings of the 26th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1017–1022). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. PDF
Neth, H., & Payne, S. J. (2002). Thinking by Doing? Epistemic actions in the tower of Hanoi. In W. D. Gray and C. D. Schunn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 691–696). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. PDF
Neth, H., & Payne, S. J. (2001). Addition as interactive problem solving. In J.D. Moore and K. Stenning (Eds.), Proceedings of the 23rd annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 698–703). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. PDF
Neth, H., & Johnson-Laird, P.N. (1999). The search for counterexamples in human reasoning. In M. Hahn, & S. C. Stoness (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (p. 806). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. PDF
Neth, H., & Beller, S. (1999). How knowledge interferes with reasoning — Suppression effects by content and context. In M. Hahn, & S. C. Stoness (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 468–473). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. PDF

Research Interests

causality, causal model theory
judgments under risk and uncertainty, risk perception
heuristic decision making, ecological rationality, rational analysis
multitasking, cognitive foraging, memory search
immediate interactive behavior, embodied and embedded cognition

Teaching

2013	Urteilen und Entscheiden: Forschungskontroversen. M.Sc-Seminare (M.Psy.902), Universität Göttingen.
	Kognitions- und Entscheidungsforschung: Forschungskontroversen. M.Sc-Seminare (M.Psy.103), Universität Göttingen.
	Evaluation: Grundlagen und angewandte Evaluationsforschung. Klausur im M.Sc-Studiengang (M.Psy.105), Universität Göttingen.
2012–2013	Schlüsselqualifikationen: Erarbeitung und Präsentation von Inhalten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis, Vorlesung und Übungen (B.Psy.103), Universität Göttingen.
2011–2013	Lerntheorie, Seminare in Allgemeine Psychologie II (B.Psy.104), Universität Göttingen.
2012	Tutorat zu Fast-and-frugal decision trees, Technische Universität, Berlin.
2011	Lehreinheit The (Im-)possibility of making informed decisions im Modul Approaches to global politics: New challenges, M.A. Studiengang International relations online der Freien Universität, Berlin.
2009–2012	Computational strategies for competitive mate search. Workshop am Summer Institute of Bounded Rationality, mit Julian Marewski und Björn Meder. Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin.
2009	Heuristic decision making in business contexts, B.Sc-Seminar, mit Julian Marewski und Fabrice LeLec. Humboldt Universität, Berlin.
2005–2006	Cognitive psychology, Vorlesung und Seminar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.

Links

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Research Interests

causality, causal model theory
judgments under risk and uncertainty, risk perception
heuristic decision making, ecological rationality, rational analysis
multitasking, cognitive foraging, memory search
immediate interactive behavior, embodied and embedded cognition

Teaching

2013	Urteilen und Entscheiden: Forschungskontroversen. M.Sc-Seminare (M.Psy.902), Universität Göttingen.
	Kognitions- und Entscheidungsforschung: Forschungskontroversen. M.Sc-Seminare (M.Psy.103), Universität Göttingen.
	Evaluation: Grundlagen und angewandte Evaluationsforschung. Klausur im M.Sc-Studiengang (M.Psy.105), Universität Göttingen.
2012–2013	Schlüsselqualifikationen: Erarbeitung und Präsentation von Inhalten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis, Vorlesung und Übungen (B.Psy.103), Universität Göttingen.
2011–2013	Lerntheorie, Seminare in Allgemeine Psychologie II (B.Psy.104), Universität Göttingen.
2012	Tutorat zu Fast-and-frugal decision trees, Technische Universität, Berlin.
2011	Lehreinheit The (Im-)possibility of making informed decisions im Modul Approaches to global politics: New challenges, M.A. Studiengang International relations online der Freien Universität, Berlin.
2009–2012	Computational strategies for competitive mate search. Workshop am Summer Institute of Bounded Rationality, mit Julian Marewski und Björn Meder. Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin.
2009	Heuristic decision making in business contexts, B.Sc-Seminar, mit Julian Marewski und Fabrice LeLec. Humboldt Universität, Berlin.
2005–2006	Cognitive psychology, Vorlesung und Seminar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.

Research Interests

causality, causal model theory
judgments under risk and uncertainty, risk perception
heuristic decision making, ecological rationality, rational analysis
multitasking, cognitive foraging, memory search
immediate interactive behavior, embodied and embedded cognition

Teaching

2013	Urteilen und Entscheiden: Forschungskontroversen. M.Sc-Seminare (M.Psy.902), Universität Göttingen.
	Kognitions- und Entscheidungsforschung: Forschungskontroversen. M.Sc-Seminare (M.Psy.103), Universität Göttingen.
	Evaluation: Grundlagen und angewandte Evaluationsforschung. Klausur im M.Sc-Studiengang (M.Psy.105), Universität Göttingen.
2012–2013	Schlüsselqualifikationen: Erarbeitung und Präsentation von Inhalten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis, Vorlesung und Übungen (B.Psy.103), Universität Göttingen.
2011–2013	Lerntheorie, Seminare in Allgemeine Psychologie II (B.Psy.104), Universität Göttingen.
2012	Tutorat zu Fast-and-frugal decision trees, Technische Universität, Berlin.
2011	Lehreinheit The (Im-)possibility of making informed decisions im Modul Approaches to global politics: New challenges, M.A. Studiengang International relations online der Freien Universität, Berlin.
2009–2012	Computational strategies for competitive mate search. Workshop am Summer Institute of Bounded Rationality, mit Julian Marewski und Björn Meder. Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin.
2009	Heuristic decision making in business contexts, B.Sc-Seminar, mit Julian Marewski und Fabrice LeLec. Humboldt Universität, Berlin.
2005–2006	Cognitive psychology, Vorlesung und Seminar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.

Research Interests

causality, causal model theory
judgments under risk and uncertainty, risk perception
heuristic decision making, ecological rationality, rational analysis
multitasking, cognitive foraging, memory search
immediate interactive behavior, embodied and embedded cognition

Teaching

2013	Urteilen und Entscheiden: Forschungskontroversen. M.Sc-Seminare (M.Psy.902), Universität Göttingen.
	Kognitions- und Entscheidungsforschung: Forschungskontroversen. M.Sc-Seminare (M.Psy.103), Universität Göttingen.
	Evaluation: Grundlagen und angewandte Evaluationsforschung. Klausur im M.Sc-Studiengang (M.Psy.105), Universität Göttingen.
2012–2013	Schlüsselqualifikationen: Erarbeitung und Präsentation von Inhalten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis, Vorlesung und Übungen (B.Psy.103), Universität Göttingen.
2011–2013	Lerntheorie, Seminare in Allgemeine Psychologie II (B.Psy.104), Universität Göttingen.
2012	Tutorat zu Fast-and-frugal decision trees, Technische Universität, Berlin.
2011	Lehreinheit The (Im-)possibility of making informed decisions im Modul Approaches to global politics: New challenges, M.A. Studiengang International relations online der Freien Universität, Berlin.
2009–2012	Computational strategies for competitive mate search. Workshop am Summer Institute of Bounded Rationality, mit Julian Marewski und Björn Meder. Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin.
2009	Heuristic decision making in business contexts, B.Sc-Seminar, mit Julian Marewski und Fabrice LeLec. Humboldt Universität, Berlin.
2005–2006	Cognitive psychology, Vorlesung und Seminar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.

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