Intern
Lehrstuhl für Psychologie III

Dr. Robert Wirth

Dr. Robert Wirth

Akademischer Rat
Lehrstuhl Psychologie III
Röntgenring 11
97070 Würzburg
Deutschland
Gebäude: Gelbe Villa
Raum: 307
Telefon: +49 931 31-81855

 

(dis)appointment via email

Organizational

time occupation
since 11/2020 academic council
09/2017 - 10/2020 post doc
04/2014 - 09/2017 PhD student
04/2014 - 04/2020 guest lecturer at the Uni Bayreuth
since 12/2012 researcher at the JMU Würzburg
02/2010 - 08/2012 student assistant
04/2009 - 08/2012 study of psychology

  • network and device administration Röntgenring 11

  • SONA admin for the Cognitive Psychology division

  • lab and student assistent management 

  • organization of the experimental practicals of the Psychological Department

  • making sure every team member conducts their Windows Updates by vehemently threatening to take away their internet access in case of non-compliance

Research

project title year funded by
Affective evaluation of self- produced action-effect episodes 2024-2027 DFG WI 6025/2-1
Stimulus-response modality compatibility 2020 GSLS Uni Würzburg
Localizing modality compatibility effects in human information processing 2020-2021 HDC Uni Würzburg
Ergonomic comparison between different types of expectancy in multitasking 2016 DFG SPP 1772
The interplay between effect monitoring and performance monitoring 2016 DFG SPP 1772
Validation of finger tracking methods of iPads 2015 Unibund Würzburg

2024[ to top ]
  • mousetRajectory: Mouse tr...
    Pfister, R., Tonn, S., Schaaf, M., & Wirth, R. (2024). mousetRajectory: Mouse tracking analyses for behavioral scientists. The Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 20(3), 217-228. https://doi.org/10.20982/tqmp.20.3.p217
2023[ to top ]
  • Sequential adaptation to ...
    Wirth, R., Tonn, S., Schaaf, M., Koch, I., & Kunde, W. (2023). Sequential adaptation to modality incompatibility. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 49(10), 1360–1376. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0001149
  • Following affirmative and...
    Wirth, R., Kunde, W., & Pfister, R. (2023). Following affirmative and negated rules. Cognitive Science, 47(11), e13378. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13378
  • Post-execution monitoring...
    Foerster, A., Pfister, R., Wirth, R., & Kunde, W. (2023). Post-execution monitoring in dishonesty. Psychological Research, 87(3), 845-861. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-022-01691-x
  • Playing with temptation: ...
    Schroeder, P. A., Mayer, K., Wirth, R., & Svaldi, J. (2023). Playing with temptation: Stopping abilities to chocolate are superior, but also more extensive. Appetite, 181, 106383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106383
  • Time expectancies in dual...
    Schaaf, M., Wirth, R., & Kunde, W. (2023). Time expectancies in dual tasking: Evidence for proactive resource sharing?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 49(8), 1123-1131. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0001141
  • Opposing influences of gl...
    Ellinghaus, R., Janczyk, M., Wirth, R., Kunde, W., Fischer, R., & Liepelt, R. (2023). Opposing influences of global and local stimulus-hand proximity on crosstalk interference in dual tasks. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 76(11), 2461-2478. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218231157548
2022[ to top ]
  • Temporal Binding in Multi...
    Muth, F. V., Wirth, R., & Kunde, W. (2022). Temporal Binding in Multi-Step Action-Event Sequences is Driven by Altered Effect Perception. Consciousness and Cognition, 99, 103299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2022.103299
  • Monitoring goal-irrelevan...
    Schaaf, M., Kunde, W., & Wirth, R. (2022). Monitoring goal-irrelevant effects interferes with concurrent tasks. Acta Psychologica, 224, 103522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103522
  • Evidence for initially in...
    Schaaf, M., Kunde, W., & Wirth, R. (2022). Evidence for initially independent monitoring of responses and response effects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 48(2), 128-138. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000979
2020[ to top ]
  • Temporal binding past the...
    Muth, F. V., Wirth, R., & Kunde, W. (2020). Temporal binding past the Libet clock: testing design factors for an auditory timer. Behavior Research Methods, 53(3), 1322–1341. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01474-5
  • Design choices: Empirical...
    Wirth, R., Foerster, A., Kunde, W., & Pfister, R. (2020). Design choices: Empirical recommendations for designing two-dimensional finger-tracking experiments. Behavior Research Methods, 52, 2394-2416. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01409-0
  • Feature~binding contribut...
    Wirth, R., & Kunde, W. (2020). Feature~binding contributions to effect monitoring. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 82(6), 3144-3157. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-020-02036-9
  • Localizing modality compa...
    Wirth, R., Koch, I., & Kunde, W. (2020). Localizing modality compatibility effects: Evidence from dual-task interference. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 46(12), 1527-1537. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000873
  • Motivation drives conflic...
    Dignath, D., Wirth, R., Kühnhausen, J., Gawrilow, C., Kunde, W., & Kiesel, A. (2020). Motivation drives conflict adaptation. Motivation Science, 6(1), 84-89. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000136
2019[ to top ]
  • Taking shortcuts: Cogniti...
    Pfister, R., Wirth, R., Weller, L., Foerster, A., & Schwarz, K. A. (2019). Taking shortcuts: Cognitive conflict during motivated rule-breaking. Journal of Economic Psychology, 71, 138-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2018.06.005
  • How not to fall for the w...
    Wirth, R., Kunde, W., & Pfister, R. (2019). How not to fall for the white bear: Combined frequency and recency manipulations diminish negation effects on overt behavior. Journal of Cognition, 2(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.62
  • Capacity limitations of d...
    Foerster, A., Wirth, R., Berghoefer, F. L., Kunde, W., & Pfister, R. (2019). Capacity limitations of dishonesty. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(6), 943-961. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000510
2018[ to top ]
  • Rule-violations sensitise...
    Wirth, R., Foerster, A., Rendel, H., Kunde, W., & Pfister, R. (2018). Rule-violations sensitise towards negative and authority-related stimuli. Cognition and Emotion, 32(3), 480-493. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2017.1316706
  • This Is How To Be a Rule ...
    Wirth, R., Foerster, A., Herbort, O., Kunde, W., & Pfister, R. (2018). This Is How To Be a Rule Breaker. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 14(1), 21-37. https://doi.org/10.5709/acp-0235-2
  • Effect monitoring in dual...
    Wirth, R., Janczyk, M., & Kunde, W. (2018). Effect monitoring in dual-task performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 44(4), 553-571. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000474
  • Long-term and short-term ...
    Wirth, R., Steinhauser, R., Janczyk, M., Steinhauser, M., & Kunde, W. (2018). Long-term and short-term action-effect links and their impact on effect monitoring. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44(8), 1186-1198. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000524
  • The role of feedback dela...
    Kunde, W., Wirth, R., & Janczyk, M. (2018). The role of feedback delay in dual-task performance. Psychological Research, 82(1), 157-166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-017-0874-6
  • Common mechanisms in erro...
    Steinhauser, R., Wirth, R., Kunde, W., Janczyk, M., & Steinhauser, M. (2018). Common mechanisms in error monitoring and action effect monitoring. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 18, 1159–1171. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-018-0628-y
  • Dissociating action-effec...
    Schwarz, K. A., Pfister, R., Wirth, R., & Kunde, W. (2018). Dissociating action-effect activation and effect-based response selection. Acta Psychologica, 188, 16-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.05.007
  • Focused cognitive control...
    Foerster, A., Pfister, R., Schmidts, C., Dignath, D., Wirth, R., & Kunde, W. (2018). Focused cognitive control in dishonesty: Evidence for predominantly transient conflict adaptation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44(4), 578-602. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000480
2017[ to top ]
  • Action effects are coded ...
    Kunde, W., Schmidts, C., Wirth, R., & Herbort, O. (2017). Action effects are coded as transitions from current to future stimulation: Evidence from compatibility effects in tracking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43(3), 477-486. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000311
  • Lying upside-down: Alibis...
    Foerster, A., Wirth, R., Herbort, O., Kunde, W., & Pfister, R. (2017). Lying upside-down: Alibis reverse cognitive burdens of dishonesty. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23(3), 301-319. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000129
  • The dishonest mind set in...
    Foerster, A., Wirth, R., Kunde, W., & Pfister, R. (2017). The dishonest mind set in sequence. Psychological Research, 81(4), 878-899. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-016-0780-3
  • My Command, My Act: Obser...
    Pfister, R., Schwarz, K. A., Wirth, R., & Lindner, I. (2017). My Command, My Act: Observation Inflation in Face-To-Face Interactions. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 13(2), 166-176. https://doi.org/10.5709/acp-0217-8
  • Smooth criminal: convicte...
    Jusyte, A., Pfister, R., Mayer, S. V., Schwarz, K. A., Wirth, R., Kunde, W., & Schönenberg, M. (2017). Smooth criminal: convicted rule-breakers show reduced cognitive conflict during deliberate rule violations. Psychological Research, 81(5), 939-946. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-016-0798-6
2016[ to top ]
  • Pushing the rules: effect...
    Wirth, R., Pfister, R., Foerster, A., Huestegge, L., & Kunde, W. (2016). Pushing the rules: effects and aftereffects of deliberate rule violations. Psychological Research, 80(5), 838-852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-015-0690-9
  • Asymmetric transfer effec...
    Wirth, R., Pfister, R., & Kunde, W. (2016). Asymmetric transfer effects between cognitive and affective task disturbances. Cognition and Emotion, 30(3), 399-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2015.1009002
  • The electrophysiological ...
    Pfister, R., Wirth, R., Schwarz, K. A., Foerster, A., Steinhauser, M., & Kunde, W. (2016). The electrophysiological signature of deliberate rule violations. Psychophysiology, 53(12), 1870-1877. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12771
  • Stroking me softly: Body-...
    Wirth, R., Pfister, R., Brandes, J., & Kunde, W. (2016). Stroking me softly: Body-related effects in effect-based action control. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 78(6), 1755-1770. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-016-1151-2
  • Burdens of non-conformity...
    Pfister, R., Wirth, R., Schwarz, K. A., Steinhauser, M., & Kunde, W. (2016). Burdens of non-conformity: Motor execution reveals cognitive conflict during deliberate rule violations. Cognition, 147, 93-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2015.11.009
  • Attracted by rewards: Dis...
    Wirth, R., Dignath, D., Pfister, R., Kunde, W., & Eder, A. B. (2016). Attracted by rewards: Disentangling the motivational influence of rewarding and punishing targets and distractors. Motivation Science, 2(3), 143-156. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000037
2015[ to top ]
  • Through the portal: Effec...
    Wirth, R., Pfister, R., Janczyk, M., & Kunde, W. (2015). Through the portal: Effect anticipation in the central bottleneck. Acta Psychologica, 160, 141-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.07.007
2014[ to top ]
  • Thinking with portals: Re...
    Pfister, R., Janczyk, M., Wirth, R., Dignath, D., & Kunde, W. (2014). Thinking with portals: Revisiting kinematic cues to intention. Cognition, 133(2), 464-473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2014.07.012

2017[ to top ]
  • Consequences of bending a...
    Consequences of bending and breaking the rules. Robert Wirth, Wilfried Kunde. p. Online-Ressource. Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, 2017, November.
2014[ to top ]
  • Über Hochstapelei. Persp...
    Über Hochstapelei. Perspektiven auf eine kulturelle Praxis. Schwanebeck, Wieland; Wierschem, Markus; Spieler, Sophie; Pfister, Roland; Foerster, Anna; Schwarz, Katharina; Wirth, Robert; Stopczynski, Lukas; Veelen, Sonja; Herrmann, Anne; Lempp, Felix; Funk, Jannis; Thede, Sebastian; Stricker, Bernhard; Prorombka, Stephan. In , W. Schwanebeck (ed.), p. 226. Neofelis, 2014.
  • Lässt sich ein guter Hoc...
    Lässt sich ein guter Hochstapler als solcher entlarven? Wenn ja: Wie?. Pfister, Roland; Foerster, Anna; Schwarz, Katharina; Wirth, Robert. W. Schwanebeck (ed.), pp. 63–72. Neofelis, 2014.

title date published in
Radio Interview: Brauchen wir ein Rauch-Verbot? 05/2024 hr2
Nach Klopapier jetzt Sonnenblumenöl und Mehl: Ein Würzburger Psychologe erklärt, warum wir hamstern 04/2022 Main Post
Gebote funktionieren besser 12/2021 Die Tageszeitung (taz)
Radio interview: Umgang mit Corona-Regeln: Warum brechen Menschen Regeln? 02/2021 Radio Gong 96.3
Nice and Naughty: There is nothing better than flouting rules. Right? 07/2020 Quest popular science magazine

title date invited by
New insights from modality compatibility research 04/2023 Iring Koch, RWTH Aachen
Using continuous movement data for psychological research: A closer look at designing and analyzing two-dimensional tracking experiments (workshop) 10/2021 BRAC Forschungsgruppe at the writing retreat in Freudenberg
Effects and aftereffects of violating rules 10/2016 Andrea Kiesel, Uni Freiburg
Dual task crosstalk and psychometric Intelligence: A correlation approach 11/2015 Lynn Huestegge, Uni Würzburg
Experimental research on tablets and iPads: Possibilities, limitations, and examples of touchscreen-based experimental research 06/2015 Klaus Rothermund, Uni Jena
Of rules and rebels: Effects and aftereffects of rule violations and rule inversions 11/2013 Lynn Huestegge, Uni Würzburg

title format conference year in
Affective evaluation of self-produced action effect episodes talk TeaP 2024 Regensburg
Preconditions for modality compatibility effects talk TeaP 2023 Trier
Following affirmative and negated rules poster ESCOP 2022 Lille
Modality incompatible episodes trigger adaptation processes talk TeaP 2022 Köln
Localizing modality compatibility effects: Evidence from dual-task interference talk/video TeaP 2021 Ulm
What to do and what not to do: Breaking positively and negatively formulated rules (conference cancelled) talk TeaP 2020 Jena
What to do and what not to do: Breaking positively and negatively formulated rules talk ESCOP 2019 Teneriffe
Monitoring of proximal and distal effects and errors poster DFG SPP 1772 Progress Report 2019 Gießen
Monitoring proximal and distal effects talk TeaP 2019 London
Feature binding contributions to effect monitoring talk DFG SPP 1772 Kickoff Meeting 2018 Aachen
Effect monitoring in dual-task performance talk Psychonomics 2018 Amsterdam
Hand- and mouse-tracking as a window on cognition, affect, and motivation symposium DGPs 2018 Frankfurt
Attracted by rewards talk DGPs 2018 Frankfurt
The role of effect monitoring for dual-task performance: a summary talk DFG SPP 1772 International Symposium 2018 Gießen
How not to fall for the white bear: Flexible control of negation processing talk TeaP 2018 Marburg
How not to fall for the white bear: Flexible control of negation processing poster Psychonomics 2017 Vancouver
Effect monitoring in dual-task performance poster DFG SPP 1772 International Symposium 2017 Aachen
Attracted by rewards (cancelled due to family reasons) talk TeaP 2017 Dresden
Effect monitoring in dual-tasking talk DFG SPP 1772 Progress Report 2017 Gießen
Benefits of effect monitoring poster DFG SPP 1772 Theoretical Challengdes Meeting 2016 Aachen
Breaking the rules symposium TeaP 2016 Heidelberg
Looking for trouble, then looking for cops: Rule violations sensitize towards authority-related stimuli talk TeaP 2016 Heidelberg
The role of effect monitoring for dual-task performance talk DFG SPP 1772 Kickoff Meeting 2015 Freiburg
Effects and aftereffects of rule violations talk ESCOP 2015 Cyprus
Breaking the rules: Cognitive mechanisms and behavioral signatures of non-conformity symposium TeaP 2015 Hildesheim
Difficulties and aftereffects of rule violations talk TeaP 2015 Hildesheim
Of rules and rebels talk TeaP 2014 Gießen
Of rules and rebels talk ADok 2013 Trier
I screwed up and I meant to: on comitting and processing of intentional errors talk TeaP 2013 Wien
I skrewed up and I meant to: on comitting and processing of intentional errors talk HexKoP 2012 Paderborn

The processing of intentional errors

poster TeaP 2012 Mannheim

Teaching

course number course title format language teaching level
05023260 Human Factors 1 lecture german & english M.Sc. Psychology
05023010 Experimental Research Methods practical german & english B.Sc. Psychology
05023022 Cognitive Psychology 1 seminar german B.Sc. Psychology

I offer thesis topics (bachelor & master) based on the research interests listed above.

If you are interested in writing your thesis under my supervision, please write me an email with a rough outline of the research question that you aim to investigate.

Theses under my supervision are customarily written in english.

See also our guidelines for bachelor and master theses.