Dr. Michael Steinborn

Research Interests

• Temporal preparation of actions
• Circadian rhythm and cognition

Publications

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Schumann, F., Steinborn, M. B., Kürten, J., Cao, L., Haendel, B. F., & Huestegge, L. (in press). Restoration of attention by rest in a multitasking world: Theory, methodology, and empirical evidence. Frontiers in Psychology.

Steinborn, M. B., & Huestegge, L. (2019). Socially alerted cognition evoked by a confederate’s mere presence: Analysis of reaction-time distributions and delta plots. Psychological Research. doi:10.1007/s00426-019-01143-z pdf

Langner, R., Steinborn, M. B., Eickhoff, S. B., & Huestegge, L. (2018). When specific action biases meet nonspecific preparation: Event repetition modulates the variable-foreperiod effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 44(9), 1313–1323. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000561 pdf

Steinborn, M. B., Langner, R., Flehmig, H. C., & Huestegge, L. (2018). Methodology of performance scoring in the d2 sustained-attention test: Cumulative-reliability functions and practical guidelines. Psychological Assessment, 30(3), 339–357. doi: 10.1037/pas0000482 pdf

Steinborn, M. B., & Huestegge, L. (2017). Phone conversation while processing information: Chronometric analysis of load effects in everyday-media multitasking. Frontiers in Psychology, 8:896. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00896 pdf

Steinborn, M. B., Langner, R., & Huestegge, L. (2017). Mobilizing cognition for speeded action: Try-harder instructions promote motivated readiness in the constant-foreperiod paradigm. Psychological Research, 81, 1135-1151. doi:10.1007/s00426-016-0810-1 pdf

Steinborn, M. B., & Huestegge, L. (2016). A walk down the lane gives wings to your brain: Restorative benefits of rest breaks on cognition and self-control. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30(5), 795-805. doi:10.1002/acp.3255 pdf

Steinborn, M. B., Langner, R., Flehmig, H. C., & Huestegge, L. (2016). Everyday life cognitive instability predicts simple reaction-time variability: Analysis of reaction time distributions and delta plots. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30, 92-102. doi:10.1002/acp.3172

Bratzke, D., Steinborn, M. B., Rolke, B., & Ulrich, R. (2012). Effects of sleep loss and circadian rhythm on executive inhibitory control in the Stroop and Simon task. Chronobiology International, 29, 55-61. doi:10.3109/07420528.2011.635235

Bratzke, D., Steinborn, M. B., Rolke, B., & Ulrich, R. (2012). Reply to: Testing of executive function. Chronobiology International, 29, 1285. doi:10.3109/07420528.2012.719970

Steinborn, M. B., & Langner, R. (2012). Arousal modulates temporal preparation under increased time uncertainty: Evidence from higher-order sequential foreperiod effects. Acta Psychologica, 139, 65-76. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.10.010

Steinborn, M. B., Flehmig, H. C., Bratzke, D., & Schröter, H. (2012). Error reactivity in self-paced performance. Highly-accurate individuals exhibit largest post-error slowing. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 4, 624-631. doi:10.1080/17470218.2012.660962 pdf

Steinborn, M. B., & Langner, R. (2011). Distraction by irrelevant sound during foreperiods selectively impairs temporal preparation. Acta Psychologica, 136, 405-418. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.01.008

Langner, R., Eickhoff, S. B., & Steinborn, M. B. (2011). Mental fatigue modulates dynamic adaptation of perceptual demand in speeded detection. PLoS ONE, 6. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028399

Langner, R., Steinborn, M. B., Chatterjee, A., Sturm, W., & Willmes, K. (2010). Mental fatigue and temporal preparation in simple-reaction time performance. Acta Psychologica, 133, 64, 72. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.10.001

Flehmig, H. C., Steinborn, M. B., Westhoff, K., & Langner, R. (2010). Neuroticism and speed-accuracy tradeoff in serial mental addition and comparison performance. Journal of Individual Differences, 31, 130-137. doi:10.1027/1614-0001/a000021

Steinborn, M. B., Rolke, B., Bratzke, D., & Ulrich, R. (2010). The effect of a cross-trial shift of auditory warning signals on the sequential foreperiod effect. Acta Psychologica, 134, 94-104. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.12.011

Steinborn, M. B., Bratzke, D., Rolke, B., Gordijn, M. C. M., Beersma, D. G. M., & Ulrich, R. (2010). The effect of 40 hours of constant wakefulness on number comparison performance. Chronobiology International, 27, 807-825. doi:10.3109/07420521003778765

Bratzke, D., Rolke, B., Steinborn, M. B., & Ulrich, R. (2009). The effect of 40 hours constant wakefulness on task switching efficiency. Journal of Sleep Research, 18, 167-172. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00729.x

Steinborn, M. B., Flehmig, H. C., Westhoff, K., & Langner, R. (2009). Differential effects of prolonged work on performance measures in self-paced speed tests. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 5, 105-113. doi:10.2478/v10053-008-0070-8

Steinborn, M. B., Rolke, B., Bratzke, D., & Ulrich, R. (2009). Dynamic adjustment of temporal preparation: Shifting warning signal modality attenuates the sequential foreperiod effect. Acta Psychologica, 132, 40-47. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.06.002

Steinborn, M. B., Rolke, B., Bratzke, D., & Ulrich, R. (2008). Sequential effects within a short foreperiod context: Evidence for the conditioning account of temporal preparation. Acta Psychologica, 129, 297-307. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.08.005

Steinborn, M. B., Flehmig, H. C., Westhoff, K., & Langner, R. (2008). Predicting school achievement from self-paced continuous performance: Examining the contributions of response speed,accuracy, and response speed variability. Psychology Science Quarterly, 50, 613-634. 

Flehmig, H. C., Steinborn, M. B., Langner, R., Scholz, A., & Westhoff, K. (2007). Assessing intraindividual variability in sustained attention: Reliability, relation to speed and accuracy, and practice effects. Psychology Science, 49, 132-149. 

Flehmig, H. C., Steinborn, M. B., Langner, R., & Westhoff, K. (2007). Neuroticism and the mental noise hypothesis: Relation to lapses of attention and slips of action in everyday life. Psychology Science, 49, 343-360.