Erich Weichselgartner
Information processing by man and machine.
Research skills
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ITUnix, Linux, C programming language, Web Technology, data bases, Publishing, digital objects (images, Sounds, Videos
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StatisticalDescriptive statistics, Inferential Statistics, software (SPSS, S-Plus, R
Research interests
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InterestsInformation Retrieval, Multimedia, Hypermedia, Information Technology
Research experience
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Teaching: Psychology (Regensburg University
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Teaching: IT applications in Psychology (Trier University
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Mar 2003–
Mar 2005Research: Digital Psychology Information
Institute for Psychology Information · Institute for Psychology InformationTrierDeveloping a subject gateway for Psychology (http://www.psychlinker.de/) -
May 2002–
Dec 2010Research: PsychData
Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID) · Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID)TrierImplementing an archive for primary research data in Psychology. (http://www.psychdata.de/) -
Jun 2001–
May 2005Research: Multidisciplinary Information System
Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID) · Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID)TrierDevelopment of an integrated multidisciplinary information system for the social sciences. (http://www.infoconnex.de/)
Education
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Sep 1981–
Sep 1984New York University
Experimental Psychology · PhDUnited States of America (USA) · New York -
May 1976–
May 1981Regensburg University
Psychology · DiplomGermany · Regensburg
Other
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LanguagesGerman, English
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Scientific MembershipsAmerican Psychological Association, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, IuK-Initiative Wissenschaft, Münchener Arbeitskreis für Information und Dokumentation, Sun Users Group
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Journal RefereeJournal of Experimental Psychology (General)
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Other InterestsHiking, biking, tennis, skiing. Current Bavarian music: Haindling, Brass Banda, Die Cuba-Boarischen; Hubert von Goisern (Austrian), c't, Nature, Scientific American, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Everything by Oskar Maria Graf and Ludwig Thoma., IuK-Initiative Wissenschaft
Publications
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Daten für alle!
Forschung. Das Magazin der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft. 01/2010;
Weltweit und in allen Disziplinen ist „Data Sharing“ auf dem Vormarsch. Das Online-Archiv PsychData zeigt, wie hoch der Nutzwert sein kann.
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European Psychology Publication Platform: Issues and Perspectives
Psychology Science Quarterly. 01/2009;
This paper presents a brief summary of the Survey on European Psychology Publication Issues and the Berlin workshop. Six issues of main concern are discussed: (1) Language, (2) review process, (3) manuscript handling, (4) impact (visibility), (5) permission barriers (accessibility) and (6) price bar... [more] This paper presents a brief summary of the Survey on European Psychology Publication Issues and the Berlin workshop. Six issues of main concern are discussed: (1) Language, (2) review process, (3) manuscript handling, (4) impact (visibility), (5) permission barriers (accessibility) and (6) price barriers (cost). These issues are the concerns of non-native English speaking Europeans as they experienced in their home countries. As a solution, a possible conceptualization of a European open access publication platform for psychology is presented. Giving more visibility to scientific work, disseminating information easy and more broadly and with new features not found in existing journals an open access platform may be the right direction. Concrete plans for the future on organizational, technical and funding issues are addressed.
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eScience: Wissenschaftliche Kommunikation im digitalen Zeitalter am Beispiel der Psychologie.
01/2009: pages 195-196;
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Fünf Jahre Primärdatenarchivierung in der Psychologie: Ein Erfahrungsbericht.
01/2008: pages 259-267;
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Sechs Jahre PsychSpider: Aus der Praxis des Betriebs einer Psychologie-Suchmaschine für freie Web-Inhalte.
Information: Wissenschaft und Praxis. 01/2007; 58:173-178.
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Dynamics of Automatic and Controlled Visual Attention
07/1999;
The time course of attention was experimentally observed using two kinds of stimuli: a cue to begin attending or to shift attention, and a stimulus to be attended. Precise measurements of the time course of attention show that it consists of two partially concurrent processes: a fast, effortless, au... [more] The time course of attention was experimentally observed using two kinds of stimuli: a cue to begin attending or to shift attention, and a stimulus to be attended. Precise measurements of the time course of attention show that it consists of two partially concurrent processes: a fast, effortless, automatic process that records the cue and its neighboring events; and a slower, effortful, controlled process that records the stimulus to be attended and its neighboring events.
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Episodic theory of the dynamics of spatial attention.
Psychological Review. 01/1995; 102:503-532.
Previous measurements of visual attention in simple reaction time, choice reaction time and complex discrimination experiments in which attention was purported to move continuously across space are reanalyzed. These data and data from attention gating experiments are quantitatively predicted by an e... [more] Previous measurements of visual attention in simple reaction time, choice reaction time and complex discrimination experiments in which attention was purported to move continuously across space are reanalyzed. These data and data from attention gating experiments are quantitatively predicted by an episodic (quantal) theory of spatial attention that proposes instead: (1) visual attention can be resolved into a sequence of discrete attentional acts (episodes), (2) each attentional episode i is defined by its spatial attention function fi(x,y), (3) the smooth transition at time t0 between episodes is described by a temporal transition function G(t–t0), and (4) f and G are space-time separable. In new experiments, which use a concurrent motor reaction time task to control for nonattentional factors, the duration of an attention transition is shown to be independent of the distance traversed and of the presence of interposed visual obstacles.
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29.75Impact points
Dynamics of automatic and controlled visual attention.
Science (New York, N.Y.). 12/1987; 238(4828):778-80.
The time course of attention was experimentally observed using two kinds of stimuli: a cue to begin attending or to shift attention, and a stimulus to be attended. Precise measurements of the time course of attention show that it consists of two partially concurrent processes: a fast, effortless, au... [more] The time course of attention was experimentally observed using two kinds of stimuli: a cue to begin attending or to shift attention, and a stimulus to be attended. Precise measurements of the time course of attention show that it consists of two partially concurrent processes: a fast, effortless, automatic process that records the cue and its neighboring events; and a slower, effortful, controlled process that records the stimulus to be attended and its neighboring events.
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3.07Impact points
Continuous measurement of visible persistence.
Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance. 01/1986; 11(6):711-25.
In the synchrony judgment paradigm, observers judge whether a click precedes or follows the onset of a light flash and, on other trials, whether or not a click precedes light termination. The interclick interval defines the duration of visible persistence. An elaboration of this method consists of t... [more] In the synchrony judgment paradigm, observers judge whether a click precedes or follows the onset of a light flash and, on other trials, whether or not a click precedes light termination. The interclick interval defines the duration of visible persistence. An elaboration of this method consists of two phases: In Phase 1, the luminance of a reference stimulus is psychophysically matched to the peak brightness of the test flash. Five luminance values between .1 and 1.0 of the reference stimulus are used subsequently. In Phase 2, a random one of the five reference stimuli, a test flash, and a click are presented; the observer judges whether the click occurred before or after the brightness of test flash reached the reference value (on onset trials) or decayed below it (on termination trials). This method was validated on 3 subjects with test stimuli whose luminance rises and decays slowly in time, and then was used to trace out the precise subjective rise and decay (temporal brightness response function) of brief flashes.
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[Temporal course of a so-called automatic visual attention process]
Zeitschrift für experimentelle und angewandte Psychologie. 02/1985; 32(4):665-81.
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Two processes in visual attention /
Photocopy of original. Thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, 1984. Bibliography: p. 127-131.
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Information und Kommunikation 2004: Ein Lagebericht und einige Zukunftsperspektiven
in: Psychologische Rundschau, 56, 2005, 212-219.
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Perspektiven für Information und Kommunikation in der Psychologie
Vortrag von Erich Weichselgartner (Zentrum für Psychologische Information und Dokumentation, ZPID, Trier und Mitglied der IUK-Kommission der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie) anlässlich der 11. Iuk-Jahrestagung 2005 in Bonn. Thema: Stand und Aussichten der IUK-Initiativen im Fach Psychologie u... [more] Vortrag von Erich Weichselgartner (Zentrum für Psychologische Information und Dokumentation, ZPID, Trier und Mitglied der IUK-Kommission der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie) anlässlich der 11. Iuk-Jahrestagung 2005 in Bonn. Thema: Stand und Aussichten der IUK-Initiativen im Fach Psychologie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Open Access.
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Qualitätssicherung im Bereich neuer Medien durch Einführung von Qualitätskriterien
in: R. Ott & C. Eichenberg (Eds.), Klinische Psychologie und Internet. Potenziale für klinische Praxis, Intervention, Psychotherapie und Forschung (S. 99-113). Göttingen: Hogrefe, 2003.
Following (1)
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Sören Hofmayer
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover