Erich Weichselgartner

PhD
Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID)

Information processing by man and machine.

Research skills

  • IT
    Unix, Linux, C programming language, Web Technology, data bases, Publishing, digital objects (images, Sounds, Videos
  • Statistical
    Descriptive statistics, Inferential Statistics, software (SPSS, S-Plus, R

Research interests

  • Interests
    Information Retrieval, Multimedia, Hypermedia, Information Technology

Research experience

  • Teaching: Psychology (Regensburg University
  • Teaching: IT applications in Psychology (Trier University
  • Mar 2003–
    Mar 2005
    Research: Digital Psychology Information
    Institute for Psychology Information · Institute for Psychology Information
    Trier
    Developing a subject gateway for Psychology (http://www.psychlinker.de/)
  • May 2002–
    Dec 2010
    Research: PsychData
    Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID) · Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID)
    Trier
    Implementing an archive for primary research data in Psychology. (http://www.psychdata.de/)
  • Jun 2001–
    May 2005
    Research: Multidisciplinary Information System
    Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID) · Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID)
    Trier
    Development of an integrated multidisciplinary information system for the social sciences. (http://www.infoconnex.de/)

Education

  • Sep 1981–
    Sep 1984
    New York University
    Experimental Psychology · PhD
    United States of America (USA) · New York
  • May 1976–
    May 1981
    Regensburg University
    Psychology · Diplom
    Germany · Regensburg

Other

  • Languages
    German, English
  • Scientific Memberships
    American Psychological Association, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, IuK-Initiative Wissenschaft, Münchener Arbeitskreis für Information und Dokumentation, Sun Users Group
  • Journal Referee
    Journal of Experimental Psychology (General)
  • Other Interests
    Hiking, 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

  • Daten für alle!

    E. Weichselgartner, S. Winkler-Nees

    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.
  • European Psychology Publication Platform: Issues and Perspectives

    WEICHSELGARTNER ERICH

    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.
  • Dynamics of Automatic and Controlled Visual Attention

    Erich Weichselgartner

    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.
  • Episodic theory of the dynamics of spatial attention.

    G. Sperling, E. Weichselgartner

    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.
  • 29.75
    Impact points
    Dynamics of automatic and controlled visual attention.

    E Weichselgartner, G Sperling

    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.
  • 3.07
    Impact points
    Continuous measurement of visible persistence.

    E Weichselgartner, G Sperling

    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.
  • [Temporal course of a so-called automatic visual attention process]

    E Weichselgartner

    Zeitschrift für experimentelle und angewandte Psychologie. 02/1985; 32(4):665-81.

  • Two processes in visual attention

    Erich Weichsegartner

    01/1984

    Degree: PhD

    Supervisor: George Sperling

  • Two processes in visual attention /

    Erich. Weichselgartner

    Photocopy of original. Thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, 1984. Bibliography: p. 127-131.
  • Perspektiven für Information und Kommunikation in der Psychologie

    Erich Weichselgartner

    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.
  • Qualitätssicherung im Bereich neuer Medien durch Einführung von Qualitätskriterien

    Joachim Funke, Michael Stumpf, Erich Weichselgartner, Friedrich Wilkening

    in: R. Ott & C. Eichenberg (Eds.), Klinische Psychologie und Internet. Potenziale für klinische Praxis, Intervention, Psychotherapie und Forschung (S. 99-113). Göttingen: Hogrefe, 2003.

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