Dr. Marian Sauter
seit 10/2020 | Akademischer Mitarbeiter in der Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie der Universität Ulm |
2018 – 2020 | Post-Doc / Lehrkraft in der Arbeitsgruppe von Prof. Wolfgang Mack an der Universität der Bundeswehr |
2014 – 2018 | Promotion in der Arbeitsgruppe von Prof. Hermann J. Müller an der LMU München / Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences |
2012 – 2014 | M.Sc. in Neuro-Cognitive Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
2008 – 2012 | B.Sc. Cognitive Science, Universität Osnabrück |
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Dr. Marian Sauter
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
✉ Marian Sauter
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Sprechzeiten: nach Vereinbarung
Forschungsinteressen
- Perception and Action
- Visual Attention
- Interactive Search
Publikationen
2025
Stefani, M., Sauter, M. & Mack, W. Multi-tasking costs in triple-task performance despite dual-task preparation. Mem Cogn (2025). doi.org/10.3758/s13421-024-01674-w
2024
Sauter, M. (2024). Speed and reliability of touch vs mouse inputs in visual foraging. Open Psychology, 6(1), 20240001. doi.org/10.1515/psych-2024-0001
Foucher, V., Krug, A., & Sauter, M. (2024). Independent comparative evaluation of the Pupil Neon—a new mobile eye-tracker 2. OSF. doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/3KC5T
Saalwirth, C., Stefani, M., Sauter, M., & Mack, W. (2024). Eye‐tracking analysis of attentional disengagement in phobic and non‐phobic individuals. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 1–16. doi.org/10.3758/s13414-024-02968-6
2023
Stefani, M., & Sauter, M. (2023). Relative contributions of oculomotor capture and disengagement to distractor‐related dwell times in visual search. Scientific Reports, 13(1). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43604-x
Lau, W. K., Eberhardt, L. V., Sauter, M., & Huckauf, A. (2023). Psychological privacy: How perceptual publicity can support perceived publicity. Interactions, 30(6), 8-9. doi.org/10.1145/3629041
Lau, W. K., Sauter, M., Bulut, C., Eberhardt, L. V., & Huckauf, A. (2023). Revisiting the watching eyes effect: How emotional expressions, sex, and age of watching eyes influence stereotypical statement endorsement. Open Psychology, 5(1), 20220135. doi.org/10.1515/psych-2022-0135
Sauter, M., Wagner, T., Hirzle T., Lin, B. X., Rukzio, E. & Huckauf, A. (2023). Behind the Screens: Exploring Eye Movement Visualization to Optimize Online Teaching and Learning. In Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2023 (MuC '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 67–80. doi.org/10.1145/3603555.3603560
2022 und früher
Lau, W. K., Sauter, M., & Huckauf, A. (2022). Small pupils lead to lower judgements of a person’s characteristics for exaggerated, but not for realistic pupils. Behavioral Sciences, 12(8). doi.org/10.3390/bs12080283
Sauter, M., Stefani, M. & Mack, W. (2022). Equal Quality for Online and Lab Data: A Direct Comparison from Two Dual-Task Paradigms. Open Psychology, 4(1), 47-59. doi.org/10.1515/psych-2022-0003
Hirzle, T.*, Sauter, M.*, Wagner, T., Hummel, S., Rukzio, E., & Huckauf, A. (2022, June). Attention of many observers visualized by eye movements. In 2022 Symposium on eye tracking research and applications (pp. 1-7). doi.org/10.1145/3517031.3529235
Sauter, M., Wagner, T., & Huckauf, A. (2022, June). Distance between gaze and laser pointer predicts performance in video-based e-learning independent of the presence of an on-screen instructor. In 2022 Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (pp. 1-10). doi.org/10.1145/3517031.3529620
Sauter, M., Hirzle, T., Wagner, T., Hummel, S., Rukzio, E., & Huckauf, A. (2022, June). Can Eye Movement Synchronicity Predict Test Performance With Unreliably-Sampled Data in an Online Learning Context?. In 2022 Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (pp. 1-5). doi.org/10.1145/3517031.3529239
Stefani, M., Sauter, M., Eichert, F. & Mack, W. (2022). Expanding dual-task research by a triple-task. Open Psychology, 4(1), 152-174. doi.org/10.1515/psych-2022-0008
Sauter, M., Hanning, N. M., Liesefeld, H. R., & Müller, H. J. (2021). Post-capture processes contribute to statistical learning of distractor locations in visual search. Cortex, 135, 108–126. doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.11.016
Sauter, M., Braun, T., & Mack, W. (2021). Social Context and Gaming Motives Predict Mental Health Better than Time Played: An Exploratory Regression Analysis with Over 13,000 Video Game Players. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0234
Sauter, M., Draschkow, D., Mack, W. (2020). Building, Hosting and Recruiting: A Brief Introduction to Running Behavioral Experiments Online. Brain Sciences. doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10040251
Stefani, M., Sauter, M. & Mack, W. (2020). Delayed disengagement from irrelevant fixation items: Is it generally functional?. Attention Perception Psychophysics. doi.org/10.3758/s13414-019-01926-x
Sauter, M., Stefani, M., & Mack, W. (2020). Towards interactive search: Investigating visual search in a novel real-world paradigm. Brain Sciences, 10(12), 927. doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10120927
Sauter, M., Liesefeld, H. R., & Müller, H. J. (2019). Learning to suppress salient distractors in the target dimension: Region-based inhibition is persistent and transfers to distractors in a nontarget dimension. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000691
Sauter, Marian (2018). Learning to shield visual search from salient distractors. Dissertation, LMU München: Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences (GSN). nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-223098
Sauter, M., Liesefeld, H.R., Zehetleitner, M. Müller, H.J. (2018). Region-based shielding of visual search from salient distractors: Target detection is impaired with same- but not different-dimension distractors. Attention Perception Psychophysics. doi.org/10.3758/s13414-017-1477-4
Soutschek, A., Sauter, M., & Schubert, T. (2015). The Importance of the Lateral Prefrontal Cortex for Strategic Decision Making in the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. doi.org/10.3758/s13415-015-0372-5