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
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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).
2024
Sauter, M. (2024). Speed and reliability of touch vs mouse inputs in visual foraging. Open Psychology, 6(1), 20240001.
Foucher, V., Krug, A., & Sauter, M. (2024). Independent comparative evaluation of the Pupil Neon—a new mobile eye-tracker 2. OSF.
Saalwirth, C., Stefani, M., Sauter, M., & Mack, W. (2024). Eyeâ€tracking analysis of attentional disengagement in phobic and nonâ€phobic individuals. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 1–16.
2023
Stefani, M., & Sauter, M. (2023). Relative contributions of oculomotor capture and disengagement to distractorâ€related dwell times in visual search. Scientific Reports, 13(1).
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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).
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).
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).
Stefani, M., Sauter, M., Eichert, F. & Mack, W. (2022). Expanding dual-task research by a triple-task. Open Psychology, 4(1), 152-174.
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.
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.
Sauter, M., Draschkow, D., Mack, W. (2020). Building, Hosting and Recruiting: A Brief Introduction to Running Behavioral Experiments Online. Brain Sciences.
Stefani, M., Sauter, M. & Mack, W. (2020). Delayed disengagement from irrelevant fixation items: Is it generally functional?. Attention Perception Psychophysics.
Sauter, M., Stefani, M., & Mack, W. (2020). Towards interactive search: Investigating visual search in a novel real-world paradigm. Brain Sciences, 10(12), 927.
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.
Sauter, Marian (2018). Learning to shield visual search from salient distractors. Dissertation, LMU München: Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences (GSN).
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.
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.