Research Scientist

Office: D 507
Tel.: +49 7531 88-2972
Fax: +49 7531 88-5288
h.neth@uni-konstanz.de

Research interests

  • adaptive behavior under risk vs. uncertainty
  • ecological rationality, rational task analysis
  • risk perception, communication and management
  • interactive problem solving, embodied and embedded cognition

Professional experience

2014–present Research scientist in Social Psychology and Decision Sciences,
Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany
2013–2014 Acting chair of General Psychology: Cognition, Emotion, Communication (previously Prof. Hans Spada),
Department of Psychology, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany
2011–2013 Researcher, Cognitive and Decision Sciences (Prof. Michael R. Waldmann),
Georg-Elias-Müller Institute for Psychology, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
2008–present Researcher, Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (ABC, Prof. Gerd Gigerenzer),
Max Planck Institute for Human Development (MPIB), Berlin, Germany
2007–2008 Research assistant professor, Cognitive Science Department (Prof. Wayne D. Gray),
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY, USA
2003–2007 Post-doctoral researcher, Cognitive Science Department (Prof. Wayne D. Gray),
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY, USA

Education

2000–2003 Ph.D. in Psychology (Prof. Stephen J. Payne),
School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
1998–1999 Graduate student research collaborator (Prof. Phil N. Johnson-Laird),
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
1998 Diplom (M.Sc. equiv.) in Psychology (Prof. Hans Spada),
Department of Psychology, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany
1992–1998 Studies in Psychology, Philosophy, and Linguistics,
Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Publications

Moussaid, M., Kämmer, J., Analytis, P., Neth, H. (2013).  Social influence and the collective dynamics of opinion formation.  PLoS ONE8(11): e78433.  doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078433

Osman, M., Meder, B., Gigerenzer, G., Chater, N., Read, D., & Neth, H. (2012). What can Cognitive Science say or learn about economic crises? (Symposium). In N. Miyake, D. Peebles, & R. P. Cooper (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 48–49). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Neth, H., Schächtele, S., Duwal, S., & Todd, P. M. (2011).  Competitive mate choice: How need for speed beats quests for quality and harmony.  In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 699–704).  Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Neth, H., & Payne, S. J. (2011). Interactive coin addition: How hands can help us think.  In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 279–284).  Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Buikstra, A., Neth, H., Schooler, L.J., ten Teije, A., & van Harmelen, F. (2011).  Ranking query results from Linked Open Data using a simple cognitive heuristic.  In Workshop on Discovering Meaning on the Go in Large Heterogeneous Data 2011 (LHD-11).  Barcelona, Spain: 22nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-11).

De Cruz, H., Neth, H., & Schlimm, D. (2010).  The cognitive basis of arithmetic.  In B. Löwe & T. Müller (Eds.),  PhiMSAMP. Philosophy of mathematics: Sociological aspects and mathematical practice (pp. 59–106).  London, UK: College Publications.

Neth, H., Khemlani, S. S.,  & Gray, W. D. (2008).  Feedback design for the control of a dynamic multitasking system: Dissociating outcome feedback from control feedback.  Human Factors, 50 (4), 643–651.

Schlimm, D., & Neth, H. (2008).  Modeling ancient and modern arithmetic practices: Addition and multiplication with Arabic and Roman numerals.  In V. Sloutsky, B. Love & K. McRae (Eds.),  Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2097–2102).  Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Neth, H., & Müller, T. (2008).  Thinking by doing and doing by thinking: A taxonomy of actions.  In V. Sloutsky, B. Love, & K. McRae (Eds.),  Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 993–998).  Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Payne, S. J., Duggan, G. B., & Neth, H. (2007).  Discretionary task interleaving: Heuristics for time allocation in cognitive foraging.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 36 (3), 370–388

Neth, H., Carlson, R. A., Gray, W. D., Kirlik, A., Kirsh, D., & Payne, S. J. (2007).  Immediate interactive behavior: How embodied and embedded cognition uses and changes the world to achieve its goals.  In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.),  Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 33–34).  Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Neth, H., Carlson, R. A., Gray, W. D., Kirlik, A., Kirsh, D., & Payne, S. J. (2007).  Immediate interactive behavior: How embodied and embedded cognition uses and changes the world to achieve its goals.  In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.),  Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 33–34).  Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Schoelles, M. J., Neth, H., Myers, C. W., & Gray, W. D. (2006).  Steps towards integrated models of cognitive systems: A levels-of-analysis approach to comparing human performance to model predictions in a complex task environment.  In R. Sun & N. Miyake (Eds.),  Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 756–761).  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Neth, H., Khemlani, S. S., Oppermann, B., & Gray, W. D. (2006).  Juggling multiple tasks: A rational analysis of multitasking in a synthetic task environment.  In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 50, pp. 1142–1146).  San Francisco, CA: Sage.

Neth, H., Sims, C. R., & Gray, W. D. (2006).  Melioration dominates maximization: Stable suboptimal performance despite global feedback.  In R. Sun & N. Miyake (Eds.),  Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 627–632).  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Neth, H., Myers, C. W., & Gray, W. D. (2006).  Memory modulates visual search: Interactions of external and internal representations.  Journal of Vision, 6, 1077.

Schoelles, M. J., Neth, H., Myers, C. W., & Gray, W. D. (2006).  Steps towards integrated models of cognitive systems: A levels-of-analysis approach to comparing human performance to model predictions in a complex task environment.  In R. Sun & N. Miyake (Eds.),  Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 756–761).  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Gray, W. D., Neth, H., & Schoelles, M. J. (2006).  The functional task environment.  In A. F. Kramer, D. A. Wiegman & A. Kirlik (Eds.),  Attention: From theory to practice (pp. 100–118).  New York: Oxford University Press.

Neth, H., Sims, C. R., & Gray, W. D. (2005).  Melioration despite more information: The role of feedback frequency in stable suboptimal performance.  In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 49, pp. 357–361).  Orlando, FL: Sage.

Neth, H. Gray, W. D. Myers, C. W. (2005). Memory models of visual search — searching in-the-head vs. in-the-world? [Abstract].  Journal of Vision, 5(8):417, 417a,