Hartmut Leuthold
Biographic Data
| ID | 3075846 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hartmut Leuthold |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hartmut |
| FAMILY NAME | Leuthold |
| SIGNATURE | LEUTHOLD H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tübingen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7101-0148 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How visual eccentricity shapes conflict via target and distractor processing in the Simon task
The visual Simon task is widely used to study action control in the presence of conflicting target and distractor information. However, it is unclear how one of the core parameters of this task, visual target eccentricity, affects conflict processing. Building on a quantitative dual-route model Diffusion Model for Conflict Tasks (DMC), we hypothesized that increased eccentricity alters the relative strength of target- and distractor-based activat…
Evaluative processing of emotional and moral content during discourse comprehension: Insights from event-related brain potentials
The present experiment examined whether an affective evaluation process contributes to discourse comprehension when participants silently read for comprehension, by analyzing event-related potentials (ERPs). Kunkel, Filik, Mackenzie, and Leuthold (2018) showed that when participants read about emotional events or moral transgressions while performing explicit emotional judgments, a larger late positive potential (LPP) was triggered for negative v…
Introspection about forced and free choice: Accurate subjective time estimation for externally as well as self-determined actions
Free-choice behavior is unique in that actions are internally self-determined, unlike forced-choice behavior, which is externally specified. Several studies suggest these two action modes can lead to different behavioral, affective, and motivational outcomes. We examined whether people estimate free-choice differently from forced-choice processing time due to possible introspective biases associated with these modes. Consistent with previous stud…
Modal and amodal cognition: An overarching principle in various domains of psychology
Accounting for how the human mind represents the internal and external world is a crucial feature of many theories of human cognition. Central to this question is the distinction between modal as opposed to amodal representational formats. It has often been assumed that one but not both of these two types of representations underlie processing in specific domains of cognition (e.g., perception, mental imagery, and language). However, in this pape…
The influence of reward and loss outcomes after free- and forced-tasks on voluntary task choice
In four experiments, we investigated the impact of outcomes and processing mode (free versus forced) on subsequent voluntary task-switching behavior. Participants freely chose between two tasks or were forced to perform one, and the feedback they received randomly varied after correct performance (reward or no-reward; loss or no-loss). In general, we reasoned that the most recently applied task goal is usually the most valued one, leading people …
Extreme Outcomes Accentuate Overweighting of Low Probabilities and Underweighting of High Probabilities in Experience‐Based Choice
Subjective inferences of probability are critical for decisions involving uncertainty. Recent studies have suggested that extreme outcomes bias beliefs about the value of uncertain options toward the best/worst outcome possible when learning the odds through experience, leading to increased preferences for uncertain options over equivaluable sure bets when there is the prospect of gain and, conversely, aversion to uncertain options when there is …
Motor demands influence conflict processing in a mouse-tracking Simon task
Previous studies have shown incorrect motor activation when making perceptual decisions under conflict, but the potential involvement of motor processes in conflict resolution is still unclear. The present study tested whether the effects of distracting information may be reduced when anticipated motor processing demands increase. Specifically, across two mouse-tracking Simon experiments, we manipulated blockwise motor demands (high vs. low) by r…
The role of task-relevant and task-irrelevant information in congruency sequence effects: Applying the diffusion model for conflict tasks
Following negative search instructions: The role of visual context
One typical use of negation is to refer to exceptions. In a visual display showing several similar items (majority) and one exception, referring to the exception by negating the majority should therefore be pragmatically felicitous. We investigated whether comprehenders are sensitive to these pragmatic aspects when processing negative sentences and having to identify the according items in the visual display. In Experiment 1, participants read af…
The time-course of distractor-based activation modulates effects of speed-accuracy tradeoffs in conflict tasks
The cognitive processes underlying the ability of human performers to trade speed for accuracy is often conceptualized within evidence accumulation models, but it is not yet clear whether and how these models can account for decision-making in the presence of various sources of conflicting information. In the present study, we provide evidence that speed-accuracy tradeoffs (SATs) can have opposing effects on performance across two different confl…
Understanding Irony in Literary Texts: A Cognitive Approach
Cognitive approaches are particularly appealing when it comes to phenomena that can be adequately described only when their mental processing is taken into account. The phenomenon of irony is one of them. While there has been a plethora of semantic and structural analytic approaches in literary studies and linguistics that have focused on irony, the question is to what extent irony is already inherent in the texts themselves, to what extent it is…
The Role of Predictability During Negation Processing in Truth-Value Judgment Tasks
In experiments investigating the processing of true and false negative sentences, it is often reported that polarity interacts with truth-value, in the sense that true sentences lead to faster reaction times than false sentences in affirmative conditions whereas the same does not hold for negative sentences. Various reasons for this difference between affirmative and negative sentences have been discussed in the literature (e.g., lexical associat…
Irony as a Test of the Presupposition-Denial Account: An ERP Study
According to the Presupposition-Denial Account, complement set reference arises when focus is on the shortfall between the amount conveyed by a natural language quantifier and a larger, expected amount. Negative quantifiers imply a shortfall, through the denial of a presupposition, whereas positive quantifiers do not. An exception may be provided by irony. One function of irony is to highlight, through indirect negation, the shortfall between wha…
The Role of Predictability During Negation Processing in Truth-Value Judgment Tasks
In experiments investigating the processing of true and false negative sentences, it is often reported that polarity interacts with truth-value, in the sense that true sentences lead to faster reaction times than false sentences in affirmative conditions whereas the same does not hold for negative sentences. Various reasons for this difference between affirmative and negative sentences have been discussed in the literature (e.g., lexical associat…
Irony as a Test of the Presupposition-Denial Account: An ERP Study
According to the Presupposition-Denial Account, complement set reference arises when focus is on the shortfall between the amount conveyed by a natural language quantifier and a larger, expected amount. Negative quantifiers imply a shortfall, through the denial of a presupposition, whereas positive quantifiers do not. An exception may be provided by irony. One function of irony is to highlight, through indirect negation, the shortfall between wha…
The Role of Predictability During Negation Processing in Truth-Value Judgment Tasks
In experiments investigating the processing of true and false negative sentences, it is often reported that polarity interacts with truth-value, in the sense that true sentences lead to faster reaction times than false sentences in affirmative conditions whereas the same does not hold for negative sentences. Various reasons for this difference between affirmative and negative sentences have been discussed in the literature (e.g., lexical associat…
Irony as a Test of the Presupposition-Denial Account: An ERP Study
According to the Presupposition-Denial Account, complement set reference arises when focus is on the shortfall between the amount conveyed by a natural language quantifier and a larger, expected amount. Negative quantifiers imply a shortfall, through the denial of a presupposition, whereas positive quantifiers do not. An exception may be provided by irony. One function of irony is to highlight, through indirect negation, the shortfall between wha…
Following negative search instructions: The role of visual context
One typical use of negation is to refer to exceptions. In a visual display showing several similar items (majority) and one exception, referring to the exception by negating the majority should therefore be pragmatically felicitous. We investigated whether comprehenders are sensitive to these pragmatic aspects when processing negative sentences and having to identify the according items in the visual display. In Experiment 1, participants read af…
The time-course of distractor-based activation modulates effects of speed-accuracy tradeoffs in conflict tasks
The cognitive processes underlying the ability of human performers to trade speed for accuracy is often conceptualized within evidence accumulation models, but it is not yet clear whether and how these models can account for decision-making in the presence of various sources of conflicting information. In the present study, we provide evidence that speed-accuracy tradeoffs (SATs) can have opposing effects on performance across two different confl…
Understanding Irony in Literary Texts: A Cognitive Approach
Cognitive approaches are particularly appealing when it comes to phenomena that can be adequately described only when their mental processing is taken into account. The phenomenon of irony is one of them. While there has been a plethora of semantic and structural analytic approaches in literary studies and linguistics that have focused on irony, the question is to what extent irony is already inherent in the texts themselves, to what extent it is…
Motor demands influence conflict processing in a mouse-tracking Simon task
Previous studies have shown incorrect motor activation when making perceptual decisions under conflict, but the potential involvement of motor processes in conflict resolution is still unclear. The present study tested whether the effects of distracting information may be reduced when anticipated motor processing demands increase. Specifically, across two mouse-tracking Simon experiments, we manipulated blockwise motor demands (high vs. low) by r…
The role of task-relevant and task-irrelevant information in congruency sequence effects: Applying the diffusion model for conflict tasks
Modal and amodal cognition: An overarching principle in various domains of psychology
Accounting for how the human mind represents the internal and external world is a crucial feature of many theories of human cognition. Central to this question is the distinction between modal as opposed to amodal representational formats. It has often been assumed that one but not both of these two types of representations underlie processing in specific domains of cognition (e.g., perception, mental imagery, and language). However, in this pape…
The influence of reward and loss outcomes after free- and forced-tasks on voluntary task choice
In four experiments, we investigated the impact of outcomes and processing mode (free versus forced) on subsequent voluntary task-switching behavior. Participants freely chose between two tasks or were forced to perform one, and the feedback they received randomly varied after correct performance (reward or no-reward; loss or no-loss). In general, we reasoned that the most recently applied task goal is usually the most valued one, leading people …
Extreme Outcomes Accentuate Overweighting of Low Probabilities and Underweighting of High Probabilities in Experience‐Based Choice
Subjective inferences of probability are critical for decisions involving uncertainty. Recent studies have suggested that extreme outcomes bias beliefs about the value of uncertain options toward the best/worst outcome possible when learning the odds through experience, leading to increased preferences for uncertain options over equivaluable sure bets when there is the prospect of gain and, conversely, aversion to uncertain options when there is …
Introspection about forced and free choice: Accurate subjective time estimation for externally as well as self-determined actions
Free-choice behavior is unique in that actions are internally self-determined, unlike forced-choice behavior, which is externally specified. Several studies suggest these two action modes can lead to different behavioral, affective, and motivational outcomes. We examined whether people estimate free-choice differently from forced-choice processing time due to possible introspective biases associated with these modes. Consistent with previous stud…
How visual eccentricity shapes conflict via target and distractor processing in the Simon task
The visual Simon task is widely used to study action control in the presence of conflicting target and distractor information. However, it is unclear how one of the core parameters of this task, visual target eccentricity, affects conflict processing. Building on a quantitative dual-route model Diffusion Model for Conflict Tasks (DMC), we hypothesized that increased eccentricity alters the relative strength of target- and distractor-based activat…
Evaluative processing of emotional and moral content during discourse comprehension: Insights from event-related brain potentials
The present experiment examined whether an affective evaluation process contributes to discourse comprehension when participants silently read for comprehension, by analyzing event-related potentials (ERPs). Kunkel, Filik, Mackenzie, and Leuthold (2018) showed that when participants read about emotional events or moral transgressions while performing explicit emotional judgments, a larger late positive potential (LPP) was triggered for negative v…
Psychology (11 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (8 works) · Cognitive psychology (7 works) · Cognition (6 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (4 works)