Pierre Sachse
Biographic Data
| ID | 4601750 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pierre Sachse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pierre |
| FAMILY NAME | Sachse |
| SIGNATURE | SACHSE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Innsbruck |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8722-401X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Resting after learning or repeating the learned
The formation of new memories can be influenced by the activities that immediately follow learning. Previous research has shown that several minutes of wakeful resting after learning can enhance memory retention compared to engaging in unrelated tasks, likely by facilitating memory consolidation. However, the relative efficacy of wakeful resting compared to other potentially memory-enhancing post-learning activities, like post-learning repetition…
The influence of perceptual and cognitive load on contingent-capture effects
Peripheral cues matching a searched-for target feature are known to capture attention, lending support to the notion, that human visual attention is primarily driven by top-down factors. However, recently side conditions, in which also top-down non-matching cues captured attention, were reported. More specifically, under some circumstances, inconsistently colored non-matching cues captured attention. This is in stark contrast to the aforementione…
The role of inhibition in the processing of peripheral cues
The present study investigated the role of inhibition in peripheral cueing by nonpredictive cues. Based on past findings, we investigated the possibility that inhibition of learned irrelevant cue colors is typical of short cue-target intervals, with more competition for attention capture between cue versus target. In line with the expectation, in a modified contingent-capture protocol, with short cue-target intervals, we found same-location costs…
Coordinating Attention in Face‐to‐Face Collaboration: The Dynamics of Gaze, Pointing, and Verbal Reference
During real‐world interactions, people rely on gaze, gestures, and verbal references to coordinate attention and establish shared understanding. Yet, it remains unclear if and how these modalities couple within and between interacting individuals in face‐to‐face settings. The current study addressed this issue by analyzing dyadic face‐to‐face interactions, where participants ( n = 52) collaboratively ranked paintings while their gaze, pointing ge…
Implicit visuospatial sequence representations are accessible in both the practice and the transfer hand
A serial reaction time task was used to test whether the representations of a probabilistic second-order sequence structure are (i) stored in an effector-dependent, effector-independent intrinsic or effector-independent visuospatial code and (ii) are inter-manually accessible. Participants were trained either with the dominant or non-dominant hand. Tests were performed with both hands in the practice sequence, a random sequence, and a mirror sequ…
Sharing and Receiving Eye-Contact Predicts Mate Choice After a 5-Minute Conversation: Evidence from a Speed-Dating Study
In popular narratives, the first date with a potential mate often centers on their gaze as embodiment of interest and attraction. However, evidence is still lacking on the role of eye-contact as a potent signal in human social interaction in the context of dating. In addition, behavioral mechanisms of mate selection are not well understood. In the present study, we therefore examined mutual eye-contact and its influence on mate choice by applying…
Patterns of eye blinks are modulated by auditory input in humans
Previous studies could elaborate a link between attentional processes and eye blinking in both visual and auditory attention tasks. Here we show that this link is active at a fundamental level of perception: presentation of a series of bare sine tones is sufficient to induce a modulation of temporal blink patterns, allowing to determine which series was presented to participants even when they are not required to interactively engage in processin…
Early lifetime experience of urban living predicts social attention in real world crowds
More than half of the world's population is currently living in cities, with more and more people moving to densely populated areas. The experience of growing up and living in crowded environments might influence the way we explore our social environment, mainly how we attend to others. Yet, we know little about how urbanicity affects this vital function of our social life. In two studies, we use mobile eye-tracking to measure participants' socia…
Sensory processing sensitivity predicts performance in an emotional antisaccade paradigm
Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) is a common, heritable, and evolutionarily conserved trait, describing inter-individual differences in responsiveness and a more cautious approach to novel stimuli. It is associated with increased activation of brain regions involved in awareness, integration of sensory information, and empathy during processing of emotional faces. Furthermore, SPS is related to better performance in a visual detection task. E…
Visual Attention in Real‐World Conversation: Gaze Patterns Are Modulated by Communication and Group Size
Gaze behavior both initiates and maintains conversations, playing a crucial role in real‐world collaboration. Hitherto, most findings on social attention stem from research using pictures of faces in the laboratory, however, attention operates differently in the real world. Thus, we know little of how gaze behavior operates in naturalistic interactions. To bridge this gap, we applied mobile eye‐tracking to investigate the gaze patterns present in…
Do emotional stimuli interfere with response inhibition? evidence from the antisaccade paradigm
When it comes to measuring cognitive control and inhibition, the antisaccade paradigm is a popular task to apply. Usually, simple, perceptually and affectively neutral stimuli, e.g. white circles, are used. Recently, researchers also employed a version of the paradigm displaying emotional faces. Differences in cognitive processing due to stimulus size and emotional valence have not been investigated yet. Thus, in the present study, we applied bot…
Negative Arousal Reduces Sensitivity for Processing Context Information
Increases in arousal modulate information processing, promoting and prompting a switch from a contextual cognitive system to a more rigid habit system underlying ongoing cognition. We built on previous research findings regarding effects of emotion on context processing, examining whether or not high arousal states of different valence affect context processing. We measured context processing using the AX-continuous performance task paradigm. To …
The mindful self-leader: Investigating the relationships between self-leadership and mindfulness
Although self-leadership and mindfulness comprise the same self-regulatory core (observation) regarding attention in relation to mental states and have similar outcomes (e.g., stress reduction, increased performance), the relationships between self-leadership and mindfulness have not yet been examined. In this study, 174 participants completed self-report measures of self-leadership and mindfulness. Results showed that self-leadership was positiv…
Benefits of a hungry mind: When hungry, exposure to food facilitates proactive interference resolution
Benefits of Distraction
A considerable amount of research has been carried out with the aim of understanding the relationship between arousal and performance, but so far this topic has rarely been examined in the context of personality. In this study, we used a 2-group design ( N = 76) to investigate the effects of arousal, induced by cognitive activation, on introverts and extroverts in the context of follow-up tasks. Arousal was induced by an irrelevant auditory stimu…
Unique self-leadership: A bifactor model approach
A crucial point of debate around the construct of self-leadership is its supposed lack of distinctiveness from other theoretically related constructs. We empirically investigate in professionals with leadership experience ( N = 374) with a bifactor structural equation modeling approach to what extent self-leadership (a) is distinct from related classic motivation constructs (need for achievement, self-regulation, self-efficacy) and (b) harbors in…
Eyes as windows to the soul: Gazing behavior is related to personality
The Self-Loving Self-Leader: An Examination of the Relationship Between Self-Leadership and the Dark Triad
Self-leadership should be integrated within a nomological network, and its associations with the Dark Triad of personality comprising narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy, explored. In this self-report study, participants completed measures of self-leadership and the Dark Triad. Narcissism was positively associated with self-leadership scales, whereas Machiavellianism and psychopathy were not. Findings are discussed with respect to narci…
The Socioemotionally Intelligent Self-Leader: Examining Relations Between Self-Leadership and Socioemotional Intelligence
For the first time, the associations among the relatively new construct of self-leadership (SL; Neck & Houghton, 2006) and socioemotional intelligence (SEI; Riggio & Reichard, 2008) are examined. One hundred and sixty-eight participants gave self-reports on SL and SEI. Generally, SL and subfacets correlated positively with SEI and subfacets, however, strong associations were found for social sensitivity and emotional expressivity, but no associat…
Unique self-leadership: A bifactor model approach
A crucial point of debate around the construct of self-leadership is its supposed lack of distinctiveness from other theoretically related constructs. We empirically investigate in professionals with leadership experience ( N = 374) with a bifactor structural equation modeling approach to what extent self-leadership (a) is distinct from related classic motivation constructs (need for achievement, self-regulation, self-efficacy) and (b) harbors in…
Eyes as windows to the soul: Gazing behavior is related to personality
The Socioemotionally Intelligent Self-Leader: Examining Relations Between Self-Leadership and Socioemotional Intelligence
For the first time, the associations among the relatively new construct of self-leadership (SL; Neck & Houghton, 2006) and socioemotional intelligence (SEI; Riggio & Reichard, 2008) are examined. One hundred and sixty-eight participants gave self-reports on SL and SEI. Generally, SL and subfacets correlated positively with SEI and subfacets, however, strong associations were found for social sensitivity and emotional expressivity, but no associat…
The Self-Loving Self-Leader: An Examination of the Relationship Between Self-Leadership and the Dark Triad
Self-leadership should be integrated within a nomological network, and its associations with the Dark Triad of personality comprising narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy, explored. In this self-report study, participants completed measures of self-leadership and the Dark Triad. Narcissism was positively associated with self-leadership scales, whereas Machiavellianism and psychopathy were not. Findings are discussed with respect to narci…
Eyes as windows to the soul: Gazing behavior is related to personality
Unique self-leadership: A bifactor model approach
A crucial point of debate around the construct of self-leadership is its supposed lack of distinctiveness from other theoretically related constructs. We empirically investigate in professionals with leadership experience ( N = 374) with a bifactor structural equation modeling approach to what extent self-leadership (a) is distinct from related classic motivation constructs (need for achievement, self-regulation, self-efficacy) and (b) harbors in…
Benefits of Distraction
A considerable amount of research has been carried out with the aim of understanding the relationship between arousal and performance, but so far this topic has rarely been examined in the context of personality. In this study, we used a 2-group design ( N = 76) to investigate the effects of arousal, induced by cognitive activation, on introverts and extroverts in the context of follow-up tasks. Arousal was induced by an irrelevant auditory stimu…
Benefits of a hungry mind: When hungry, exposure to food facilitates proactive interference resolution
Negative Arousal Reduces Sensitivity for Processing Context Information
Increases in arousal modulate information processing, promoting and prompting a switch from a contextual cognitive system to a more rigid habit system underlying ongoing cognition. We built on previous research findings regarding effects of emotion on context processing, examining whether or not high arousal states of different valence affect context processing. We measured context processing using the AX-continuous performance task paradigm. To …
The mindful self-leader: Investigating the relationships between self-leadership and mindfulness
Although self-leadership and mindfulness comprise the same self-regulatory core (observation) regarding attention in relation to mental states and have similar outcomes (e.g., stress reduction, increased performance), the relationships between self-leadership and mindfulness have not yet been examined. In this study, 174 participants completed self-report measures of self-leadership and mindfulness. Results showed that self-leadership was positiv…
Visual Attention in Real‐World Conversation: Gaze Patterns Are Modulated by Communication and Group Size
Gaze behavior both initiates and maintains conversations, playing a crucial role in real‐world collaboration. Hitherto, most findings on social attention stem from research using pictures of faces in the laboratory, however, attention operates differently in the real world. Thus, we know little of how gaze behavior operates in naturalistic interactions. To bridge this gap, we applied mobile eye‐tracking to investigate the gaze patterns present in…
Do emotional stimuli interfere with response inhibition? evidence from the antisaccade paradigm
When it comes to measuring cognitive control and inhibition, the antisaccade paradigm is a popular task to apply. Usually, simple, perceptually and affectively neutral stimuli, e.g. white circles, are used. Recently, researchers also employed a version of the paradigm displaying emotional faces. Differences in cognitive processing due to stimulus size and emotional valence have not been investigated yet. Thus, in the present study, we applied bot…
Patterns of eye blinks are modulated by auditory input in humans
Previous studies could elaborate a link between attentional processes and eye blinking in both visual and auditory attention tasks. Here we show that this link is active at a fundamental level of perception: presentation of a series of bare sine tones is sufficient to induce a modulation of temporal blink patterns, allowing to determine which series was presented to participants even when they are not required to interactively engage in processin…
Early lifetime experience of urban living predicts social attention in real world crowds
More than half of the world's population is currently living in cities, with more and more people moving to densely populated areas. The experience of growing up and living in crowded environments might influence the way we explore our social environment, mainly how we attend to others. Yet, we know little about how urbanicity affects this vital function of our social life. In two studies, we use mobile eye-tracking to measure participants' socia…
Sensory processing sensitivity predicts performance in an emotional antisaccade paradigm
Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) is a common, heritable, and evolutionarily conserved trait, describing inter-individual differences in responsiveness and a more cautious approach to novel stimuli. It is associated with increased activation of brain regions involved in awareness, integration of sensory information, and empathy during processing of emotional faces. Furthermore, SPS is related to better performance in a visual detection task. E…
Implicit visuospatial sequence representations are accessible in both the practice and the transfer hand
A serial reaction time task was used to test whether the representations of a probabilistic second-order sequence structure are (i) stored in an effector-dependent, effector-independent intrinsic or effector-independent visuospatial code and (ii) are inter-manually accessible. Participants were trained either with the dominant or non-dominant hand. Tests were performed with both hands in the practice sequence, a random sequence, and a mirror sequ…
Sharing and Receiving Eye-Contact Predicts Mate Choice After a 5-Minute Conversation: Evidence from a Speed-Dating Study
In popular narratives, the first date with a potential mate often centers on their gaze as embodiment of interest and attraction. However, evidence is still lacking on the role of eye-contact as a potent signal in human social interaction in the context of dating. In addition, behavioral mechanisms of mate selection are not well understood. In the present study, we therefore examined mutual eye-contact and its influence on mate choice by applying…
The role of inhibition in the processing of peripheral cues
The present study investigated the role of inhibition in peripheral cueing by nonpredictive cues. Based on past findings, we investigated the possibility that inhibition of learned irrelevant cue colors is typical of short cue-target intervals, with more competition for attention capture between cue versus target. In line with the expectation, in a modified contingent-capture protocol, with short cue-target intervals, we found same-location costs…
Coordinating Attention in Face‐to‐Face Collaboration: The Dynamics of Gaze, Pointing, and Verbal Reference
During real‐world interactions, people rely on gaze, gestures, and verbal references to coordinate attention and establish shared understanding. Yet, it remains unclear if and how these modalities couple within and between interacting individuals in face‐to‐face settings. The current study addressed this issue by analyzing dyadic face‐to‐face interactions, where participants ( n = 52) collaboratively ranked paintings while their gaze, pointing ge…
Resting after learning or repeating the learned
The formation of new memories can be influenced by the activities that immediately follow learning. Previous research has shown that several minutes of wakeful resting after learning can enhance memory retention compared to engaging in unrelated tasks, likely by facilitating memory consolidation. However, the relative efficacy of wakeful resting compared to other potentially memory-enhancing post-learning activities, like post-learning repetition…
The influence of perceptual and cognitive load on contingent-capture effects
Peripheral cues matching a searched-for target feature are known to capture attention, lending support to the notion, that human visual attention is primarily driven by top-down factors. However, recently side conditions, in which also top-down non-matching cues captured attention, were reported. More specifically, under some circumstances, inconsistently colored non-matching cues captured attention. This is in stark contrast to the aforementione…
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