Curriculum Vitae
Postdoctoral Associate
Floor/Room: 01.27
Education
| 2017 | Dr. rer. nat. in Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany, Member of the Interdisciplinary Graduate and Research Academy Düsseldorf (iGRAD) |
| 2014 | Master of Science in Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2014 | Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with minor subject Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2011 | Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany |
Employment
| 2022 | Birth of first child |
| Since 2014 | Research fellow at the Department for Mathematical and Cognitive Psychology, Institute for Experimental Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2012 – 2013 | Research intern at the Behavioral Science Group, Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K. |
| 2010 – 2014 | Student assistant at the Department for Cognitive and Industrial Psychology, Institute for Experimental Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany |
Research Interests
- Source Memory and Source Guessing
- Prospective Memory
- Metacognition
- Schemas and Stereotypes
- Cheating and Cooperation
- Mathematical Modeling, especially multinomial processing tree modeling and multi-level modeling
- Emotion and Memory during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Continued Influence Effect of Misinformation
Publications
Papers (peer reviewed)
Ernsten, L., Körner, L. M., Schaper, M. L., Lawrenz, J., Richards, G., Heil, M., Schaal, N. K. (in press). The association of prenatal amniotic sex hormones and digit ratio (2D:4D) in children aged 5 to 70 months: A longitudinal study. PLOS ONE.
Schaper, M. L., Kuhlmann, B. G., & Bayen, U. J. (2022). Metacognitive differentiation of item memory and source memory in schema-based source monitoring. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001207
Schaper, M. L., Bayen, U. J. & Hey, C. V. (2022). Remedying the metamemory expectancy illusion in source monitoring: Are there effects on restudy choices and source memory? Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-022-09312-z
Schaper, M. L., Horn, S. S., Bayen, U. J., Buchner, A., & Bell, R. (2022). Adaptive prospective memory for faces of cheaters and cooperators. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(6), 1358–1376. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001128
Schaper, M. L., Bayen, U. J., & Hey, C. V. (2022). Delaying metamemory judgments corrects the expectancy illusion in source monitoring: The role of fluency and belief. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48(7), 975–1000. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001088
Niziurski, J. A. & Schaper, M. L. (2021). Psychological wellbeing, memories, and future thoughts during the Covid-19 pandemic. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01969-0
Schaper, M. L. & Bayen, U. J. (2021). The metamemory expectancy illusion in source monitoring affects metamemory control and memory. Cognition, 206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104468
Mieth, L., Schaper, M. L., Kuhlmann, B. G., & Bell, R. (2021). Memory and metamemory for social interactions: Evidence for a metamemory expectancy illusion. Memory & Cognition, 49(1), 14–31. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-020-01071-z
Körner, L. M., Schaper, M. L., Pause, B. M., & Heil, M. (2020). Parent-reports of sex-typed play preference in preschool children: Relationships to 2D:4D digit ratio and older siblings' sex. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, 2715–2724. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01662-6
Böhm, M. F., Bayen, U. J., & Schaper, M. L. (2020). Are subjective sleepiness and sleep quality related to prospective memory? Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 5, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-019-0199-7
Schaper, M. L., Kuhlmann, B. G., & Bayen, U. J. (2019). Metacognitive expectancy effects in source monitoring: Beliefs, in-the-moment experiences, or both? Journal of Memory and Language, 107, 95–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2019.03.009
Schaper, M. L., Kuhlmann, B. G., & Bayen, U. J. (2019). Metamemory expectancy illusion and schema-consistent guessing in source monitoring. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45(3), 470–496. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000602
Schaper, M. L., Mieth, L., & Bell, R. (2019). Adaptive memory: Source memory is positively associated with adaptive social decision making. Cognition, 186, 7–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.01.014
Other publications
Schaper, M.L. (2017). Metamemory and Schema Effects in Source Monitoring. Dissertation, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
Grants, Honors, and Awards
Third-party funding
- Research Grant from the DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Project: “Metamemory Monitoring and Control in Schema-based Source Monitoring“ (€267,670, Principal Investigators: Dr. Marie Luisa Schaper, Prof. Ute J. Bayen, Ph.D., 3 years, approved November 2019)
- Support provided by the DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for a Scientifc Network on “Hierarchical MPT Modeling – Methodological Comparisons and Application Guidelines” (€76.750, member)
Internal funding
- Teaching Grant of €8.900 (co-applicant, together with Prof. Ute J. Bayen, Ph.D.) from the eLearning Förderfonds, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- Travel Grant by the Heine Research Academies for the Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, London, 2019
- Travel Grant by the Heine Research Academies for the International Conference on Memory, Budapest, 2016
Awards
- Achievement award for outstanding performance, awarded by the Rectorate of Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 2022
- Achievement award for outstanding performance, awarded by the Rectorate of Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 2020
- Teaching award "EduArt" awared by the Psychology Student Council of Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 2020
Presentations
Schaper, M.L. & Bayen, U.J. (2020, November). A Delay in Metamemory Judgments Corrects the Expectancy Illusion in Source Monitoring. Poster at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Virtual meeting.
Schaper, M.L. & Bayen, U.J. (2020, March). The Metamemory Expectancy Illusion in Source Monitoring Affects Metamemory Control and Memory. Talk at the 62th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen. Jena, Germany. (Conference cancelled)
Schaper, M.L., Kuhlmann, B.G., & Bayen, U.J. (2019, April). Judgments of Guessing Partially Correct the Expectancy Illusion on Judgments of Source. Talk at the 61th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen. London, UK.
Schaper, M.L., Kuhlmann, B.G., & Bayen, U.J. (2018, March). Reliance on Schemas in Metamemory Predictions: Differences between Judgments of Learning and Judgments of Source. Talk at the 60th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen. Marburg, Germany.
Schaper, M.L., Kuhlmann, B.G., & Bayen, U.J. (2017, March). Consistency illusion in source monitoring: A-priori beliefs or in-the-moment experience? Talk at the 59th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen. Dresden, Germany.
Schaper, M.L., Kuhlmann, B.G., Bayen, U.J., & Halbach, A.-L. (2016, July). Item-memory and source-memory predictions in schema-based source monitoring. Poster presentation at the 6th International Conference on Memory (ICOM). Budapest, Hungary.
Schaper, M.L., Kuhlmann, B.G., Bayen, U.J., & Halbach, A.-L. (2016, March). Is schema-consistent source guessing compensatory? Poster presentation at the 58th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen. Heidelberg, Germany.
Ad-hoc Reviews
- Research grants: National Science Foundation, USA; Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland
- Journals: Advances in Cognitive Psychology; Applied Cognitive Psychology; Cognition; European Journal of Social Psychology; Experimental Psychology;International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; International Journal of Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition; Journal of Experimental Social Psychology; Journal of Mathematical Psychology;Mathematics; Memory; Memory & Cognition; Psychological Research;Psychology, Crime, and Law; Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology; Scientific Reports;Zeitschrift für Psychologie
Teaching
- Supervision of bachelor, master and diploma theses
- Quantitative Methods I (Bachelor)
- Quantitative Methods II (Bachelor)
- Research Methods and Statistical Analyses (Bachelor)
- Laboratory Course in Experimental Research (Bachelor)
- Quantitative Research Methods and Evaluation (Master)