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Malte Felix Zimdahl
Year: 2017
Center: Social Sciences
Supervisor: Monika Undorf
Malte Zimdahl was born in Aachen, Germany, and started studying psychology at the University of Mannheim in 2011. His studies include a semester abroad in Bergen, Norway, and he holds a Master’s degree in cognitive and clinical psychology. His interest in meta-cognition was fostered during a research internship with Dr. Monika Undorf at the chair of Prof. Dr. Edgar Erdfelder in 2014. In his Master’s thesis, he investigated the influence of perceptual fluency on meta-cognitive judgments.
Research interests:
He is especially interested in meta-cognitive illusions and investigates underlying cognitive factors of meta-cognitive judgments.
Publications
2021
- Zimdahl, M. F. & Undorf, M. (2021). Hindsight bias in metamemory: Outcome knowledge influences the recollection of judgments of learning. Memory, 29(5), 559–572. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2021.1919144
2019
- Undorf, M. & Zimdahl, M. F. (2019). Metamemory and memory for a wide range of font sizes: What is the contribution of perceptual fluency? Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45(1), 97–109. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000571
2020
- Zimdahl, M. F. & Undorf, M. (2020). Is there a hindsight bias in metamemory? The effect of outcome knowledge on judgments of learning (JOLs). In C. Lange-Küttner (eds.), TeaP 2019 : abstracts of the 61st Conference of Experimental Psychologists : 61. TeaP 2019 (Tagung Experimentell Arbeitender PsychologInnen) April, 15th to 17th, London, England, United Kingdom (S. ). , Pabst Science Publishers: Lengerich.
2018
- Zimdahl, M. F. & Undorf, M. (2018). Perceptual fluency or metacognitive beliefs – what drives the effect of font-size on Judgments of Learning? In A. C. Schütz (eds.), 60. TeaP 2018 : Abstracts of the 60h Conference of Experimental Psychologists, March, 11th to 14th, Marburg, Germany (S. 305). , Pabst Science Publishers: Lengerich. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.913
2018
- Zimdahl, M. F. & Undorf, M. (2018). Perceptual fluency, metacognitive beliefs, or both – what drives the effect of font size on judgments of learning? 60. Tagung Experimentell Arbeitender Psychologen, Marburg, Germany.
2022
- Undorf, M., Navarro-Báez, S. & Zimdahl, M. F. (2022). Metacognitive illusions. In R. F. Pohl (eds.), Cognitive illusions : intriguing phenomena in judgement, thinking and memory (3., S. 307–323). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
2022
- Zimdahl, M. F. (2022). Cues and processes underlying metamemory. [Doctoral dissertation, Universität Mannheim].
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