Erich Schröger
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Erich Schröger is a German
psychologist
and neuroscientist
.
and psychology
at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. In 1982 he earned a Baccalaureat in Philosophy; in 1986 he earned a Diploma in Psychology; and in 1991 he was awarded a PhD for his work on loudness constancy
. After a research stay at the Cognitive Brain Research unit of the University of Helsinki
(Finland
) and a stint of teaching at the Catholic University of Eichstätt, Schröger achieved habilitation in psychology in 1996 at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich. The title of his habilitation thesis is, "[Discovery of changes in repetitive attraction sequences: Electrophysiological investigations of auditory data processing]".
In 1997 Schröger was appointed to the University of Leipzig
as a professor of biological psychology. Since 2001 he has held its Chair of Cognitive and Biological Psychology.
, attention
, and memory
, mainly in audition
. He has developed an experimental paradigm for assessing the mechanisms of automatic distraction of attention by irrelevant information. He mainly uses event-related potential
s (ERPs) from EEG
data.
For his scientific work, Schröger received the 1996 Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychophysiology from the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR). In 2004, Schröger became a Fellow of the Review Board for Psychology within the German Research Council
(DFG), in which he acts as Deputy Spokesperson since March 2008.
Germany
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psychologist
Psychologist
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and neuroscientist
Neuroscientist
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.
Biography
Schröger studied philosophyPhilosophy
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and psychology
Psychology
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at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. In 1982 he earned a Baccalaureat in Philosophy; in 1986 he earned a Diploma in Psychology; and in 1991 he was awarded a PhD for his work on loudness constancy
Subjective constancy
Subjective constancy or perceptual constancy is the perception of an object or quality as constant under changing conditions.-Vision:There are several types of perceptual constancies in Visual perception:-* Shape constancy* Size constancy...
. After a research stay at the Cognitive Brain Research unit of the University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki
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(Finland
Finland
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) and a stint of teaching at the Catholic University of Eichstätt, Schröger achieved habilitation in psychology in 1996 at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich. The title of his habilitation thesis is, "[Discovery of changes in repetitive attraction sequences: Electrophysiological investigations of auditory data processing]".
In 1997 Schröger was appointed to the University of Leipzig
University of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
as a professor of biological psychology. Since 2001 he has held its Chair of Cognitive and Biological Psychology.
Research
Schröger's main fields of research include perceptionPerception
Perception is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of the environment by organizing and interpreting sensory information. All perception involves signals in the nervous system, which in turn result from physical stimulation of the sense organs...
, attention
Attention
Attention is the cognitive process of paying attention to one aspect of the environment while ignoring others. Attention is one of the most intensely studied topics within psychology and cognitive neuroscience....
, and memory
Memory
In psychology, memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information and experiences. Traditional studies of memory began in the fields of philosophy, including techniques of artificially enhancing memory....
, mainly in audition
Audition
An audition is a sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer or other performing artist.Audition may also refer to:* The sense of hearing* Adobe Audition, audio editing software...
. He has developed an experimental paradigm for assessing the mechanisms of automatic distraction of attention by irrelevant information. He mainly uses event-related potential
Event-related potential
An event-related potential is any measured brain response that is directly the result of a thought or perception. More formally, it is any stereotyped electrophysiological response to an internal or external stimulus....
s (ERPs) from EEG
EEG
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data.
For his scientific work, Schröger received the 1996 Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychophysiology from the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR). In 2004, Schröger became a Fellow of the Review Board for Psychology within the German Research Council
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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(DFG), in which he acts as Deputy Spokesperson since March 2008.
Selected works
- Wontorra, M., Meischner-Metge, A., & Schröger, E. (Hrsg.). (2004). Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) und die Anfänge der Experimentellen Psychologie. (CD: ISBN 3-00-013477-8 ed.).
- Schröger, E., Kaernbach, K., Jacobsen, T., & Jost, K. (Hrsg.). (2004). Psychophysik und Audiologie. Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag.
- Kaernbach, C., Schröger, E., & Müller, H. J. (Hrsg.). (2004). Psychophysics beyond sensation: laws and invariants of human cognition. Erlbaum: Hilsdale, NJ.
- Schröger, E. (1995). Entdeckung von Veränderungen in repetitiven Reizfolgen: Elektrophysiologische Untersuchungen zur auditiven Informationsverarbeitung. Habilitationsschrift, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
- Schröger, E. (1991). Konstanz und Lautheit. Zur Wirkung von Entfernung und Einstellung auf die Lautstärkebeurteilung. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
- Schubö, W., Uehlinger, H.-M., Perleth, C., Schröger, E., & Sierwald, W. (1991). SPSS. Handbuch der Programmversionen SPSS 4.0 und SPSS-X 3.0. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer.
- Schubö, W., Perleth, C., Schröger, E., & Sierwald, W. (1991). SPSS kompakt für die Versionen 3 und 4. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer.
- Schubö, W., Piesbergen, C., Brodbeck, F., Rauh, R., & Schröger, E. (1989). Einführung in die Statistik: Wahrscheinlichkeit und Hypothesenprüfung. München: Oldenbourg.