Scientist
Dr. Maren Mayer
Dr. Maren Mayer
Since August 2022, Maren Mayer has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Knowledge Construction lab. In this position, her research involves sequential collaboration. She especially focuses on collaboratively forming judgments and estimates as well as gathering and sharing information. For her work, she uses both experimental methods as well as modeling.
Main research topic:
- Sequential collaboration
- Dependent judgments
- Belief updating
- Science communication
- Cognitive modeling
Dr. Maren Mayer
Schleichstr. 6
72072 Tübingen
Room 6.422
+49 7071 979-120maren.mayer@iwm-tuebingen.deLab membership
Projects
Projects with a current term and projects that have taken place in the last 5 years are shown.
Using sequential collaboration to aggregate judgments into accurate estimates
Knowledge Construction lab
Duration 08/2022 - open
Go to ProjectImproving group decision making with sequential collaboration
Knowledge Construction lab
Duration 01/2023 - 12/2024
Go to ProjectThe influence of expertise on the anchoring effect
Knowledge Construction lab
Duration 03/2023 - open
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Publications
Articles (peer-reviewed)
- Mayer, M., & Kimmerle, J. (in press). Minimizing social bias with sequential collaboration: The role of contributor features in dependent judgments. Scientific Reports.
- Mayer, M., & Heck, D. W. (2025). Modeling dependent group judgments: A computational model of sequential collaboration. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 32, 1142–1164. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02619-9
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- Mayer, M., Heck, D. W., & Kimmerle, J. (2025). Opting out in computer-supported sequential collaboration. Computers in Human Behavior, 165, 108527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108527
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- Mayer, M., & Heck, D. W. (2024). Sequential collaboration: The accuracy of dependent, incremental judgments. Decision, 11(1), 212–237. https://doi.org/10.1037/dec0000193
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- Mayer, M., & Heck, D. W. (2023). Cultural consensus theory for two-dimensional location judgments. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 113, Article 102742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2022.102742
- Mayer, M., Broß, M., & Heck, D. W. (2023). Expertise determines frequency and accuracy of contributions in sequential collaboration. Judgment and Decision Making, 18, Article e2. https://doi.org/10.1017/jdm.2023.3
- Mayer, M., & Ramon, M. (2023). Improving forensic perpetrator identification with Super-Recognizers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(20), Article e2220580120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2220580120
- Mayer, M., Heck, D. W., & Mocnik, F.-B. (2020). Shared mental models as a psychological explanation for converging mental representations of place – the example of OpenStreetMap. In B. Mocnik & R. Westerholt (Eds.). Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Platial Information Science (PLATIAL'19) (pp. 43-50). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3628871
Other publications
- Fischer, V. E., Mayer, M., & Kimmerle, J. (2025). Information on judgment invariance influences contributors' opting-in behavior in sequential collaboration. Psyarxiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/z9pnq_v1
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- Mayer, M., & Kimmerle, J. (2025). Minimizing social bias with sequential collaboration: The role of contributor features in dependent judgments. OSF. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/skz4p
- Luther, T., Mayer, M., & Kimmerle, J. (2025). The role of perceived anthropomorphism and anthropomorphic design elements in willingness to delegate writing tasks to AI: Findings from a large-scale survey and a randomized controlled experiment. PsyArXiv Preprints.
- Mayer, M., & Heck, D. W. (2024). Modeling dependent group judgments: A computational model of sequential collaboration. Psyarxiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/yqc3r
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- Mayer, M., & Heck, D. W. (2024). Modeling dependent group judgments: A computational model of sequential collaboration. Psyarxiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/yqc3r
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- Mayer, M., & Rebholz, T. R. (2024). Navigating anchor relevance skillfully: Expertise reduces susceptibility to anchoring effects. Psyarxiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/69jwr
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- Mayer, M., Heck, D. W., & Kimmerle, J. (2024). Opting out in computer-supported sequential collaboration. SSRN.
Presentations und Conferences
Talks
- Mayer, M., & Rebholz, T. R. (2025, March 9-12). Navigating anchor relevance skillfully: Expertise reduces susceptibility to anchoring effects. 67. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog*innen | Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP 2025). Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. [Talk]
- Luther, T., Mayer, M., & Kimmerle, J. (2025, July 2-4). Shaping perception and interaction: The role of anthropomorphism and task type in human-AI writing. Interdisciplinary PhD Workshop "Beyond Commands: The Evolving Relationship between Humans and Voice-Enabled AI". Tübingen. [Talk]
- Mayer, M., & Heck, D. W. (2024, March 17-20). Modeling sequential collaboration: exploring cognitive mechanisms of collaborative judgments. 66. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog:innen (TeaP) - Conference of Experimental Psychologists. Universität Regensburg. [Talk]
- Mayer, M., & Heck, D. W. (2024, September 4-6). Understanding judgment aggregation with sequential collaboration: A computational modeling approach. European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting 2024. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. [Talk]
- Mayer, M., & Ramon, M. (2023, May 4-5). Improving forensic perpetrator identification with Super-Recognizers. European Police Congress, Symposium „Gesichtserkennung – Super-Recognizer“. Berlin. [Talk]
- Mayer, M., & Heck, D. W. (2023, March 26-29). Sequential collaboration: Aggregating judgments in a dependent, incremental manner. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) 2023. Trier. [Talk]
- Mayer, M., & Heck, D. W. (2022, September 10-15). The role of opting out of giving a judgment for the accuracy of wisdom of crowds and sequential collaboration. 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Hildesheim. [Talk]
Poster presentations
- Mayer, M., & Heck, D. W. (2023, November 16-19). Sequential collaboration: Enhancing judgment aggregation through experts' iterative contributions. 64th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. San Francisco, CA, USA. [Poster Presentation]
- Mayer, M., & Rebholz, T. R. (2023, November 17-20). The influence of expertise and anchor relevance on anchoring effects. Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making. San Francisco, CA, USA. [Poster Presentation]
Other conference contributions
- Rebholz, T. R., & Mayer, M. [Chair] (2025, March 9-12). Numerical assimilation in anchoring, advice taking, and hindsight bias. 67. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog*innen | Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP 2025). Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. [Symposium Organisation]
- Mayer, M. (2023, March 26-29). Advice taking and beyond: Judgment formation via advice taking, sequential collaboration, and belief updating. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) 2023. Trier. [Symposium Organisation]
Teaching
- Mayer, M. (Winter semester 2024/25). Einführung in die Psychologie I WiSe 24/25. Lecture (Bachelor). Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
- Mayer, M. (2023). Einführung in die Psychologie I. WiSe 23/24. Vorlesung. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Fachbereich Psychologie.
- Mayer, M. (2023). Kollaboration in digitalen Medien. SoSe 2023. Forschungsseminar / Forschungspraktikum. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
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