Biographic Sketch

since April 2019
Postdoc position, University of Trier, Department of Cognitive Psychology, Prof. Dr. Christian Frings

April 2019
PhD, University of Trier.
Title of the dissertation: Integration and Retrieval in Action Control: Taking a closer look at the processes contributing to the binding of irrelevant information.

April 2016 - April 2019
Research Assistant (PhD student), Department of Cognitive Psychology, Prof. Dr. Christian Frings, University of Trier

2014 - 2016
Master of Science in Psychology, University of Trier
Master’s Thesis: It is binding and not retrieval. The influence of color similarity on distractor-response binding and response retrieval.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Christian Frings and Dr. Birte Moeller, University of Trier

2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Trier

Research Interests

• Perception and Action Planing

• Distractor-Response Binding

Publications

Journal articles (peer-reviewed)
Laub, R., Münchau, A., Beste, C., & Frings, C. (in press). Too much information…The influence of target selection difficulty on binding processes. Visual Cognition.
Laub, R., & Frings, C. (2021). Brightness versus darkness: The influence of stimulus intensity on the distractor-response binding effect. Acta Psychologica , 212, 103224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103224	Open Access
Laub, R., Merz, S., Dröschel, H., & Frings, C. (2021). The level of representation of irrelevant stimuli – Distractor-response binding within and between the senses. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 83, 2256–2266. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-021-02249-6	Open Access
Schmalbrock, P., Laub, R., & Frings, C. (2021). Integrating salience and action – Increased integration strength through salience. Visual Cognition, 29, 91-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2020.1871455
Laub, R., & Frings, C. (2020). Why star retrieves scar: Binding and retrieval of perceptual distractor features. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46, 350-363. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000726
Laub, R., & Frings, C. (2020). Distractor-based Retrieval in Action Control: The Influence of Encoding Specificity. Psychological Research, 84, 765-773. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-018-1082-8
Singh, T., Laub, R., Burgard, J. P., & Frings, C. (2018). Disentangling Inhibition-based And Retrieval-based After-Effects of Distractors: Cognitive Versus Motor Processes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44, 797–805. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000496
Laub, R., Frings, C., & Moeller, B. (2018). Dissecting Stimulus-Response Binding Effects: Grouping By Color Separately Impacts Integration And Retrieval Processes. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 80, 1474–1488. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-018-1526-7

Talks / Posters
Laub, R., Merz, S., Dröschel, H., & Frings, C. (2023, March 27-29). Distractor-Response Binding within and between the senses. [Poster]. 65th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Trier, Germany.
Laub, R., Schmalbrock, P., & Frings, C. (2020, March 22-25). Investigating the influence of salience on binding effects. [Talk]. 62nd Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog*innen (TeaP), , Jena, Germany. (Conference canceled)
Laub, R. & Frings, C. (2019, October 18-20). Der Einfluss von Perceptual Load auf Bindungsprozesse. [Talk]. 52nd Herbsttreffen experimentelle Kognitionspsychologie (HExKoP), Hildesheim, Germany.
Laub, R. & Frings, C. (2018, July 13-15). Grouping beats salience: Competition for the integration of salient and non-salient distractors. [Talk]. 7th Doktorand*innenworkshop Allgemeine Psychologie (A-Dok), Mainz, Germany.
Laub, R., Moeller, B., & Frings, C. (2018, March 12-14) Time will tell: Binding and retrieval of temporal distractors. [Talk]. 60th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psycholog*innen (TeaP), Marburg, Germany.
Laub, R. & Frings, C. (2017, November 3-5). Binding and retrieval of perceptual distractor features. [Talk]. 50th Herbsttreffen experimentelle Kognitionspsychologie (HExKoP), Ulm, Germany.
Freitag, R. (2017). Einflussfaktoren auf distraktorbasierte Abrufprozesse: Stimulusintensität und Stimulussalienz. Talk at the 6th Doktorandenworkshop Allgemeine Psychologie (A-Dok), 30th June - 2nd July 2017. Ulm, Germany.
Freitag, R., Moeller, B., & Frings, C., (2017) Two principles of retrieval function in binding: Stimulus intensity and encoding specificity. Talk at the 59th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), 27th - 29th March 2017. Dresden, Germany.
Singh, T., Freitag, R., Burgard, J. P., & Frings, C. (2017). Distractor-response retrieval effects are driven by motor processes. Talk at the 59th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), 27th - 29th March 2017. Dresden, Germany.
Freitag, R., Moeller, B., & Frings, C. (2016). Viel hilft viel? Der Einfluss der Distraktoranzahl auf den Distraktor-Reaktionsbindungseffekt. Talk at the 49th Herbsttreffen experimentelle Kognitionspsychologie (HExKoP), 4th - 6th November 2016. Tübingen, Germany.
Freitag, R., Mast, F., Frings, C., & Moeller, B. (2016) The influence of color similarity on distractor-response binding and response retrieval. Talk at the 58th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), 21st - 23rd March 2016, Heidelberg, Germany.
Freitag, R., Mast, F., Frings, C., & Moeller, B. (2015). It is binding and not retrieval: The influence of color similarity on distractor-response binding and response retrieval. Talk at the 48th Herbsttreffen experimentelle Kognitionspsychologie (HExKoP), 13th - 15th November 2015. Kaiserslautern, Germany.