Curriculum Vitae

Publikationen

Journal Publications

(N = 24, h-Index, Google Scholar = 18)

Submitted

• Schwarze, C. E., Lerche, V., Pauen, S., & Wallwiener, S. (2021). Partnership Quality and Maternal Depressive Symptoms across the perinatal Period: A prospective Cohort Study.
• Wieschen, E. M., Voss, A., von Krause, M., Vollmoeller, C., & Lerche, V. (2022) Is "Jumpiness" in Evidence Accumulation a Personality Trait? Cross-task Correlations and Retest Reliability of the Parameters of the Lévy Flight Model.

2023

• Fröber, K., & Lerche, V. (2023). Performance-contingent reward increases the use of congruent distracting information. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-023-02682-9

2022

• Legate, N., Nguyen, T., Weinstein, N., Moller, A., Legault, L., Vally, Z., Tajchman, Z., Zsido, A. N., Zrimsek, M., Chen, Z., Ziano, I., Gialitaki, Z., Ceary, C. D., Jang, Y., Lin, Y., Kunisato, Y., Yamada, Y., Xiao, Q., … Primbs, M. A. (2022). A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(22), Article e2111091119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111091119

2021

• Mertens, A., Mertens, U. K., & Lerche, V. (2021). On the difficulty to think in ratios: a methodological bias in Stevens’ magnitude estimation procedure. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. doi: 10.3758/s13414-021-02266-5

2020

• von Krause, M., Lerche, V., Schubert, A.-L., & Voss, A. (2020). Do Non-Decision Times Mediate the Association between Age and Intelligence across Different Content and Process Domains? Journal of Intelligence, 8 (3), 33. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence8030033
• Lerche, V., von Krause, M., Voss, A., Frischkorn, G. T., Schubert, A.-L., & Hagemann, D. (2020). Diffusion Modeling and Intelligence: Drift rates show both domain-general and domain-specific relations with intelligence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General . doi: 10.1037/xge0000774
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (2020). When accuracy rates and mean response times lead to false conclusions: A simulation study based on the diffusion model. The Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 16 (2), 107-119. doi: 10.20982/tqmp.16.2.p107
• Neubauer, A. B., Lerche, V., Koehler, F., & Voss, A. (2020). What Do You (Think You) Need? Perceived vs. Experienced Effects of Need Fulfillment on Well-Being. Journal of Research in Personality, 86, 103938 . doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103938
• Theisen, M., Lerche, V., von Krause, M., & Voss, A. (2020). Age differences in diffusion model parameters: A meta-analysis. Psychological Research . doi: 10.1007/s00426-020-01371-8

2019

• Janczyk, M., & Lerche, V. (2019). A diffusion model analysis of the response-effect compatibility effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148 (2), 237-251. doi: 10.1037/xge0000430
• Lerche, V., Bucher, A., & Voss, A. (2019). Processing emotional expressions under fear of rejection: findings from diffusion model analyses. Emotion. doi: 10.1037/emo0000691
• Lerche, V. & Voss, A. (2019). Experimental Validation of the Diffusion Model based on a Slow Response Time Paradigm. Psychological Research, 83 (6), 1194-1209. doi: 10.1007/s00426-017-0945-8
• Voss, A., Lerche, V., Mertens, U., & Voss, J. (2019). Sequential Sampling Models with Variable Boundaries and Non-Normal Noise: A Comparison of Six Models. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review,26 (3), 813-832. doi: 10.3758/s13423-018-1560-4

2018

• Böhm, U., Annis, J., Frank, M., Hawkins, G., Heathcote, A., Kellen, D., Krypotos, A., Lerche, V., Logan, G., Palmeri, T., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Servant, M., Singmann, H., Starns, J., Voss, A., Wiecki, T., Matzke, D., Wagenmakers E.-J. (2018). Estimating Across-Trial Variability Parameters of the Diffusion Decision Model: Expert Advice and Recommendations. Journal of Mathematical Psychology , 87, 46-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jmp.2018.09.004
• Dutilh, G., Annis, J., Brown, S. D., Cassey, P., Evans, N. J., Grasman, R. P. P. P., Hawkins, G. E., Heathcote, A., Holmes, W. R., Krypotos, A.-M., Kupitz, C. N., Leite, F. P., Lerche, V., Lin, Y.-S., Logan, G. D., Palmeri, T. J., Starns, J. J., Trueblood, J. S., van Maanen, L., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Vandekerckhove, J., Visser, I., Voss, A., White C. N., Wiecki T. V., Rieskamp, J., & Donkin, C. (2018). The Quality of Response Time Data Inference: A Blinded, Collaborative Assessment of the Validity of Cognitive Models. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 26 (4). doi: 10.3758/s13423-017-1417-2
• Lerche, V., Christmann, U., & Voss, A. (2018). Impact of Context Information on Metaphor Elaboration: A Diffusion Model Study. Experimental Psychology, 65 (6), 370-384. doi: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000422
• Lerche, V., Neubauer, A. B., & Voss, A. (2018). Effects of Implicit Fear of Failure on Cognitive Processing: A Diffusion Model Analysis. Motivation and Emotion, 42 (3), 386-402. doi: 10.1007/s11031-018-9691-5
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (2018). Speed-Accuracy Manipulation in Diffusion Modeling: Lack of Discriminant Validity of the Manipulation or the Parameter Estimates? Behavior Research Methods, 50 (6), 2568-2585. doi: 10.3758/s13428-018-1034-7
• Neubauer, A. B., Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (2018). Inter-individual differences in the intra-individual association of competence and well-being: Combining experimental and intensive longitudinal designs. Journal of Personality , 86, 698-713. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12351

2017

• Lerche, V., Voss, A., & Nagler, M. (2017). How Many Trials are Required for Robust Parameter Estimation in Diffusion Modeling? A Comparison of Different Estimation Algorithms. Behavior Research Methods, 49 (2), 513-537. doi: 10.3758/s13428-016-0740-2
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (2017). Retest Reliability of the Parameters of the Ratcliff Diffusion Model. Psychological Research, 81 (3), 629-652. doi: 10.1007/s00426-016-0770-5

2016

• Hesse, T.-M., Lerche, V., Seiler, M., Knoess, K., & Paech, B. (2016). Documented decision-making strategies and decision knowledge in open source projects: An empirical study on Firefox issue reports. Information and Software Technology , 79, 36-51. doi: 10.1016/j.infsof.2016.06.003
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (2016). Model Complexity in Diffusion Modeling: Benefits of Making the Model More Parsimonious. Frontiers in Psychology , 7(1324). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01324

2013 - 2015

• Voss, A., Voss, J., & Lerche, V. (2015). Assessing Cognitive Processes with Diffusion Model Analyses: A Tutorial based on fast-dm-30. Frontiers in Psychology , 6:336. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00336
• Voss, A., Nagler, M., & Lerche, V. (2013). Diffusion Models in Experimental Psychology: A Practical Introduction. Experimental Psychology , 60, 385-402. doi: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000218

Invited Talks

• Lerche, V. (November 2019). Introduction to Diffusion Modeling. Invited Talk at the Research Colloquium of the Department of General and Applied Psychology (Prof. Dr. Gesine Dreisbach), University of Regensburg, Regensburg.
• Lerche, V. (October 2019). Introduction to Diffusion Modeling. Invited Talk at the Social Dept. Brown Bag at University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, US.
• Lerche, V. (Juli 2019). Diffusionsmodellierung: Mehr als mittlere Reaktionszeiten und Fehlerraten [Diffusion modeling: More than mean response times and error rates] . Invited Keynote Address at the Empiriepraktikumskongress, University of Regensburg, Germany.
• Lerche, V. (November 2018). Introduction to Diffusion Modeling. Invited talk at the Research Colloquium of the Department of Social Psychology (Prof. Dr. Klaus Fiedler), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
• Lerche, V. (October 2017). Data Visualization using R. Invited talk at the Workshop "Discourse, Multimodality and Experimental Methods: Discourse Processing using Eye Tracking Technology", University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
• Lerche, V. (September 2017). Introduction to Diffusion Modeling. Invited talk at the Summer School of the Priority Program of the German Research Foundation (SPP 1772), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
• Lerche, V. (May 2017). Diffusion Modeling: Why and How? Invited talk at the Research Colloquium of the Department of Cognitive and Experimental Psychology (Prof. Dr. Iring Koch), University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany.

Conference Contributions

• Brede, M., & Lerche, V. (July 2023). Frustration of the achievement motive: Insights from a diffusion model analysis. Talk at the "56th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych)" 2023 in Amsterdam.
• Herchenhahn, L., Lerche, V., Schoemann, M., & Scherbaum, S. (July 2023). Narcissism and the social context: An agent-based modeling approach. Talk at the "56th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych)" 2023 in Amsterdam.
• Liss, J. V., von Krause, M., Hunsmann, E. M., Elsemüller, L., & Lerche, V. (July 2023). Time to jump: Exploring the distribution of noise in evidence accumulation as a function of time pressure. Talk at the "56th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych)" 2023 in Amsterdam.
• Lerche, V., & Janczyk, M. (July 2023). The influence of catch trials on response caution - a diffusion model analysis. Talk at the "56th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych)" 2023 in Amsterdam.
• Pollak, K., Lerche, V., & Kiesel, A. (March 2023). Empirically testing the selective influence assumption of the Diffusion Model. Talk at the "65. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2023 in Trier.
• von Krause, M., Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (March 2023). A multiverse analysis of the relationship between decision process model parameters and age. Talk at the "65. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2023 in Trier.
• Lerche, V., & Germar, M. (September 2022). Are negative correlations between prior and dynamic biases in diffusion model analyses caused by estimation problems?  Parameter recovery studies. Talk at the "52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)" 2022 in Hildesheim.
• Liss, J., Lerche, V., & Kubota, J. (September 2022). Processes Underlying Stereotypes Against Muslims: A Diffusion Model Approach. Talk at the "52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)" 2022 in Hildesheim.
• Lerche, V., & Germar, M. (September 2021). Can a diffusion model analysis reliably disentangle prior and dynamic biases? Parameter recovery studies. Talk at the "15. Tagung der Fachgruppe Methoden & Evaluation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (FGME)" 2021 (virtual conference).
• Liss, J., & Lerche, V. (September 2021). Assessing Cognitive Processes Underlying Stereotype Effects in a First-Person Shooter Task and a Weapon Identification Task with Diffusion Model Analyses. Poster presented at the "15. Tagung der Fachgruppe Methoden & Evaluation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (FGME)" 2021 (virtual conference).
• Lerche, V. (Juli 2020). Effects of frustration of the achievement motive on task processing: Findings from diffusion model analyses . Talk at the "53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych)" 2020 (virtual conference).
• Muhr, M., Lerche, V., Villmen, D., & Knoess, K. (September 2019). Neuland adé. Wie können wir virtuelle Realitäten evaluieren? Talk at the Mensch und Computer (MuC) 2019 in Hamburg.
• von Krause, M., Lerche, V., Theissen, M., & Voss, A. (September 2019). Age differences in diffusion model parameters . Talk at the "15. Tagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik (DPPD)" 2019 in Dresden.
• Lerche, V., Karl, J., Buelow, A., Melchner, E., Voss, A., & Hertel, S. (August 2019). Do achievement-motivated individuals increase their effort after receiving negative performance feedback? - A diffusion model analysis. Poster presented at the "50th European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting (EMPG)" 2019 in Heidelberg.
• Theisen, M., Lerche, V., v. Krause, M., & Voss, A. (August 2019). Slower, but why? A meta-analysis on age differences in diffusion model parameters. Poster presented at the "50th European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting (EMPG)" 2019 in Heidelberg.
• Neubauer, A.B., Lerche, V., Koehler, F., & Voss, A. (May 2019). Know thy needs? Assessing inter-individual differences in perceived and observed associations between need fulfillment and well-being. Talk at the "7th Self-Determination Theory Conference" 2019 in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands.
• Lerche, V., Neubauer, A.B., Bucher, A., & Voss, A. (February 2019). The diffusion model provides new insights into the field of motivational psychology. Talk at the "Australian Mathematical Psychology Conference (AMPC)" 2019 in Melbourne, Australia
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (September 2018). Weapon Identification Task: Is the Prime x Target Interaction Effect attributable to Stereotype or Brightness Priming? Talk at the "51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)" 2018 in Frankfurt a. M.
• von Krause, M., Lerche, V., Frischkorn, G., Schubert A.-L., & Voss, A. (September 2018). Die Struktur kognitiver Verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit und ihre Beziehung zu Intelligenz. Talk at the "51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)" 2018 in Frankfurt a. M.
• Lerche, V., Neubauer, A.B., Bucher, A., & Voss, A. (July 2018). Application of the diffusion model to the field of motivational psychology: Inter-individual differences in the implicit achievement and affiliation motive are associated with cognitive processing. Talk at the "49th European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting (EMPG)" 2018 in Genova.
• Lerche, V., von Krause, M., Voss, A., Frischkorn, G., & Schubert, A.-L. (July 2018). Measuring domain-specific intelligence with the diffusion model. Talk at the "51th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych)" 2018 in Madison (Wisconsin).
• Lerche, V., Neubauer, A.B., & Voss, A. (March 2018). Diffusion modeling in motivational psychology: Inter-individual differences in fear of failure predict cognitive processing. Talk at the "60. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2018 in Marburg.
• von Krause, M., Lerche, V., Frischkorn, G., Schubert, A.-L., & Voss, A. (March 2018). The diffusion model can be used to analyse slow response time tasks. Poster presented at the "60. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2018 in Marburg.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (September 2017). Speed-Accuracy Manipulations: Are Effects in Non-Decision Time attributable to a Lack of Discriminant Validity of the Manipulation or to Trade-Offs in Parameter Estimation? Talk at the "13. Tagung der Fachgruppe Methoden & Evaluation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (FGME)" 2017 in Tübingen.
• Radev, S. T., Lerche, V., Mertens, U., & Voss, A. (September 2017). Diffusion model analysis: a graphical user interface to fast-dm. Poster presented at the "13. Tagung der Fachgruppe Methoden & Evaluation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (FGME)" 2017 in Tübingen.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (July 2017). Effect of Speed-Accuracy Manipulations on Nondecision Time: Lack of Discriminant Validity of the Manipulation or the Parameter Estimation? - Simulation Studies based on the Diffusion Model. Poster presented at the "50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych)" 2017 in Coventry.
• Radev, S. T., Lerche, V., Mertens, U., & Voss, A. (July 2017). Diffusion model analysis: a graphical user interface with fast-dm. Poster presented at the "50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych)" 2017 in Coventry.
• Bucher, A., Lerche, V., Schott, M., & Voss, A. (March 2017). The influence of color distance perception on the red-attractiveness effect. Talk at the "59. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2017 in Dresden.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (March 2017). Weapon Identification Task: Stereotype or Brightness Effect? Talk at the "59. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2017 in Dresden.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A., & Buelow, A. (June 2016). Diffusion model analyses: do we need fast responses? Talk at the "47th European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting (EMPG)" 2016 in Copenhagen.
• Spiertz, A., Lerche, V., Skottke, E.-M. (March 2016). Multilevel modelling of driving behaviour illustrated with driving simulator data. Talk at the "58. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2016 in Heidelberg.
• Buelow, A., Lueckel, M., Wicht, V., Morast, M., Schuchhardt, S., Stein, J., & Lerche, V. (March 2016). Wer hat Furcht vor Misserfolg? - Einfluss eines impliziten Motivs auf die Informationsverarbeitung. Poster presented at the "58. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2016 in Heidelberg.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A., & Buelow, A. (March 2016). Extending the Diffusion Model to Paradigms with Slower Responses. Talk at the "58. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2016 in Heidelberg.
• Neubauer, A., & Voss, A., & Lerche, V. (March 2016). Using parameters obtained in intensive longitudinal designs to predict experimental effects: Exploring reliability and power. Talk at the "58. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2016 in Heidelberg.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (February 2016). Retest Reliability of the Parameters of the Ratcliff Diffusion Model. Talk at the " Australian Mathematical Psychology Conference (AMPC)" 2016 in Hobart, Australia.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (September 2015). Requisite Trial Numbers in Diffusion Model Analyses. Talk at the "12. Tagung der Fachgruppe Methoden & Evaluation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (FGME)" 2015 in Jena.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (September 2015). How Reliable are the Parameters of the Ratcliff Diffusion Model? Talk at the "46th European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting (EMPG)" 2015 in Padova.
• Lerche, V., Voss, A., & Neubauer, A. (March 2015). Why Fear of Failure Decreases Task Performance - a Diffusion Model Analysis. Poster presented at the "International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS)" 2015 in Amsterdam.
• Neubauer, A. B., Voss, A., & Lerche, V. (March 2015). The best of both worlds: Combining intensive longitudinal and experimental designs via multilevel structural equation modeling. Poster presented at the "International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS)" 2015 in Amsterdam.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (March 2015). Test-Retest Reliability of the Parameters of the Ratcliff Diffusion Model. Talk at the "57. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2015 in Hildesheim.
• Neubauer, A. B., Voss, A., & Lerche, V. (March 2015). Need frustration decreases well-being. Evidence from a daily-diary experimental study design. Talk at the "57. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2015 in Hildesheim.
• Voss, A., & Lerche, V. (March 2015). Diffusion Model Analyses for Slow Decisions. Talk at the "57. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2015 in Hildesheim.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (July 2014). Guidelines for required numbers of trials in diffusion model analyses. Talk at the "45th European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting (EMPG)" 2014 in Tübingen.
• Voss, A., & Lerche, V. (July 2014). Diffusion model analyses for slow decisions. Talk at the "45th European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting (EMPG)" 2014 in Tübingen.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (July 2014). The role of false fixations of parameters in diffusion model analysis. Talk at the "47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych)" 2014 in Québec City.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (April 2014). Less can be more - when more restricted parameter models lead to better estimates in diffusion model analysis. Talk at the "56. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2014 in Giessen.
• Voss, A., & Lerche, V. (September 2013). Diffusionsmodellanalysen mit fast-dm. Talk at the "11. Tagung der Fachgruppe Methoden & Evaluation der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (FGME)" 2013 in Klagenfurt.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (August 2013). How Many Trials are Needed for a Robust Diffusion Model Analysis? A Comparison of Different Optimization Criteria for Parameter Estimation. Talk at the "46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych)" 2013 in Potsdam.
• Lerche, V., & Voss, A. (March 2013). I would like to apply a diffusion model to my experimental data - but do I have enough trials? Talk at the "55. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2013 in Vienna.
• Voss, A., & Lerche, V. (March 2013). Diffusion Model Analyses for Slow Decisions: Is the Model useful for Research on Judgment and Decision Making? Talk at the "55. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP) [Conference of Experimental Psychologists]" 2013 in Vienna.

Forschungsinteressen

• Mathematische Psychologie
• Psychologische Motive
• Stereotype
• Usability/User Experience

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