Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
APD Research Fellow of the Australian Research Council (2011-2015)
PhD (2007) and Dipl.Psych. (2003) from Saarland University, Germany
PhD (2007) and Dipl.Psych. (2003) from Saarland University, Germany
Roles and responsibilities
Unit coordinator:
PSYC2215
PSYC3315
PSYC4410
Director, Community and Engagement
Chair of School Colloquium Committee
Chair of School Honours Conference Committee
PSYC2215
PSYC3315
PSYC4410
Director, Community and Engagement
Chair of School Colloquium Committee
Chair of School Honours Conference Committee
Funding overview
ARC
Australian Department of Social Services
Worldwide Universities Network
UWA
Australian Department of Social Services
Worldwide Universities Network
UWA
Current projects
2017 Australian Department of Social Services ASELLC Research Project, “Debunking autism treatment myths”, Paynter et al., AU$89k+
2016-2019 ARC Discovery Project, “The psychology of misinformation—Towards a theory-driven understanding”, with S Lewandowsky (Bristol) & G Brown (Warwick), AU$434k+
2013 WUN Research Development Award, Responding and adapting to climate change: Recognizing and managing uncertainty in the physical, social, and public spheres, Lewandowsky et al., GBP13k+
2013 UWA Research Collaboration Award, Memory Models and Neuroimaging, Ecker, Lewandowsky, Bayliss, Jarrold, Farrell, Brooks, Thai, Briscoe, Cook, & Swire, AU$19k
2011 ARC Discovery Project, Memory consolidation-Integrating cognitive science and neuroscience approaches to how we remember and how we forget, with M Maybery (UWA), G Brown (Warwick) & R Henson (Cambridge), AU$422k
2016-2019 ARC Discovery Project, “The psychology of misinformation—Towards a theory-driven understanding”, with S Lewandowsky (Bristol) & G Brown (Warwick), AU$434k+
2013 WUN Research Development Award, Responding and adapting to climate change: Recognizing and managing uncertainty in the physical, social, and public spheres, Lewandowsky et al., GBP13k+
2013 UWA Research Collaboration Award, Memory Models and Neuroimaging, Ecker, Lewandowsky, Bayliss, Jarrold, Farrell, Brooks, Thai, Briscoe, Cook, & Swire, AU$19k
2011 ARC Discovery Project, Memory consolidation-Integrating cognitive science and neuroscience approaches to how we remember and how we forget, with M Maybery (UWA), G Brown (Warwick) & R Henson (Cambridge), AU$422k
Industrial relevance
I am an expert on human memory and the effects of misinformation on reasoning and decision making. My research can inform communication strategies, in particular when trying to debunk myths.
Teaching overview
PSYC2215/3315 - Cognitive Psychology
PSYC4410 - Psychological Research Communication Skills
PSYC1101 - Mind and Brain (Cognition module)
PSYC3311 - Specialist Research Topics (2012-2013)
PSYC4410 - Psychological Research Communication Skills
PSYC1101 - Mind and Brain (Cognition module)
PSYC3311 - Specialist Research Topics (2012-2013)
Research
The psychology of misinformation
Memory updating
Forgetting
Binding in memory
Memory updating
Forgetting
Binding in memory
Languages
German
English
English
Keywords
- Memory
- Memory and information processing
- Long-term memory
- Short-term memory and working memory
- Psychophysiology
- Computational models of memory
- Misinformation
- False beliefs
- Belief change
- Behaviour change
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Projects 2009 2019
The Psychology of Misinformation—Towards A Theory-driven Understanding
Ecker, U., Lewandowsky, S. & Brown, G.
1/01/16 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Externally Led WUN - Responding & Adapting to Climate Change - Recognising & Managing Uncertainty in the Physical Social & Public Spheres
Ecker, U., Bates, P., Bayley, P., Hewitson, B., Wu, F., Dessai, S., Alley, R. & Hawks, J.
Worldwide Universities Network
1/01/14 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
Memory Models and Neuroimaging.
Ecker, U., Lewandowsky, S., Bayliss, D., Cook, J., Jarrold, C., Farrell, S., Brooks, J., Thai, J. & Briscoe, J.
University of Western Australia
1/01/14 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
Memory Consolidation - Integrating Cognitive Science & Neuroscience Approaches to How We Remember & How We Forget
Ecker, U., Maybery, M., Brown, G. & Henson, R.
1/01/11 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Binding in Working Memory
University of Western Australia
1/01/09 → 31/12/09
Project: Research
Research Output 2002 2018
Age-related changes in working memory: Age affects relational but not conjunctive feature binding
Kirmsse, A., Zimmer, H. D. & Ecker, U. K. H., 1 May 2018, In : Psychology and Aging. 33, 3, p. 512-526 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Short-Term Memory
Color
Aptitude
Costs and Cost Analysis
Long-Term Memory
Does truth matter to voters? The effects of correcting political misinformation in an Australian sample
Aird, M. J., Ecker, U. K. H., Swire, B., Berinsky, A. J. & Lewandowsky, S., 1 Dec 2018, In : Royal Society Open Science. 5, 12, 14 p., 180593.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
voting
politician
election
Not wallowing in misery–retractions of negative misinformation are effective in depressive rumination
Chang, E. P., Ecker, U. K. H. & Page, A. C., 14 Oct 2018, In : Cognition and Emotion.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Communication
Misery
Rumination
World View
Reducing demand for ineffective health remedies: overcoming the illusion of causality
MacFarlane, D., Hurlstone, M. J. & Ecker, U. K. H., 15 Nov 2018, In : Psychology and Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Causality
Health
Placebos
Clinical Trials
Attitude to Health
The Role of Memory and Ideological Biases in the Correction of Misinformation
Swire-Thompson, B., 2018, (Unpublished)Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
File
familiarity
thesis
effect
information source
Datasets
Processing inaccurate information data
Swire, B. (Creator), Berinsky, A. J. (Creator), Lewandowsky, S. (Creator), Ecker, U. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 3 Feb 2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.nc571, https://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.nc571
Dataset