Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
ARC Future Fellow (2020-2024)
ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2011-2015)
PhD (2007) and Dipl.Psych. (2003) from Saarland University, Germany
Roles and responsibilities
2017-2019: Director, Community and Engagement
2016-2019: Unit coordinator PSYC4410
2016-2019: Honours Conference Organizer
2015-2019: School Colloquium Organizer
2010-2019: Unit coordinator PSYC2215/PSYC3315
Funding overview
ARC
Australian Department of Social Services
Worldwide Universities Network
UWA
Australian Department of Social Services
Worldwide Universities Network
UWA
Current projects
2020-2024 ARC Future Fellowship "Combating Misinformation – Designing a Toolkit to Address a Global Problem", AU$1m+
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
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
Research expertise 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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Research output
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Can you believe it? An investigation into the impact of retraction source credibility on the continued influence effect
Ecker, U. K. H. & Antonio, L. M., 15 Jan 2021, In : Memory and Cognition.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Head cooling prior to exercise in the heat does not improve cognitive performance
Mazalan, N. S., Landers, G. J., Wallman, K. E. & Ecker, U., Mar 2021, In : Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 20, 1, p. 69-76 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access -
Toward effective government communication strategies in the era of COVID-19
Hyland-Wood, B., Gardner, J., Leask, J. & Ecker, U. K. H., Dec 2021, In : Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 8, 1, 30.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access -
Brief Report: Perceived Evidence and Use of Autism Intervention Strategies in Early Intervention Providers
Paynter, J., Luskin-Saxby, S., Keen, D., Fordyce, K., Frost, G., Imms, C., Miller, S., Sutherland, R., Trembath, D., Tucker, M. & Ecker, U., 1 Mar 2020, In : Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 50, 3, p. 1088-1094 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus) -
Can corrections spread misinformation to new audiences? Testing for the elusive familiarity backfire effect
Ecker, U. K. H., Lewandowsky, S. & Chadwick, M., Dec 2020, In : Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications. 5, 1, 41.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus)
Datasets
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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
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Data from: Neutralizing misinformation through inoculation: exposing misleading argumentation techniques reduces their influence
Cook, J. (Creator), Lewandowsky, S. (Creator) & Ecker, U. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 17 Apr 2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.f17j3, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.f17j3
Dataset
Projects
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Combating Misinformation – Designing a Toolkit to Address a Global Problem
1/01/19 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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The Psychology of Misinformation—Towards A Theory-driven Understanding
Ecker, U., Lewandowsky, S. & Brown, G.
1/01/16 → 30/06/20
Project: Research
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Memory Models and Neuroimaging.
Ecker, U., Lewandowsky, S., Bayliss, D., Jarrold, C., Farrell, S., Cook, J., Brooks, J., Thai, J. & Briscoe, J.
University of Western Australia
1/01/14 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
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Externally Led WUN - Responding & Adapting to Climate Change - Recognising & Managing Uncertainty in the Physical Social & Public Spheres
Bates, P., Bayley, P., Hewitson, B., Wu, F., Dessai, S., Alley, R., Ecker, U. & Hawks, J.
Worldwide Universities Network
1/01/14 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
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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