Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen 
Fachbereich 06, Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie
Otto-Behaghel-Strasse 10F
35394 Giessen

Campus: Building F2, Room 341b
Phone: +49(0)641 / 99-26232 (1,89 €/min)
Fax: +49(0)641 / 99-26119
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Education



• 2015: Graduation as Dr. rer. nat, University of Giessen
  Thesis: The visual perception of shape transformations


• 2011 – present: Research associate at the Department for Experimental Psychology, Prof. Roland W. Fleming, PhD


• 2010: Graduation in Psychology (Diploma), University of Giessen
  Thesis: Discontinuous allocation of visual attention and its dependence on long-term memory





Journal Publications


Spröte, P. , Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2016). Visual perception of shape altered by inferred causal history. Scientific reports 6, 36245; doi: 10.1038/srep36245

Spröte, P. , & Fleming, R. W. (2016). Bent out of shape: the visual inference of non-rigid shape transformations applied to objects. Vision Research, 126, 330-346; doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2015.08.009

Schmidt, F., Spröte, P. , & Fleming, R. W. (2016). Perception of shape and space across rigid transformations. Vision Research, 126, 318-329; doi:10.1016/j.visres.2015.04.011

Spröte, P. , & Fleming, R. W. (2013). Concavities, Negative Parts and the Perception that Shapes are "Complete". Journal of Vision, 13(14):3, 1-23; doi:10.1167/13.14.3





Talks


Spröte, P. , & Fleming, R. W. (20.05.2014). Bending the truth: Generative models of shape for inferring transformations. Talk given during the Annual Meeting of the Vision Science Society, St. Petersburg (FL), USA.

Spröte, P. , & Fleming, R. W. (31.03.2014). Visual perception of shape from a generative model perspective. Talk given during the Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Gießen, Germany.

Spröte, P. , & Fleming, R. W. (08.12.2011). “Bites & Dents”: The talk. Talk given during the Giessen Fest, Paris, France.

Spröte, P., Nikolić, D., & Singer, W. (24.06.2011). Discontinuous allocation of visual attention and its dependence on long-term memory. Talk given during the Working Memory Discussion Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland.





Conference posters


Schmidt, F., Spröte, P. , & Fleming, R. W. (2015). Measuring shape representation under rigid and non-rigid transformation. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Collaborative Research Center Cardinal Mechanisms of Perception (SFB/TRR 135), Rauischholzhausen, Germany.

Spröte, P. , & Fleming, R. W. (2015, May). How perceived causality influences perceived symmetry. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Science Society, St. Petersburg (FL), USA.

Schmidt, F., Spröte, P. , & Fleming, R. W. (2015). Representation of shape and space when objects undergo transformations Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Science Society, St. Petersburg (FL), USA.

Spröte, P. , & Fleming, R. W. (2014, October). Representing shapes from a generative model perspective. Poster presented at the Workshop of the PRISM Marie-Curie Initial Training Network (ITN), Ankara, Turkey.

Spröte, P. , & Fleming, R. W. (2013, May). "Bites & Bends”: Interpreting the visual meaning of concavities. Poster presented at the VSS by the Vision Science Society, Naples/Florida, USA.

Spröte, P. , & Fleming, R. W. (2012, May). "To bite, or not to bite“: Perceived causality in the perception of negative parts. Poster presented at the VSS by the Vision Science Society, Naples/Florida, USA.

Spröte, P. , & Fleming, R. W. (2011, August). “Bites & Dents”: The visual perception of negative parts. Poster presented at the European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Toulouse, France.





Teaching experiences (courses)



• Theorie, Praxis und Diagnostik in der Wahnehmungspsychologie (SS15)
  
  
• Theorie, Praxis und Diagnostik in der Wahnehmungspsychologie (WS14/15)
  
  
• Psychophysics (winter term 2012/13; course held in English)
  
  
• Biologische Psychologie (SS12)
  
  
• Visuelle Wahrnehmung (SS11-SS14)