Dr. Filipp Schmidt

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

Campus: Building F1, Room 305
Tel: +49(0)641 / 99-26130
Fax: +49(0)641 / 99-26139
Email:

Education

Dissertation, 2014, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Thesis: Perceptual grouping in rapid visuomotor processing

Diploma in Psychology, 2009, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Thesis: Feature-based attention modulation of priming effects: A primed-pointing paradigm

Pre-prints

[2] Schmidt, F., Hebart, M. N., Schmid, A. C., & Fleming, R. W. (2022). Core dimensions of human material perception. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jz8ks

[1] Schmidt, T., & Schmidt, F. (2018). An accumulator model for primes and targets with independent response activation rates: Basic equations for average response times. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.08513

Publications

[48] Becker, M., Troje, N. F., Schmidt, F., & Haberkamp, A. (2024). Moving spiders do not boost early visual processing in spider fear. Scientific Reports, 14, 19006. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69468-3 [PDF]

[47] Schmidt, F., Noejovich, L., Chakalos, G., & Phillips, F. (2024). Perceptual plausibility of exaggerated realistic motion. Cognition, 251, 105880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105880 [PDF]

[46] Filip, J., Lukavsky, J., Dechterenko, F., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2024). Perceptual Dimensions of Wood Materials. Journal of Vision, 24(5):12, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.24.5.12 [PDF]

[45] Schmidt, F., Tiedemann, H., Fleming, R. W., & Morgenstern, Y. (in press). Inferring shape transformations in a drawing task. Memory &  Cognition. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-023-01452-0 [PDF]

[44] Morgenstern, Y., Storrs, K. R., Schmidt, F., Hartmann, F., Tiedemann, H., Wagemans, J., & Fleming, R. W. (2024). High-level aftereffects reveal the role of statistical features in visual shape encoding. Current Biology, 34, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.039 [PDF]

[43] Stegmann, U., & Schmidt, F. (2023). Homology judgements of pre-evolutionary naturalists explained by general human shape matching abilities. Scientific Reports, 13, 12269. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39036-2 [PDF]

[42] Schmidt, F., Schürmann, L., & Haberkamp, A. (2022). Animal eMotion, or the emotional evaluation of moving animals. Cognition and Emotion, 36(6), 1132-1148. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2022.2087600 [PDF]

[41] Tiedemann, H., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2022). Superordinate categorization based on the perceptual organization of parts. Brain Sciences, 12(5), 667. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12050667 [PDF]

[40] Tiedemann, H., Morgenstern, Y., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2022). One-shot generalization in humans revealed through a drawing task. eLife, 11:e75485. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.75485 [PDF]

[39] Cheeseman, J. R., Fleming, R. W., & Schmidt, F. (2022). Scale ambiguities in material recognition. iScience, 25(3):103970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.103970 [PDF]

[38] Schmidt, F. (2022). The Perception of “Intelligent” Design in Visual Structure. i-Perception, 13(2), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1177/20416695221080184 [PDF]

[37] Preißler, L., Jovanovic, B., Munzert, J., Schmidt, F., Fleming, R. W., & Schwarzer, G. (2021). Effects of visual and visual-haptic perception of material rigidity on reaching and grasping in the course of development. Acta Psychologica, 221, 103457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103457 [PDF]

[36] Lauer, T., Schmidt, F., & Võ, M. L. H. (2021). The role of contextual materials in object recognition. Scientific Reports, 11, 21988. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01406-z [PDF]

[35] Morgenstern, Y., Hartmann, Schmidt, F., Tiedemann, H., Prokott, E., Maiello, G., & Fleming, R. W. (2021). An image-computable model of human visual shape similarity. PLOS Computational Biology, 17(6), e1008981. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008981 [PDF]

[34] Schmidt, F., & Schmidt, T. (2021). Response control by primes, targets, and distractors: from feedforward activation to controlled inhibition. Psychological Research, 85, 195-213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-019-01236-9 [PDF, preproof]

[33] Haberkamp, A., Walter, H., Althaus, P., Schmuck, M., Rief, W., & Schmidt, F. (2021). Testing a gamified Spider App to reduce spider fear and avoidance. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 77, 102331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102331

[32] Panis, S., Schmidt, F., Wolkersdorfer, M., & Schmidt, T. (2020). Analyzing response times and other types of time-to-event data using event history analysis: A tool for mental chronometry and cognitive psychophysiology. i-Perception, 11(6), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/2041669520978673 [PDF]

[31] Schmidt, F., Kleis, J., Morgenstern, Y., & Fleming, R. W. (2020). The role of semantics in the perceptual organization of shape. Scientific Reports, 10, 22141. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79072-w [PDF]

[30] Schmidt, F. (2020). The art of shaping materials. Art & Perception, 8(3-4), 407–433.
https://doi.org/10.1163/22134913-20191116 [PDF, preproof]

[29] Schmidt, F., Fleming, R. W., & Valsecchi, M. (2020). Softness and weight from shape: Material properties inferred from local shape features. Journal of Vision, 20(6):2, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.20.6.2 [PDF]

[28] Morgenstern, Y., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2020). A dataset for evaluating one-shot categorization of novel object classes. Data in Brief, 29, 105302, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105302 [PDF]

[27] Morgenstern, Y., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2019). One-shot categorization of novel object classes in humans. Vision Research, 165, 98-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2019.09.005 [PDF]

[26] Haberkamp, A.,* Schmidt, F.,* Biafora, M., & Schmidt, T. (2019). Interpreting and responding to ambiguous natural images in spider phobia. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 65, 101495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2019.101495 [*equal contribution] [PDF, preproof]

[25] Schmidt, F., Phillips, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2019). Visual perception of shape-transforming processes: 'Shape Scission'. Cognition, 189, 167-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.04.006 [PDF, preproof]

[24] Fleming, R. W., & Schmidt, F. (2019). Getting "fumpered": Classifying objects by what has been done to them. Journal of Vision, 19(4):15, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1167/19.4.15 [PDF]

[23] Haberkamp, A., Schmidt, F., Hansmeier, J., & Glombiewski, J. A. (2019). Contamination-fear in subclinical obsessive-compulsive disorder: A further proof for no preferential processing of disorder-related stimuli. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 21, 26-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2018.11.004 [PDF, preproof]

[22] Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2018). Identifying shape transformations from photographs of real objects. PLoS ONE, 13(8):e0202115, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202115 [PDF]

[21] Schmidt, F., Hegele, M., & Fleming, R. W. (2017). Perceiving animacy from shape. Journal of Vision, 17(11):10, 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/17.11.10 [PDF]

[20] Schmidt, F., Paulun, V. C., van Assen, J. J. R., & Fleming, R. W. (2017). Inferring the stiffness of unfamiliar objects from optical, shape, and motion cues. Journal of Vision, 17(3):18, 1-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/17.3.18 [PDF]

[19] Paulun, V. C., Schmidt, F., van Assen, J. J. R., & Fleming, R. W. (2017). Shape, motion and optical cues to stiffness of elastic objects. Journal of Vision, 17(1):20, 1-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/17.1.20 [PDF]

[18] Haberkamp, A., Glombiewski, J. A., Schmidt, F., & Barke, A. (2017). The DIsgust-RelaTed-Images (DIRTI) database: Validation of a novel standardized set of disgust pictures. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 89, 86-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2016.11.010 [PDF, preproof]

[17] Spröte, P.,* Schmidt, F.,* & Fleming, R. W. (2016). Visual perception of shape altered by inferred causal history. Scientific Reports, 6, 36245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36245 [*equal contribution] [PDF]

[16] Schmidt, F., & Weber, A., & Haberkamp, A. (2016). Dissociating early and late visual processing via the Ebbinghaus illusion. Visual Neuroscience, 33, e016. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952523816000134 [PDF, preproof]

[15] Schmidt, F. & Fleming, R. W. (2016). Visual perception of complex shape-transforming processes. Cognitive Psychology, 90, 48-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2016.08.002 [PDF]

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

[13] Schmidt, F., & Vancleef, K. (2016). Response priming evidence for feedforward processing of snake contours but not of ladder contours and textures. Vision Research, 126, 174-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2015.03.002 [PDF]

[12] Schmidt, F., & Haberkamp, A. (2016). Temporal processing characteristics of the Ponzo illusion. Psychological Research, 80, 273-285. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-015-0659-8 [PDF, preproof]

[11] Haberkamp, A., & Schmidt, F. (2015). Interpretative bias in spider phobia: Perception and information processing of ambiguous schematic stimuli. Acta Psychologica, 160, 184-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.07.011 [PDF, preproof]

[10] Schmidt, T., Hauch, V., & Schmidt, F. (2015). Mask-triggered thrust reversal in the negative compatibility effect. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 77, 2377-2398. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-015-0923-4 [PDF]

[9] Schmidt, F., Weber, A., & Schmidt, T. (2014). Activation of response force by self-splitting objects: Where are the limits of feedforward gestalt processing? Journal of Vision, 14(9):20, 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/14.9.20 [PDF]

[8] Schmidt, F., & Schmidt, T. (2014). Rapid processing of closure and viewpoint-invariant symmetry: Behavioral criteria for feedforward processing. Psychological Research, 78, 37-54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-013-0478-8 [PDF, preproof]

[7] Haberkamp, A., Schmidt, F., & Schmidt, T. (2013). Rapid visuomotor processing of phobic images in spider- and snake-fearful participants. Acta Psychologica, 144, 232-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.07.001 [PDF]

[6] Schmidt, F., & Schmidt, T. (2013). Grouping principles in direct competition. Vision Research, 88, 9-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2013.06.002 [PDF]

[5] Schmidt, F., & Schmidt, T. (2013). No difference in flanker effects for sad and happy schematic faces: A parametric study of temporal parameters. Visual Cognition, 21, 382-398. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2013.793221 [PDF, preproof]

[4] Schmidt, F., Haberkamp, A., & Schmidt, T. (2011). Dos and don'ts in response priming research. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 7, 120-131. http://www.ac-psych.org/en/issues/volume/7/issue/2#art93 [PDF]

[3] Schmidt, T., Haberkamp, A., Veltkamp, G. M., Weber, A., Seydell-Greenwald, A., & Schmidt, F. (2011). Visual processing in rapid-chase systems: Image processing, attention, and awareness. Frontiers in Psychology, 2:169, 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00169 [PDF]

[2] Schmidt, F., & Schmidt, T. (2010). Feature-based attention to unconscious shapes and colors. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 72, 1480-1494. http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/APP.72.6.1480 [PDF]

[1] Schmidt, T., & Schmidt, F. (2009). Processing of natural images is feedforward: A simple behavioral test. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 71, 594-606. https://doi.org/10.3758/APP.71.3.594 [PDF]