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] Filip, J., Dechterenko, F., Schmidt, F., Lukavsky, J., Vilimovska, V., Kotera, J., & Fleming, R. W. (2024). Material Fingerprinting: Identifying and Predicting Perceptual Attributes of Material Appearance. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2410.13615

[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

[49] Schmidt, F., Hebart, M. N., Schmid, A. C., & Fleming, R. W. (2025). Core dimensions of human material perception. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122 (10), e2417202122. [DOI] [PDF] [STUFF dataset]



[48] Schmidt, F., Tiedemann, H., Fleming, R. W., & Morgenstern, Y. (2025). Inferring shape transformations in a drawing task. Memory & Cognition, 53, 189–199. [DOI] [PDF]

[47] 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. [DOI] [PDF]

[46] Schmidt, F., Noejovich, L., Chakalos, G., & Phillips, F. (2024). Perceptual plausibility of exaggerated realistic motion. Cognition, 251, 105880. [DOI] [PDF]

[45] 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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [PDF]

[43] Stegmann, U., & Schmidt, F. (2023). Homology judgements of pre-evolutionary naturalists explained by general human shape matching abilities. Scientific Reports, 13, 12269. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [PDF]

[41] Tiedemann, H., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2022). Superordinate categorization based on the perceptual organization of parts. Brain Sciences, 12(5), 667. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [PDF]

[39] Cheeseman, J. R., Fleming, R. W., & Schmidt, F. (2022). Scale ambiguities in material recognition. iScience, 25(3):103970. [DOI] [PDF]

[38] Schmidt, F. (2022). The Perception of “Intelligent” Design in Visual Structure. i-Perception, 13(2), 1-5. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [PDF]

[36] Lauer, T., Schmidt, F., & Võ, M. L. H. (2021). The role of contextual materials in object recognition. Scientific Reports, 11, 21988. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [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. [DOI]

[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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [PDF]

[30] Schmidt, F. (2020). The art of shaping materials. Art & Perception, 8(3-4), 407–433.
[DOI] [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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [PDF]

[27] Morgenstern, Y., Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2019). One-shot categorization of novel object classes in humans. Vision Research, 165, 98-108. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [*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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [PDF, preproof]

[22] Schmidt, F., & Fleming, R. W. (2018). Identifying shape transformations from photographs of real objects. PLoS ONE, 13(8):e0202115, 1-20. [DOI] [PDF]

[21] Schmidt, F., Hegele, M., & Fleming, R. W. (2017). Perceiving animacy from shape. Journal of Vision, 17(11):10, 1-15. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [PDF, preproof]

[17] Spröte, P.,* Schmidt, F.,* & Fleming, R. W. (2016). Visual perception of shape altered by inferred causal history. Scientific Reports, 6, 36245. [DOI] [*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. [DOI] [PDF, preproof]

[15] Schmidt, F. & Fleming, R. W. (2016). Visual perception of complex shape-transforming processes. Cognitive Psychology, 90, 48-70. [DOI] [PDF]

[14] Schmidt, F., Spröte, P., & Fleming, R. W. (2016). Perception of shape and space across rigid transformations. Vision Research, 126, 318-329. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [PDF]

[12] Schmidt, F., & Haberkamp, A. (2016). Temporal processing characteristics of the Ponzo illusion. Psychological Research, 80, 273-285. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [PDF]

[6] Schmidt, F., & Schmidt, T. (2013). Grouping principles in direct competition. Vision Research, 88, 9-21. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [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. [DOI] [PDF]

[2] Schmidt, F., & Schmidt, T. (2010). Feature-based attention to unconscious shapes and colors. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 72, 1480-1494. [DOI] [PDF]

[1] Schmidt, T., & Schmidt, F. (2009). Processing of natural images is feedforward: A simple behavioral test. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 71, 594-606. [DOI] [PDF]