M. Sc. Jonathan Mendl

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Research interests

• Interplay between (voluntary) task switching, cognitive effort, motivation, reward, emotion, and time
• Physiology (EEG) of cognitive control

Curriculum Vitae

Academic Education

• 10/2017 - 09/2019 Master of Science in Psychology, University of regensburg (thesis: Elektrophysiologische Korrelate der Aufgabenwahl im Aufgabenwechselparadigma mit wechselnden Belohnungshöhen)
• 10/2014 - 09/2017: Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Regensburg (thesis: Kooperation und Wettstreit bei gemeinsamen Handlungen)

Professional Employment History

• 05/2021 - present: PhD student at the chair for General and Applied Psychology (Prof. Dr. Gesine Dreisach), University of Regensburg
• 10/2019 - 05/2021: PhD student in the DFG funded project DR 392/10-1
• 03/2018 - 09/2019: Research assistant, chair for General and Applied Psychology (Prof. Dr. Gesine Dreisbach), University of Regensburg
• 10/2017 - 02/2018: Student assistant, chair for General and Applied Psychology (Prof. Dr. Gesine Dreisbach), University of Regensburg

Publications

Articles

• Mendl, J., Fröber, K., & Dreisbach, G. (2024). Flexibility by association? No evidence for an influence of cue–transition associations on voluntary task switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 50(3), 313–328. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0001186

• Dreisbach, G., & Mendl, J. (2024). Flexibility as a matter of context, effort, and ability: evidence from the task-switching paradigm. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 55, 101348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2023.101348

• Mendl, J., & Dreisbach, G. (2022). The role of objective and introspective switch costs in voluntary task choice. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 48(12), 1373–1389. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0001051

• Fröber, K., Jurczyk, V., Mendl, J., & Dreisbach, G. (2021). Investigating anticipatory processes during sequentially changing reward prospect: An ERP study. Brain and Cognition, 155, 105815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2021.105815

• Mendl, J., Fröber, K., & Dolk, T. (2018). Are you keeping an eye on me? The influence of competition and cooperation on joint Simon task performance. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 1361. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01361

Conference Presentations

• Mendl, J., & Dreisbach, G. (2024). Is Task Switching Avoided to Save Effort or Time? Shorter Intertrial Durations Following Task Switches Increase the Willingness to Switch Tasks. Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP), Regensburg, Germany, 18.03.2024. [talk]

• Mendl, J., Banerjee, S., Fischer, R., Köster, M., & Dreisbach, G. (2023). Theta band activity as a measure of cognitive control in the list-wide proportion congruency effect. Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Porto, Portugal, 09.09.2023. [poster]

• Mendl, J., & Dreisbach, G. (2023). The Role of Objective and Introspective Switch Costs in Voluntary Task Choice. Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP), Trier, Germany, 29.03.2023. [talk]

• Mendl, J., & Dreisbach, G. (2022). The subjective effort of switching tasks in voluntary task switching. Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Lille, France, 30.08.2022. [poster]

• Mendl, J., & Dreisbach, G. (2022). The role of objective and introspective switch costs in voluntary task choice. Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP), Köln, Germany (virtual meeting), 23.03.2022. [talk]

• Mendl, J., & Dreisbach, G. (2021). On the interplay of introspective switch costs, objective switch costs, and the voluntary switch rate. 10. Doktorand:innen-Workshop Allgemeine Psychologie (A-Dok), Würzburg, Germany, 16.07.2021. [talk]

• Mendl, J., Jurczyk, V., Fröber, K., Dreisbach, G. (2021). Investigating anticipatory processes during sequentially changing reward prospect: An ERP study. Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP), Ulm, Germany (virtual meeting), 15.03.2021. [talk]

• Mendl, J., & Dreisbach, G. (2020). The context of effort: The influence of task-irrelevant physical effort on cognitive effort. 9. Dokorand:innen-Workshop Allgemeine Psychologie (A-Dok), Regensburg, Germany, 25.07.2020. [poster]

• Mendl, J., Fröber, K., Dreisbach, G., & Dolk, T. (2017). Do you keep an eye on me? The influence of competition and cooperation on joint Simon task performance. Joint Action Meeting (JAM), London, England, 23.07.2017. [poster]