Publications

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Publications

In Press

Kiefer, M., Harpaintner, M., Rohr, M. , Wentura D. (in press). Assessing subjective prime awareness on a trial-by-trial basis interferes with masked semantic priming effects. JEP:LMC.

2023

Folyi, T. Rohr, M. & Wentura, D. (2023). When emotions cannot be efficiently used to guide attention: Flexible, goal-relevant utilization of facial emotions is hindered by social anxiety. Behavior research and therapy, (Online first publication, Jan 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104254

2022

Rohr, M., & Wentura, D. (2022). How Emotion Relates to Language and Cognition, Seen Through the Lens of Evaluative Priming Paradigms. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.911068

2021

Hahn, E., Rohr, M., & Usemann,P. (2021). TherapeutInnen im goldenen Alter. Psychotherapie im Alter, 18, 203-222. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.30820/1613-2637-2021-2-203.

Rohr, M., & Wentura, D. (2021). Degree and Complexity of Non-conscious Emotional Information Processing – A Review of Masked Priming Studies. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2021.689369

2020

Rohr, M., Degner, J., & Wentura D. (2020). Emotion misattribution from complex scene pictures:  Evidence for implicit information extraction beyond valence. Emotion, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000901

Rohr, M., & Wagner, A. (2020). How monitor characteristics affect human perception in visual computer experiments: Practical guidelines and an empirical test for use of CRT vs. LCD monitors in masked priming research. Scientific Reports, Open Access. https://rdcu.be/b3Ljo

2019

Folyi, T., Rohr, M., & Wentura, D. (2019). When emotions guide your attention: Rapid utilization of visible and masked emotional faces for anticipatory attentional orienting. Emotion, online first. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000621

Wentura, D., & Rohr, M. (2019). The PC-AMP: Adding performance-control trials to the affect misattribution procedure as a potential way to minimize unwanted processing strategies. Social Cognition, 37, 443-467. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2019.37.5.443

2018

Wentura, D., & Rohr, M. (2018). Emotion-specific priming effects with marginally perceptible facial expression primes: Evidence from the "leave-one-out" paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44, 1946–1969. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000581

Rohr, M., Folyi, T., & Wentura, D. (2018). Facial muscle responses partially mediate behavioral responses in the emotion misattribution procedure: Clarifying the involvement of ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ processes in the masked emotion misattribution procedure. Psychophysiology, online first: June 11, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13202

2017

Rohr, M., Tröger, J., Michely, N., Uhde, A., & Wentura, D. (2017). Memory for low and high frequency-filtered emotional faces: Low spatial frequency information drives emotional memory enhancement. Memory & Cognition, 45, 699 - 715. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-017-0695-2

Wentura, D., Rohr, M., & Degner, J. (2017). Masked Emotional Priming: A Double Dissociation between Direct and Indirect Effects Reveals Non-conscious Processing of Emotional Information beyond Valence. Consciousness & Cognition, 49, 203-2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2017.01.016

2016

Paulus, A.*, Rohr, M.*, Dotsch, R., & Wentura, D. (2016). Positive Feeling, Negative Meaning: Visualizing the Mental Representations of In-Group and Out-Group Smiles. PLoS ONE 11(3):e0151230. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151230 *shared first authorship

2015

Rohr, M., Degner, J., & Wentura, D. (2015). The "Emotion Misattribution" Procedure: Processing beyond good and bad under masked and unmasked presentation conditions. Cognition and Emotion, 29, 196-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2014.898613

Rohr, M., Kamm, F., Koenigstorfer, J., Groeppel-Klein, A., & Wentura, D. (2015). The color red supports avoidance reactions to unhealthy food. Experimental Psychology, 62, 335-345. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000299

2014

Rohr, M. (2014). Masked processing of emotional information beyond valence (Dissertation). Aachen: Shaker Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8440-3089-1. https://doi.org/10.2370/9783844030891

Rohr, M., & Wentura, D. (2014). Spatial frequency filtered images reveal differences between masked and unmasked processing of emotional information. Consciousness and Cognition, 29,141-158.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2014.08.021

2013

Koenigstorfer, J., Groeppel-Klein, A., Kamm, F., Rohr, M., & Wentura, D. (2013), The Traffic Light Colors Red and Green in the Context of Healthy Food Decision-Making. Advances in Consumer Research, 40, 945-946.

2012

Rohr, M., Degner, J., & Wentura, D. (2012). Masked emotional priming beyond global valence activations. Cognition and Emotion, 26,224-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2011.576852

Philipp-Wiegmann, F., Rohr, M., Wentura, D.,  & Rösler, M. (2012). Implizite Verfahren und ihre Anwendung im forensischen Kontext. In J. L. Müller, M. Rösler, P. Briken, P. Fromberger & K. Jordan (Eds.), EFPPP Jahrbuch 2012. Empirische Forschung in der forensischen Psychiatrie Psychologie und Psychotherapie (pp.61-69). Berlin: MWV Medizinisch-Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft.

Talks


Rohr, M., & Wentura, D. (2019). Priming the specific emotion category with individually selected nouns: Evidence for fast processing of emotional connotations. Talk given at the 59. Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TEAP) in London, 15. - 17.April 2019.

Rohr, M. (2017). Processing of emotional information under limited presentation conditions. Eingeladener Vortrag am  Center for Cognitive Science, Kaiserslautern, Deutschland, 10.06.2017.

Rohr, M., & Wentura, D. (2017). Are specific emotions automatically differentiated if they are not task-relevant? - Evidence from the leave-one-out paradigm. Vortrag auf der 59. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Dresden,  Deutschland, 26.03.-29.03.2017.

Rohr, M., Folyi, T., Degner, J. & Wentura, D. (2016).The Emotion Misattribution Procedure: Electromyographic and behavioral effects beyond valence. Talk given at 50. Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Leipzig, Germany, 18.09. - 22.09.2016.

Rohr, M., Folyi, T., Degner, J. & Wentura, D. (2016).The Emotion Misattribution Procedure: Electromyographic and behavioral effects beyond valence. Talk given at the Sixth Conference of the European Consortium for Research on Emotion (CERE), Leiden, Netherlands.06.07. - 07.07.2016.

Rohr, M., Folyi, T., Degner, J. & Wentura, D. (2016). The involvement of facial muscle responses in the masked emotion misattribution procedure. Talk given as part of a symposium entitled "Automatic processing of facial information in context" at the 58. Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Heidelberg, Germany, 21. - 23.March 2016.

Rohr, M. & Messmer, J. (2015). Binocular rivalry with emotional and neutral faces:  How spatial frequencies shape the perceptual dominance of emotional content. Talk given at the bi-annual meeting of the German Association of Social Psychology [Fachgruppe Sozialpsychology], Potsdam, Germany, 06.09. - 09.09.2015.

Rohr, M., & Wentura, D. (2015). Masked misattribution from emotional pictures: Which aspects can be differentiated under masked presentation conditions? Talk given as part of a symposium entitled “Automatic processing of valence in priming paradigms” at the 57. Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Hildesheim, Germany, 08. - 11.03.2014.

Rohr, M. (2014). Masked emotional information processing beyond valence: Which aspects can be differentiated? Talk presented at the Workshop "Automatismen der Evaluation" [Automatism of Evaluation] at Saarland University, 24.10.2014.

Rohr, M. & Wentura, D. (2014). Dissociating direct and indirect effects in the masked emotion priming paradigm. Talk given at 49. Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Bielefeld, Germany, 18.09. - 22.09.2016.

Rohr, M., Tröger, J., Michely, N., Uhde, A., & Wentura, D. (2014). Spatial frequency content moderates the memory advantage for emotional faces. Talk presented at the Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 09.07. - 12.07.2014

Rohr, M. (2014). Die maskierte Verarbeitung emotionaler Reize – Spezifität & Prozesse. [Masked processing of emotional stimuli – Specificity & Underlying Processes]. Invited talk in the Colloquium of the Social Psychology Department, Hamburg University, 04. April 2014.

Rohr, M., & Wentura, D. (2014). Emotion priming with spatial frequency filtered primes under masked and unmasked presentation conditions. Talk given at the Fifth Conference of the European Consortium for Research on Emotion (CERE), Berlin, Germany, 27.03. - 28.03.2014.

Rohr, M., Degner, J. & Wentura, D. (2013). The emotion "misattribution" procedure: Processing good and bad under masked and unmasked presentation conditions. Talk given at the Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE), Berkely, California, 03. - 05. August 2013.

Rohr, M., & Wentura, D. (2013). Effects of spatial frequencies on the memory advantage for emotional faces. Talk given as part of the Symposium "Facial expressions of Emotion" at the 55. Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Wien, 24.-27 March 2013.

Rohr, M. (2012). Processing of emotional stimuli under masked presentation conditions – more than valence [Die Verarbeitung emotionaler Reize unter maskierten Bedingungen - mehr als nur Valenz.] Talk presented at Doktorandenworkshop Emotionsforschung, Bonn, 08. November 2012.

Rohr, M., Degner, J. & Wentura, D. (2012). Misattributing specific emotions – a new variant of the Affect Misattribution  Procedure. Talk given at the Fourth Conference of the European Consortium for Research on Emotion (CERE), University of Kent, Canterbury, 02. - 05. May 2012.

Rohr, M., Degner, J. & Wentura, D. (2012). The "Emotion Misattribution" Procedure: Processing beyond affect under unconscious presentation conditions. Presented at 54. Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Mannheim, 01. - 04. April 2012.

Rohr, M., Degner, J., & Wentura, D. (2011). Processing of emotional stimuli under conditions of masked and spatial-frequency filtered presentation [Verarbeitung emotionaler Reize bei maskierter und räumlich-frequenzgefilterter Darbietung]. Presented at the bi-annual meeting of the German Association of Social Psychology [Fachgruppe Sozialpsychology], Hamburg, Germany, 18. - 21. September 2011

Rohr, M., Degner, J. , & Wentura, D. (2011). Exploring the specificity and mechanisms of emotional information processing in an emotional priming paradigm  – 'Cold' semantic extraction of specific information? Talk given at the Transfer of Knowledge Conference of the European Social Cognition Network 2, Sligo, Ireland, 24. – 28. August, 2011.

Rohr, M. (2011). Emotions. Invited Discussion at the University of Hildesheim, Germany, 10.02.2011.

Rohr, M., Degner, J. , & Wentura, D. (2010). Masked Emotional Priming with Faces: What do we recognize unconsciously? Talk given at the 13th European Conference on Facial Expression, Duisburg, 26. - 28. July 2010.

Rohr, M. (2010). The specificity of emotional information processing under limited presentation conditions. Talk given at the SoDoc 2010 workshop, Bremen, 24. - 27. June 2010.

Rohr, M., Degner, J. , & Wentura, D. (2010). Masked priming of emotional facial expressions? More than a discrimination of valence. Talk given at the Third European Conference on Emotion, Lille, 22. - 24. April 2010.

Rohr, M., Degner, J. , & Wentura, D. (2010). Processing of emotional faces in masked priming - more than a valence distinction [Die Verarbeitung emotionaler Gesichter im maskierten Priming – mehr als eine Unterscheidung der Valenz.] Talk presented at 52. Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Saarbrücken, 22. - 24. March 2010.

Rohr, M. (2009). The specificity of fast, implicit emotion processing – more than a distinction of valence [Die Spezifitaet schneller, impliziter Emotionserkennung - mehr als Unterscheidung der Valenz]. Talk presented at the bi-annual meeting of the German Association of Social Psychology [FGSP, Fachgruppe Sozialpsychology], in achievement of the diploma thesis award of the FGSP, Luxemburg, 2. - 4.September 2009.

Poster


Rohr, M.(2018). Emotion misattribution from masked scene pictures: Evidence for fast and emotion-specific implicit behavioral responses. Poster presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS) in Paris, France, 7-9 March 2019.

Rohr, M.(2010). The specificity of emotional information processing under limited presentation conditions. Poster presented at the SCONET Consultation Seminar, Canterbury, 12. - 15. September.

Rohr, M., Degner, J., Simons, G., & Wentura, D. (2008). Masked priming effects with emotional faces: More than valence but less than emotion specificity. Poster presented at the 12th European Conference on Facial Expression, Geneva, Switzerland, 28. - 31. July.