2020 – now
Professor (full), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Information Systems and Marketing
2015 – 2020
Professor (full), University of Geneva, School of Economics and Management
2009 – 2015
Research Scientist, University of Basel, Economic Psychology
2008 – 09
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University, Bloomington
2007 – 08
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
2004 – 07
Doctoral Student, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin (Defense in 2008)
2004
Diploma (Master) in Psychology, Humboldt University, Berlin
2017 Research Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation ‐The Influence of Basic Cognitive Processes on Economic Preferences (331.000 CHF).
2017 Research Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation ‐ Parameter Intercorrelations in Cognitive Models – Prevalence, Causes, and Solutions (215.000 CHF).
2013 Young Researcher Award (Amerbach Preis) awarded by the University of Basel.
2013 Research Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation ‐ Modeling Cognitive Choice Processes in the Health Domain (186.000 CHF).
2011 Outstanding Young Researcher Award (Steven‐Karger Award), awarded from the University of Basel, Faculty of Psychology.
2010 Research Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation ‐ Testing Cognitive Process Models of Consumer Choice (260.000 CHF).
2009 DeFinetti award for the best PhD paper, European Association for Decision Making (EADM).
2007 First runner up in the poster competition, Society for Judgment and Decision Making.
Krefeld-Schwalb, A., Pachur, T., & Scheibehenne, B. (accepted). Structural Parameter Interdependencies in Computational Models of Cognition. Psychological Review
Olschewski, S., Newell, B. R., Oberholzer, Y., & Scheibehenne, B. (2021). Valuation and estimation from experience. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. DOI:10.1002/bdm.2241 [download]
von Helversen, B., Coppin, G., & Scheibehenne, B. (2020). Money does not stink: Using unpleasant odors as stimulus material changes risky decision making. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 33 (5), 593-605. 10.1002/bdm.2178 [download]
Scheibehenne, B. & Coppin, G. (2019). How does the peak-end rule smell? Tracing hedonic experience with odors. Cognition & Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2019.1675599 [download] [online supplement on osf]
Hoffart, J. & Scheibehenne, B. (2019). Pill or bill? Influence of monetary incentives on the perceived riskiness and the ethical approval of clinical trials. Judgment and Decision Making, 14 (2), 130–134. [download] [online supplement on osf]
Krefeld-Schwalb, A., Donkin, C., Newell, B. R., & Scheibehenne, B. (2019). Empirical Comparison of the Adjustable Spanner and the Adaptive Toolbox Models of Choice. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45 (7), 1151-1165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000641. [download]
Scheibehenne, B., Mata, J., & Richter, D. (2019). Antecedents and Consequences of Preference Prediction Accuracy in Couples. Appetite, 133, 344–352. [download]
Scheibehenne, B. (2019). The Psychophysics of Number Integration: Evidence from the Lab and from the Field. Decision, 6, 61-76. [download] [online supplement at osf]
Olschewski, S., Rieskamp, J., & Scheibehenne, B. (2018). Taxing cognitive capacities reduces choice consistency rather than preference: A model-based test. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147(4), 462-484. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0000403 [download]
Matzke, D., Ly, A., Selker, R., Weeda, W. D., Scheibehenne, B., Lee, M. D., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2017). Bayesian Inference for Correlations in the Presence of Measurement Error and Estimation Uncertainty. Collabra: Psychology, 3(1), 25. http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.78
Scheibehenne, B., Gronau, Q., Jamil, T., & Wagenmakers, E.J. (2017). Fixed or Random? A Resolution Through Model-Averaging. Reply to Carlsson, Schimmack, Williams, and Burkner. Psychological Science DOI 10.1177/09567976177244. [download] [online supplement at osf]
Pachur, T. & Scheibehenne, B. (2017). Unpacking Buyer‒Seller Differences in Valuation from Experience: A Cognitive Modeling Approach. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 24, 1742–1773. DOI 10.3758/s13423-017-1237-4 [download]
Scheibehenne, B., Jamil, T., & Wagenmakers, E.J. (2016). Bayesian Evidence Synthesis Can Reconcile Seemingly Inconsistent Results: The Case of Hotel Towel Reuse. Psychological Science, 27(7), 1043-1046. [download] [online supplement at osf]
Studer, B., Scheibehenne, B., & Clark, L. (2016). Psychophysiological Arousal and Inter- and Intra-Individual Differences in Risk-Sensitive Decision-Making. Psychophysiology, 53 (6), 940-950. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12627 [download] [online supplement]
Gaissmaier, W., Wilke, A., Scheibehenne, B. McCanney, P., & Barrett, C. (2016). Betting on illusory patterns: Probability matching in habitual gamblers. Journal of Gambling Studies, 32, 143-156. doi 10.1007/s10899-015-9539-9 [download]
Andraszewicz, S., Scheibehenne, B., Rieskamp, J. (2015). How Outcome Dependencies Affect Decisions Under Risk. Decision, 2 (2), 127-144. [download]
Berkowitsch, N., Scheibehenne, B., Rieskamp, J., & Matthäus, M. (2015). A Generalized Distance Function for Preferential Choices. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 68, 310-325. doi: 10.1111/bmsp.12048 [download]
Pollmann, M. M. H. & Scheibehenne, B. (2015). An Information Theory Account of Preference Prediction Accuracy. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 25 (2), 286-295. doi: 10.1016/j.jcps.2014.10.002 [download]
Scheibehenne, B. & Pachur, T. (2015). Using Bayesian Hierarchical Parameter Estimation to Assess the Generalizability of Cognitive Models of Choice. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 22, 391-407. doi: 10.3758/s13423-014-0684-4 [download] [online supplement]
Andraszewicz, S., Scheibehenne, B., Rieskamp, J., Grasman, R., Verhagen, J., & Wagenmakers, E. J. (2015). An Introduction to Bayesian Hypothesis Testing for Management Research. Journal of Management, 41 (2), 521-543. doi: 10.1177/0149206314560412 [download] [online supplement]
Scheibehenne, B. & von Helversen, B. (2015). Selecting Decision Strategies: the Differential Role of Affect. Cognition & Emotion, 29 (1), 158-167. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2014.896318 [download] [online supplement]
Scheibehenne, B., von Helversen, B., & Rieskamp, J. (2015). Different Strategies for Evaluating Consumer Products: Attribute- and Exemplar-Based Approaches Compared. Journal of Economic Psychology, 46, 39–50. doi:10.1016/j.joep.2014.11.006 [download]
Berkowitsch, N. A. J., Scheibehenne, B., & Rieskamp, J. (2014). Testing Multialternative Decision Field Theory rigorously against Random Utility Models. Journal of Experimental Psychology – General, 143 (3), 1331-1348. doi: 10.1037/a0035159 [download]
Scheibehenne, B. & Studer, B. (2014). A Hierarchical Bayesian Model of the Influence of Run Length on Sequential Predictions. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 20, 211–217. [download] [online supplement]
Scheibehenne, B., Todd, P. M., van den Berg, S. M., Hatemi, P. K., & Eaves, L. J. & Vogler, C. (2014) Genetic Influences on Dietary Variety: Results from a Twin Study. Appetite, 77, 131-138. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2014.03.001 [download] [online supplement]
Wilke, A., Scheibehenne, B., Gaissmaier, W. McCanney, P., & Barrett, C. (2014). Illusionary pattern detection in habitual gamblers. Evolution and Human Behavior,35, 291–297. [download]
Shevchenko, Y., von Helversen, B., & Scheibehenne, B. (2014). Change and Status Quo in Decisions with Defaults: The Effect of Incidental Emotions Depends on the Type of Default. Judgment and Decision Making, 9(3), 287-296. [download] [online supplement]
Scheibehenne, B., Rieskamp, J., & Wagenmakers, E. J. (2013). Testing Adaptive Toolbox Models: A Bayesian Hierarchical Approach. Psychological Review, 120, 39-64. [download] [online supplement]
Pachur, T., & Scheibehenne, B. (2012). Constructing Preference From Experience: The Endowment Effect Reflected in External Information Search. Journal of Experimental Psychology – Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38, 1108-1116. [download]
Scheibehenne, B., Wilke, A., & Todd, P. M. (2011). Expectations of clumpy resources influence predictions of sequential events. Evolution & Human Behavior, 32, 326-333. [download]
Scheibehenne, B., Mata, J., & Todd, P. M. (2011). Older but not wiser—Predicting a partner’s preferences gets worse with age. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 21, 184-191. [download]
Scheibehenne, B., Todd, P. M., & Wansink, B. (2010). Dining in the Dark: The importance of visual cues for food consumption and satiety. Appetite, 55, 710-713. [download] [raw data and analysis script]
Scheibehenne, B., Greifeneder, R. & Todd, P. M. (2010). Can There Ever be Too Many Options? A Meta-Analytic Review of Choice Overload. Journal of Consumer Research, 37, 409-425. [download] [our reply to comment by CBG]
Greifeneder, R., Scheibehenne, B. & Kleber, N.(2010). Less may be more when choosing is difficult: Choice complexity and too much choice. Acta Psychologica, 133, 45-50.
Scheibehenne, B. & Todd, P. M. (2009). Introduction to the Special Issue on Assortment Structure and Choice. Psychology & Marketing, 26, 195-196. [download]
Scheibehenne, B., Greifeneder, R. & Todd, P. M. (2009). What moderates the too-much-choice effect? Psychology & Marketing, 26, 229-253. [download]
Scheibehenne, B. Rieskamp, J. & González-Vallejo, C. (2009). Models of Preferential Choice: Comparing the Decision Field Theory with the Proportional Difference Model. Cognitive Science, 33, 911-939. [download]
Mata, J. Scheibehenne, B. & Todd, P. (2008). Predicting children’s meal preferences: How much do parents know? Appetite, 50, 367-375.
Scheibehenne, B., Miesler, L., & Todd, P. M. (2007). Fast and frugal food choices. Uncovering individual decision heuristics. Appetite, 49, 578-589. [download]
Scheibehenne, B. & Bröder, A. (2007). Predicting Wimbledon 2005 tennis results by mere player name recognition. International Journal of Forecasting, 23, 415-426. [download]
Huber, R., Scheibehenne, B., Chapiro, A., Frey, S., Sumner, R. (2015). The Influence of Visual Salience on Video Consumption Behavior A Survival Analysis Approach. ACM Web Science 2015, Oxford-United Kingdom.
Scheibehenne, B. & Pachur, T. (2013). Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling: Does it Improve Parameter Stability? In M. Knauff, M., Pauen, N., Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.) Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (1277-1282). Austin TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Scheibehenne, B. & Rieskamp, R. (2010). A Bayesian Antidote Against Strategy Sprawl. In: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (1910-1915). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Scheibehenne, B., Greifeneder, R., & Todd. P. M. (2010). (When) Does Choice Overload Occur? Advances in Consumer Research, vol. 37, p. 499-499 (Association of Consumer Research).
Scheibehenne, B. & Helversen, B. (2009). Useful Heuristics. In: K. J. Sunnevåg, T. Williams, & K. Samset (Eds.). Making decisions with scant information – front-end decision-making in major projects (pp.195-212). Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. [download]
Scheibehenne, B., Todd, P. M. & Wansink, B. (2009) Eaters In The Dark: The Primacy of Cognitive Factors For Food Consumption And Satiety (2009). In N. Taatgen and H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
2021 University of Mannheim, One World Cognitive Psychology Seminar
2020 Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for Adaptive Rationality, Berlin, Germany.
2018 University of Konstanz, Graduate School of Decision Sciences, Germany.
2017 University of Warwick, Warwick Business School, Behavioural Science Group, UK.
2016 University of St. Gallen, Institute of Marketing, Switzerland
2016 University of Rennes, Interdisciplinary workshop on conative nudges, France.
2016 University of Tübingen, Lehrstuhl für Marketing, Germany.
2016 University of Konstanz, Psychoeconomics Meeting, Germany.
2016 University of Lausanne, Faculté des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Switzerland.
2016 University of Bern, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Switzerland.
2015 Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics, The Netherlands.
2015 La Trobe University, Department of Economics and Finance, Melbourne, Australia.
2015 University of New South Wales, UNSW Department of Psychology, Sydney, Australia.
2015 University of Ulm, Department of Psychology, Germany.
2014 Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for Adaptive Rationality, Berlin, Germany.
2014 ETH Zürich, Behavioral Studies Colloquium, Switzerland.
2013 University of Rennes, Faculté des Sciences Économiques, France.
2013 Warwick University, Department of Psychology, UK.
2012 University of Freiburg, Psychology Department, Germany.
2012 Tilburg School of Economics and Management, Netherlands.
2011 Max‐Planck Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin, Germany.
2009 SPUDM Conference, Rovereto, Italy. Keynote on Choice Overload.
2008 Ohio University, Athens, USA.
2007 ETH Zürich, Institute for Environmental Decisions, Switzerland.
2007 University of Basel, Department for Decision Sciences, Switzerland.
2006 University of Mannheim, SFB 504, Germany.
2006 Cornell University, Food & Brand Lab, Ithaca, New York.
2015 Basel School of Design, Basel, Switzerland – talk on consumer choice: „Sich Entscheiden – Erkenntnisse aus der Wissenschaft“.
2015 Politforum Käfigturm, Bern, Switzerland – talk on advertisement and psychology: Werbung: (Ver-)Führung der Konsumenten? Available online on Youtube
2013 Stapferhaus, Lenzburg, Switzerland – panel discussion on decision making on the mountain with Bruno Jelk.
2013 ombudscom, Bern, Switzerland – talk on economic psychology
2012 Tertianum, Basel, Switzerland – talk on decision research
2011 Handelsschule Basel, Switzerland – talk and panel discussion on consumer psychology
2010 MANOR AG, Basel, Switzerland – talk on consumer psychology
2018 Workshop on Doing Bayesian Statistics – a Kick-Starter, 11th JDMx Meeting for Early-Career Researchers in Konstanz, Germany.
2017 Workshop on Bayesian approaches to data analysis and cognitive modeling, TeaP Conference, Dresden, Germany.
2016 Tutorial on using Bayesian statistics for analyzing data, EMAC, Oslo, Norway.
2015 Workshop on Bayesian statistics in R, University of Salzburg, Austria.
2015 Workshop on Introduction in R for Statistics, University of Basel, Switzerland.
2014 Workshop ‚Hierarchical Bayesian modelling‘, 2nd EADM Summer School, Bonn, Germany.
2013 Workshop ‚Bayesian statistics as an alternative to null‐hypothesis significance testing‘, University of Bern, Switzerland.
2012 Workshop ‚Bayesian Statistics with R‘, University of Erfurt, Germany.
2011 Workshop ‚Bayesian Statistics‘, Max Planck Institute on Collective Goods, Bonn, Germany.