M. Sc. Jonathan Mendl

Raum: PT 4.1.47

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E-Mail: Jonathan.Mendl@ur.de

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., Banerjee, S., Fischer, R., Dreisbach, G., & Köster, M. (2024). Control in context: The theta rhythm provides evidence for reactive control but no evidence for proactive control. Psychophysiology, 00, e14625. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14625

• 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. Motivation Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000347

• 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 the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN), Gent, Belgium, 25.05.2024. [poster]

• 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]