Research Interests

  • Response bias in legal decision-making
  • (Media) representation of criminality and law
  • (Operational) stress and eyewitness memory

Academic Education

Since 2023
Ph.D. Student, Social Psychology with a Focus on Legal Psychology, LMU Munich
2015-2018
M. Sc. Psychology (Organizational Behavior and Adaptive Cognition), Heidelberg University
2016
Semester abroad, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2011-2014
B. Sc. Psychology, University of Regensburg

Academic Experience

Since 2023
Research Associate, Social Psychology with a Focus on Legal Psychology, LMU Munich
2022-2023
Research Associate, Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics, Bundeswehr University Munich
2019-2021
Research Associate, Institute CENTOURIS, University of Passau
2017-2019
Research Assistant, Gender Studies and Health Psychology, Heidelberg University

Publications

Schmidt, L. I., Baetzner, A. S., Dreisbusch, M. I., Mertens, A. & Sieverding, M. (2024). Postponing sleep after a stressful day: Patterns of stress, bedtime procrastination, and sleep outcomes in a daily diary approach. Stress & Health, 40(3), e3330. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3330