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Research grants

  • 2011     258.480 € FWF (P23538 “Ambiguität beim Kunstgefallen”);
  • 2011     Research Platform “Cognitive Sciences” at the Universit of Vienna (Leder as Deputy speaker), Volume for 3 Years 204.654€;
  • 2010     20.000 € Research on design and appreciation of glasses (industy project)
  • 2005-09    120.000 USD International Ford Research Partner (Claus-Christian Carbon und Helmut Leder) "Psychological evaluation of switches' haptics in car interiors"
  • 2005-09    215 000 Euro FWF (P18910-G14) (with C. C. Carbon) "Psychology of Aesthetics: the dynamics of innovation and appreciation over time"
  • 2005          208 000 Euro Portable EEG, EDA, Eyemovement UNITS etc.  Research Funding University of Vienna (with Prof. H. Bauer)
  • 2004         265 000 Euro  DFG project (im Sonderforschungsbereich SFB 626 “aesthetic experience”) “Cognitive determinants of aesthetic experience at the Freie Universität Berlin
  • 2003          80 000 Euro Extension of DFG Le1286 for two years
  • 2001-02    30 000 DM  Research Project „Aesthetics in Car-Interieurs“. Empirical study for Daimler-Chrysler about attractiveness and appreciation of design.
  • 2001          24 000 DM  Research Project „Car-Interieurs“. Empirical study for Daimler-Chrysler AG.
  • 2000          80 000 DM  DFG Research Project „Repräsentationen und Merkmale bei der Gesichtserkennung“. (Le 1286). (Representations and features in face recognition). Two years – one post graduate (C.C.Carbon)
  • 1998          5000 DM            Research support from „Kommission zur Förderung Wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses der Freien Universität Berlin“ project „Psychologie der Ästhetik“ (Habilitation).
  • 1996          1000 Sfr             Research support for the development of an experiment tool „Matching.1.2“ University of Fribourg.
  • 1995          36 000 Sfr  Research project “Linienzeichnungen von Gesichtern” (line-drawings of faces). Grant Schweizer Nationalfonds for a one year fellowship in Stirling (UK).

    Please also see:
    http://psychologie.univie.ac.at/grundlagenforschung/forschung/projekte/
    http://aesthetics.univie.ac.at

 

 

Professional Association

Member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie

Member of the European Society of Cognitive Psychology

Member of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics

Member of the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Psychologie

Scientific Board (Wissenschaftskommission) of the Austrian Bundesheer (Since 2005)

Local Officer of the ESCOP European Society of Cognitive Psychology for Austria since 2007

 

Editor

Since 2006 Editorial Board of Empirical Studies of the Arts

Awards

2002 Baumgarten Award of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA) 2002 in Takarazuma City, Japan

2004 Berlyne Award of the American Psychologists Association (APA), Division 10, 2004, Honululu, USA

2008 International Fellow of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA)

 

Reviewer

Reviewer for Perception, European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie, British Journal of Psychology, Neuropsychology, Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Review, Visual Cognition, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Cognition, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Acta Psychologica, Psychology Science, Psychological Research, Schweizer Nationalfonds (SNF), Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Journal of Cognitive Neurosciences. Psychological Sciences, American Journal of Medical Genetics, Experimental Psychology, Psychology and Philosophy, Musicae Scientiae, Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Thexis, Empirical Studies of the Arts, Social Cognition, Psychophysiology, Cognition, Science, International Journal of Design, Science, International Journal of Design, Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, New Ideas in Psychology, Psychology of Aesthetis, Creatitivity and the Arts.

 

Stimuli - Leder, H., Tinio, P.P.L. & Bar, M. (in press). Emotional Valence Modulates the Preference for Curved Objects. Perception.

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Leder, H., Tinio, P.P.L. & Bar, M. (in press). Emotional Valence Modulates the Preference for Curved Objects. Perception.

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