Marius Frenken, M.Sc.

Vita

Since 04/2018 Research Assistant, Department for Social and Legal Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

10/2017 – 03/2018 Lecturer, Department for Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

 

Teaching

Bachelorseminars "Introduction to Social Psychological Research".

Bachelorseminars "Selected Topics and Practical Application of Legal Psychology"

 

Research interests

  • Conspiracy theories and conspiracy mentality
  • Stereotyping & Shooter Bias
  • Attention and memory

 

Publications

Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

Frenken, M., & Imhoff, R. (2022). Malevolent intentions and secret coordination. Dissecting cognitive processes in conspiracy beliefs via diffusion modeling. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 103, 104383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104383 [Accepted manuscript] [Open materials and data]

Frenken, M., & Imhoff, R. (2022). Don’t trust anybody: Conspiracy mentality and the detection of facial trustworthiness cues. Applied Cognitive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3955 (Open Access) [Open materials and data]

Frenken, M., Bilewicz, M., & Imhoff, R. (2022). On the relation between religiosity and the endorsement of conspiracy theories: The role of political orientation. Political Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12822 (Open Access) [Open materials and data]

Imhoff, R., Bertlich, T., & Frenken, M. (2022). Tearing apart the “evil” twins: A general conspiracy mentality is not the same as specific conspiracy beliefs. Current Opinion in Psychology, 101349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101349 [Accepted manuscript]

Frenken, M., Hemmerich, W., Izydorczyk, D., Scharf, S., & Imhoff, R. (2022). Cognitive processes behind the shooter bias: Dissecting response bias, motor preparation and information accumulation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 98, 104230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104230 [Accepted manuscript] [Open materials and data]

Frenken, M., & Imhoff, R. (2021). A uniform conspiracy mindset or differentiated reactions to specific conspiracy beliefs? Evidence from Latent Profile Analyses. International Review of Social Psychology, 34(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.590 (Open Access) [Open materials and data]

Frenken, M., & Berti, S. (2018). Exploring the switching of the focus of attention within working memory: A combined event-related potential and behavioral study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 126C, 30-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.01.012 [Accepted manuscript] [Open materials and data]