Cognitive Psychology Studies Using Labvanced
Researchers use Labvanced to study working memory, cognitive control, decision-making, and related processes with millisecond-accurate timing, from simple reaction-time tasks to multi-experiment batteries run entirely online. The studies below are a sample of peer-reviewed cognitive psychology research built and run on the platform, drawn from the full publications index.
Research Highlights
Across four studies testing 395 children aged 3 to 9, researchers built a multi-level battery of theory-of-mind and mental-time-travel tasks and ran it as a non-moderated online study in Labvanced, without writing custom code for each task variant.
Schidelko, L. P., Baumann, L., Proft, M., & Rakoczy, H. (2025). Do theory of mind and mental time travel abilities build on joint cognitive foundations? Royal Society Open Science.
Researchers combined behavioral working-memory tasks with self-report anxiety scales across adolescent and university samples, administered end-to-end in Labvanced, to test how math performance and math anxiety predict each other over time.
Chang, C., Hsiao, M., & Chiang, W. (2026). Mathematics performance predicts cognitive and affective math anxiety through mutual mediation pathways from adolescence onward with potential working memory moderations. Scientific Reports.
Five experiments used a precisely timed spatial retrocuing paradigm, built and run in Labvanced, to isolate what actually slows down multi-item selection from working memory: competing spatial contexts, not competition between the memory items themselves.
Tiferet-Dweck, C., Zamora-Romero, S., & Unger, K. (2025). Limits on selecting multiple items from working memory: The role of context and item competition. Frontiers in Cognition.
Two Go/No-Go studies measuring millisecond-level reaction times were created and controlled end-to-end in Labvanced, isolating how implicit versus explicit negation recruits motor inhibition during sentence reading.
Montalti, M., Calbi, M., Umiltà, M. A., Gallese, V., & Cuccio, V. (2024). The role of motor inhibition in implicit negation processing: two Go/No-Go behavioral studies. Psychological Research.
Testing younger and older adults on a demanding working-memory task, the second of two experiments was built in Labvanced and run on its ISO/IEC 27001-certified, GDPR-compliant servers, the kind of data-security detail that matters when recruiting older-adult populations.
Piroelle, M., Guette, C., & Abadie, M. (2024). The Role of Articulatory Rehearsal in Short-Term False Memories during Aging. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.

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The Impact of Foreign Language on Meta-Reasoning in Moral Decisions
Hu, Z., Martín-Luengo, B., & Navarrete, E. (2026)
Journal of Cognition
https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.472
No Evidence for Agent−Patient Role Attribution in Human Infants, Human Adults, and Guinea Baboons (Papio papio)
Meewis, F., Barezzi, I., Hababou-Bernson, M., Fagot, J., Claidière, N., & Dautriche, I. (2026)
Cognitive Science
https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.70167
Testing three models of cognitive stress effects: A psychopharmacological randomized controlled trial of acute stress and stress hormones across visual perception, response inhibition and cognitive flexibility
Weckesser, L. J., Großkopf, C. M., Weber, B., Soylu, S., Endrass, T., & Miller, R. (2026)
arXiv
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.10515
Attention as a Bottleneck in Moral Judgment: How Comparative Context Distorts Discrimination Recognition
Zhang, X., & Powdthavee, N. (2026)
PsyArXiv
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/pnurb_v1
Generative and Retrieval Tasks: Does the Sequence Matter and Do Sequence Effects Depend on Learning Task Delay?
Obergassel, N., Renkl, A., Endres, T., Nückles, M., Carpenter, S. K., & Roelle, J. (2026)
Applied Cognitive Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70188
Mathematics performance predicts cognitive and affective math anxiety through mutual mediation pathways from adolescence onward with potential working memory moderations
Chang, C., Hsiao, M., & Chiang, W. (2026)
Scientific Reports
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-45516-y
Minimal stimuli for complex decisions: guiding stopping behavior at railway level crossings
Djelloul-Daouadji, I., Grison, E., Prost, M., Morgagni, S., & Dommes, A. (2026)
Cognition, Technology & Work
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-026-00880-7
The benefit of simultaneous versus sequential presentation of memoranda in working memory: It depends on the stimuli
Ordonez Magro, L., Grainger, J., & Majerus, S. (2026)
Memory & Cognition
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-026-01917-y
The impact of social interaction on abstract concepts
Goriachun, D., Mirault, J., Ziegler, J. C., & Strijkers, K. (2026)
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-026-02941-4
The Influence of Grammatical Gender on Object Conceptualization Is Weak and Language-Dependent
Xiao, H., Cremers, A., Straboni, C., Strickland, B., & Peperkamp, S. (2026)
Cognitive Science
https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.70176
Are transposed‐phoneme effects observed when listening to sentences?
Dufour, S., Mirault, J., & Grainger, J. (2025)
Cognitive Science
https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.70128
Passenger decision‐making in mass transit systems: Insights from dual‐process theories
Prabhakar, A., Grison, E., Morgagni, S., Nöllenburg, M., & Gyselinck, V. (2025)
Applied Cognitive Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70112
Ketone monoester supplementation effects on a comprehensive cognitive test battery following non-exhaustive exercise
Mosquera-Lopez, E., Harrison, J. E., Louis, J., Pugh, J., Amorginos, A. M., Tsukioka, M., Hobday, N., Roberts, J. W., & Areta, J. L. (2025)
Journal of Cognitive Enhancement
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41465-025-00341-5
Word superiority and sentence superiority effects in post-cued letter-in-string identification
Massol, S., & Grainger, J. (2025)
Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-025-03059-w
Prior Information Shapes Perceptual Evidence Accumulation Dynamics Differentially in Psychosis
Franzen, L., Eickhoff, S., Andreou, C., Delis, I., Erb, J., Kreitewolf, J., Lencer, R., Lange, C., Schmitt, L.-M., Schewe, H., Kloosterman, N., Tune, S., Borgwardt, S., & Obleser, J. (2025)
bioRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.03.662942
Testing the persuasiveness of conspiracy theories: A comparison of narrative and argumentative strategies
Adornetti, I., Altavilla, D., Chiera, A., Deriu, V., Gerna, A., Picca, L., & Ferretti, F. (2025)
Cognitive Processing
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-025-01282-9
Extinction of outcome-specific Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer (PIT), instrumental outcome devaluation, and reward-related attentional capture are predicted by affect-driven impulsivity
González, F., Garre-Frutos, F., Hinojosa-Aguayo, I., & Hall, G. (2025)
Learning & Behavior
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-025-00676-1
Flexibility of processing strategy choices in self-structured environments
Wehner, P., Senftleben, U., Herbers, J., Pannasch, S., Scherbaum, S., & Surrey, C. (2025)
PsyArXiv
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dxvyu_v1
It's not a bug, it's a feature: Executive functions in self-structured environments
Wehner, P., Herbers, J., Pannasch, S., Scherbaum, S., & Surrey, C. (2025)
PsyArXiv
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3gkr7_v2
The influence of interruptions on the management of multiple tasks in self-structured environments
Wehner, P., Surrey, C., Herbers, J., Pannasch, S., Scherbaum, S., & Senftleben, U. (2025)
PsyArXiv
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/bf56u_v1
Limits on selecting multiple items from working memory: The role of context and item competition
Tiferet-Dweck, C., Zamora-Romero, S., & Unger, K. (2025)
Frontiers in Cognition
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcogn.2025.1668316
Do theory of mind and mental time travel abilities build on joint cognitive foundations?
Schidelko, L. P., Baumann, L., Proft, M., & Rakoczy, H. (2025)
Royal Society Open Science
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.241960
Can the effects of generative drawing on lasting learning be optimized through integration of retrieval practice?
Kim, S., Abel, R., Leutner, D., Schmiemann, P., & Roelle, J. (2025)
Learning and Instruction
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102143
Relationship between feedback frequency and task performance: Evidence on the mediating role of Heart Rate
Saxena, M. P., & Ganuthula, V. R. (2025)
Frontiers in Psychology
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1438865
Evidence that altercentric biases in a continuous false belief task depend on highlighting the agent's belief
Speiger, M. L., Rothmaler, K., Liszkowski, U., Rakoczy, H., & Wiesmann, C. G. (2025)
Cognition
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.106055
Continuous measures of decision-difficulty captured remotely: Mouse-tracking sensitivity extends to tablets and smartphones
Zuk, A. A. O., Bertrand, J. K., & Chapman, C. S. (2025)
Computers in Human Behavior
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108450
Illusory truth effect across languages and scripts
Hatzidaki, A., Santesteban, M., & Navarrete, E. (2024)
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02596-z
On the distinction between position and order information when processing strings of characters
Massol, S., & Grainger, J. (2024)
Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-024-02872-z
The Role of Articulatory Rehearsal in Short-Term False Memories during Aging
Piroelle, M., Guette, C., & Abadie, M. (2024)
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241269320
The influence of working memory mechanisms on false memories in immediate and delayed tests
Abadie, M., Guette, C., Troubat, A., & Camos, V. (2024)
Cognition
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105901
Processing of visual social-communication cues during a social-perception of action task in autistic and non-autistic observers
Chouinard, B., Pesquita, A., Enns, J. T., & Chapman, C. S. (2024)
Neuropsychologia
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108880
The effect of processing partial information in dynamic face perception
Alp, N., Lale, G., Saglam, C., & Sayim, B. (2024)
Scientific Reports
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58605-7
The role of motor inhibition in implicit negation processing: two Go/No-Go behavioral studies
Montalti, M., Calbi, M., Umiltà, M. A., Gallese, V., & Cuccio, V. (2024)
Psychological Research
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-024-01941-0
The imbalance of self-reported wanting and liking is associated with the degree of attentional bias toward smoking-related stimuli in low nicotine dependence smokers
File, D., Petro, B., Kojouharova, P., Kővári, L., Gaál, Z. A., Demetrovics, Z., & Czigler, I. (2024)
Frontiers in Psychology
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1356434
Age Differences in Context Use During Reading and Downstream Effects on Recognition Memory
Haeuser, K. I., & Kray, J. (2024)
Psychology and Aging
https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000845
Natural finger-tapping tempo reflects intrinsic neuropsychological characteristics
Sun, S., Wu, D. A., Shehata, M., Akashi, T., Furudate, M., Zhang, C., et al., & Shimojo, S. (2024)
Research Square
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4580693/v1
It's not a bug, it's a feature: A novel paradigm for studying executive functions
Wehner, P., Herbers, J., Pannasch, S., Scherbaum, S., & Surrey, C. (2024)
PsyArXiv
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3gkr7
Unconscious Frustration: Dynamically Assessing User Experience using Eye and Mouse Tracking
Stone, S. A., & Chapman, C. S. (2023)
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
https://doi.org/10.1145/3591137
Dynamics of eye-hand coordination are flexibly preserved in eye-cursor coordination during an online, digital, object interaction task
Bertrand, J. K., & Chapman, C. S. (2023)
Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580866
Continuous Measures of Decision-Difficulty Captured Remotely: II. Webcam eye-tracking reveals early decision processing
Bertrand, J. K., Zuk, A. A. O., & Chapman, C. S. (2023)
bioRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.06.543799
You read my mind: Generating and minimizing intention uncertainty under different social contexts in a two-player online game
Ma, H. L., Bertrand, J. K., Chapman, C. S., & Hayward, D. A. (2023)
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0001150
Deep learning models for webcam eye tracking in online experiments
Saxena, S., Fink, L. K., & Lange, E. B. (2023)
Behavior Research Methods
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02190-6
Cognitive and neural bases of salience-driven incidental learning
Sun, S., Yu, H., Wang, S., & Yu, R. (2023)
bioRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.23.525123
Functional connectivity between the amygdala and prefrontal cortex underlies processing of emotion ambiguity
Sun, S., Yu, H., Rongjun, Y., & Wang, S. (2023)
bioRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.24.525116
Examining listeners' perception of spoken words with different face masks
Cox, B. G., Tuft, S. E., Morich, J. R., & McLennan, C. T. (2023)
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218231175631
Constraints on integration of orthographic information across multiple stimuli: effects of contiguity, eccentricity, and attentional span
Fournet, C., Cauchi, C., Perea, M., & Grainger, J. (2023)
Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-023-02758-6
The effect of surgical masks on identification decisions from masked and unmasked lineups
Palu, A., Raidvee, A., Murnikov, V., & Kask, K. (2023)
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2242435
How robust are egocentric and altercentric interference effects in social cognition? A test with explicit and implicit versions of a continuous false belief task
Haskaraca, F. N., Proft, M., Liszkowski, U., & Rakoczy, H. (2023)
Frontiers in Psychology
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1142302
Promoting Complex Problem Solving by Introducing Schema-Governed Categories of Key Causal Models
Kessler, F., Proske, A., Urbas, L., Goldwater, M., Krieger, F., Greiff, S., & Narciss, S. (2023)
Behavioral Sciences
https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13090701
Gaze cueing in older and younger adults is elicited by a social robot seen from the back
Morillo-Mendez, L., Mozos, O. M., & Schrooten, M. G. (2023)
Cognitive Systems Research
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2023.101149
Using Biological Motion to Investigate Perceptual–Cognitive Expertise in Law Enforcement Use-of-Force Decisions
Connelly, M. E., Suss, J., & Vangsness, L. (2023)
Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-023-09575-5
In no uncertain terms: Group cohesion did not affect exploration and group decision making under low uncertainty
Ritter, M., Pritz, J., Morscheck, L., Baumann, E., & Boos, M. (2023)
Frontiers in Psychology
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1038262
Effects of alternating letter case on processing sequences of written words
Fournet, C., Mirault, J., Manuel, P., & Grainger, J. (2023)
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218231156604
On the relations between letter, word, and sentence-level processing during reading
Brossette, B., Grainger, J., Lété, B., et al. (2022)
Scientific Reports
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22587-1
Priming of natural scene categorization during continuous flash suppression
Baumann, L., & Valuch, C. (2022)
Consciousness and Cognition
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2022.103387
Automatic or controlled: How does disbelief in free will influence cognitive functioning?
Katzir, M., & Genschow, O. (2022)
British Journal of Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12578
Effects of temporally regular versus irregular distractors on goal-directed cognition and behavior
Lui, T. K. Y., & Wöstmann, M. (2022)
Scientific Reports
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13211-3
Time is of the essence: Past selves are not prioritized even when selective discrimination costs are controlled for
Englert, J., von Lampe, K., & Morina, N. (2022)
Psychological Research
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-022-01702-x
Positional cueing, string location variability, and letter-in-string identification
Yeaton, J., & Grainger, J. (2022)
Acta Psychologica
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103510
Can Eye Movement Synchronicity Predict Test Performance With Unreliably-Sampled Data in an Online Learning Context?
Sauter, M., Hirzle, T., Wagner, T., Hummel, S., Rukzio, E., & Huckauf, A. (2022)
2022 Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications
https://doi.org/10.1145/3517031.3529239
Temporal Stability and Effect Dynamics Between Executive Functions, Perceived Chronic Stress, and Hair Cortisol Concentrations
Weckesser, L. J., Schmidt, K., Möschl, M., Kirschbaum, C., Enge, S., & Miller, R. (2021)
Developmental Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001193
Personality captures dissociations of subjective versus objective hearing in noise
Wöstmann, M., Erb, J., Kreitewolf, J., & Obleser, J. (2021)
Royal Society Open Science
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210881
Circadian Fluctuations in Glucocorticoid Levels Predict Perceptual Discrimination Sensitivity
Obleser, J., Kreitewolf, J., Vielhauer, R., Lindner, F., David, C., Oster, H., & Tune, S. (2021)
iScience (Cell Press)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102345
Remote binding counts: measuring distractor-response binding effects online
Moeller, B., & Frings, C. (2020)
Psychological Research
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01413-1
Automatic and Controlled Processing: Implications for Eating Behavior
Fürtjes, S., King, J. A., Goeke, C., Seidel, M., Goschke, T., Horstmann, A., & Ehrlich, S. (2020)
Nutrients
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12041097
Aberrant Perceptual Judgments on Speech-Relevant Acoustic Features in Hallucination-Prone Individuals
Erb, J., Kreitewolf, J., Pinheiro, A. P., & Obleser, J. (2020)
Schizophrenia Bulletin Open
https://doi.org/10.1093/schizbullopen/sgaa059
Self-regulation is negatively associated with habit tendencies: A validation of the German Creature of Habit Scale
Overmeyer, R., Fürtjes, S., Ersche, K. D., Ehrlich, S., & Endrass, T. (2020)
Personality and Individual Differences
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110029
Working-memory disruption by task-irrelevant talkers depends on degree of talker familiarity
Kreitewolf, J., Wöstmann, M., Tune, S., Plöchl, M., & Obleser, J. (2019)
Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-019-01727-2
The Role of Self-regulation in the Association between Habitual Tendencies with Impulsivity and Compulsivity
Overmeyer, R., Fürtjes, S., Ersche, K., Ehrlich, S., & Endrass, T. (2019)
PsyArXiv
https://psyarxiv.com/nbwuj/
Irrelevant speech disrupts memory more when spoken by a familiar talker
Kreitewolf, J., Wöstmann, M., Tune, S., Plöchl, M., & Obleser, J. (2018)
bioRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/372508
Differential Mechanisms of Access in Working Memory: Comparing Global and Selective Retrieval
Turbides, J. M. (2025)
City University of New York
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/6120/
Cognitive Foundations of Ascribing Intentional Action
Garbisch, I. (2024)
University of Göttingen
https://ediss.uni-goettingen.de/handle/11858/15415
Effects of Engagement Level on a Timing Task
May, B. (2024)
Cleveland State University
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1727796344150593
Exploring the Relationship Between the Processes of Abstraction and Creativity
Bulusu, V. (2023)
International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad
Attention Distribution during Perception of Computer Code
Nikiforova, K. A. (2023)
Tomsk State University
Influence of Video Game Playing on Change Detection: An Eye Tracking Study
Haverly, C. (2022)
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/f65f75fe-3b92-4008-939e-82e9f01d814d/content
Going Through the Motions: Evaluating the Impact of Task, Device and Platform on Mouse-Tracking Derived Measures of Decision Difficulty
Ouellette Zuk, A. A.
University of Alberta
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/449f6cd6-ae12-4f9c-9e39-a0885f19b35b/view/62cf08d4-1c95-4327-be9b-43a0c7d8fb22/Ouellette_Zuk_Alexandra_A_202109_MSc.pdf
Speeded Multi-Attribute Decision Making under Certainty
Karvelas, I. (2017)
University College Dublin
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ioannis-Karvelas/publication/335146790_Speeded_Multi-Attribute_Decision_Making_under_Certainty/links/5d52d83c92851c93b62e490f/Speeded-Multi-Attribute-Decision-Making-under-Certainty.pdf
How to Run Behavioural Experiments Online: Best Practice Suggestions for Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience
Gagné, N., & Franzen, L. (2023)
Swiss Psychology Open
https://doi.org/10.5334/spo.34
Precise display time measurement in JavaScript for web-based experiments
Lukács, G., & Gartus, A. (2022)
Behavior Research Methods
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-022-01835-2
Conducting Web-based experiments for numerical cognition research
Kochari, A. R. (2019)
Journal of Cognition
https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.85
A thousand studies for the price of one: Accelerating psychological science with Pushkin
Hartshorne, J. K., de Leeuw, J. R., Goodman, N. D., Jennings, M., & O'Donnell, T. J. (2019)
Behavior Research Methods
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-018-1155-z
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