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Robert Biegler

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Robert Biegler

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Department of Psychology

robert.biegler@ntnu.no
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Publications

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2022

  • Lisøy, Rebekka Solvik; Biegler, Robert; Fardzadeh, Haghish Ebad; Veckenstedt, Ruth; Moritz, Steffen; Pfuhl, Gerit. (2022) Seeing minds–a signal detection study of agency attribution along the autism-psychosis continuum. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
    Academic article
  • Lisøy, Rebekka Solvik; Pfuhl, Gerit; Sunde, Hans Fredrik; Biegler, Robert. (2022) Sweet spot in music-Is predictability preferred among persons with psychotic-like experiences or autistic traits?. PLOS ONE
    Academic article

2021

  • Kreis, Isabel Viola; Biegler, Robert; Tjelmeland, Håkon; Mittner, Matthias; Reitan, Solveig Merete Klæbo; Pfuhl, Gerit. (2021) Overestimation of volatility in schizophrenia and autism? A comparative study using a probabilistic reasoning task. PLOS ONE
    Academic article

2019

  • Bendixen, Mons; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Biegler, Robert; Haselton, Martie G.. (2019) Adjusting Signals of Sexual Interest in the Most Recent Naturally Occurring Opposite-Sex Encounter in Two Different Contexts. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
    Academic article

2017

  • Biegler, Robert. (2017) Insufficient evidence for habituation in Mimosa pudica. Response to Gagliano et al. (2014). Oecologia
    Commentary

2016

  • Biegler, Robert. (2016) What's it all about when you get right down to it, I mean really?. Psykologisk tidsskrift
    Popular science article
  • Biegler, Robert; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen. (2016) Sisterly love: Within-generation differences in ideal partner for sister and self. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
    Academic article

2015

  • Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Biegler, Robert. (2015) Conflicting Tastes: Conflicts Between Female Family Members in Choice of Romantic Partners.
    Academic chapter
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Sandvik, Kristin; Biegler, Robert; Tjelmeland, Håkon. (2015) Identifying the computational parameters gone awry in psychosis. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
    Academic article

2013

  • Haghish, E.F; Heydari, Arash; Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert; Teymoori, Ali. (2013) The scale of ethical attitude toward ethnic humor (EATEH): Development, reliability, and validity. Asian Social Science
    Academic article
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Haghish, Ebad Fardzadeh; Biegler, Robert. (2013) ASSESSMENT OF ALTRUISM DEPENDS ON INFERRED ULTERIOR MOTIVES. The Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology
    Academic article

2012

  • Farzadeh, Ebad Haghish; Heydari, H.; Biegler, Robert; Pfuhl, Gerit; Teymoori, Ali. (2012) Ethical attitude toward ethnic humor (EATEH): Development of a new scale. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
    Academic article
  • Fardzadeh, Haghish Ebad; Heydari, Arash; Biegler, Robert; Pfuhl, Gerit; Teymoori, Ali. (2012) Sociological Indicators of Ethical Attitude toward Ethnic Humor: An Empirical Study on Persian Jokes. Asian Social Science
    Academic article
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2012) Do jackdaws have a memory for order?. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis
    Academic article
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Barrera, Luis Bernardo; Living, Mia; Biegler, Robert. (2012) Do adjustments in search behavior depend on the precision of spatial memory?. Learning & Behavior
    Academic article
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2012) Ordinality and novel sequence learning in jackdaws. Animal Cognition
    Academic article

2011

  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2011) Do humans know the imprecision inherent in a map?. meta-carto-semiotics
    Academic article
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Tjelmeland, Håkon; Biegler, Robert. (2011) Precision and Reliability in Animal Navigation. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
    Academic article

2009

  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2009) Known knowns, known unknowns:On Bayesian brains and corvids’ abstract reasoning. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis
  • Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Biegler, Robert. (2009) Sister's evaluation of ideal long-term partners for herself and her sister: Sister conflict, sister guarding and sister cooperation.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Tjelmeland, Håkon; Molden, Sturla; Biegler, Robert. (2009) Optimal cache search depends on precision of spatial memory and pilfering, but what if that knowledge is not perfect?. Animal Behaviour
    Academic article

2008

  • Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Biegler, Robert. (2008) Conflicting tastes: Mother's and daughter's ratings of daughter's ideal long term partner. Human behavior & evolution society 20th annual conference
    Conference abstract

2006

  • Biegler, Robert. (2006) Functional Considerations in Animal Navigation: How do You Use What You Know?.
    Academic chapter
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2006) Non-spatial chunking in a 12-arm radial maze: effect of hippocampectomy on what-what associations in rats. NTNU
    Master thesis
  • Biegler, Robert. (2006) Two important (and simple) concepts in computational neuroscience. Psykologisk tidsskrift
    Popular science article

2004

  • Living, Mia; Biegler, Robert. (2004) Representation of uncertainty in rats. Umeå University
    Master thesis

2003

  • Biegler, Robert. (2003) How to avoid getting buried in thought: Reading cognitive and other maps.
    Academic chapter

2001

  • Biegler, Robert; McGregor, Anthony; Krebs, John R; Healy, Susan D. (2001) A larger hippocampus is associated with a longer-lasting spatial memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
    Academic article
  • Biegler, Robert. (2001) A larger hippocampus is associated with a longer-lasting spatial memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
    Academic article

2000

  • Biegler, Robert. (2000) Possible uses of path integration in animal navigation. Animal Learning and Behavior
    Academic article

1999

  • Morris, Richard; Biegler, Robert. (1999) Blocking in the spatial domain with arrays of discrete landmarks. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Animal Behavior Processes
    Academic article

1996

  • Biegler, Robert; Morris, Richard. (1996) Landmark stability: Studies exploring whether the perceived stability of the environment influences spatial representation. Journal of Experimental Biology
    Academic article
  • Biegler, Robert; Morris, Richard. (1996) Landmark stability: Further studies pointing to a role in spatial learning. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology..
    Academic article

1993

  • Biegler, Robert; Morris, Richard. (1993) Landmark stability is a prerequisite for spatial but not discrimination learning. Nature
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Haghish, E.F; Heydari, Arash; Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert; Teymoori, Ali. (2013) The scale of ethical attitude toward ethnic humor (EATEH): Development, reliability, and validity. Asian Social Science
    Academic article
  • Bendixen, Mons; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Biegler, Robert; Haselton, Martie G.. (2019) Adjusting Signals of Sexual Interest in the Most Recent Naturally Occurring Opposite-Sex Encounter in Two Different Contexts. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
    Academic article
  • Biegler, Robert. (2016) What's it all about when you get right down to it, I mean really?. Psykologisk tidsskrift
    Popular science article
  • Farzadeh, Ebad Haghish; Heydari, H.; Biegler, Robert; Pfuhl, Gerit; Teymoori, Ali. (2012) Ethical attitude toward ethnic humor (EATEH): Development of a new scale. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
    Academic article
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Sandvik, Kristin; Biegler, Robert; Tjelmeland, Håkon. (2015) Identifying the computational parameters gone awry in psychosis. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
    Academic article
  • Lisøy, Rebekka Solvik; Biegler, Robert; Fardzadeh, Haghish Ebad; Veckenstedt, Ruth; Moritz, Steffen; Pfuhl, Gerit. (2022) Seeing minds–a signal detection study of agency attribution along the autism-psychosis continuum. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
    Academic article
  • Kreis, Isabel Viola; Biegler, Robert; Tjelmeland, Håkon; Mittner, Matthias; Reitan, Solveig Merete Klæbo; Pfuhl, Gerit. (2021) Overestimation of volatility in schizophrenia and autism? A comparative study using a probabilistic reasoning task. PLOS ONE
    Academic article
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Haghish, Ebad Fardzadeh; Biegler, Robert. (2013) ASSESSMENT OF ALTRUISM DEPENDS ON INFERRED ULTERIOR MOTIVES. The Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology
    Academic article
  • Fardzadeh, Haghish Ebad; Heydari, Arash; Biegler, Robert; Pfuhl, Gerit; Teymoori, Ali. (2012) Sociological Indicators of Ethical Attitude toward Ethnic Humor: An Empirical Study on Persian Jokes. Asian Social Science
    Academic article
  • Biegler, Robert. (2006) Two important (and simple) concepts in computational neuroscience. Psykologisk tidsskrift
    Popular science article
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2011) Do humans know the imprecision inherent in a map?. meta-carto-semiotics
    Academic article
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2012) Do jackdaws have a memory for order?. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis
    Academic article
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Barrera, Luis Bernardo; Living, Mia; Biegler, Robert. (2012) Do adjustments in search behavior depend on the precision of spatial memory?. Learning & Behavior
    Academic article
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2012) Ordinality and novel sequence learning in jackdaws. Animal Cognition
    Academic article
  • Biegler, Robert; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen. (2016) Sisterly love: Within-generation differences in ideal partner for sister and self. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
    Academic article
  • Biegler, Robert; Morris, Richard. (1993) Landmark stability is a prerequisite for spatial but not discrimination learning. Nature
    Academic article
  • Biegler, Robert; Morris, Richard. (1996) Landmark stability: Studies exploring whether the perceived stability of the environment influences spatial representation. Journal of Experimental Biology
    Academic article
  • Biegler, Robert; McGregor, Anthony; Krebs, John R; Healy, Susan D. (2001) A larger hippocampus is associated with a longer-lasting spatial memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
    Academic article
  • Biegler, Robert; Morris, Richard. (1996) Landmark stability: Further studies pointing to a role in spatial learning. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology..
    Academic article
  • Lisøy, Rebekka Solvik; Pfuhl, Gerit; Sunde, Hans Fredrik; Biegler, Robert. (2022) Sweet spot in music-Is predictability preferred among persons with psychotic-like experiences or autistic traits?. PLOS ONE
    Academic article
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Tjelmeland, Håkon; Molden, Sturla; Biegler, Robert. (2009) Optimal cache search depends on precision of spatial memory and pilfering, but what if that knowledge is not perfect?. Animal Behaviour
    Academic article
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Tjelmeland, Håkon; Biegler, Robert. (2011) Precision and Reliability in Animal Navigation. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
    Academic article
  • Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Biegler, Robert. (2008) Conflicting tastes: Mother's and daughter's ratings of daughter's ideal long term partner. Human behavior & evolution society 20th annual conference
    Conference abstract
  • Morris, Richard; Biegler, Robert. (1999) Blocking in the spatial domain with arrays of discrete landmarks. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Animal Behavior Processes
    Academic article
  • Biegler, Robert. (2000) Possible uses of path integration in animal navigation. Animal Learning and Behavior
    Academic article
  • Biegler, Robert. (2001) A larger hippocampus is associated with a longer-lasting spatial memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
    Academic article
  • Biegler, Robert. (2017) Insufficient evidence for habituation in Mimosa pudica. Response to Gagliano et al. (2014). Oecologia
    Commentary

Part of book/report

  • Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Biegler, Robert. (2015) Conflicting Tastes: Conflicts Between Female Family Members in Choice of Romantic Partners.
    Academic chapter
  • Biegler, Robert. (2006) Functional Considerations in Animal Navigation: How do You Use What You Know?.
    Academic chapter
  • Biegler, Robert. (2003) How to avoid getting buried in thought: Reading cognitive and other maps.
    Academic chapter
  • Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Biegler, Robert. (2009) Sister's evaluation of ideal long-term partners for herself and her sister: Sister conflict, sister guarding and sister cooperation.
    Non-fiction chapter

Student thesis or dissertation

  • Living, Mia; Biegler, Robert. (2004) Representation of uncertainty in rats. Umeå University
    Master thesis
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2009) Known knowns, known unknowns:On Bayesian brains and corvids’ abstract reasoning. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis
  • Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2006) Non-spatial chunking in a 12-arm radial maze: effect of hippocampectomy on what-what associations in rats. NTNU
    Master thesis

Teaching

Courses

  • PSY3233 - Decision-making and learning

Outreach

2021

  • Conference poster
    Olsen, Valdemar Lee Kargård; varhaug, glenn risvold; Biegler, Robert. (2021) Error reduction through an approximation of averaging in a ring attractor network. Navigation 2021

2020

  • Conference lecture
    Lisøy, Rebekka Solvik; Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2020) Prediction Error and Surprise. The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology and the 18th International Conference on Cognitive Modelling
  • Conference poster
    Brandtzæg, Ørjan Røkkum; Biegler, Robert. (2020) On bias, signal detection, and sequential sampling. Virtual MathPsych / ICCM 2020
  • Conference poster
    Biegler, Robert; Brandtzæg, Ørjan Røkkum. (2020) Signal detection and sequential sampling. ASAB Winter Meeting

2019

  • Conference lecture
    Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2019) Signal detection theory as bridge for Bayesian statistics and modelling. Bayes at Lund
  • Conference lecture
    Lisøy, Rebekka Solvik; Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2019) Prediction error and surprise in schizophrenia. 7th European Conference on Schizophrenia Research
  • Conference poster
    Lisøy, Rebekka Solvik; Pfuhl, Gerit; Hope, Wibecke Nederhagen; Biegler, Robert. (2019) Chasing Detection as a Measure of Agency Attribution in Schizophrenia. 7th European Conference on Schizophrenia Research

2018

  • Conference poster
    Lisøy, Rebekka Solvik; Pfuhl, Gerit; Hope, Wibecke Nederhagen; Biegler, Robert. (2018) Seeing minds: A Signal Detection Study of Agency Attribution in Autism and Psychosis. Understanding Others - Integration of social Cognitive and Affective Processes
  • Conference lecture
    Solvik, Lisøy Rebekka; Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2018) Prediction error and surprise. The 6th National PhD Conference in Neuroscience

2017

  • Conference poster
    Kreis, Isabel Viola; Sandvik, Kristin; Tjelmeland, Håkon; Biegler, Robert; Pfuhl, Gerit. (2017) Probabilistic inference in psychosis and autism. 5th National PhD Conference in Neuroscience
  • Lecture
    Biegler, Robert; Storkaas, Inge. (2017) What science can tell us about alien minds. Worldcon75, the 75th World Science Fiction Convention
  • Conference poster
    Djaouat, Anne; Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2017) On precision, bullshit, autism and psychosis. The Brain Prize
  • Conference poster
    Kreis, Isabel Viola; Tjelmeland, Håkon; Biegler, Robert; Tröbinger, Luzia Rosa; Pfuhl, Gerit. (2017) Ignorance or awareness of changes measured in a probabilistic inference task. The Brain Prize Meeting 2017

2016

  • Conference poster
    Biegler, Robert; Pfuhl, Gerit. (2016) Is prediction error overestimated in autism or in patients with delusions?. New insights into psychiatric disorders through computational biological and developmental approaches
  • Conference lecture
    Bendixen, Mons; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Biegler, Robert. (2016) Coy or not in naturally occurring encounters? Biases in sexual misperception. HBES - Human Behavior and Evolution Society - 28th annual Meeting

2014

  • Conference poster
    Biegler, Robert; Pfuhl, Gerit. (2014) Measuring rational thinking. Decision Making conference
  • Interview
    Biegler, Robert. (2014) Verst når det gjelder?.
  • Interview
    Biegler, Robert. (2014) På eksamen med Bush og Maradona.
  • Interview
    Holen, Are; Biegler, Robert. (2014) Verst når det gjelder?.

2013

  • Lecture
    Biegler, Robert. (2013) Why most published research is wrong. Friday seminar
  • Lecture
    Biegler, Robert; Pfuhl, Gerit. (2013) Calculating priority: what shall I do next?. Joint meeting of the 33rd International Ethological Conference (IEC) & the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB)
  • Lecture
    Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2013) Endophenotypes in mental disorders: cognitive biases in schizophrenia and autism. Regional conference in psychiatry
  • Lecture
    Biegler, Robert; Pfuhl, Gerit. (2013) Precision of memory for information stored in continuous attractor networks. Friday seminar
  • Conference lecture
    Biegler, Robert; Pfuhl, Gerit. (2013) Relational Complexity. ASAB Winter meeting
  • Interview
    Biegler, Robert. (2013) Vi føler med robotter.
  • Interview
    Biegler, Robert. (2013) Valuta for velviljen.
  • Interview
    Biegler, Robert. (2013) Eksamenstips for nervøse studenter.
  • Interview
    Biegler, Robert. (2013) Vi føler med roboter.

2012

  • Interview
    Biegler, Robert. (2012) Finn din intelligenstype.

2011

  • Conference poster
    Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2011) Learning about uncertainty - precision and reliability in navigation. Royal Society of Navigation Animal Navigation meeting
  • Conference poster
    Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2011) Investment in search: Measuring confidence in animals. Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium

2009

  • Conference poster
    Biegler, Robert; Pfuhl, Gerit; Sutherland, Robert J. (2009) The role of mental time travel in deciding what to do next. International Ethological Conference 2009
  • Conference poster
    Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Biegler, Robert. (2009) Sister's evaluation of ideal long-term partners for herself and her sister: Sister conflict, sister guarding and sister cooperation. The 21st Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolutin Society

2008

  • Conference lecture
    Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Biegler, Robert. (2008) Conflicting Tastes: mothers’ and daughter’s ratings of daughter’s ideal long term partner. HBES2008: 20th Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society

2007

  • Conference poster
    Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Biegler, Robert. (2007) Conflicting tastes: Mothers' and daughters' ratings of daughters' ideal long term partner. 9th Conference on Social and Community Psychology
  • Conference poster
    Pfuhl, Gerit; Living, Mia; Barrera, Luis; Biegler, Robert. (2007) Knowledge of precision is needed, but may have little effect, when deciding where to start and when to stop searching. 30th International Ethological Conference 2007
  • Conference poster
    Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Biegler, Robert. (2007) Conflicting tastes: Mothers' and daughters' ratings of daughters' ideal long term partner. Human Mind - Human Kind
  • Conference lecture
    Biegler, Robert. (2007) Uncertainty in Animal Cognition. 30th International Ethological Conference 2007
  • Conference lecture
    Pfuhl, Gerit; Biegler, Robert. (2007) The secret to a long life is knowing when it's time to go: when should you stop searching because it is not worth the effort any longer?. 30th International Ethological Conference 2007

2005

  • Conference lecture
    Biegler, Robert; Pfuhl, Gerit. (2005) Function and phylogeny necessarily influence mechanism. The International Ethological Conference

2004

  • Conference lecture
    Biegler, Robert. (2004) Linking modelling with evolution. Spring Hipocampus Conference
  • Conference poster
    Pfuhl, Gerit; Molden, Sturla; Biegler, Robert. (2004) The secret to a long life is knowing when to go: Uncertainty determines when search should be abandoned. Neuroethology meeting
  • Conference poster
    Pfuhl, Gerit; Molden, Sturla; Biegler, Robert. (2004) The secret of a long life is knowing whwn to go: Uncertainty determines when search should be abandonded. Ravens today

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