Contact
Leopoldstraße 13
D-80802 München
Room:
1101
Phone:
+49 89 2180-5622
Email:
benedikt.leichtmann@psy.lmu.de
Office hours::
nach Vereinbarung
Further Information
Education
| 2021 | Doctorate in Psychology | RWTH Aachen University |
| 2016 | M.Sc. (Psychology) | Ulm University |
| 2014 | B.Sc. (Psychology) | Ulm University |
Academic Career
| 2023-current | Post-doctoral Research Assistant at the Chair for Personality Psychology | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| 2020-2023 | Post-doctoral Research Assistant at the Robopsychology Lab | Johannes Kepler University Linz (AT) |
| 2018-2020 | Research Assistant at the Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics | RWTH Aachen University (DE) |
| 2016-2018 | Research Assistant at the Human Factors Institute | Bundeswehr University Munich (DE) |
Research Interests
- Human-Robot Interaction: Anthropomorphism, Personal Space / Proxemics, Attitudes toward Robots, Loneliness in HRI
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Human Trust, Decision-Making, System Transparency
- Social-Psychological Phenomena of Human-Technology Interaction
- Psychological Research Methods: Experimental Psychology, Quantitative Psychology, Replicability, Measurement, Art-Science Collaborations, Virtual Reality
Teaching
- Advanced Diagnostics
Publikationen (Auswahl)
Leichtmann, B., Hinterreiter, A., Humer, C., Streit, M., & Mara, M. (2023). Explainable Artificial Intelligence improves human decision-making: Results from a mushroom picking experiment at a public art festival. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2023.2221605
Leichtmann, B., Hartung, J., Wilhelm, O., & Nitsch, V. (2023). New short scale to measure workers’ attitudes toward the implementation of cooperative robots in industrial work settings: Instrument development and exploration of attitude structure. International Journal of Social Robotics, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-023-00996-0
Leichtmann, B., Humer, C., Hinterreiter, A., Streit, M., & Mara, M. (2023). Effects of Explainable Artificial Intelligence on trust and human behavior in a high-risk decision task. Computers in Human Behavior, 139, 107539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107539
Leichtmann, B., Nitsch, V., & Mara, M. (2022). Crisis ahead? Why human-robot interaction user studies may have replicability problems and directions for improvement. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9, 838116. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.838116
Leichtmann, B., Lottermoser, A., Berger, J., & Nitsch, V. (2022). Personal space in human-robot interaction at work: Effect of room size and working memory load. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI), 11(4), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3536167
Leichtmann, B., & Nitsch, V. (2021). Is the social desirability effect in human–robot interaction overestimated? A conceptual replication study indicates less robust effects. International Journal of Social Robotics, 13(5), 1013-1031. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00688-z
Leichtmann, B., & Nitsch, V. (2020). How much distance do humans keep toward robots? Literature review, meta-analysis, and theoretical considerations on personal space in human-robot interaction. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 68, 101386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.10138