Jakob Kaiser
@jakobkaiser.bsky.social
Researcher in Cognitive Psychology and Artificial Intelligence
We can only change what we can control. But how do people know when they are “in control”?
Using a video-game-like task, we studied how emotions and personality shape control experience.
Relevant for HCI and human-centered design that aims to support user autonomy.
doi.org/10.1016/j.co... 🤖🧪
Using a video-game-like task, we studied how emotions and personality shape control experience.
Relevant for HCI and human-centered design that aims to support user autonomy.
doi.org/10.1016/j.co... 🤖🧪
Redirecting
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December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We can only change what we can control. But how do people know when they are “in control”?
Using a video-game-like task, we studied how emotions and personality shape control experience.
Relevant for HCI and human-centered design that aims to support user autonomy.
doi.org/10.1016/j.co... 🤖🧪
Using a video-game-like task, we studied how emotions and personality shape control experience.
Relevant for HCI and human-centered design that aims to support user autonomy.
doi.org/10.1016/j.co... 🤖🧪
Politicians and business leaders often praise new technologies as engines of growth.
But how does the wider public really feel about these changes?
We surveyed 25,000 people across 25 countries.
I’ll share key results from this truly global study next week.
Join us: pretix.eu/nim/newtechn... 🧪
But how does the wider public really feel about these changes?
We surveyed 25,000 people across 25 countries.
I’ll share key results from this truly global study next week.
Join us: pretix.eu/nim/newtechn... 🧪
NIM Insights Lunch: New Technology Climate
Mi, 10. Dezember 2025
pretix.eu
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Politicians and business leaders often praise new technologies as engines of growth.
But how does the wider public really feel about these changes?
We surveyed 25,000 people across 25 countries.
I’ll share key results from this truly global study next week.
Join us: pretix.eu/nim/newtechn... 🧪
But how does the wider public really feel about these changes?
We surveyed 25,000 people across 25 countries.
I’ll share key results from this truly global study next week.
Join us: pretix.eu/nim/newtechn... 🧪
New preprint: When making financial decisions, we often have to balance our self-interest with our sense of fairness. Using brain stimulation and physiological measures, this study shows how brain–body interactions shape our economic choices. Glad to be part of this project! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex shields value computations from bodily arousal in decision making
Emotional reactions to norm violations influence how people trade-off selfish interests against social norms, but it remains unknown which brain regions causally contribute to integrating physiologica...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New preprint: When making financial decisions, we often have to balance our self-interest with our sense of fairness. Using brain stimulation and physiological measures, this study shows how brain–body interactions shape our economic choices. Glad to be part of this project! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Off to Duisburg for #MediaPsych2025
Thursday: I am chairing a session on attitudes towards AI
Friday: I am presenting our project on how genAI is changing the way people search for information online.
If you are in Duisburg and want to exchange ideas, get in touch!
www.uni-due.de/media-psych-...
Thursday: I am chairing a session on attitudes towards AI
Friday: I am presenting our project on how genAI is changing the way people search for information online.
If you are in Duisburg and want to exchange ideas, get in touch!
www.uni-due.de/media-psych-...
MediaPsych 2025
www.uni-due.de
September 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Off to Duisburg for #MediaPsych2025
Thursday: I am chairing a session on attitudes towards AI
Friday: I am presenting our project on how genAI is changing the way people search for information online.
If you are in Duisburg and want to exchange ideas, get in touch!
www.uni-due.de/media-psych-...
Thursday: I am chairing a session on attitudes towards AI
Friday: I am presenting our project on how genAI is changing the way people search for information online.
If you are in Duisburg and want to exchange ideas, get in touch!
www.uni-due.de/media-psych-...
New paper out! Robots shouldn’t just work alongside humans — they should adapt to us. At TU Wien, we studied how people coordinate in real time during teamwork. Understanding natural human behaviour is key to building robots that truly align with our needs.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Partner familiarity enhances performance in a manual precision task - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Partner familiarity enhances performance in a manual precision task
www.nature.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New paper out! Robots shouldn’t just work alongside humans — they should adapt to us. At TU Wien, we studied how people coordinate in real time during teamwork. Understanding natural human behaviour is key to building robots that truly align with our needs.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fascinating article on research productivity vs. innovation in the AI era. The danger: If used without critical thinking, AI might lead to a vast increase in research publications, while actual scientific progress stagnates. Quality over quantity matters! www.aisnakeoil.com/p/could-ai-s... 🧪
Could AI slow science?
Confronting the production-progress paradox
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August 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Fascinating article on research productivity vs. innovation in the AI era. The danger: If used without critical thinking, AI might lead to a vast increase in research publications, while actual scientific progress stagnates. Quality over quantity matters! www.aisnakeoil.com/p/could-ai-s... 🧪
At last week's #CERE2025 in beautiful Grenoble, we had the chance to present two exciting research projects:
🧠 a lab study on agency in digital systems
🌍 a global survey on how citizens really feel about new technologies like AI
🧵(1/3)
🧠 a lab study on agency in digital systems
🌍 a global survey on how citizens really feel about new technologies like AI
🧵(1/3)
July 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
At last week's #CERE2025 in beautiful Grenoble, we had the chance to present two exciting research projects:
🧠 a lab study on agency in digital systems
🌍 a global survey on how citizens really feel about new technologies like AI
🧵(1/3)
🧠 a lab study on agency in digital systems
🌍 a global survey on how citizens really feel about new technologies like AI
🧵(1/3)
At HCI 2025 in Gothenburg, we gave a first sneak peek into our large-scale international study on how citizens across the globe perceive emerging technologies like AI. More detailed results from additional countries coming soon!
Read the preview: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... 🧪
Read the preview: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... 🧪
Global Perspectives on New Technologies: A Large-Scale International Study on the Influence of Economics and Personal Values on Attitudes Towards Technological Change
To succeed in the modern world, adapting to technological change in our professional and private life is vital. However, individual attitudes toward new technologies vary widely, ranging from optimism...
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July 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
At HCI 2025 in Gothenburg, we gave a first sneak peek into our large-scale international study on how citizens across the globe perceive emerging technologies like AI. More detailed results from additional countries coming soon!
Read the preview: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... 🧪
Read the preview: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... 🧪
We’re thrilled to have been awarded the UMAP Best LBR Paper Award for our work on simulating public polling with generative AI! Read our winning article here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... 🧪
July 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
We’re thrilled to have been awarded the UMAP Best LBR Paper Award for our work on simulating public polling with generative AI! Read our winning article here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... 🧪
🎉 Congrats to our PhD student @marengiersiepen.bsky.social for winning this year's Young Scientist Award for her work on how self-determined choice boosts learning in the brain—an important insight in the age of AI-supported decisions!
Check out our winning article here: doi.org/10.1093/cerc... 🧪
Check out our winning article here: doi.org/10.1093/cerc... 🧪
doi.org
July 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🎉 Congrats to our PhD student @marengiersiepen.bsky.social for winning this year's Young Scientist Award for her work on how self-determined choice boosts learning in the brain—an important insight in the age of AI-supported decisions!
Check out our winning article here: doi.org/10.1093/cerc... 🧪
Check out our winning article here: doi.org/10.1093/cerc... 🧪
How does generative AI change the way people interact with the internet? Check out our new CHI paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... 🧪
A New Era of Online Search? A Large-Scale Study of User Behavior and Personal Preferences during Practical Search Tasks with Generative AI versus Traditional Search Engines | Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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dl.acm.org
May 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
How does generative AI change the way people interact with the internet? Check out our new CHI paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... 🧪
My main takeaway from #CHI2025 in Japan: advancing AI’s usefulness isn’t just about bigger models — it’s about smarter, more intuitive approaches for people to interact with them. Great to see so many research projects there pushing in that direction! 🤖 🧪
May 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My main takeaway from #CHI2025 in Japan: advancing AI’s usefulness isn’t just about bigger models — it’s about smarter, more intuitive approaches for people to interact with them. Great to see so many research projects there pushing in that direction! 🤖 🧪
Our research was accepted to #CHI2025 in Japan, one of the leading human-computer interaction conferences. We explore how generative AI is transforming online search. Could ChatGPT replace Google? And what does that mean for websites relying on user traffic?
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Conference Programs
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March 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Our research was accepted to #CHI2025 in Japan, one of the leading human-computer interaction conferences. We explore how generative AI is transforming online search. Could ChatGPT replace Google? And what does that mean for websites relying on user traffic?
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...
programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...
At this year’s #teap2025, we will be presenting one talk and two posters on the psychology of human autonomy and why it is vital for successful human-AI interactions. Join me on Monday at the human-machine-interactions session, where I’ll discuss how AI decision support influences human cognition. 🧪
March 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
At this year’s #teap2025, we will be presenting one talk and two posters on the psychology of human autonomy and why it is vital for successful human-AI interactions. Join me on Monday at the human-machine-interactions session, where I’ll discuss how AI decision support influences human cognition. 🧪
Our latest contribution to the DFG Active Self research initiative: To act effectively, both humans and robots need to gauge how much control they have over the environment. Using a video game-like task, we investigate what shapes human control perception in challenging tasks. Publication in prep 🧪
December 4, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Our latest contribution to the DFG Active Self research initiative: To act effectively, both humans and robots need to gauge how much control they have over the environment. Using a video game-like task, we investigate what shapes human control perception in challenging tasks. Publication in prep 🧪
If you are curious about artificial intelligence and machine learning, but don’t know where to start, I recommend checking out the Neuromatch program! From my own experience, these courses are fun and provide a nice hands-on overview of common machine learning techniques. 🧠💡 neuromatch.io
Neuromatch – Facilitating global collaboration in computational sciences
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November 15, 2024 at 9:19 AM
If you are curious about artificial intelligence and machine learning, but don’t know where to start, I recommend checking out the Neuromatch program! From my own experience, these courses are fun and provide a nice hands-on overview of common machine learning techniques. 🧠💡 neuromatch.io
Thanks to all participants of our symposium on how self-determination shapes human well-being and behaviour! We had some insightful discussions. As AI becomes more present in our lives, we need to explore ways to design these systems to enhance, not diminish, our sense of control and autonomy.🧪
November 8, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Thanks to all participants of our symposium on how self-determination shapes human well-being and behaviour! We had some insightful discussions. As AI becomes more present in our lives, we need to explore ways to design these systems to enhance, not diminish, our sense of control and autonomy.🧪
Excited to present our latest research on how freedom of choice impacts learning and decision-making at the Society for Psychophysiological Research Meeting 2024 in Prague tomorrow! If you're attending, join our symposium on "Agency in Action": sprweb.org/page/2024_pr... 🧪
2024 Annual Meeting Program - Society for Psychophysiological Research
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October 24, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Excited to present our latest research on how freedom of choice impacts learning and decision-making at the Society for Psychophysiological Research Meeting 2024 in Prague tomorrow! If you're attending, join our symposium on "Agency in Action": sprweb.org/page/2024_pr... 🧪
100 years ago, EEG was invented to measure human brain activity. 🧠⚡️ To celebrate, a group of experts has tried to predict how this technology might shape research and society over the next century. I'm thrilled to be included in this exciting effort! Check out the results: doi.org/10.1038/s415... 🧪
One hundred years of EEG for brain and behaviour research - Nature Human Behaviour
On the centenary of the first human EEG recording, more than 500 experts reflect on the impact that this discovery has had on our understanding of the brain and behaviour. We document their priorities...
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September 5, 2024 at 9:18 AM
100 years ago, EEG was invented to measure human brain activity. 🧠⚡️ To celebrate, a group of experts has tried to predict how this technology might shape research and society over the next century. I'm thrilled to be included in this exciting effort! Check out the results: doi.org/10.1038/s415... 🧪
NEW STUDY by @marengiersiepen.bsky.social: Discover how freedom of choice influences your brain! Our new study shows that self-determined decisions enhance neural feedback responses, suggesting that our sense of control plays a crucial role in learning.📖 doi.org/10.1093/cerc... 🧪
My choice, my actions: self-determination, not instrumental value of outcomes enhances outcome monitoring during learning
Abstract. Freedom of choice enhances our sense of agency. During goal-directed behavior, the freedom to choose between different response options increases
doi.org
August 29, 2024 at 1:36 PM
NEW STUDY by @marengiersiepen.bsky.social: Discover how freedom of choice influences your brain! Our new study shows that self-determined decisions enhance neural feedback responses, suggesting that our sense of control plays a crucial role in learning.📖 doi.org/10.1093/cerc... 🧪
Our contribution to the recent FENS 2024 (2/2): Flexible behavior across various situations is driven by a common neural mechanism that helps to update cognitive processing to align with our current goals. ( Paper in preparation) 🧠🧪
August 12, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Our contribution to the recent FENS 2024 (2/2): Flexible behavior across various situations is driven by a common neural mechanism that helps to update cognitive processing to align with our current goals. ( Paper in preparation) 🧠🧪
Our contribution to the recent FENS 2024 (1/2): Freedom of choice enhances the brain's ability to learn new information by boosting neural feedback processing. (Publication in press) 🧠🧪
August 12, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Our contribution to the recent FENS 2024 (1/2): Freedom of choice enhances the brain's ability to learn new information by boosting neural feedback processing. (Publication in press) 🧠🧪
I've recently joined @in-mindmagazine.bsky.social. It's a fantastic initiative by scientists to share new insights from psychological research with the public. Check it out:
www.in-mind.org 🧪
www.in-mind.org 🧪
In-Mind
The Inquisitive Mind, or In-Mind, is In-Mind Foundation's flagship online quarterly magazine for social psychology. We publish a peer-reviewed magazine, and we'd like to think that our journal is the ...
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June 29, 2024 at 8:57 AM
I've recently joined @in-mindmagazine.bsky.social. It's a fantastic initiative by scientists to share new insights from psychological research with the public. Check it out:
www.in-mind.org 🧪
www.in-mind.org 🧪
Reposted by Jakob Kaiser
As Europe crowns its football champion at the Euro’s & with the Paris Olympics on the horizon, we're thrilled to announce our special issue on sport psychology "Olympic Mind“ www.in-mind.org/issue/06-2024
The magazine | Magazine issue 6/2024 - Special issue on sport psychology | In-Mind
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June 27, 2024 at 10:01 AM
As Europe crowns its football champion at the Euro’s & with the Paris Olympics on the horizon, we're thrilled to announce our special issue on sport psychology "Olympic Mind“ www.in-mind.org/issue/06-2024
We will present two of our projects at the next FENS conference. We investigate the neural basis of 1) sense of agency and 2) human flexibility. Check out the abstracts below + meet us in Vienna! #FENS2024
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Program
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June 15, 2024 at 8:11 AM
We will present two of our projects at the next FENS conference. We investigate the neural basis of 1) sense of agency and 2) human flexibility. Check out the abstracts below + meet us in Vienna! #FENS2024
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