Erasmus University Rotterdam

dr. (Diane) H.A.E.M. Pecher

dr. (Diane) H.A.E.M. Pecher
Endowed Professor Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies/ Brain and Cognition
Location
Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
Room
T 13-48
Telephone
+31 10 4088625
Email
pecher@essb.eur.nl

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      • D. Pecher & R.A. Zwaan (2005). Grounding cognition: The role of perception and action in memory, language, and thinking. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

        • D. Pecher & R. Zeelenberg (2015). Embodied Knowledge. In R Scott & S Kosslyn (Eds.), Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons
        • D. Pecher (2014). The role of motor affordances in visual working memory. In E. Machery & J. Prinz (Eds.), The Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication: Perception and Concepts. New Prairie Press.
        • D. Pecher (2013). The perceptual representation of mental categories. In D. Reisberg (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press
        • D. Pecher & P. Winkielman (2013). Grounded Cognition and Social Interaction. In B. Kaldis (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
        • D. Pecher, I. Boot & S. Van Dantzig (2011). Abstract concepts: Sensory-motor grounding, metaphors, and beyond. In B. Ross (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, vol. 54 (pp. 217-248). Burlington: Academic Press
        • L.W. Barsalou, D. Pecher, R. Zeelenberg, W.K. Simmons & S.B. Hamann (2005). Multi-modal simulation in conceptual processing. In W. Ahn, R.L. Goldstone, B.C. Love, A. Markman & P. Wolff (Eds.), Categorization inside and outside the lab: Festschrift in honor of Douglas L. Medin (pp. 249-270). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
        • D. Pecher & R.A. Zwaan (2005). Introduction to grounding cognition. In D. Pecher & R.H. Zwaan (Eds.), Grounding cognition: The role of perception and action in memory, language, and thinking (pp. 1-7). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
        • R. Zeelenberg, D. Pecher & J.G.W. Raaijmakers (2003). Associative repetition priming: A selective review and theoretical implications. In J. Bowers & C. Marsolek (Eds.), Rethinking implicit memory (pp. 261-283). Oxford: Oxford University Press

        • R. Zeelenberg, D. Pecher & E.M. Wagenmakers (2003). Enemies and friends in the neighborhood: Orthographic similarity effects in an semantic categorization task. In s. a. (Ed.), Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society (8) (pp. 49-49). Austin, Texas: Psychonomic Society
        • D. Pecher, R. Zeelenberg & E.M. Wagenmakers (2003). Enemies and friends in the neighborhood: Orthographic similarity effects in an semantic categorization task. In T. Bajo & J. Lupiánez (Eds.), Abstracts of the XIII Conference of the European Society of Cognitive Psychology (pp. 281-281). Granada: Universidad de Granada

      • D. Pecher (Ed.). (2013) Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.

      • K. Zanolie, S. van Dantzig, I. Boot, J.. Wijnen, J.W. van Strien & D. Pecher (2008). Does power shift ones attention on a vertical dimension? An ERP study. In 49 th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society Vol. 13. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society

        • D. Pecher (2011). Motor affordance and visual working memory. 13th NVP Winter Conference: Egmond aan zee (2011, december 16 - 2011, december 17).
        • D. Pecher (2011). Motor affordance and visual working memory. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Seattle (2011, november 3 - 2011, november 6).
        • K. Zanolie & D. Pecher (2010). Number-Induced Shifts in Spatial Attention: How automatic are They? 51st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society: St. Louis, Missouri (2010, november 18 - 2010, november 21).
        • D. Pecher (2010). Motor affordance and visual working memory. Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference: Bend, OR, USA (2010, juli 31 - 2010, augustus 5).
        • Y. Jang, J.T. Wixted, D. Huber, D. Pecher & R. Zeelenberg (2009). Is it better to cram or practice? The testing effect as a function of item difficulty. 50th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Boston, USA.
        • K. Zanolie, J.W. van Strien & D. Pecher (2009). Effects of number magnitude op spatial attention and response bias. 50th annual meeting of the Psychonomic society: Boston, USA.
        • K. Zanolie, S. van Dantzig, I. Boot, J.. Wijnen & D. Pecher (2009). Power shifts attention on a vertical dimension: An ERP study. 16th Annual Meeting Cognitive Neuroscience Society: San Francisco, USA (2009, maart 21 - 2009, maart 24).
        • D. Pecher & R. Zeelenberg (2009). Enemies and friends in the neighborhood must sound similar. 16th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology: Krakow, Poland.
        • I. Boot & D. Pecher (2009). Metaphorical mapping during decision tasks. The 16th Meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP): Krakow, Poland.
        • S. Oosterwijk, P. Winkielman, D. Pecher, R. Zeelenberg, M. Rotteveel & A.M. Fischer (2009). Mental states inside out: Processing sentences that differ in internal and external focus produces switching costs. 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society: Amsterdam.
        • I. Boot & D. Pecher (2009). Quantity in different contexts: the role of verticality. The 50th Annual Meeting of Psychonomic Society: Boston, USA.
        • I. Boot & D. Pecher (2009). Quantity in different sentence contexts: the role of verticality. The 5th NWO (The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) Cognition Autumnschool: Doorwerth, Netherlands.
        • I. Boot & D. Pecher (2009). Quantity in different sentence contexts: the role of verticality. Annual Meeting of Society for Text and Discourse: Rotterdam, Netherlands.
        • K. Zanolie, S. van Dantzig, I. Boot, J.. Wijnen & D. Pecher (2009). Spatial shift of attention by power: An ERP study. ESCOP: Krakau, Poland (2009, september 4).
        • R. Zeelenberg, G. Camp & D. Pecher (2008). Are independent cues independent? Seventh Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference: Madonna di Campiglio, Italy (2008, juli 1).
        • I. Boot & D. Pecher (2007). Similarity is closeness: a perceptual task. fourth NWO Cognition Autumn School: Doorwerth, Netherlands (2007, oktober 1).
        • I. Boot & D. Pecher (2007). Similarity is closeness: a perceptual task. Europian Society for Cognitive Psychology: Marseille, France (2007, augustus 1).
        • G. Camp, D. Pecher & H.G. Schmidt (2007). Is retrieval-induced forgetting cue-independent? 15th Meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP): Marseille, France (2007, augustus 1).
        • S. van Dantzig, D. Pecher & R.A. Zwaan (2007). Moving words: How action effects cause motion congruency. European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP): Marseille, France (2007, augustus 1).
        • D. Pecher, S. van Dantzig & I. Boot (2007). The Role of Image Schemas in Representing Abstract Concepts. Multimodal Metaphor Workshop: Driebergen (2007, mei 1).
        • C.J. Madden & D. Pecher (2007). The Force Behind Language: Are Concrete and Abstract Sentences Understood in Terms of Underlying Force Patterns? 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse: Glasgow, Scotland (2007, juli 1).
        • D. Pecher, S. van Dantzig, K. Zanolie, R.A. Zwaan & R. Zeelenberg (2007). Activation and retention of modality-specific information during language comprehension. Embodied Sentence Processing Conference: Saarbrücke, Germany (2007, augustus 1).
        • D. Pecher, E.M. Wagenmakers & R. Zeelenberg (2007). Bricks don't breathe: Semantic decisions are made by weighing evidence for and against category membership. 48th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Long Beach, USA (2007, november 1).
        • D. Pecher, E.M. Wagenmakers & R. Zeelenberg (2007). Bricks don't breathe: Semantic decisions are made by weighing evidence for and against category membership. 11th Conference of the Dutch Psychonomic Society (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie): Egmond aan Zee (2007, december 1).
        • S. van Dantzig, D. Pecher & R.A. Zwaan (2007). Moving words: How action effects cause motion congruency. Tufts Initiative on Emerging Trends in Psychology ¿Building Meaning from Language¿: Boston, MA (2007, juni 1).
        • D. Pecher, S. van Dantzig, K. Zanolie, R.A. Zwaan & R. Zeelenberg (2007). Activation and retention of modality-specific information during language comprehension. 15th conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP): Marseille, France (2007, augustus 1).
        • S. van Dantzig, D. Pecher & R.A. Zwaan (2007). Moving `Love away: approach and avoidance as action effects. NVP Winter Conference: Egmond aan Zee (2007, december 1).
        • E.M. Wagenmakers, D. Pecher & R. Zeelenberg (2007). A REM Model for Animal Decision. 6th Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference (ASIC): Kalymnos, Greece (2007, juni 1).
        • E.M. Wagenmakers, D. Pecher & R. Zeelenberg (2007). A REM Model for Animal Decision. 48th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Long Beach, USA (2007, november 1).
        • G. Camp, D. Pecher, H.G. Schmidt & R. Zeelenberg (2007). The role of interference and inhibition in retrieval-induced forgetting. 11th Winter Conference of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie: (2007, december 14).
        • G. Camp, D. Pecher, H.G. Schmidt & R. Zeelenberg (2007). Independent cues are not independent. Psychonomic Society 48th Annual Meeting: (2007, november 16).
        • D. Pecher, J. De Rooij & R. Zeelenberg (2007). Enemies and friends in the (orthographic) neighborhood. 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse: Glasgow, Scotland (2007, juli 1).
        • D. Pecher & C.J. Madden (2006). The role of Force Dynamics in sentence comprehension. Memory and Text Comprehension Meeting: Montpellier (2006, september 1).
        • D. Pecher & G. Camp (2006). Retrieval induced forgetting. Annual Summer Interdisciplinairy Conference: Andalsnes (2006, juni 1).

        • M. de Jonge, G.G. van Eersel, D. Pecher, P.P.J.L. Verkoeijen & H.K. Tabbers (2015). A Metacognitive Catch 22: Over and Under-Confidence During Paired Associate Learning. Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Chicago, Illinois, USA (2015, november 19 - 2015, november 22).
        • R. Zeelenberg & D. Pecher (2015). The Role of Motor Simulations in Long-Term Memory for Object Pictures and Words. Psychonomic Society: Chicago (2015, november 19 - 2015, november 22).
        • M.O. de Jonge, H.K. Tabbers, D. Pecher, Y. Jang & R. Zeelenberg (2013). The efficacy of self-paced study in multitrial learning. 13th Conference of the Dutch Psychonomic Society: Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands.
        • R. Zeelenberg, M.O. de Jonge, H. van Mierlo & D. Pecher (2013). Using tests to improve memory: support for a transfer-appropriate processing account. 54th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Toronto, Canada.
        • S. Roest, D. Pecher & R. Zeelenberg (2013). Grasping beer mugs revisited: do handles facilitate motor responses? 13th Conference of the Dutch Psychonomic Society: Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands.
        • M.O. de Jonge, H.K. Tabbers, D. Pecher & R. Zeelenberg (2013). The effect of presentation rate on foreign language vocabulary learning. 54th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Toronto, Canada.
        • M.O. de Jonge, H.K. Tabbers, Y. Jang, D. Pecher & R. Zeelenberg (2012). Self-Paced Study Beats Fixed-Paced Study. 53rd Annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Minneapolis (2012, november 15 - 2012, november 18).
        • M.O. de Jonge, H. Tabbers, D. Pecher & R. Zeelenberg (2010). The Effect of Study Time Distribution on the Learning and Retention of Paired Associates. 51st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society: St. Louis (2010, november 18 - 2010, november 22).
        • M.O. de Jonge, H. Tabbers, D. Pecher & R. Zeelenberg (2010). The Effect of Study Time Distribution on the Learning and Retention of Paired Associates. Paper presented at the Graduate Research Day: Rotterdam (2010, september 30).
        • M.O. de Jonge, D. Pecher & R. Zeelenberg (2009). The testing effect in a paired-associate learning paradigm; How to alternate study and test trials to optimize learning. Poster presented at 12th Conference of the Dutch Psychonomic Society: Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands.
        • D. Pecher, R. Zeelenberg, M.O. de Jonge, T. Pelgrim, K. Timmer & H.K. Tabbers (2009). The testing effect: Lowering the rate of forgetting. 34th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference: Jackson, Wyoming, USA.
        • D. Pecher, R. Zeelenberg, M. de Jonge, T. Pelgrim, K. Timmer & H. Tabbers (2008). The testing effect: Lowering the rate of forgetting. Annual Summer Interdisciplinairy Conference: Madonna di Campiglio (2008, juli 1).
        • D. Pecher (2006). The role of perception and action in conceptual representation. Royal Holloway University of London: London (2006, februari 1).
        • G. Camp, D. Pecher & H.G. Schmidt (2006). Is retrieval-induced forgetting context-specific? Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting 2006: Houston (2006, november 18).
        • S. van Dantzig, D. Pecher, R. Zeelenberg & L.W. Barsalau (2006). Interaction between perception and conceptual processing. 47th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Houston, TX, USA (2006, november 1).
        • R. Zeelenberg, I. Boot & D. Pecher (2005). Activating the critical lure during study is unnecessary for false recognition. Ninth Conference of the Dutch Psychonomic Society: Egmond aan Zee (2005, januari 1 - 2005, januari 1).
        • R. Zeelenberg, D. Pecher & E.M. Wagenmakers (2004). Enemies and friends in the neighborhood: orthographic similarity effects in a semantic categorization task. Third Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference: Cavalese, Italy (2004, juli 1).
        • D. Pecher, R. Zeelenberg & L.W. Barsalou (2004). Modality effects in conceptual representations. Third Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference: Cavalese, Italy (2004, juli 1).
        • G. Camp, D. Pecher & H.G. Schmidt (2004). Retrieval-induced forgetting in implicit memory tests: the role of test awareness. Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting 2004: Minneapolis, USA (2004, november 18).
        • D. Pecher, R. Zeelenberg & E.M. Wagenmakers (2003). Enemies and friends in the neighborhood: Orthographic similarity effects in an semantic categorization task. 13 th conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology: Granada (2003, september 1).
        • R. Zeelenberg, D. Pecher & E.M. Wagenmakers (2003). Enemies and friends in the neighborhood: Orthographic similarity effects in an semantic categorization task. 9th Conference of the Dutch Psychonomic Society: Egmond aan Zee (2003, december 1).
        • R. Zeelenberg, D. Pecher & E.M. Wagenmakers (2003). Enemies and friends in the neighborhood: Orthographic similarity effects in an semantic categorization task. 44th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Vancouver (2003, november 1).
        • D. Pecher, R. Zeelenberg & L.W. Barsalou (2002). Conceptual representations: Evidence for perceptual symbols. Percepts and Concepts lab. Indiana University: Bloomington, USA (2002, mei 1).
        • D. Pecher, R. Zeelenberg & L.W. Barsalou (2002). Conceptual representations are embodied and componential. Annual Summer Interdisclipinary Conference: Squamish, Canada (2002, augustus 1).
        • D. Pecher (2002). Representations are embodied and componential. The Department of Experimental Psychologie: Universiteit Leiden (2002, november 1).
        • D. Pecher, R. Zeelenberg & L.W. Barsalou (2002). Verifying properties from different modalities for concepts produces switching costs. 43rd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society: Kansas City, Missouri (2002, november 1).

      • D. Pecher (2016, november 18). Curb your embodiment. Amsterdam, Abstract Concepts: Structure, Processing and Modeling.
      • D. Pecher & R. Zeelenberg (2016, juli 6). Grasp compatibility for object representations. Selva, Italy, Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference.
      • D. Pecher, A. Van Straaten, Y.C. Teh, R. Merkx, L.W. Barsalou & R. Zeelenberg (2014, augustus 19). Are abstract concepts situated in concrete experience? Rotterdam, Embodied and Situated Language Processing.

  • Psychological Science

    Title
    Psychological Science
    Year
    2018
    Year level
    (Bachelor 3)

    Concepts and Categories

    Title
    Concepts and Categories
    Year
    2018
    Year level
    (Master)

    Programming Experiments

    Title
    Programming Experiments
    Year
    2018
    Year level
    (Master) (Master)

  • Endowed Professor

    University
    Erasmus University Rotterdam
    School
    Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
    Department
    Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies/ Brain and Cognition
    Country
    Nederland
    Telephone
    +31 10 4088625

    Associate Professor

    University
    Erasmus University Rotterdam
    School
    Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
    Department
    Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies/ Brain and Cognition
    Country
    Nederland
    Telephone
    +31 10 4088625

Address

Visiting address

Burg. Oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam