New position: Interim Professor of Organizational Psychology at TU Dresden

In the winter term 2026/27, I am Interim Professor (W2) of Organizational Psychology at TU Dresden – returning to the university where I studied psychology.

Doctor, meet AI: How AI systems influence human decision-making in healthcare

In a contribution to In-Mind Magazine’s special issue on artificial intelligence, we explain for a broad audience how AI is changing medical decision-making – and why calibrated trust and human oversight are key.

Does it matter how your doctor uses AI? Patient trust in AI-supported medical decisions

Two preregistered experiments with over 1,000 participants show that patients trust a physician less when the AI suggests a diagnosis than when it merely highlights information – unless the physician forms an independent judgment first.

Training future psychotherapists with AI-enabled virtual patients: A randomized study

Practising with AI-enabled virtual patients improved perceived competence and self-efficacy and reduced insecurity among future psychotherapists – but not more than watching role-play videos. Our randomized study in BMC Medical Education.

When do researchers trust AI? Trust, accuracy, and experience in the use of generative AI

Researchers who perceive generative AI as accurate trust it more and therefore intend to use it more. But trust matters mostly for novices: the more experienced researchers are, the less their intentions depend on trust. Two studies with 402 researchers.