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60. TeaP 2018 Marburg

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We are pleased to welcome all of you to the 60th Conference of Experimental Psychologists (also known as Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, TeaP). It’s an honour to host this meeting at the University of Marburg for the 7th time already. Six decades ago, the founder of the TeaP, Heinrich Düker, met with about 30 like-minded scientist to boost the rebirth of Experimental Psychology in order to make it visible again in the German-speaking world after its decline having been enforced by National Socialists.

This first "get-together" in 1959 developed into a full-fledged scientific conference. As a challenge cup it was handed over to another location year after year without interruption, returning to its birthplace every decade. In the course of all these years the TeaP flourished magnificently. Thirty years after its foundation, the number of contributions already had increased to 300. Today, another 30 years later, we count about 600 talks and posters.

In these nearly 60 years, Experimental Psychology succeeded to get out of its niche existence in teaching and research in the German-speaking world of the fifties. It eveloped again and returned to the international Arena as a visible and recognized player. Nowadays, however, the German language no longer is the mother tongue of psychology. This is also reflected in the development of the TeaP: since 2012 the official conference language is English. Last but not least, 40 years ago the European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), also founded in Marburg as an offshoot of the TeaP, has since grown into an institution of its own.

This year’s programme, with about 600 contributions (3 keynote lectures, 387 talks, and 204 posters) illustrates a wide variety of topics covering nearly all areas of Experimental Psychology, although the main focus is still on General Psychology.

The organization of a meeting of this magnitude requires support of many sides. We sincerely thank all of our supporters: without their commitment the 60th TeaP could not have taken place in its present form.

Marburg, March 2018

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