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Professorship of General Psychology

The Professorship of General Psychology is part of the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Sustainability.

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Stöttinger

Chair of General Psychology

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Stöttinger teaches General Psychology at the University of Sustainability.
She previously conducted research and taught at the University of Salzburg, University of Waterloo (Canada), and Hochschule Fresenius Cologne.
Her research explores how people form and adapt assumptions about their environment when expectations and reality diverge, using diverse methods and population groups.

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Stewart Scollie, M.Sc.

Research Associate


In his research, Stewart Scollie is particularly interested in the use of eye-tracking to study human decision-making behavior. In teaching, his focus is on courses related to research methods and academic writing.

    Univ.-Prof Dr.
    Elisabeth Stöttinger

    Professorship of General Psychology
    E-Mail: elisabeth.stoettinger (at) uni-sustainability.at 

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    Curriculum vitae

    Elisabeth Stöttinger is a Professor of General Psychology at the University of Sustainability. Previously, she held positions at the University of Salzburg, the University of Waterloo in Canada, and Hochschule Fresenius in Cologne.

    In her research, she investigates how people form assumptions and models about their environment and how they revise them when reality no longer aligns with their expectations.

    She analyzes these processes using a range of methods (behavioral studies, fMRI, lesion overlay analysis, eye tracking, electrodermal activity) and studies diverse participant groups, including stroke patients, children, individuals with autism spectrum disorder, and healthy young and older adults.

    Selected Publications

    • Timmerbeil, H.M., Algarrafi, A., Lehrfeld, A., Murati, A., Stöttinger, E., (2026). Climate change as a matter of taste? The influence of gum flavor and embodied temperature on climate change beliefs. Replicating Lewandowski, et al (2012). Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-026-10047-2
    • Stöttinger, E., Priewasser, B., & Rafetseder, E. (2026). Children require more evidence to revise beliefs under gradual perceptual change. Psychological Research, 90(3), 110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-026-02319-0
    • Weber, S., Falter-Wagner, C., Stöttinger, E. (2021). Typical visual updating in autism. Journal of Autism and Development Disorder, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-04895-z   
    • Stöttinger, E., Filipowicz, A., Anderson, B., Valadao, D, Culham, J., Goodale, M., & Danckert, J. (2015). A cortical network that marks the moment when conscious representations are updated. Neuropsychologia, 79, 113-122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.10.037  
    • Stöttinger, E., Filipowicz, A., Marandi, E., Quehl, N., Danckert, J., & Anderson, B. (2014). Statistical and Perceptual Updating: correlated impairments in right brain injury. Experimental Brain Research, 232, 1971-1987. DOI 10.1007/s00221-014-3887-z

    All publications by Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Stöttinger can be found here.