Torsten Reimer

Assistant Professor Office: BRNG 2174
Office Phone: (765) 496-2765
Email: treimer@purdue.edu
Web Site: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~treimer/

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Research Statement

Professor Reimer’s research examines decision-making processes in individuals, social groups, and organizations. His research program has the overarching goal to explore how communication principles facilitate decision making by guiding information processing and reducing information overload. Applied topics include the design of persuasive messages and risk communication. Professor Reimer obtained a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the Free University of Berlin and a Habilitation degree in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Basle in Switzerland. In 2008, he received the Golden Anniversary Monograph Award from the National Communication Association and an Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management.

Representative Publications

• Reimer, T., Reimer, A., & Czienskowski, U. (in press). Decision-making groups attenuate the discussion bias in favor of shared information: A meta-analysis. Communication Monographs.
• Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (in press). Ecological rationality for teams and committees: Heuristics in group decision making. In P. M. Todd, G. Gigerenzer, & the ABC Research Group (Eds.), Ecological rationality: Intelligence in the world. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Skubisz, C., Reimer, T., & Hoffrage, U. (2009). Communicating quantitative risk information. In C. Beck (Ed.), Communication Yearbook 33 (pp. 176-211). New York: Routledge.
• Hertwig, R., Herzog, S., Schooler, L., & Reimer, T. (2008). Fluency heuristic: A model of how the mind exploits a by-product of information retrieval. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 34, 1191-1206.
• Reimer, T., Kuendig, S., Hoffrage, U., Park, E., & Hinsz, V. (2007). Effects of the information environment on group discussions and decisions in the hidden-profile paradigm. Communication Monographs, 74, 1-28.
• Reimer, T., & Katsikopoulos, K. (2004). The use of recognition in group decision-making. Cognitive Science, 28 (6), 1009-1029.