Employment

Sep 10 – Present Lecturer in Psychology, City University London.

Dec 07 – Aug 10 ELSE Research Fellow, UCL.

Dec 06 – Nov 07 Research Fellow, UCL. Forecasting using Judgment. (ESRC, Nigel Harvey)

Dec 05 – Nov 06 Research Fellow, UCL. Trust in Advisors. (ESRC, Nigel Harvey and Clare Harries)

Sep 04 – Nov 05 Research Fellow, University of Warwick. HSBC Research Fellowship in Decision Making (HSBC, Nick Chater)

May 02 – Aug 04 Research Fellow, University of Warwick. The Cognitive Science of Financial E-Advice (ESRC/Link, Nick Chater)

Education

Oct 05 – Jun 09 Birkbeck College London BA (Hons) in English Literature, First Class. (Part-time study)

Oct 01 – Jun 02 Imperial College London. MSc in Science Communication. Pass with Distinction.

Oct 97 – Sep 01 Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology
Thesis Title: Representation of Phonology in Spoken Language Comprehension and Production
Supervisor: Stephen Monsell. MRC Funded.

Oct 94 – Jun 97 Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. BA (Hons) in Natural Sciences, Class 2.1.

Journal publications

Ungemach, C. Stewart, N, & Reimers S. (in press). How incidental values from our environment affect decisions about money, risk, and delay. Psychological Science.

Reimers S., & Harvey, N. (in press). Sensitivity to autocorrelation in judgmental time series forecasting. International Journal of Forecasting.

Le Pelley, M. E., Turnbull, M. N., Reimers S., & Knipe, R. L. (in press). Learned predictiveness effects following single-cue training in humans. Learning and Behavior.

Le Pelley, M. E., Reimers, S., Calvini, G., Spears, R., Beesley, T. & Murphy, R. (in press). Stereotype formation: Biased by association.Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

Reimers, S. (2009). A paycheck half-empty or half-full: Framing, fairness and progressive taxation. Judgment and Decision Making, 4, 461-466.

Reimers, S., Maylor, E. A., Stewart, N., & Chater, N. (2009). Associations between a one-shot delay discounting measure and age, income, education and real-world impulsive behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 973-978.

Reimers, S. & Stewart, N. (2009). Using SMS text messaging for teaching and data collection in the behavioral sciences. Behavior Research Methods, 41, 675-681.

Chamorro-Premuzic, T., Reimers, S., Hsu, A., & Ahmetoglu, G. (2009). Who art thou? Personality predictors of artistic preferences in a large UK sample: the importance of Openness. British Journal of Psychology, 100, 501-516.

Reimers, S. & Stewart, N. (2008). Using Adobe Flash Lite on mobile phones for psychological research: Reaction time measurement reliability and interdevice variability. Behavior Research Methods, 40, 1170-1176.

Reimers, S. & Stewart, N. (2007). Adobe Flash as a medium for online experimentation: A test of RT measurement capabilities. Behavior Research Methods, 39, 365-370.

Collaer, M., Reimers, S., & Manning, J. (2007). Visuospatial line judgment performance in relation to sex, sexual orientation and 2D:4D. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36, 177-192.

Maylor*, E. A., Reimers*, S., Choi, J., Peters, M., Collaer, M., & Silverman, I. (2007). Gender differences in cognition across adulthood: Age is kinder to females than to males regardless of sexual orientation . Archives of Sexual Behavior 36, 235-249.

Peters, M., Manning, J., & Reimers, S. (2007). Sex differences in mental rotation performance as related to digit ratios, age, educational level, height, sexual orientation and birth control pill use: the BBC study. Archives of Sexual Behavior 36, 251-260.

Reimers, S. (2007). The BBC Internet Study: General methodology. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36, 147-161.

Peters, M., Reimers, S., & Manning, J. T. (2006). Hand preference for writing and associations with selected demographic and behavioral variables in 255,100 subjects: the BBC Internet study. Brain and Cognition 62, 177-189.

Reimers, S., & Maylor, E. A. (2006). Gender effects on reaction time variability and trial-to-trial performance: Reply to Deary and Der (2005). Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 13, 479-489.

Reimers, S., & Maylor, E. A. (2005). Task switching across the life span: Effects of age on general and specific switch costs. Developmental Psychology, 41, 661-671.

Reimers, S., Stewart, N., & Chater, N. (2003). Choice set options affect the valuation of risky prospects. In R. Alterman & D. Kirsh (Eds.), Proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society.. Retrieved from http://cogsci.psy.utexas.edu/confproc/bost03/cogsci03/index.html

Stewart, N., Chater, N., Stott, H. P., & Reimers, S. (2003). Prospect relativity: How choice options influence decision under risk. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 132, 23-46.

Wills, A. J., Reimers, S., Stewart, N., Suret, M., & McLaren I. P. L. (2000). Tests of the ratio rule in categorization. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 53A, 983-1011.

Book chapters

Maylor, E. A., & Reimers, S. (2007). Cognitive aging research using the Internet: Four case studies. In A. Garriga-Trillo (Ed.), Converging research on predictors of cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative diseases (pp. 29-41). Madrid: Publidisa.

Talks and presentations

Reimers, S. (2009). A paycheque half-empty or half-full: Framing, fairness and taxation preferences. Presentation to British Psychological Society Cognitive Section, 1 September 2009.

Reimers, S. (2008). Decisions from cyberspace: Some insights into intertemporal choice from web-based research. Oxford University Department of Psychology seminar, October 2008.

Peters, M., Reimers*, S., & Manning, J. (2008). The BBC Internet Study: Significance of Cerebral Asymmetry. Symposium on cerebral lateralisation to celebrate Professor Tim Crow's 70th birthday. Oxford University Museum of Natural History, 7 June 2008.

Reimers*, S., Harvey, N., & Chater, N. (2007).Fractionating masculinity: Effects of dominance and systemising on Ultimatum Game behaviour Poster presentation to SJDM, Long Beach, CA, 18 November 2007.

Reimers*, S., & Harvey, N., (2007). Context effects in time series forecasting: A possible explanation of trend damping? Presentation at SPUDM 21, Warsaw, 22 August, 2007.

Reimers*, S., Harvey, N., & Chater, N. (2007). ‘Rational’ and ‘emotional’ economic decision making: A possible effect of testosterone. Poster presentation at the House of Commons, London, 19 March, 2007.

Reimers*, S. (2007). Delay discounting: Some demographic associations and methodological concerns. Presentation to the London Judgment and Decision Making Group, London, 21 February, 2007.

Reimers*, S. (2007). Fractionating masculinity: Male-typical cognition and temperament in the Ultimatum Game. Poster presentation to the Experimental Psychology Society, London, 4 January 2007.

Reimers*, S., Harvey, N., & Harries, C. (2006). How do we know if people really use advisors' track records: Regression weights and optimal performance. Paper presented to a meeting on Advice and Trust in Decision Making, London , 30 June 2006 .

Collaer*, M. L., Reimers, S., & Manning, J. T. (2006). Does human visuospatial performance relate to early hormone exposure? Line judgment performance in relation to sex, sexual orientation and digit ratios. Poster presentation to the Society of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Pittsburgh , 18 June 2006 .

Reimers*, S. & Chater, N. (2005). Evaluating price discounts: percentages and cash amounts. Poster presentation to SJDM, Toronto , 13 November 2005 .

Reimers*, S. & Maylor, E. A. (2005). Task switching over the web. Presentation to the Society for Computers in Psychology, Toronto , 10 November, 2005 .

Maylor*, E. A. & Reimers, S. (2005). Task switching across the life span: effects of age on general and specific switch costs. Paper presented to the British Psychological Society Cognitive Section.

Maylor*, E. A., Reimers, S., Choi, J., Peters, M., Collaer, M., & Silverman, I. (2006). Gender differences in cognition across adulthood: Age is kinder to females than to males regardless of sexual orientation. Presentation to the British Neuropsychological Society, Cambridge , 22 March 2006 .

Reimers, S., Maylor*, E. A., Stewart, N., & Chater, N. (2006) Impulsivity and delay discounting through adulthood: A large-scale study. Poster presentation to a conference on Cognitive Aging, Atlanta , 22 April 2006.

Reimers*, S., Stewart, N., & Chater, N. (2003). Context shapes preference: Choice set composition and temporal discounting. Poster presentation to SJDM, Vancouver , 9 November 2003 .

Reimers*, S., Stewart, N., & Chater, N. (2003). Choice set options affect the valuation of risky prospects. Presentation to the Cognitive Science Society, Boston , 31 July 2003 .

Reimers*, S. & Monsell, S. (2001). Phonological working memory: two buffers or one? Presentation to the Experimental Psychology Society, Bristol , 6 April 2001 .

Reviewing

I have been a reviewer for Psychological Review, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Memory and Cognition, Thinking and Reasoning, International Journal of Forecasting, Personality and Individual Differences, Behavior Research Methods, and for ESRC Research Grants.

Grant applications

Co-investigator on ERSC grant Forecasting using judgment: Biases, their determinants, and conditions leading to their attenuation (£97,000). Rated outstanding by ESRC.

Co-investigator on ESRC grant Learned predictiveness and group perception: An associative analysis of biases in stereotype formation (£164,158). Rated outstanding by ESRC.

Networks

Associate member of UCL's Centre for Empirical Legal Studies.

Behavioural Finance Working Group, Cass Business School.

Understanding Individual Behaviour Exploratory Network, UCL.

Experimental Psychology Society.

Society for Computers in Psychology.