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Dr. Sandra Oberleiter, BSc MSc
Sandra Oberleiter
T: +43-1-4277-47459

Consultation hours: By arrangement

Winter term 2026
200077 SE Scientific Reading
200124 SE Advanced Seminar: Development and Education
Summer term 2026
200201 SE Bachelor’s Thesis
Winter term 2025
200077 SE Scientific Reading
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Zeilinger, E. L., Nader, I. W., Fuchs, A., Pietschnig, J., Knefel, M., Oberleiter, S., Unseld, M., Valent, P., & Gaiger, A. (2025). Latent structure and measurement invariance of the post-traumatic stress Scale-10 in cancer patients. Acta Psychologica, 260, Article 105653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105653
Oberleiter, S., Stickel, P., & Pietschnig, J. (2025). A Farewell to the Narcissism Epidemic? A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of Global NPI Scores (1982–2023). Journal of Personality, 93(4), 884-894. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12982
Oberleiter, S., Wurzer, J., Mikas, M., Held, M., Wieland, B., Zeilinger, E. L., Voracek, M., & Pietschnig, J. (2025). Generational IQ test score changes and the positive manifold of intelligence: evidence from Austrian Air Force pilots and air traffic controllers (1992–2016). Frontiers in Psychology, 16, Article 1547520. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1547520
Fries, J., Oberleiter, S., Bodensteiner, F. A., Fries, N., & Pietschnig, J. (2025). Multilevel multiverse meta-analysis indicates lower IQ as a risk factor for physical and mental illness. Communications Psychology, 3(74). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00245-2
Pietschnig, J., & Oberleiter, S. (2025). Is narcissism really on the rise among younger generations? Psyche.
Andrzejewski, D., Oberleiter, S., Vetter, M., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Increasing IQ Test Scores and Decreasing g: The Flynn Effect and Decreasing Positive Manifold Strengths in Austria (2005–2018). Journal of Intelligence, 12(12), Article 130. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence12120130
Oberleiter, S., Fries, J., Dejardin, F., Heller, J., Schaible, C., Vetter, M., Voracek, M., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Inconsistent Flynn effect patterns may be due to a decreasing positive manifold: Cohort-based measurement-invariant IQ test score changes from 2005 to 2024. Intelligence: a multidisciplinary journal, 107, Article 101867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2024.101867
Patzl, S., Oberleiter, S., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: A Meta-Analysis on the Validity of Self-Assessed Intelligence through the Lens of the Multiverse. Journal of Intelligence, 12(9), Article 81. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence12090081
Hanfstingl, B., Oberleiter, S., Pietschnig, J., Tran, U., & Voracek, M. (2024). Detecting jingle and jangle fallacies by identifying consistencies and variabilities in study specifications – a call for research. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1404060
Zeilinger, E. L., Brunevskaya, N., Wurzer, J., Oberleiter, S., Fries, J., Fuchs, A., Herscovici, A., Kum, L., Masel, E. K., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Effectiveness of cloth face masks to prevent viral spread: A meta-analysis. Journal of Public Health, 46(1), E84-E90. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad205
Fries, J., Oberleiter, S., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Say farewell to bland regression reporting: Three forest plot variations for visualizing linear models. PLoS ONE, 19(2), Article e0297033. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297033
Petkari, E., Nikolaou, E., Oberleiter, S., Priebe, S., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Which psychological interventions improve quality of life in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE, 54(2), 221-244. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723003070
Oberleiter, S., Patzl, S., Fries, J., Diedrich, J., Voracek, M., & Pietschnig, J. (2024). Measurement-Invariant Fluid Anti-Flynn Effects in Population—Representative German Student Samples (2012–2022). Journal of Intelligence, 12(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence12010009
Pietschnig, J., Oberleiter, S., & Köhler, M. (2024). Smoking behavior is associated with suicidality in individuals with psychosis and bipolar disorder: A systematic quantitative review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Article 1369669. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1369669
Pietschnig, J., Oberleiter, S., Toffalini, E., & Giofre, D. (2023). Reliability of the g factor over time in Italian INVALSI data (2010-2022): What can achievement-g tell us about the Flynn effect? Personality and Individual Differences, 214, Article 112345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112345
Oberleiter, S., Fries, J., Schock, L. S., Steininger, B., & Pietschnig, J. (2023). Predicting cross-national sex differences in large-scale assessments of students’ reading literacy, mathematics, and science achievement: Evidence from PIRLS and TIMSS. Intelligence: a multidisciplinary journal, 100, Article 101784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2023.101784
Komenda, S., Brunevskaya, N., Moritz, P., Landskron, S. J., Zrnic Novakovic, I., Oberleiter, S., Wurzer, J., Lueger-Schuster, B., Salvador-Carulla, L., & Zeilinger, E. (2023). Concepts of good mental health and wellbeing in people with intellectual disability: Study protocol for a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, Article 1148702. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1148702
Oberleiter, S., & Pietschnig, J. (2023). Unfounded authority, underpowered studies, and non‑transparent reporting perpetuate the Mozart effect myth: a multiverse meta‑analysis. Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group), 13(1), Article 3175 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30206-w
Oberleiter, S., Wainig, H., Voracek, M., & Tran, U. (2022). No Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Controlled Motivation and Amotivation, but Effect Moderation Through Trait Mindfulness: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Mindfulness, 13(10), 2434-2447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-01968-7
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Future directions in research on intelligence: Early and mid-career scientists think big: Differences and communalities of human and AI populations: Performance, distributions, and g

Oberleiter, S. (Speaker)

16 Jul 2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Systematic effects of prosperity and equality on sex differences in PISA, TIMSS, and PIRLS assessments: within-country effects, between-country effects, or both?

Pietschnig, J. (Speaker), Fries, J. (Contributor) & Oberleiter, S. (Contributor)

16 Jul 2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

How do multimodal large language models perform on a standardized intelligence test battery? A psychometric comparison with human data

Oberleiter, S. (Speaker), Tomasini, J. (Contributor), Heller, J. (Contributor), Vetter, M. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

14 Jul 2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The generality of intelligence heritability: A multiverse multilevel meta-analysis of twin studies

Heller, J. (Speaker), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor), Dejardin, F. (Contributor), Traub, J. (Contributor), Siegel, M. (Contributor), Zeilinger, E. (Contributor), Pellegrini, M. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

14 Jul 2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Domain-specificity and measurement non-invariance have misled 40 years of Flynn effect research: A CHC-based meta-analysis of test score changes (1909-2025)

Oberleiter, S. (Speaker), Fries, J. (Contributor), Heller, J. (Contributor), Voracek, M. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

9 Apr 2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Measurement-invariant IQ test score changes are differentiated in strength and direction on CHC stratum I: Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence

Pietschnig, J. (Speaker), Voracek, M. (Contributor), Fries, J. (Contributor) & Oberleiter, S. (Contributor)

9 Apr 2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Domain-specific patterns of the Flynn effect: A CHC-based meta-analysis of more than a century of IQ changes (1909–2025)

Oberleiter, S. (Speaker), Fries, J. (Contributor), Heller, J. (Contributor), Voracek, M. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

26 Mar 2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Spatial ability across nations: Measurement invariance of the Three-Dimensional Cubes test in Filipino and Austrian undergraduates

Heller, J. (Speaker), Masing, A. L. A. (Contributor), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor), Salvaña, R. A. (Contributor), Sanchez, R. E. (Contributor), Steininger, B. (Contributor), Tecson, A. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

25 Mar 2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The Cross-Temporal Stability of Sex Differences in Piaget’s Water Level Tasks: A Meta-Analytical Multiverse

Dejardin, F. (Speaker), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor), Voracek, M. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

25 Mar 2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The Decline Effect Permeates Not Only Intelligence Research, But Psychology as a Whole: Meta-Meta-Analytic Evidence From 648 Meta-Analyses

Steininger, B. (Speaker), Siegel, M. (Contributor), Tran, U. (Contributor), Wicherts, J. M. (Contributor), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor), Voracek, M. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

25 Mar 2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Cross-national differences in spatial task performance: Measurement invariance of the Three-Dimensional Cubes test in Filipino and Austrian undergraduates

Heller, J. (Speaker), Masing, A. L. A. (Contributor), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor), Salvaña, R. A. (Contributor), Sanchez, R. E. (Contributor), Steininger, B. (Contributor), Tecson, A. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

2026

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence for measurement invariant Flynn effects in Austrian undergraduates: The case of verbal reasoning, spatial ability, and mathematical reasoning

Pietschnig, J. (Speaker), Voracek, M. (Contributor), Fries, J. (Contributor) & Oberleiter, S. (Contributor)

23 Sept 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Examining 116 years of IQ evolution: The first ability-specific meta-analysis of the Flynn Effect (1909-2025)

Oberleiter, S. (Speaker), Fries, J. (Contributor), Heller, J. (Contributor), Voracek, M. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

23 Sept 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Intelligence and suicidal ideation in older adults: Insights from the Survey of Health and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Fries, J. (Speaker), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

26 Jul 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Examining associations for spatial cognition with geographic-contextual indicators

Garner, K. M. (Speaker), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor), Fries, J. (Contributor), Revelle, W. (Contributor), Mroczek, D. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

25 Jul 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

A century of IQ changes across specific abilities: A CHC-based meta-analysis of the Flynn effect (1909-2025)

Oberleiter, S. (Speaker), Fries, J. (Contributor), Heller, J. (Contributor), Voracek, M. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

24 Jul 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Verbal reasoning, spatial ability, and mathematical reasoning in Austrian undergraduates: Assessments of cross-sectional and longitudinal Flynn effects (2009–2024)

Pietschnig, J. (Speaker), Voracek, M. (Contributor), Fries, J. (Contributor) & Oberleiter, S. (Contributor)

24 Jul 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Cross-sectional and longitudinal Flynn effect examinations for verbal reasoning, spatial ability, and mathematical reasoning in Austrian undergraduates (2009-2024)

Pietschnig, J. (Speaker), Voracek, M. (Contributor), Fries, J. (Contributor) & Oberleiter, S. (Contributor)

Jul 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Increasing IQ Test Scores and Decreasing g: The Flynn effect and decreasing positive manifold strengths in Austria (2005-2018)

Andrzejewski, D. (Speaker), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor), Vetter, M. (Speaker) & Pietschnig, J. (Speaker)

Jul 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Multiverse meta-analysis of time trends and age-group specifics in sex differences in Piaget’s water level tasks

Dejardin, F. (Speaker), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor), Voracek, M. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

Jul 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

A century of IQ shifts: A CHC-based meta-analysis of specific ability trends in the Flynn effect (1909–2025)

Oberleiter, S. (Speaker), Fries, J. (Speaker), Heller, J. (Speaker), Voracek, M. (Speaker) & Pietschnig, J. (Speaker)

2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Cross-national assessments of spatial ability: Measurement invariance of the Three-Dimensional Cube Test (3DC) in Filipino and Austrian undergraduates

Heller, J. (Speaker), Masing, A. L. A. (Contributor), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor), Salvaña, R. A. (Contributor), Sanchez, R. E. (Contributor), Steininger, B. (Contributor), Tecson, A. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Is intelligence protective against suicidal thoughts in older adults? Evidence from the survey of health and retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Fries, J. (Speaker), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Meta-analytical insights into self-assessed and psychometric intelligence: A look into the multiverse

Patzl, S. (Speaker), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

17 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Are figural reasoning abilities declining in German students? A decade-long investigation on measurement invariant tasks (2012-2022).

Oberleiter, S. (Speaker), Patzl, S. (Contributor), Fries, J. (Contributor), Diedrich, J. (Contributor), Voracek, M. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

16 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Does lower intelligence contribute to physical and mental illness? Insights from a three-level multiverse meta-analysis

Fries, J. (Speaker), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

16 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

A negative Flynn effect for figural reasoning in population-representative measurement invariant German student test scores (2012-2022)

Oberleiter, S. (Speaker), Patzl, S. (Contributor), Fries, J. (Contributor), Diedrich, J. (Contributor), Voracek, M. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Erratic Flynn effect patterns may be due to the positive manifold evolution: Cohort-based measurement-invariant IQ test score changes from 2005 to 2024

Pietschnig, J. (Speaker), Fries, J. (Contributor), Dejardin, F. (Contributor), Heller, J. (Contributor), Schaible, C. (Contributor), Vetter, M. (Contributor), Voracek, M. (Contributor) & Oberleiter, S. (Contributor)

2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Mozart retter die Welt. Oder?!

Oberleiter, S. (Speaker)

10 May 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Back with a vengeance: A meta-analysis of the Mozart effect zombie theory

Oberleiter, S. (Speaker) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Is there a Flynn effect for achievement g? Evidence from large-scale population representative student assessments in Italy.

Pietschnig, J. (Speaker), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor), Toffalini, E. (Contributor) & Giofre, D. (Contributor)

2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Multi-cohort longitudinal large-scale scholastic assessment data in Italy: Cross-temporal evidence for changes in achievement g

Pietschnig, J. (Speaker), Oberleiter, S. (Contributor), Toffalini, E. (Contributor) & Giofre, D. (Contributor)

2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Predicting cross-national sex differences in educational achievement by socioeconomic macro indicators

Oberleiter, S. (Speaker), Fries, J. (Contributor), Schock, L. S. (Contributor), Steininger, B. (Contributor) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Subpar study designs, low power, and poor reporting: A meta-analytical investigation of the Mozart effect for epilepsy

Oberleiter, S. (Speaker) & Pietschnig, J. (Contributor)

2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology

Liebiggasse 5
1010 Wien

T: +43-1-4277-47459

sandra.oberleiter@univie.ac.at