Spring Academy 2016

Date: May 29 – June 2, 2016, University of Virginia
Organizer: Steven M. Boker
Venue: Morven Farm, Charlottesville

For invited participants only.

Alumni Award Lecture

The ontogeny of cultural learning
Cristine H. Legare

Faculty Lectures

Headless headers – On the intuitive physics of professional football players
Moritz Daum, UZH
Dyadic and longitudinal perspectives on testosterone and close relationship processes
Robin Edelstein, UM
Policy advice: An area of conflict between expertise and advocacy
Gert Wagner, DIW
Identifying epigenetic markers to better understand individual differences in behavior.
Jessica Conelly, UVa
Categorical auditory perception in songbirds as a model for early language acquisition
C. Chad Meliza, UVa

Fellow Presentations

Age- and cohort-related changes in the relevance of kin and non-kin relationships
Anne Böger, DZA
Lifespan differences in the regulation of learning rates
Rasmus Bruckner, FU
Hierarchical continuous time dynamic modelling
Charles Driver, MPIB
The truth about lies: A meta-analysis on dishonest behavior
Philipp Gerlach, MPIB
The interaction between OXTR genotype and life history moderates neural associations of social perception
Marlen Gonzalez, UVa
Goal focus and procrastination: within- and between-subjects analyses of real-time reports
Oliver Kaftan, UZh
Can attention-based decision models explain developmental differences in contextual risky choice?
Felix Molter, FU
Neuroimaging and robotic assessment of online tDCS effects in stroke and normal aging
Toni Muffel, HU
Meet up: Development of social contact frequency across the lifespan
Julia Sander, DIW/FU
Socio-economic differences in the amount and quality of student employment: Evidence from Germany
Mila Staneva, DIW

Poster Presentations

Personality and Cognition: Stability and Changes in Old Age
Damaris Aschwanden, UZh
Cognitive control and positive emotion regulation
Johanna Grosse Rueschkamp, HU
Working Memory Training in Old Age: The Role of Individual Differences
Sabrina Guye, UZH
The role of cognitive processing units in writing and their emergence in German
Stefan Hess, MPIB
Ambivalence about Support in Later Life: Comparing U.S.-born and Foreign-born Latina/os in the Health and Retirement Study
Elise Hernandez, UM
Determinants and mechanisms of thriving: a systematic review
Jan Hoeltge, UZh
Do I See What You See? The Influence of Stereotype Perception on Mental and Physical Health Outcomes in Black American Women
Morgan Jerald, UM
Profiling mathematically gifted girls and boys around the world: Gender differences in achievement and achievement motivation
Lena Keller, FU
The Use and Neuronal Correlates of Temporal and Spectral Speech Information Processing in Different Age Groups.
Matthias Keller, UZh
Cognitive Dedifferentiation: Meta-Regression Across the Lifespan
Claire La Fleur, UVa
Puberty as a source of outlandish behavior? The role of pubertal development in impulsivity
Corinna Laube, MPIB
Action verbs are associated with sensorimotor mu-desynchronization in toddlers
Katharina Ledergerber, UZh
Paying (for) Attention
Ziyong Lin, UM
Predictive value of Socio-Interpersonal Processes for Adjustment Disorder Symptoms after Involuntary Job Loss
Louisa Lorenz, UZh
The development of social convoys: A longitudinal analysis of social network structure
Jasmine A. Manalel, UM
On the role of personality late in life
Swantje Müller, HU
Poster presentation: Longitudinal Coupled Changes of White Matter Integrity and Cognitive Abilities in Healthy Aging
Jessica Oschwald, UZh
Does the Type of Parental Involvement that Predicts Success Vary Across Countries? Findings from PISA 2012
Inah Park, UM
The structure of variability in the brain: Decoding epigenotypes and behavioral phenotypes through patterned network dynamics
Tyler Santander, UVa
Through Another’s Eyes: Does Perspective-Taking Influence Children’s Prosocial Behavior Following Storybook Reading?
Jessica Taggart, UVa
Perceiving others' actions: Action simulation across the adult life span
Stephanie Wermelinger, UZh
Infants’ behavioral responses to pointy-shaped objects in naturalistic contexts
Aleksandra Wlodarczyk, MPIB