How do babies, children and adults
ACTIVELY
explore and learn about the world?
How
ADAPTIVE
are their active learning strategies?
How are children
DIFFERENT
from each other and why?
How do children navigate the
DIGITAL &SOCIAL
world?
NOVEDADES!
A new publication! | A new upcoming study in Developmental Science, in collaboration with the marvelous Madeline Pelz, Alison Gopnik, and Eric Schulz: Preschoolers search longer when there is more information to be gained. A big thank to the co-author Oana Stanciu! | 2023-05 | |
A new iSearcher! | Ohan just joined the team as a Predoctoral fellow based in Vienna. Welcome! | 2023-04 | |
A new publication! | Excited about the article of this collaboration getting out in Child Development! Check its online publication "Children seek help based on how others learn," authored by Sophie Bridgers, Costanza De Simone, Hyowon Gweon, and Azzurra Ruggeri! | 2023-03 | |
A new publication! | Congratulations to Georgina Török and Nora Swaboda on the acceptance of the paper "Smart or just lucky? Inferring question-asking competence from strategies’ efficiency versus effectiveness." in Developmental Psychology! | 2022-12 |
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Alexandra H.
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Svenja-Kay Haager
Research Assistant

Celine Onyemaechi
Research Assistant

Zeinab Aly
Research Assistant

Hilal Yilmaz
Research Assistant

Julia Ungerer
Research Assistant
...and our ALUMNI and VISITORS!
HERE IS OUR TEAM!

Azzurra Ruggeri
Group leader

Costanza De Simone
Postdoctoral Fellow

Yi-Lin Li
Postdoctoral Fellow

Hande Melis Altunay
Predoctoral Fellow

Francesca Bonalumi
Postdoctoral Fellow

Andrea Guerri
Predoctoral Fellow

Kai-Xuan Chai
Predoctoral Fellow

Georgina Török
Postdoctoral Fellow

Anushari Wathiyage Don
Predoctoral Fellow

Laura Ziemann
Predoctoral Fellow

Oana Stanciu
Postdoctoral Fellow

Daniil Serko
Predoctoral Fellow

Ohan Hominis
Predoctoral Fellow

Antonella Battisti
Affiliated Researcher

Björn Meder
Affiliated Researcher

Ben Opitz
Affiliated Predoctoral Fellow

Lara Bertram
Affiliated Predoctoral Fellow

Francesca Bonalumi
Postdoctoral Fellow

Emma Rapezzi
Research Assistant

Oana Stanciu
Postdoctoral Fellow

Serena Fabrizi
Research Assistant

Ohan Hominis
Predoctoral Fellow

Francesca Rita Digiuseppe
Research Assistant

Marianna Sgherri
Research Assistant

Giulia Santoni
Research Assistant
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