
Information Search, Ecological
and Active Learning Research with Children
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?

Hande Melis Altunay
Research Assistant

Janina Popovic
Research Assistant

Pravallika Naidu
Research Assistant

Zeinab Aly
Research Assistant
HERE IS OUR TEAM!

Azzurra Ruggeri
Group leader

Andreas Domberg
Postdoctoral Fellow

Yi-Lin Li
Postdoctoral Fellow

Kai-Xuan Chai
Predoctoral Fellow

Costanza De Simone
Postdoctoral Fellow

Andrea Guerri
Predoctoral Fellow

Laura Ziemann
Predoctoral Fellow

Georgina Török
Postdoctoral Fellow

Anushari Wathiyage Don
Predoctoral Fellow

Nora Swaboda
Predoctoral Fellow

Oana Stanciu
Postdoctoral Fellow

Daniil Serko
Predoctoral Fellow

Antonella Battisti
Affiliated Researcher

Ben Opitz
Affiliated Predoctoral Fellow

Björn Meder
Affiliated Researcher

Lara Bertram
Affiliated Predoctoral Fellow

Cansu Oranc
Affiliated Researcher

Lisa Musculus
Affiliated Researcher
...and our ALUMNI and VISITORS!
COME PLAY WITH US!
Check the calendar below to see
when and where you can find us.
Please note that all games are played in German unless otherwise noted.
NEWS!
Date | Brief | Content |
---|---|---|
04/2022 | A new publication! | Congratulations to Ben Opitz, who just got a paper accepted in Lernen und Lernstorungen about the potenital benefits of active control of study in classroom settings. Out very first paper in German! You can find it here. |
04/2022 | A new job! | We're looking for a Student Research Assistant to join our group! If you are/know a student enrolled in a German university with an interest in developmental research that explores how kids & adults learn, check out and please share this advert! |
04/2022 | A new preprint! | Exited about the results of this collaboration getting out! Check the new preprint "Developmental changes in learning resemble stochastic optimization," authored by Anna Girot, Charley Wu and many others, currently under review. Stay tuned! |
04/2022 | A new iSearcher! | Anushari just joined the team as a PhD student, funded by the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft. Congratulations! |
03/2022 | A new publication! | A new upcoming study in Child Development, in collaboration with the marvelous Sophie Bridgers: How you learned matters: The process by which others learn informs whom children ask for help. You can find the preprint in the publications page. |
03/2022 | A new publication! | Congratulations to Nora Swaboda, our PhD student, who just got a new paper accepted in Developmental Psychology: Finding the (most efficient) way out of a maze is easier than asking (good) questions. You can find the preprint here. |