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?
NEWS!
2025-07 | A New Grant! | Bravo! We were awarded a research grant by the Alliance for Decision Education! We will create a new assessment protocol for decision-making and active learning with the ultimate goal of empowering students to become better decision-makers. | |
2025-07 | A New Publication! | Congratulations to Francesca Bonalumi and Azzurra Ruggeri. Their paper discussing children and wilful ignorance was accepted in Current Opinion in Psychology! | |
2025-07 | A New Publication! | Congratulations to Ohan Hominis, whose paper was accepted in Cognition! We investigated motivated information search, particularly the context-dependent efficiency in children and adults. Credits also went to Christophe Heintz, our collaborator, and Azzurra Ruggeri. | |
2025-05 | A New Publication! | Congratulations to Daniil Serko, who got a new paper accepted in Child Development! We found that children strategically decide what to practice. Credits also went to Julia Leonard, our collaborator, and Azzurra Ruggeri. |
Find all our publications here
HERE IS OUR TEAM!

Azzurra Ruggeri
Group leader

Daniil Serko
Postdoctoral Fellow

Oana Stanciu
Postdoctoral Fellow

Anushari Wathiyage Don
Predoctoral Fellow

Kai-Xuan Chai
Predoctoral Fellow

Francesca Bonalumi
Postdoctoral Fellow

Paula Fischer
Postdoctoral Fellow

Fatma Sila Cakmak
Predoctoral Fellow

Laura Ziemann
Predoctoral Fellow

Georgina Török
Postdoctoral Fellow

Yi-Lin Li
Postdoctoral Fellow

Gokce Sahin
Predoctoral Fellow

Ohan Hominis
Predoctoral Fellow

Laura Schlingloff-Nemecz
Postdoctoral Fellow

Andrea Guerri
Predoctoral Fellow

Hande Melis Altunay
Predoctoral Fellow

Xingyue Han
Predoctoral Fellow
Research assistants

Alessia Spigai
Research Assistant

Giulia Santoni
Research Assistant

Emma Rapezzi
Research Assistant

Katharina Kolland
Research Assistant

Francesca Rita Digiuseppe
Research Assistant

Lara Donzella
Research Assistant

Gaia Magliani
Research Assistant

Marianna Sgherri
Research Assistant
Affiliated researchers

Björn Meder
Affiliated Researcher

Antonella Battisti
Affiliated Researcher
...and our ALUMNI and VISITORS!
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when and where you can find us.
Please note that all games are played in German/Italian unless otherwise noted.