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WhatWeStudy

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.

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iSearchers

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

PlayWithUs

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/Italian unless otherwise noted.

iSearch Team in Action!

OUR PARTNERS!

You can find more information about our partners by clicking on the logos below.

(C) Museum für Naturkunde
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(C) Labyrinth Kindermuseum
(C) FEZ
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If you are interested in working, collaborating or chatting with us,

write us an email at lab.isearch(at)sot.tum.de

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