Matthias Kliegel

Function: Professeur ordinaire

Group name: Cognitive Aging

Group type: Main

Affiliations: Faculty of Psychology and Science of Education, Psychology Section

Domains: Development and Plasticity, Perception, Attention and Cognition

Keywords: aging, cognitive processes, memory

Research activities

Our research focuses on the developmental trajectories of cognitive processes, especially memory and cognitive control, across the lifespan. We aim at understanding the fine-grained descriptive pattern of age-related changes and stability, uncovering the mechanisms behind those trajectories, as well as developing possible intervention strategies to support the positive and alter or prevent the negative changes. Besides studying common trends we are also interested in individual differences and explore reasons why individuals differ in the way their cognitive functions develop. As core neuroscience methods we use EEG (ERPs), fMRI, heart rate and saliva cortisol.

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Latest publications

Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and implementation of WHO psychological interventions for migrant populations resettled in Italy: study protocol for the ADVANCE hybrid type-I randomized controlled trial.

Purgato M , Tedeschi F , Prina E , Turrini G , Compri B , Chiccoli A , Marti-Castaner M , De Allegri M , Nguyen HT , Feenstra S , Khalil S , Reininghaus U , Fleck L , Sanna L , Välimäki M , Satamo M , Kazlauskas E , Dumarkaite A , Kliegel M , Scarampi C , Mack M , de Freitas C , Quinto JA , Serra R , Sijbrandij M , Subba P , Tarsitani L , Tol WA , Nosè M , Barbui C

Frontiers in public health - 2026

Six-Month Music Practice Versus Psychomotor Interventions in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Behavioral and Hippocampal Outcomes.

James CE , Junker-Tschopp C , Kliegel M , Kokkinou D , Allali G , Frisoni GB , Guevara AB , Marie D

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - Nov 2026

AI-Powered Framework for Personalized Prescription of Physical Activity in Aging: Proposing PEPHA, a framework for Personalized Phenotyping for Aging.

Matias I , Mack M , Kliegel M , Wac K

JMIR AI - Oct 2026

Associations of cognitive reserve with IGF-1 and global cognition differ by early-life conditions and APOE genotype.

da Silva SP , Lampraki C , Cullati S , Dos Santos Rêgo T , Ghisletta P , Kliegel M , Maurer J , Studer M , Gouveia ÉR , de Maio Nascimento M , Ihle A

Experimental gerontology - Oct 2026

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Contact

Faculté de psychologie et sciences de l’éducation
Université de Genève
Email: Matthias.Kliegel@unige.ch