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.
Latest publications
Factors explaining age-related prospective memory performance differences: a meta-analysis.
Physical activity partially mediates the association between health literacy and mild cognitive impairment in older adults: cross-sectional evidence from Switzerland.
Acquisition of musical skills and abilities in older adults-results of 12 months of music training.
Effects of a 1-year piano intervention on cognitive flexibility in older adults.
Contact
Faculté de psychologie et sciences de l’éducation
Université de Genève
Email: Matthias.Kliegel@unige.ch