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
Fine motor control improves in older adults after 1 year of piano lessons: Analysis of individual development and its coupling with cognition and brain structure.
The Effects of 12-Week Dual-Task Physical-Cognitive Training on Gait, Balance, Lower Extremity Muscle Strength, and Cognition in Older Adult Women: A Randomized Study.
Adult age differences in the psychophysiological response to acute stress.
Topography of associations between cardiovascular risk factors and myelin loss in the ageing human brain.
Contact
Faculté de psychologie et sciences de l’éducation
Université de Genève
Email: Matthias.Kliegel@unige.ch