
Matthias Kliegel
Affiliations: Faculty of Psychology and Science of Education, Psychology Section
Group name: Cognitive Aging
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
The Relationship between Life Course Socioeconomic Conditions and Objective and Subjective Memory in Older Age.
Social Robot Interventions for People with Dementia: A Systematic Review on Effects and Quality of Reporting.
Solving the Puzzle of Cognitive Reserve Effects on Cognitive Decline: The Importance of Considering Functional Impairment.
Childhood exposure to hunger: associations with health outcomes in later life and epigenetic markers.
Contact
Faculté de psychologie et sciences de l’éducation
Université de Genève
Email: Matthias.Kliegel@unige.ch