Scientific Publications

Buchberger, E.; Brandmaier, A. M.; Lindenberger, U.; Werkle-Bergner, M.; Ngo, C. T.: The process structure of memory abilities in early and middle childhood [Registered Report]. Developmental Science (accepted)

Fraemke, D.; Willems, Y. E.; Okbay, A.; Lindenberger, U.; Zinn, S.; Wagner, G. G.; Richter, D.; Harden, K. P.; Tucker-Drob, E. M.; Hertwig, R. et al.; Koellinger, P.; Raffington, L.: Polygenic associations with educational attainment in East versus West Germany: Differences emerge after reunification. Psychological Science (accepted)

Frank, C. C.; Pachur, T.: The affect gap in risky choice is similar for younger and older adults. Psychology and Aging (accepted)

Gerstorf, D.; Aichele, S.; Lindenberger, U.; Rabbitt, P.; Ghisletta, P.: Little to no evidence for historical improvements in verbal learning among older adults. Psychology and Aging (accepted)

Hertwig, R.; Michie, S.; West, R.; Reicher, S.: A reply to Luc Bovens: Ethics and impact of boost and nudge. Behavioural Public Policy (accepted)

Lalwani, P.; Polk, T. A.; Garrett, D. D.: Modulation of neural variability: Age-related reduction, GABAergic basis, and behavioral implications. eLife (accepted)

Lopez-Lopez, E.; Herzog, S. M.: Surfacing citizens’ policy perspectives at scale in the age of LLMs. Behavioral Science & Policy (accepted)

Nishio, M.; Koyanagi, A.; Yakura, H.; Hanawa, T.; Shi, S.: Language-specific development of noun bias beyond infancy. Frontiers in Language Sciences (accepted)

Pernau, M.: Female activism and motherliness: Gerda Philipsborn, Halide Edib, and the women of Jamia Millia Islamia. Journal of Urdu Studies (accepted)

Zarandooz, S.; Raffington, L.: Applying blood-derived epigenetic algorithms to saliva: Cross-tissue similarity of DNA methylation indices of aging, physiology, and cognition. Clinical Epigenetics (accepted)

Poortata , L.; Polk, T.; Garrett, D. D.: Modulation of brain signal variability in visual cortex reflects aging, GABA, and behavior. eLife 13, e83865 (2025)

Tiede, K. E.; Gaissmaier, W.; Pachur, T.: Is there a description-experience gap in choices between a described and an experienced option? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 51 (4), pp. 552 - 574 (2025)

Haupt, M.; Garrett, D. D.; Cichy, R. M.: Healthy aging delays and dedifferentiates high-level visual representations. Current Biology (2025)

Hertwig, R.; Michie, S.; West, R.; Reicher, S.: Moving from nudging to boosting: Empowering behaviour change to address global challenges. Behavioural Public Policy (2025)

Sotero Silva, N.; Kayser, C.; Bröhl, F.: Unraveling eye movement-related eardrum oscillations (EMREOs): How saccade direction and tympanometric measurements relate to their amplitude and time course. Hearing Research 461, 109276 (2025)

Akbaritabar, A.; Dańko, M. J.; Zhao, X.; Zagheni, E.: Global subnational estimates of migration of scientists reveal large disparities in internal and international flows. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (15), e2424521122 (2025)

Gerdemann, S. C.; Vaish, A.; Hepach, R.: Body posture as a measure of emotional valence in young children: A preregistered validation study. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology 3, 1536440 (2025)

Kirfel, L.; MacCoun, R. J.; Icard, T.; Gerstenberg, T.: When AI meets counterfactuals: The ethical implications of counterfactual world simulation models. AI and Ethics (2025)

Aikins, M.; Willems, Y.; Fraemke, D.; Mitchell, C.; Goosby, B.; Raffington, L.: Linked emergence of racial disparities in mental health and epigenetic biological aging across childhood and adolescence. Molecular Psychiatry (2025)

Czaplicka, A.; Baumann, F.; Rahwan, I.: Mutual benefits of social learning and algorithmic mediation for cumulative culture. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 22 (225), 20240686 (2025)