Prof. Dr. Silvia A. Bunge

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsDevelopmental and Educational Psychology
Keywordseducational neuroscience, child development, plasticity of brain and behaviour

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBerkeley
InstitutionUniversity of California, Berkeley
InstituteDepartment of Psychology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ulman LindenbergerMax-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung (MPIB), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2016

Programme(s)

2015Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Bunge is among the most original and innovative researchers worldwide working at and on the intersections of cognitive neuroscience, developmental psychology and education. She has made seminal contributions to the study of relational reasoning development in childhood and adolescence. During her stay in Germany, she intends to address age-graded changes in the functional associations between working memory and fluid intelligence.