Prof. Dr. Tobias Grossmann

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsDevelopmental and Educational Psychology,Social Sciences
Keywordsinfancy and childhood, social cognition and behavior, emotion, human development, brain

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityCharlottesville
InstitutionUniversity of Virginia
InstituteDepartment of Psychology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ulman LindenbergerCenter for Lifespan Psychology, Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung (MPIB), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2022

Programme(s)

2022Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Grossmann is a developmental psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist focusing on the origins of social perception, cognition, and behavior. He is a world-leading expert in research on mechanisms that structure early human sociality and form the basis for individuals’ subsequent social, emotional and cognitive development. In Germany, Professor Grossmann plans to analyze data from his two recent longitudinal studies on the brain and behavior in infancy.