Profile of the Leipzig Research Center
for Early Child Development (LFE)
Colloquium
Once a month, members of the Center as well as scientists from thematically related institutions meet for a Research Colloquium. Past and recent dates can be found here.
Lecturers
Dr. Stefanie Höhl
Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
“Soziale Aufmerksamkeit und Lernen in der frühen Kindheit”
Dr. Kiley Hamlin
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
“The infantile origins of human morality: studies with preverbal infants and toddlers”
Dr. Gregor Kachel
Potsdam University Of Applied Sciences
“How Toddlers Adjust to the Learning Affordances of Peer-Peer and Adult-Child Interaction: Comparing Communicative Skills Across Social Contexts”
Dr. Katie Slocombe
University Of York
“What can chimpanzees tell us about the evolutionary roots of reference and joint attention?”
Dr. Catherine Gunzenhauser
Universität Leipzig
“Viele Wege führen zum Ziel? Der Beitrag individueller Ressourcen und Strategien zur Selbstregulation von Kindern”
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Robert Hepach
Leipzig University
“Emotions in the context of young children’s social comparison”
Sveinung Sundfør Sivertsen
University Of Bergen
“By your own lights: A role for empirical data in ethical inquiry”
Dr. Maria Plötner
Leipzig University
“Prosocial behavior: Interindividual differences from a clinical perspective”
Dr. Pascal Vrticka
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
“A Social Neuroscience Perspective on Attachment Theory: State of the Art and Future Directions”
M.A. Nadine Schumann
Institute for Philosophy, Leipzig University
“Methoden Zweit-Personaler Forschung”
Dr. Annie Wertz
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
“The evolution of social learning mechanisms for the botanical world”
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Minkyung Kim
University of Chemnitz
“Der Einfluss konfuzianistischer Werte auf die moralische Erziehung”
Dr. Daniel Schmerse
University of Kiel
“Effects of home and preschool learning environments on early language development”
Dr. Sebastian Grüneisen
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
“The role of social interdependence in children’s cooperative decision-making”
Jun-Prof. Dr. Garvin Brod
Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
“Asking children to generate predictions before telling them solutions: an effective strategy to activate prior knowledge and improve learning?”
Dr. Dustin Eirdosh
Leipzig University
“Are humans a cooperative species? Everyday conceptions and scientific clarification for biology education”
Prof. Dr. Hannes Rakoczy
Kognitive Entwicklungspsychologie, Georg-August-University Göttingen
“The (dis-)unity of implicit and explicit theory of mind”
