Professor Dr. Claudia Männel
Main Focus
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Early language acquisition: Prosody/phonology, lexical segmentation, word-object mapping, artificial grammar learning, perceptual anchoring, voice perception, role of music-based interventions on language acquisition
Atypical language acquisition: Developmental dyslexia (phonological deficits, structural and functional brain correlates, genetics)
Comparative research: Phylogenetic and ontogenetic perspectives on sequence processing
Methods: EEG/ERP, fNIRS, eye-tracking, standardized behavioral tests
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Education |
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| since 2009 |
Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) in Psychology
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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| since 2005 |
Diplom (MSc) in Psychology
Free University, Berlin, Germany
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| since 1997 |
Diplom (MA) in Social Pedagogy (Major: Music Therapy)
University of Applied Sciences, Würzburg, Germany
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Career |
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| since 2019 |
Research group leader
W2 Research group “Early language acquisition”
Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI-CBS) Leipzig, Germany
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| since 2017 |
Principal Investigator
DFG project “Perceptual anchoring as a stepping-stone into word learning: A combined brain–behavior approach”
Medical Faculty, University Leipzig, Germany
Department of Neurology, MPI-CBS Leipzig, Germany
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| 2015 - 2017 |
Scientific Researcher
DFG project “Crossing the borders: The interplay of language, cognition, and the brain in early human development”
MPI-CBS Leipzig, Germany
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| 2009 - 2015 |
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Neuropsychology, MPI-CBS Leipzig, Germany
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| 2005 - 2009 |
PhD Student
Research group “German Language Development Study”, Children’s Hospital Berlin Lichtenberg
Department of Neuropsychology, MPI-CBS Leipzig, Germany
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| 2003 - 2005 |
Student Assistant
Department of Psychology, Free University, Berlin, Germany
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| 2002 |
Research Assistant
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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| 2001 - 2002 |
Exchange student
Graduate School of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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| 2000 - 2001 |
Research Assistant
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
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