I’m focused on intellectual resources of centenarians in SWISS100. For example memory and attention at age 100.
Current Positions
- Senior FNS Researcher at the Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne
- Scientific collaborator at the Faculty of Psychological and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva
Educational Background
- Bachelor and Master in Theoretical and Experimental Psychology at Ghent University, Belgium
- PhD on Cognitive Aging at Aix-Marseille University, France
Prior Experience
- Postdoctoral researcher, University of Lausanne
- Postdoctoral researcher, University of Geneva
- Doctoral researcher, Aix-Marseille University
- Teaching classes on Numerical Cognition at Universities of Fribourg and Geneva
Research Focus
- Cognitive function in adulthood and very old age
- Strategies underlying cognitive function during the lifespan
- Working memory and attention
- Numerical Cognition
Additional Experiences/Mile Stones
- PI on a project that uses artificial intelligence to uncover strategies in human behavior, financed by a SPARK grant (SNF, 11/2019)
- Awarded Thesis Prize for dissertation on “Aging and Strategic Variations in Numerical Cognition” at Aix-Marseille University (12/2012)
Role in SWISS100
- Study coordination
- Analysis and publications pertaining to psychological characteristics of Centenarians (especially Cognition)