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Günter Esser is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research spans across social sciences, mathematics, and psychology, with a particular focus on education and developmental studies. The scientist's work emphasizes cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, early childhood education and development, and cognitive abilities and testing.

Their investigations have focused on various topics, including:

  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques

Esser's recent publications feature studies on numerical cognition, domain-general cognition related to mathematics achievement, and developmental milestones. Notable papers include:

  • Does It Count? Pre-School Children's Spontaneous Focusing on Numerosity and Their Development of Arithmetical Skills at School (2022), published in Brain Sciences
  • Taking a Closer Look: The Relationship between Pre-School Domain General Cognition and School Mathematics Achievement When Controlling for Intelligence (2022), published in Journal of Intelligence
  • Gender Differences in Learning Difficulties (LD) (2025), published in Lernen und Lernstörungen
  • Stability of developmental milestones: Insights from a 44-year analysis (2023), published in Infant Behavior and Development
  • The association between gestation at birth and maternal sensitivity: An individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis (2025), published in Early Human Development

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Nadine Poltz
  • Sabine Quandte
  • Karin Kucian
  • Michael von Aster
  • Juliane Kohn

Esser's works have been published in various academic venues. The most prominent journals and publications featuring their research are:

  • Lernen und Lernstörungen
  • Brain Sciences
  • Journal of Intelligence
  • Early Human Development
  • Infant Behavior and Development

Their subfields of study include education, statistics and probability, experimental and cognitive psychology, pediatrics and perinatology, and clinical psychology. This broad interdisciplinary approach supports a deeper understanding of child development, particularly in numerical cognition and early learning contexts.

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology and Course of Psychiatric Disorders in School‐Age Children—Results of a Longitudinal Study

    G. Esser;M. H. Schmidt;W. Woerner

  • Developmental Outcome of Infants Born with Biological and Psychosocial Risks

    Manfred Laucht;Günter Esser;Martin H. Schmidt

  • Epidemiologie psychischer Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter:

    Wolfgang Ihle;Günter Esser

  • Interaction between CRHR1 Gene and Stressful Life Events Predicts Adolescent Heavy Alcohol Use

    Dorothea Blomeyer;Jens Treutlein;Günter Esser;Martin H. Schmidt

  • Interacting Effects of the Dopamine Transporter Gene and Psychosocial Adversity on Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms Among 15-Year-Olds From a High-Risk Community Sample

    Manfred Laucht;Markus H. Skowronek;Katja Becker;Martin H. Schmidt

  • Neurofeedback in ADHD: a single-blind randomized controlled trial.

    Ali Reza Bakhshayesh;Sylvana Hänsch;Anne Wyschkon;Mohammad Javad Rezai

  • Behavioral sequelae of perinatal insults and early family adversity at 8 years of age.

    Manfred Laucht;Günter Esser;Lioba Baving;Martin Gerhold

  • Differential development of infants at risk for psychopathology: the moderating role of early maternal responsivity.

    Manfred Laucht;Günter Esser;Martin H Schmidt

  • Familial adversities and child psychiatric disorders

    Bernd Blanz;Martin H. Schmidt;Günter Esser

  • Interaction of dopamine transporter genotype with prenatal smoke exposure on ADHD symptoms

    Katja Becker;Mahha El-Faddagh;Martin H. Schmidt;Günter Esser

  • Längsschnittforschung zur Entwicklungsepidemiologie psychischer Störungen: Zielsetzung, Konzeption und zentrale Befunde der Mannheimer Risikokinderstudie

    Manfred Laucht;Günter Esser;Martin H. Schmidt

  • Interaction between the 5-HTTLPR serotonin transporter polymorphism and environmental adversity for mood and anxiety psychopathology: Evidence from a high-risk community sample of young adults.

    Manfred Laucht;Jens Treutlein;Dorothea Blomeyer;Arlette F. Buchmann

  • Was wird aus Achtjährigen mit einer Lese- und Rechtschreibstörung

    Günter Esser;Anne Wyschkon;Martin H. Schmidt

  • From childhood to adult age: 18-year longitudinal results and prediction of the course of mental disorders in the community.

    Manfred M. Fichter;Gabriele Kohlboeck;Norbert Quadflieg;Anne Wyschkon

  • Wovor schützen Schutzfaktoren? : Anmerkungen zu einem populären Konzept der modernen Gesundheitsforschung

    Manfred Laucht;Günter Esser;Martin H. Schmidt

  • The long-term impact of early life poverty on orbitofrontal cortex volume in adulthood: results from a prospective study over 25 years

    Nathalie E Holz;Regina Boecker;Erika Hohm;Katrin Zohsel

  • Moderating role of FKBP5 genotype in the impact of childhood adversity on cortisol stress response during adulthood

    Arlette F. Buchmann;Nathalie Holz;Regina Boecker;Dorothea Blomeyer

  • Impact of Psychosocial Adversity on Alcohol Intake in Young Adults: Moderation by the LL Genotype of the Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism

    Manfred Laucht;Jens Treutlein;Brigitte Schmid;Dorothea Blomeyer

  • CONCURRENT ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO USE DURING EARLY ADOLESCENCE CHARACTERIZES A GROUP AT RISK

    Brigitte Schmid;Erika Hohm;Dorothea Blomeyer;Ulrich S. Zimmermann

  • Evidence for a Sex-Dependent MAOA× Childhood Stress Interaction in the Neural Circuitry of Aggression

    Nathalie Holz;Regina Boecker;Arlette F. Buchmann;Dorothea Blomeyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Laucht
Manfred Laucht Heidelberg University
Tobias Banaschewski
Tobias Banaschewski Heidelberg University
Daniel Brandeis
Daniel Brandeis University of Zurich
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Michael M. Plichta
Michael M. Plichta Goethe University Frankfurt
Barbara Krahé
Barbara Krahé University of Potsdam
Luise Poustka
Luise Poustka University of Göttingen
Manfred Döpfner
Manfred Döpfner University of Cologne
Gunter Schumann
Gunter Schumann King's College London
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann RWTH Aachen University

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