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Overview

Mareike Altgassen is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily intersects the domains of psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, with a substantive focus on experimental and cognitive psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry.

Their published work covers a range of topics related to cognitive functions, memory processes, dementia and cognitive impairment research, as well as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Additional research interests include functional brain connectivity studies, neural and behavioral psychology studies, health, environment and cognitive aging, and memory and neural mechanisms.

Altgassen's frequent publication venues include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Autism Research
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Prominent co-authors who have worked with Altgassen multiple times consist of:

  • Larissa L. Faustmann
  • José P. Marques
  • Joukje M. Oosterman
  • Michelle G. Jansen
  • Roy P. C. Kessels

Recent published papers include:

  • "Protocol of the Healthy Brain Study: An accessible resource for understanding the human brain and how it dynamically and individually operates in its bio-social context," 2021, published in PLoS ONE
  • "Self-projection in early childhood: No evidence for a common underpinning of episodic memory, episodic future thinking, theory of mind, and spatial navigation," 2022, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • "Is the Association of Procrastination and Age Mediated by Fear of Failure?" 2023, Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
  • "The Advanced BRain Imaging on ageing and Memory (ABRIM) data collection: Study design, data processing, and rationale," 2024, PLoS ONE
  • "'If-then' but when? Effects of implementation intentions on children's and adolescents' prospective memory," 2021, Cognitive Development

Best Publications

  • A process-model based approach to prospective memory impairment in Parkinson's disease.

    Matthias Kliegel;Mareike Altgassen;Alexandra Hering;Nathan S. Rose

  • Prospective memory in schizophrenia: Primary or secondary impairment?

    Julie D. Henry;Peter G. Rendell;Matthias Kliegel;Mareike Altgassen

  • Development of Affective Theory of Mind Across Adolescence: Disentangling the Role of Executive Functions

    Nora C Vetter;Mareike Altgassen;Louise Phillips;Caitlin E V Mahy

  • Ongoing development of social cognition in adolescence

    Nora C. Vetter;Kristina Leipold;Matthias Kliegel;Louise H. Phillips

  • Clinical neuropsychology of prospective memory

    Matthias Kliegel;Theodor Jager;Mareike Altgassen;David Shum

  • Neural correlates of prospective memory across the lifespan.

    Jacqueline Zöllig;Robert West;Mike Martin;Mareike Altgassen

  • Memory training effects in old age as markers of plasticity: A meta-analysis

    Franzisca Zehnder;Mike Martin;Mareike Altgassen;Linda Clare

  • Future thinking improves prospective memory performance and plan enactment in older adults

    Mareike Altgassen;Peter G. Rendell;Anka Bernhard;Julie D. Henry

  • Episodic future thinking in children with autism spectrum disorder

    Gill Terrett;Peter G. Rendell;Sandra Raponi-Saunders;Julie D. Henry

  • Are Older Adults More Social Than Younger Adults? Social Importance Increases Older Adults' Prospective Memory Performance

    Mareike Altgassen;Matthias Kliegel;Maria Brandimonte;Pina Filippello

  • Prospective memory, emotional valence and ageing

    Peter G. Rendell;Louise H. Phillips;Julie D. Henry;Tristan Brumby-Rendell

  • Emotional target cues eliminate age differences in prospective memory.

    Mareike Altgassen;Louise H. Phillips;Julie D. Henry;Peter G. Rendell

  • Role of working memory components in planning performance of individuals with Parkinson's disease.

    Mareike Altgassen;Louise Phillips;Ute Kopp;Matthias Kliegel

  • Time-based Prospective Memory in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Mareike Altgassen;Tim I. Williams;Sven Bölte;Matthias Kliegel

  • To do or not to do? Prospective memory versus response inhibition in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Maria A. Brandimonte;Pina Filippello;Emanuele Coluccia;Mareike Altgassen

  • Event-based prospective memory in depression: The impact of cue focality

    Mareike Altgassen;Matthias Kliegel;Mike Martin

  • Do Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders Compensate in Naturalistic Prospective Memory Tasks

    Mareike Altgassen;Nancy Koban;Matthias Kliegel;Matthias Kliegel

  • Visuospatial short-term memory explains deficits in tower task planning in high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorder.

    Katharina Zinke;Eva Fries;Mareike Altgassen;Clemens Kirschbaum

  • Prospective memory in schizophrenia: The impact of varying retrospective-memory load

    Mareike Altgassen;Matthias Kliegel;Peter Rendell;Julie D. Henry

  • Redefining the pattern of age-prospective memory-paradox: new insights on age effects in lab-based, naturalistic, and self-assigned tasks

    Katharina M. Schnitzspahn;Lia Kvavilashvili;Mareike Altgassen

  • A Virtual Week study of prospective memory function in autism spectrum disorders

    Julie D. Henry;Gill Terrett;Mareike Altgassen;Mareike Altgassen;Sandra Raponi-Saunders

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Kliegel
Matthias Kliegel University of Geneva
Peter G. Rendell
Peter G. Rendell University of Queensland
Julie D. Henry
Julie D. Henry University of Queensland
Louise H. Phillips
Louise H. Phillips University of Aberdeen
Mike Martin
Mike Martin University of Zurich
Roy P.C. Kessels
Roy P.C. Kessels Radboud University
Janneke Koerts
Janneke Koerts University of Groningen
Anouk Scheres
Anouk Scheres Radboud University
Oliver Tucha
Oliver Tucha University of Rostock
Rico Fischer
Rico Fischer University of Greifswald

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