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Overview

Matthias Kliegel is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research focuses on psychology and medicine, with significant contributions in experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and cognitive neuroscience. Their work extends into health and clinical psychology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

Their research covers several main topics, including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Cognitive Functions and Memory
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Age of Information Optimization
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception

Kliegel has been published extensively in various scientific journals. The frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • European Journal of Ageing
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Psychology and Aging
  • BMC Geriatrics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kliegel include:

  • "Train the brain with music (TBM): brain plasticity and cognitive benefits induced by musical training in elderly people in Germany and Switzerland, a study protocol for an RCT comparing musical instrumental practice to sensitization to music" (2020, BMC Geriatrics)
  • "Bidirectional Association between Physical Activity and Dopamine Across Adulthood-A Systematic Review" (2021, Brain Sciences)
  • "Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome in Adults and Older Adults from Amazonas, Brazil" (2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • "Predicting Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Machine Learning Approach" (2020, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease)
  • "Prospective Memory Development Across the Lifespan" (2020, European Psychologist)

Throughout their career, Kliegel has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • Andreas Ihle
  • Sascha Zuber
  • Alexandra Hering
  • Nicola Ballhausen
  • Élvio Rúbio Gouveia

Best Publications

  • Prospective Memory : Cognitive, Neuroscience, Developmental, and Applied Perspectives

    Matthias Kliegel;Mark A. McDaniel;Gilles O. Einstein

  • Plan formation, retention, and execution in prospective memory: A new approach and age-related effects

    Matthias Kliegel;Mark A. McDaniel;Gilles O. Einstein

  • Complex prospective memory and executive control of working memory: A process model.

    Matthias Kliegel;Mike Martin;Mark A. McDaniel;Gilles O. Einstein

  • Varying the importance of a prospective memory task: Differential effects across time - and event-based prospective memory

    Matthias Kliegel;Mike Martin;Mark A. McDaniel;Gilles O. Einstein

  • Working memory training and transfer in older adults: Effects of age, baseline performance, and training gains

    Katharina Zinke;Melanie Zeintl;Nathan S. Rose;Julia Putzmann

  • The involvement of executive functions in prospective memory performance of adults

    Mike Martin;Matthias Kliegel;Mark A. McDaniel

  • Cold simple intravenous infusions preceding special endovascular cooling for faster induction of mild hypothermia after cardiac arrest--a feasibility study.

    Andreas Kliegel;Heidrun Losert;Fritz Sterz;Matthias Kliegel

  • Adult age differences in event-based prospective memory: a meta-analysis on the role of focal versus nonfocal cues.

    Matthias Kliegel;Theodor Jäger;Louise H. Phillips

  • Importance effects on performance in event-based prospective memory tasks.

    Matthias Kliegel;Mike Martin;Mark A. McDaniel;Gilles O. Einstein

  • Improving Methodological Standards in Behavioral Interventions for Cognitive Enhancement

    C. Shawn Green;Daphne Bavelier;Arthur F. Kramer;Arthur F. Kramer;Sophia Vinogradov

  • Prospective memory research: Why is it relevant?

    Matthias Kliegel;Mike Martin

  • Cold infusions alone are effective for induction of therapeutic hypothermia but do not keep patients cool after cardiac arrest.

    Andreas Kliegel;Andreas Janata;Cosima Wandaller;Thomas Uray

  • The role of shifting, updating, and inhibition in prospective memory performance in young and older adults.

    Katharina M. Schnitzspahn;Christoph Stahl;Melanie Zeintl;Christoph P. Kaller

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

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

  • Age and individual differences in prospective memory during a "Virtual Week": the roles of working memory, vigilance, task regularity, and cue focality.

    Nathan S. Rose;Peter G. Rendell;Mark A. McDaniel;Ingo Aberle

  • Changes in self-regulatory cognitions as predictors of changes in smoking and nutrition behaviour

    Urte Scholz;Gabriel Nagy;Wiebke Göhner;Aleksandra Luszczynska

  • 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

  • Planning and realization of complex intentions in traumatic brain injury and normal aging.

    Matthias Kliegel;Anne Eschen;Angelika I.T. Thöne-Otto

  • Differential effects of age on involuntary and voluntary autobiographical memory

    Simone Schlagman;Matthias Kliegel;Jorg Schulz;Lia Kvavilashvili

Frequent Co-Authors

Mareike Altgassen
Mareike Altgassen Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Mike Martin
Mike Martin University of Zurich
Peter G. Rendell
Peter G. Rendell University of Queensland
Louise H. Phillips
Louise H. Phillips University of Aberdeen
Julie D. Henry
Julie D. Henry University of Queensland
Boris Cheval
Boris Cheval École Normale Supérieure de Rennes
Daniel Zimprich
Daniel Zimprich University of Ulm
Mark A. McDaniel
Mark A. McDaniel Washington University in St. Louis
Urte Scholz
Urte Scholz University of Zurich

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