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Overview

Peter A. Frensch is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Psychology, with a focus on three main subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology, and Clinical Psychology.

Their scholarly work extensively covers several main topics, including:

  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Peter A. Frensch has contributed to research published in specialized venues such as European Psychologist. One notable paper includes "European Psychologist's 25th Anniversary," published in 2020 in the journal European Psychologist.

Collaboration features prominently in their research approach. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kurt Pawlik
  • Rainer Κ. Silbereisen
  • Alexander Grob
  • Kristen L. Lavallee

The combination of topics and collaborations suggests a multidisciplinary engagement within various facets of psychological research, particularly emphasizing the developmental and cognitive domains.

Best Publications

  • Handbook of implicit learning

    Michael A. Stadler;Peter A. Frensch

  • A prospective study of disordered eating among college students

    Ruth H. Striegel-Moore;Lisa R. Silberstein;Peter Frensch;Judith Rodin

  • Complex Problem Solving : The European Perspective

    Peter A. Frensch;Joachim Funke

  • Effects of video game playing on measures of spatial performance: Gender effects in late adolescence.

    Lynn Okagaki;Peter A. Frensch

  • Long-Term Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Psychological Outcomes☆☆☆

    Thomas M. DiLorenzo;Eric P. Bargman;Renée Stucky-Ropp;Glenn S. Brassington

  • Parenting and Children’s School Achievement: A Multiethnic Perspective

    Lynn Okagaki;Peter A. Frensch

  • Effects of presentation rate and individual differences in short-term memory capacity on an indirect measure of serial learning

    Peter A. Frensch;Caroline S. Miner

  • Expertise and Intelligent Thinking: When Is It Worse to Know Better?

    Robert J. Sternberg

  • Complex Problem Solving : Principles and Mechanisms

    Robert J. Sternberg;Peter A. Frensch

  • Video game practice optimizes executive control skills in dual-task and task switching situations.

    Tilo Strobach;Peter A. Frensch;Torsten Schubert

  • Eye movement during skill acquisition: More evidence for the information-reduction hypothesis

    Hilde Haider;Peter A. Frensch

  • The Role of Information Reduction in Skill Acquisition

    Hilde Haider;Peter A. Frensch

  • Implicit learning of unique and ambiguous serial transitions in the presence and absence of a distractor task.

    Peter A. Frensch;Axel Buchner;Jennifer Lin

  • Simple and complex mental subtraction: strategy choice and speed-of-processing differences in younger and older adults.

    David C. Geary;Peter A. Frensch;Judith G. Wiley

  • One concept, multiple meanings: On how to define the concept of implicit learning.

    Peter A. Frensch

  • LEARNING VERSUS BEHAVIORAL EXPRESSION OF THE LEARNED : THE EFFECTS OF A SECONDARY TONE-COUNTING TASK ON IMPLICIT LEARNING IN THE SERIAL REACTION TASK

    Peter A. Frensch;Jennifer Lin;Axel Buchner

  • Implicit Learning

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  • Implicit sequence learning: The truth is in the details

    Axel Cleeremans;Luis Jiménez;Michaela Stadler;P. Frensch

  • Medial prefrontal cortex predicts internally driven strategy shifts

    Nicolas W. Schuck;Nicolas W. Schuck;Nicolas W. Schuck;Robert Gaschler;Dorit Wenke;Jakob Heinzle

  • Definitions, traditions, and a general framework for understanding complex problem solving

    Peter A. Frensch;Joachim Funke

  • Complex Problem Solving: The European Perspective—10 Years After

    Joachim Funke;Peter A. Frensch

  • Thinking and problem solving

    Peter A. Frensch;Joachim Funke

Frequent Co-Authors

Torsten Schubert
Torsten Schubert Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Roman Liepelt
Roman Liepelt University of Hagen
Ralf Schwarzer
Ralf Schwarzer Freie Universität Berlin
Shu-Chen Li
Shu-Chen Li TU Dresden
Jutta Kray
Jutta Kray Saarland University
Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg Cornell University
Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Scott M. Hofer
Scott M. Hofer University of Victoria
Oliver Brock
Oliver Brock Technical University of Berlin
Lars Bertram
Lars Bertram University of Lübeck

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