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Overview

Ulrich Mayr is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their primary research areas are within Neuroscience and Psychology, with a notable focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. Additional subfields include Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Health, and Applied Psychology.

Their work explores a range of topics, including Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Motor Control and Adaptation, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, as well as Cognitive Abilities and Testing.

Mayr's recent publications highlight various aspects of cognitive and social psychology. Notable papers include:

  • "Conjunctive representations that integrate stimuli, responses, and rules are critical for action selection" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Do We Become More Prosocial as We Age, and if So, Why?" (2020, Current Directions in Psychological Science)
  • "The role of conjunctive representations in prioritizing and selecting planned actions" (2022, eLife)
  • "Age-Related Changes in the Role of Social Motivation: Implications for Healthy Aging" (2021, The Journals of Gerontology Series B)
  • "The causal effect of testosterone on men's competitive behavior is moderated by basal cortisol and cues to an opponent's status: Evidence for a context-dependent dual-hormone hypothesis." (2022, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology)

Frequent publication venues for Mayr include Psychological Science, The Journals of Gerontology Series B, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

  • Psychological Science
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Mayr collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Atsushi Kikumoto, Melissa E Moss, Alexandra M. Freund, Julian Q. Kosciessa, and Ulman Lindenberger.

  • Atsushi Kikumoto
  • Melissa E Moss
  • Alexandra M. Freund
  • Julian Q. Kosciessa
  • Ulman Lindenberger

Best Publications

  • Emotional experience in everyday life across the adult life span.

    Laura L. Carstensen;Monisha Pasupathi;Ulrich Mayr;John R. Nesselroade

  • Neural responses to taxation and voluntary giving reveal motives for charitable donations.

    William T. Harbaugh;Ulrich Mayr;Ulrich Mayr;Daniel R. Burghart;Daniel R. Burghart

  • Speed and intelligence in old age.

    Ulman Lindenberger;Ulrich Mayr;Reinhold Kliegl

  • Changing internal constraints on action: the role of backward inhibition.

    Ulrich Mayr;Steven W. Keele

  • Conflict adaptation effects in the absence of executive control

    Ulrich Mayr;Edward Awh;Paul Laurey

  • The cognitive and neural architecture of sequence representation.

    Steven W. Keele;Richard Ivry;Ulrich Mayr;Eliot Hazeltine

  • Task-set switching and long-term memory retrieval.

    Ulrich Mayr;Reinhold Kliegl

  • Effects of Single-Task Versus Dual-Task Training on Balance Performance in Older Adults: A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial

    Patima Silsupadol;Patima Silsupadol;Anne Shumway-Cook;Vipul Lugade;Paul van Donkelaar

  • Age differences in the selection of mental sets: the role of inhibition, stimulus ambiguity, and response-set overlap.

    Ulrich Mayr

  • Quantity, Not Quality: The Relationship between Fluid Intelligence and Working Memory Capacity

    Keisuke Fukuda;Edward Vogel;Ulrich Mayr;Edward Awh

  • Differential Effects of Cue Changes and Task Changes on Task-Set Selection Costs

    Ulrich Mayr;Reinhold Kliegl

  • The role of practice and coaching in entrepreneurial skill domains: An international comparison of life-span chess skill acquisition.

    Neil Charness;Ralf Krampe;Ulrich Mayr

  • Spatial attention and implicit sequence learning: evidence for independent learning of spatial and nonspatial sequences.

    Ulrich Mayr

  • Training-related changes in dual-task walking performance of elderly persons with balance impairment: A double-blind, randomized controlled trial

    Patima Silsupadol;Patima Silsupadol;Vipul Lugade;Anne Shumway-Cook;Paul van Donkelaar

  • Are Old Adults Just Like Low Working Memory Young Adults? Filtering Efficiency and Age Differences in Visual Working Memory

    Kerstin Jost;Richard L. Bryck;Edward K. Vogel;Ulrich Mayr

  • Sequential and coordinative complexity: age-based processing limitations in figural transformations.

    Ulrich Mayr;Reinhold Kliegl

  • Effects of Concussion on Attention and Executive Function in Adolescents

    David Howell;Louis Osternig;Paul Van Donkelaar;Ulrich Mayr

  • A Cre-loxP-based mouse model for conditional somatic gene expression and knockdown in vivo by using avian retroviral vectors

    Barbara Seidler;Annegret Schmidt;Ulrich Mayr;Hassan Nakhai

  • Time-Accuracy Functions for Determining Process and Person Differences: An Application to Cognitive Aging.

    Reinhold Kliegl;Ulrich Mayr;Ralf Th. Krampe

  • The Menstrual Cycle and Performance Feedback Alter Gender Differences in Competitive Choices

    David G. Wozniak;William T. Harbaugh;Ulrich Mayr

  • On How to Be Unpredictable Evidence From the Voluntary Task-Switching Paradigm

    Ulrich Mayr;Theodor Bell

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhold Kliegl
Reinhold Kliegl University of Potsdam
Ralf Krampe
Ralf Krampe KU Leuven
Edward Awh
Edward Awh University of Chicago
Paul van Donkelaar
Paul van Donkelaar University of British Columbia
Richard B. Ivry
Richard B. Ivry University of California, Berkeley
Edward K. Vogel
Edward K. Vogel University of Chicago
Pranjal H. Mehta
Pranjal H. Mehta University College London
Klaus Oberauer
Klaus Oberauer University of Zurich
Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Alexandra M. Freund
Alexandra M. Freund University of Zurich

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