
Matthias Kliegel
Full Professor | Chair of Cognitive Aging
Office 121 | Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 28 | 1205 Genève
+41 (0) 22 379 91 76
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Director of the
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Education
1991 - 1999 | AV¶ÌÊÓÆµ studies in psychology, philosophy, ethics and theology (Vienna, Mainz, Albuquerque) |
2002 | PhD in Psychology, AV¶ÌÊÓÆµ of Heidelberg (Germany) |
2005 | Habilitation in Psychology, AV¶ÌÊÓÆµ of Zurich (Switzerland) |
Professional Experience
2002 |
Postdoctoral Fellow : German Research Center on Ageing, Heidelberg (Germany) |
2002 - 2007 |
Assistant (Oberassistent) and Associate (Privatdozent) Professor of Psychology, |
2007 - 2011
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Full Professor (W3) of Psychology at the Dresden AV¶ÌÊÓÆµ of Technology, Dresden (Germany) |
Since 2011 |
Full Professor of Psychology at the AV¶ÌÊÓÆµ (Switzerland) |
Since 2016 | Director of the |
Awards
- Distinguished Visiting Research Fellowship. School of Psychology, Australian Catholic AV¶ÌÊÓÆµ, Melbourne, Australia
- Vontobel Award for Research on Aging
- Honorary Lectureship Award at the AV¶ÌÊÓÆµ of the Third Age, AV¶ÌÊÓÆµ of Frankfurt
- Leenaards Price for Translational Medicine
Selected publications
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Zuber, S., Haas, M., Framorando, D., Ballhausen, N., Gillioz, E., Künzi, M., & Kliegel, M. (2021). The Geneva Space Cruiser: A Fully Self-Administered Online Tool to Assess
Prospective Memory across the Adult Lifespan. Memory. doi : -
Sauter, J., Widmer, E., & Kliegel, M. (2021). Changes in family composition and their effects on social capital in old age: evidence from a longitudinal study conducted in Switzerland. Ageing and Society. doi :
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Henry, J.D., Hering, A., Haines, S., Grainger, S.A., Koleits, N., McLennan, S., Pelly, R., Doyle, C., Rose, N.S., Kliegel, M., & Rendell, P.G. (2021). Acting with the Future in Mind: Testing Competing Prospective Memory Interventions. Psychology and Aging. doi : | PDF
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Ihle, A., Ghisletta, P., Gouveia, É. R., Gouveia, B. R., Oris, M., Maurer, J., & Kliegel, M. (2021). Lower Executive Functioning Predicts Steeper Subsequent Decline in Well-Being Only in Young-Old But Not Old-Old Age. International Journal of Behavioral Development. doi :
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Ihle, A., Bavelier, D., Maurer, J., Oris, M., & Kliegel, M. (2020). Internet use in old age predicts smaller cognitive decline only in men. Scientific Reports, 10, 8969. doi :
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Zuber, S., & Kliegel, M. (2020). Prospective memory development across the lifespan: An integrative framework. European Psychologist, 25, 162-173. doi :
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Aartsen, M.J., Cheval, B., Sieber, S., van der Linden, B.W.A., Gabriel, R., Courvoisier, D.S., Guessous, I., Burton-Jeangros, C., Blane, D., Ihle, A., Kliegel, M., Cullati, S. (2019). Advantaged socioeconomic conditions in childhood are associated with higher cognitive functioning but stronger cognitive decline in older age. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(12), 5478‑5486. doi :
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Zuber, S., Ihle, A., Blum, A., Desrichard, O., & Kliegel, M. (2019). The Effect of Stereotype Threat on Age Differences in Prospective Memory Performance: Differential Effects on Focal Versus Nonfocal Tasks. The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 74(4), 625‑632. doi :
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Ihle, A., Fagot, D., Vallet, F., Ballhausen, N., Mella, N., Baeriswyl, M., Sauter, J., Oris, M., Maurer, J., & Kliegel, M. (2019). Cross-lagged relation of leisure activity participation to Trail Making Test performance 6 years later: differential patterns in old age and very old age. Neuropsychology, 33(2), 234‑244. doi :
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Cullati, S., Kliegel, M., & Widmer, E. (2018). Development of Reserves over the Life Course and Onset of Vulnerability in Later Life. Nature Human Behaviour, 2, 551-558. doi :
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Aschwanden, D., Kliegel, M., & Allemand, M. (2018). Cognitive complaints mediate the effect of cognition on emotional stability across 12 years in old age. Psychology and Aging, 33(3), 425-438. doi :
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Ihle, A., Ghisletta, P., Ballhausen, N., Fagot, D., Vallet, F., Baeriswyl, M., Sauter, J., Oris, M., Maurer, J., & Kliegel, M. (2018). The Role of Cognitive Reserve Accumulated in Midlife for the Relation between Chronic Diseases and Cognitive Decline in Old Age: A Longitudinal Follow-Up across Six Years. Neuropsychologia, 121, 37-46. doi :