Curriculum Vitae

• Since 2018

  Assistant Professor (W1) of Psychology at DIPF and Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

• 2019-2021

  Jacobs Foundation Early Career Research Fellowship

• 2016-2017

  Head of the Learning Support Laboratory, IDeA Center, DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

• 2016

  Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society

• 09/2015

  PhD in Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

• 2012-2016

  PhD student, Max Planck Institute for Human Development (with Prof. Dr. Ulman Lindenberger, Dr. Yee Lee Shing), Berlin

• 2007-2012

  Study of Psychology at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany (Dipl.-Psych.)

• 2004-2007

  Study of Music (Jazz) at the Hanover University of Music and Drama and at the University of Arts Rotterdam

Activities

Publications

• Being proven wrong elicits learning in children – but only in those with higher executive function skills.

  Brod, G., Breitwieser, J., Hasselhorn, M., & Bunge, S.A. (2020). In: Developmental Science, 23(3), e12916.

• A boon and a bane: Comparing the effects of prior knowledge on memory across the lifespan.

  Brod, G., & Shing, Y. L. (2019). In: Developmental psychology, 55(6), 1326–1337.

• When generating a prediction boosts learning: The element of surprise.

  Brod, G., Hasselhorn, M., & Bunge, S. A. (2018). In: Learning and Instruction, 55, 22–31.

• Does one year of schooling improve children's cognitive control and alter associated brain activation?

  Brod, G., Bunge, S. A., & Shing, Y. L. (2017). In: Psychological Science, 28,?967–978.

• Knowledge acquisition during exam preparation improves memory and modulates memory formation.

  Brod, G., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, A. D., & Shing, Y. L. (2016). In: Journal of Neuroscience, 36(31), 8103-8111.