Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Stefanie Höhl

Portrait Stefanie Hoehl

Deputy Head of Department and Vice Dean
Head of the Research Unit for Developmental Psychology

T: +43-1-4277-47470

E: stefanie.hoehl@univie.ac.at

Office: 01.15

Office hours: Tuesday, 10.00-11.00, during the semester only. Please arrange an appointment with dorothea.zonka@univie.ac.at

Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology

Liebiggasse 5

1010 Vienna

 Research Interests

  • Neural and behavioral synchrony in social interactions (EEG/ fNIRS-hyperscanning)
  • Functionality of neural rhythms in early development
  • Social learning and communication across development
  • Development of face, emotion and gaze perception

 Professional Experience

Since 09/2017 University of Vienna
Full Professor of Developmental Psychology
2016 - 2019

Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
Research Group Leader, Max Planck Research Group on Early Social Cognition

04 - 08/2016 University of Wuppertal
Interim Professor for Psychology with a Focus on Neurocognitive Development and Behavioral Regulation
2009 - 2016 Heidelberg University
Researcher and Lecturer, Department for Developmental Psychology and Biological Psychology
2007 - 2008 Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
PhD Student

 Education

12/2013Habilitation
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
12/2008 Promotion (Dr. rer. nat.)
Universität Leipzig
4/2007 Diploma, Psychology
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg

 Awards and Stipends

2014 Distinguished Early Career Award of the International Society on Infant Studies
2011 - 2013 Fast Track Program of the Robert Bosch Stiftung
Excellence and Leadership Skills for Outstanding Women in Science
2011Klaus-Georg und Sigrid Hengstberger-Prize
for Young Scientists at the University of Heidelberg
2009 Klaus Tschira Award for Achievements in Public Understanding of Science
2007 - 2008 Doctoral stipend granted by the Max Planck Society

 Publications

2020


Köster, M., Langeloh, M., Kliesch, C., Kanngiesser, P., & Hoehl, S. (2020). Infants acquire novel actions through neural processes in their motor cortex.. The International Congress of Infant Studies 2020, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Michel, C., Matthes, D., & Hoehl, S. (2020). Neural and behavioral correlates of ostensive cues in naturalistic mother-infant interactions.. The International Congress of Infant Studies 2020, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Michel, C., Langeloh, M., Köster, M., & Hoehl, S. (2020). Nine-to-ten-month-olds do not discriminate between expected and unexpected events in four different core knowledge domains.. The International Congress of Infant Studies 2020, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Köster, M., Langeloh, M., Michel, C., & Hoehl, S. (2020). The neural dynamics of processing the unexpected in the infant brain.. Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development 2020, Budapest, Hungary.