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Dr. Ann-Kathrin Zaiser

Fakultät für Angewandte Psychologie | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin | Leitung experimentalpsychologisches Labor

Raum: MPS 3, EG, E.44
E-Mail: ann-kathrin.zaiser@srh.de
Telefax: +49 6221 6799-502
Telefon: +49 6221 6799-523
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PostDoc position, SRH University Heidelberg, Germany

Research associate, lab manager, lecturer
Research Interests:

  • Neurocognition of memory (esp. declarative memory, associative memory, lexico-semantic networks, temporal lobe, memory models), perception (esp. vision), and perceptual-mnemonic interaction
  • Methods of cognitive neuroscience, spatiotemporal brain imaging

Teaching:

Bachelor:

  • Lecture "General Psychology and cognitive-affective neuroscience 1-3" [Vorlesung "Allgemeine Psychologie und kognitive-affektive Neurowissenschaften 1-3"]
  • Laboratory course: Experimental Research Methods [Experimentalpraktikum]

Master:

  • Lecture "Cognitive Psychology" [Vorlesung "Kognitive Psychologie]
  • Lecture "Basic Models & Concepts in Neuropsychology" [Vorlesung "Grundlegende Modelle & Konzepte in der Neuropsychologie"]
  • Lecture "Research Specifics in Neuropsychology" [Vorlesung "Forschungsspezifika in der Neuropsychologie"]
  • Project seminar [Projektseminar]
Post-doctoral researcher in the DFG project „Nature, Stability, and Integration of Associations Acquired by Means of Fast Mapping" (German Research Foundation, grant numbers: BA 5381/1-2, ME 4484/1-2)
Research visit at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, Toronto, Canada (Gilboa lab)
PhD student, Experimental Neuropsychology Unit, Saarland University, Germany

PhD position in the DFG project “Instantaneous association-building bypassing the hippocampus” (German Research Foundation, grant numbers: BA 5381/1-1 & ME 4484/1-1)
Doctoral dissertation: “Fast Mapping: A Rapid Route to the Integration of Novel Associations Into Semantic Memory Networks” 

Member of the "Graduate Program in Psychology" (GPP), Saarland University, Germany
Associate Member of the International Research Training Group (IRTG 1457) "Adaptive Minds", Saarland University, Germany
Master Studies (M.Sc.) in Psychology (with a focus on Cognitive Psychology), University of Mannheim, Germany
Research intern at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Behavioral Neuroscience Division, Melbourne, Australia
Student and research assistant at the Chair for Cognition and Individual Differences, Department of Psychology, University of Mannheim, Germany
Semester Abroad, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia
Undergraduate Studies (B.Sc.) in Psychology, University of Mannheim, Germany
Intern at the University Medical Center Bonn, Clinic for Epileptology, Department of Neuropsychology, Bonn, Germany
Research intern at the Chair for Cognition and Individual Differences, Department of Psychology, University of Mannheim, Germany

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Bücher und Broschüren

  • Zaiser, A.-K. (2020). Fast Mapping: A Rapid Route to the Integration of Novel Associations Into Semantic Memory Networks [Doctoral dissertation]. Saarland University, Germany


Peer-Review

  • Zaiser, A.-K., Bader, R., & Meyer, P. (2022). High feature overlap reveals the importance of anterior and medial temporal lobe structures for learning by means of fast mapping. Cortex, 146, 74-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.07.017
  • Zaiser, A.-K., Meyer, P., & Bader, R. (2021). High feature overlap and incidental encoding drive rapid semantic integration in the fast mapping paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001070
  • Brandt, M., Aßfalg, A., Zaiser, A.-K., & Bernstein, D. (2020). A computational approach to the revelation effect. Journal of Memory and Language, 112, 104091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2020.104091
  • Zaiser, A.-K., Meyer, P., & Bader, R. (2019). Evidence for fast mapping in adults – moderating factors yet need to be identified [Commentary on the paper “Little evidence for fast mapping (FM) in adults: A review and discussion” by E. Cooper, A. Greve, & R. N. Henson]. Cognitive Neuroscience, 10, 232-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2019.1605986
  • Brandt, M., Zaiser, A.-K., & Schnürch, M. (2018). Homogeneity of item material boosts the list length effect in recognition memory: A global matching perspective. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45, 834-850. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000594


Non Peer-Review

  • Zaiser, A.-K., Bader, R., & Meyer, P. (2022). High feature overlap reveals the importance of anterior and medial temporal lobe structures for learning by means of fast mapping [Experiment script, Data set, and Analyses code]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/R6E4C
  • Zaiser, A.-K., Bader, R., & Meyer, P. (2020, preprint). High feature overlap reveals the importance of anterior and medial temporal lobe structures for learning by means of fast mapping. bioRxiv, 2020.08.06.240697. doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.06.240697
  • Zaiser, A.-K., Meyer, P., & Bader, R. (2019, preprint). Feature overlap modulates rapid semantic but not lexical integration of novel associations by means of fast mapping. BioRxiv, 594218. doi.org/10.1101/594218 
  • Brandt, M., Aßfalg, A., Zaiser, A.-K., & Bernstein, D. M. (2019). A computational approach to the revelation effect [Data set]. https://osf.io/khgd7


Konferenzbeiträge und Vorträge

Conference Contributions:

  • Meyer, P. & Zaiser, A.-K. (2023, March). SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with impairments in hippocampus-supported memory operations. Talk at the 3rd Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory: The Recollection, Familiarity, and Novelty Detection Conference in Liège, Belgium.
  • Zaiser, A.-K., Bader, R., & Meyer, P. (2023, March). Associations Acquired Through Fast Mapping Evoke an N400 Semantic Priming Effect When Feature Overlap is High. Poster presented at the 3rd Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory: The Recollection, Familiarity, and Novelty Detection Conference in Liège, Belgium.
  • Festag, L., Zaiser, A.-K., Meyer, P., & Bader, R. (2023, March). Associations acquired by means of fast mapping are less flexible when critical preconditions are fulfilled. Poster presented at the 3rd Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory: The Recollection, Familiarity, and Novelty Detection Conference in Liège, Belgium.
  • Meyer, P., Zaiser, A.-K., & Bader, R. (2019, October). High feature overlap reveals the importance of anterior and medial temporal lobe structures for learning by means of fast mapping. Talk at the Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory: Recollection, Familiarity, and Novelty Detection in Liège, Belgium.
  • Zaiser, A.-K., Bader, R., & Meyer, P. (2019, March). Degree of feature overlap modulates subsequent memory effects in medial and anterior temporal lobe structures in the fast mapping paradigm. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) in San Francisco, USA.
  • Zaiser, A.-K., Meyer, P., Mecklinger, A., & Bader, R. (2017, August). Rapid integration of novel associations by means of fast mapping – the role of feature overlap. Poster presented at the 13th International Conference for Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON) in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Brandt, M., Heck, L., Zaiser, A.-K., Prager, J., & Arenth, N. (2016, March). A new global matching explanation for the revelation effect. Talk (presented by M.B.) at the 58th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen [Conference of Experimental Psychologists] in Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Zaiser, A.-K., & Brandt, M. (2013, March). List length effect in recognition memory – the role of intra- and inter-list interference. Poster presented at the 55th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen [Conference of Experimental Psychologists] in Vienna, Austria.
  • Zaiser, A.-K., Roock, A., & Brandt, M. (2012, April). Local or global matching in memory? List strength effect in recognition tasks. Poster presented at the 54th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen [Conference of Experimental Psychologists] in Mannheim, Germany.

Invited Talks:

  • CogniCovid19: Investigating Cognitive Impairments after SARS-CoV-2 Infection (2022, October). The Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, Toronto, Canada. Invited by Prof. Dr. Asaf Gilboa
  • Feature Overlap Moderates Rapid Semantic Integration of Novel Associations by Means of Fast Mapping (2019, March). The Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, Toronto, Canada. Invited by Prof. Dr. Asaf Gilboa
  • Feature Overlap Moderates Rapid Semantic Integration of Novel Associations by Means of Fast Mapping – The Relevance of Medial and Anterior Temporal Processing (2019, March). The Brain and Mind Institute/University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. Invited by Prof. Dr. Stefan Köhler