Dr. Julia Anuschka Meßmer

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

I am particularly interested in the neurocognitive processes underlying schema-based learning and later retrieval. Here, I am eager to learn more about additional factors playing a role in schema-based learning, as well as about the characteristics of the memory representations formed under the influence of a congruent schema. I mainly use event-related potentials (ERPs) to address those questions.

Education

• 2018-2024: Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat) in Psychology, Saarland University. Thesis: A functional perspective on schema-based learning and recognition of novel word associations

• 2012-2015: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Psychology, Saarland University

• 2015-2017: Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Psychology, Saarland University

Career

• 2014: Research intern, Cognition and Action Group, General Psychology and Methodology Unit, Saarland University

• 2014-2017: Student research assistant, Cognition and Action Group, General Psychology and Methodology Unit, Saarland University

• 2015: Intern, Deutsche Hochschule für Prävention und Gesundheitsmanagement (DHfPG), Saarbrücken

• 2017: Research intern, Experimental Neuropsychology Unit, Saarland University

• Nov. 2017 – Aug. 2018: Research associate, Experimental Neuropsychology Unit, Saarland University

• Aug. 2018 – July 2023: Research associate in project A6 (Sonderforschungsbereich 1102): „The role of Semantic Surprisal for Memory Formation and Retrieval”

• Sept. 2022: 2-weeks summer school “Cognitive Neuroscience Skills Training in Cambridge (COGNESTIC)”, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge

• Since July 2023: Research associate in project A6 (Sonderforschungsbereich 1102): „Expectancy-based mechanisms during language comprehension and their relation to memory formation and retrieval”