Dr. Julia Anuschka Meßmer

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Dr. Julia Anuschka Meßmer

Universität des Saarlandes
FR Psychologie

Campus A2 4
D-66123 Saarbrücken

Raum 2.14
Telefon (+49) 681/ 302 6585

julia.messmer(at)uni-saarland.de

 

 

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”

Teaching

  • SS2021: Modul Kognition, Lernen und Entwicklung I, „Analyse von Lehr-, Lern- und Arbeitswelten“, with Dr. Gerrit Höltje
  • SS2022: Vertiefungsseminar „Plastizität, Lernen und Gedächtnis“, M.Sc. Psychologie
  • SS2023: Vertiefungsseminar „Plastizität, Lernen und Gedächtnis“, M.Sc. Psychologie
  • SS2024: TD2: "EKPs in der klinischen Forschung“, M.Sc. Psychologie

 

 

Publications

Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)

2024

Meßmer, J.A., Bader, R. & Mecklinger, A. (2024). Schema-Congruency Supports the Formation of Unitized Representations. Evidence From Event-Related Potentials. Neuropsychologia, 108782.

 

2021

Meßmer, J.A., Bader, R. & Mecklinger, A. (2021). The more you know: Schema-congruency supports associative encoding of novel compound words. Evidence from event-related potentials. Brain and Cognition. 155, 105813.

2020

Meßmer, J. A., Weigl, M., Li, J., & Mecklinger, A. (2020). May the source be with you! Electrophysiological correlates of retrieval orientation are associated with source memory performance. Brain and Cognition, 146.

 

Conference Contributions

Meßmer, J. A., Weigl, M., & Mecklinger, A. (2020, März 22). May the source be with you: Electrophysiological evidence for the beneficial effects of retrieval orientations on performance in a source memory task [Poster presentation]. TeaP 2020 – Abstracts of the 62nd Conference of Experimental Psychologists. 62nd Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Jena, Germany.


Meßmer, J. A., Bader, R. & Mecklinger, A. (2022). The more you know: Schema-congruency supports familiarity-based retrieval of novel compound words. Evidence from event-related potentials [Talk as part of Symposium]. TeaP 2022 – 64th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Cologne, Germany.