Curriculum Vitae Marlene Meyer

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1 Personal data: Marlene Meyer born 08 November 1984, in Muenster, Germany Education Bachelor s degree University: University of Osnabrück Faculty/ discipline: Cognitive Science City and Country: Osnabrück, Germany Period: 2004 until 2007 Date Bachelor s degree: October 2007 Grade average: very good (B) Study abroad (within Bachelor study) University: University of Trento Faculty/ discipline: Cognitive Science (Faculty in Rovereto) City and Country: Trento, Italy Period: September 2006 until February 2007 Master s degree Faculty/ discipline: research Master Cognitive Neuroscience Track specialization: Action, Perception, Consciousness Period: 2007 until 2009 Date Master s degree: September 2009 Degree: cum laude PhD project University: Radboud University Nijmegen Faculty/discipline: Donders Centre for Cognition Title of Research Project: Joint actions in early childhood: Behavioural development and underlying neurocognitive changes Start of PhD project: October 2009 End of PhD project: August 2013 (expected date: PhD thesis submitted) Supervisor & Promotor: dr. Sabine Hunnius & Prof. dr. Harold Bekkering Scientific expertise Disciplines Keywords Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroimaging, Cognitive Development. developmental cognitive neuroscience, social-cognitive development, joint action, EEG, eye-tracking Scholarship/funding PhD Scholarship: 4-year scholarship awarded in the Cognitive Neuroscience TOPtalent Competition (~ euros)

2 Travel grants: The Developing Brain: Perspectives from typical and atypical Development in Granada, Spain, September , Travel Bursary (500 euros) Mirror Neurons: New Frontiers 20 Years after their Discovery in Erice, Italy, August 31- September 6, 2012, Lifelong Learning program 2012/2013, staff training (~880 euros) 2010 International Conference on Infant Studies, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, March 10-14, 2010, Radboud Internationalization Fund: International Mobility Grant (~1300 euros) 2011 SRCD Biennial Meeting - Society for Research in Child Development, in Montreal, Canada, March 31 - April 2, 2011 Radboud Internationalization Fund: International Mobility Grant (~1100 euros)

3 List of publications and conference participation: Papers (published) Meyer, M., Bekkering, H., Paulus, M., & Hunnius, S. (2010). Joint action coordination in 2½and 3-year-old children. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 4, 220. Meyer, M., Hunnius, S., van Elk, M., van Ede, F., & Bekkering, H. (2011). Joint action modulates motor system involvement during action observation in 3-year-olds. Experimental Brain Research, 211, Meyer, M., van der Wel, R., & Hunnius, S. (accepted). Higher-order action planning for individual and joint object manipulations. Papers (in preparation) Meyer, M., Bekkering, H., Janssen, D. J. C., de Bruijn, E. R. A., & Hunnius, S. (in prep). Neural correlates of feedback monitoring in toddlers. Meyer, M., Bekkering, H., Haartsen, R., & Hunnius, S. (in prep). The role of action planning and control in young children s joint action coordination. Meyer, M., Sebanz, N., & Hunnius, S. (in prep). The Social Simon effect in preschoolers: Young children s sensibility to a social partner. Janssen, D. J. C., Bekkering, H., Meyer, M., & Hunnius, S. (in prep). The electrophysiological correlate of mismatch between perceptual events, action outcomes and their internal representations in the medial prefrontal cortex. Stapel, J. C., Hunnius, S., Meyer, M., & Bekkering, H. (in prep). Action prediction in infants benefits from action experience. Krause, F., Meyer, M., Bekkering, H., Hunnius, S., & Lindemann, O. (in prep). Is 15 heavier than 3 : Sensorimotor grounding of numerical concepts in toddlers. Hunnius, S., Meyer, M., Mandell, D. J., & Bekkering, H., (in prep). Action simulation facilitates categorization learning in infants. Paper presentations (talks) International Conference on Infant Studies, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, March 10-14, 2010 Title: Let s do it together: The development of joint action understanding Authors: Marlene Meyer, Sabine Hunnius, Markus Paulus, & Harold Bekkering Workshop on New Perspectives on Joint Action and Task Sharing, at Max Plank Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany, 8-9 September 2010 Title: Development of joint action coordination in early childhood Authors: Marlene Meyer, Harold Bekkering, Markus Paulus, & Sabine Hunnius SRCD Biennial Meeting - Society for Research in Child Development, in Montreal, Canada, March 31 - April 2, 2011 Title: Neurocognitive mechanisms of joint action in 3-year-old children 2012 Novel Methods in Developmental Research Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, October 1-2, 2012 Title: Neural Underpinnings of Feedback Monitoring in Toddlers

4 Authors: Marlene Meyer, Hunnius Denise Janssen, Ellen R.A. de Bruijn, Harold Bekkering, & Sabine SRCD Biennial Meeting - Society for Research in Child Development, in Seattle, USA, April, 2013 Title: Control Yourself to Play Together: Executive Function Skills and Neural Correlates Involved in Collaborative Activity in Toddlers Authors: Marlene Meyer, Sarah Gerson, Harold Bekkering & Sabine Hunnius Poster presentations th Dutch Endo-Neuro-Psycho meeting (ENP) in Doorwerth, The Netherlands, 3-5 June 2009 Title: Development of joint action during early childhood Authors: Marlene Meyer, Sabine Hunnius, Markus Paulus, Michiel van Elk, & Harold Bekkering 3 rd JAM (joint action meeting) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 27-29, 2009 Title: The development of temporal coordination in joint and single actions Authors: Marlene Meyer, Sabine Hunnius, Markus Paulus, & Harold Bekkering 12th NVP Winter Conference on Cognition, Brain, and Behaviour in Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, December 18 & Title: Development of joint action coordination in early childhood Authors: Marlene Meyer, Sabine Hunnius, Markus Paulus, Michiel van Elk, & Harold Bekkering th FENS (Forum of European Neuroscience) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 3-7, 2010 Title: Anticipatory brain processes and the development of joint action coordination in young children Authors: Marlene Meyer, Sabine Hunnius, Michiel van Elk, & Harold Bekkering th JAM (Joint Action Meeting) in Vienna Austria, July 7-9, 2011 Title: Joint action modulates motor system involvement during action observation in 3-year-olds The Developing Brain: Perspectives from typical and atypical Development in Granada, Spain, September Title: Observing the joint action partner play: Joint action modulates motor system involvement in 3-year-olds 2011 SRCD Biennial Meeting - Society for Research in Child Development, in Montreal, Canada, March 31 - April 2, 2011 Title: Does an action observation context facilitate categorization learning in infants? Authors: Marlene Meyer, Sabine Hunnius, Dorothy J. Mandell, Jannes Dust, Alexander Fraikin, & Harold Bekkering 13th NVP Winter Conference on Cognition, Brain, and Behaviour in Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, December 16 & Title: Joint action modulates motor system involvement during action observation in 3-year-olds 2012 BCCCD Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development in Budapest, Hungary, January 12-14, 2012 Title: Neural underpinnings of feedback monitoring in toddlers Authors: Marlene Meyer, Denise Janssen, Ellen R.A. de Bruijn, Sabine Hunnius, & Harold Bekkering

5 Development of Executive Functions Workshop in Utrecht, The Netherlands, April 19 & 20, 2012 Title: The role of action prediction and control in young children s joint action coordination Authors: Marlene Meyer, Sabine Hunnius, Rianne Haartsen, & Harold Bekkering Special Note: 2 nd poster award 2012 International Conference on Infant Studies, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, June 7-9, 2012 Title: Neural Underpinnings of Feedback Monitoring in Toddlers Authors: Marlene Meyer, Sabine Hunnius, Denise Janssen, Ellen R.A. de Bruijn, & Harold Bekkering Mirror Neurons: New Frontiers 20 Years after their Discovery in Erice, Italy, August 31- September 6, 2012 Title: Joint actions in early childhood: Behavioural development and underlying neurocognitive changes Authors: Marlene Meyer, Sabine Hunnius, & Harold Bekkering SRCD Biennial Meeting - Society for Research in Child Development, in Seattle, USA, April, 2013 Title: Monitoring others errors: An EEG study with 8-month-old infants Authors: Marlene Meyer, Harold Bekkering, Ricarda Braukmann, Janny Stapel, & Sabine Hunnius

6 Teaching Lectures & Seminars 2011 Lecture in MA-course Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2010 Tutorial in BA-course Psychology & Practice 2010 Tutorial in BA-course Perception, Action & Development 2011 Tutorial in BA-course Perception, Action & Development 2011 Tutorial in BA-course Introduction to the brain 2012 Tutorial in BA-course Introduction to the brain Supervision of students Bachelor students Rianne Haartsen [honours student], Radboud University Nijmegen, Psychology (2011/2012) Bram Wijnbergen, Radboud University Nijmegen, Psychology (2011) Estelle Tonk, Radboud University Nijmegen, Psychology (2011) Loes Kellendonk, Radboud University Nijmegen, Psychology (2011) Christina Sieben, Radboud University Nijmegen, Psychology (2011) Kim Harpe, Radboud University Nijmegen, Psychology (2011) Ashley Nijland, Radboud University Nijmegen, Psychology (2011) Julia Paschke, Radboud University Nijmegen, Psychology (2011) Charlotte Kleinebrahm, Radboud University Nijmegen, Psychology (2011) Master students Denise Janssen, Radboud University Nijmegen, Cognitive Neuroscience (2011/2012) Ricarda Braukmann, Radboud University Nijmegen, Cognitive Neuroscience (2011/2012) Academic activities Reviewer for Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Brain Research Developmental Psychology Experimental Brain Research Cerebral Cortex 2006/2007 board member of student-run scientific journal called Nijmegen CNS. Memberships SRCD - Society for Research in Child Development ISIS International Society for Infant Studies CSS - Cognitive Science Society Ongoing international collaborations - Natalie Sebanz, Central European University, Department of Cognitive Science, Budapest, Hungary [Project: The Social Simon Effect in Preschoolers] - Robrecht van der Wel, Rutgers University, Deparment of Psychology, Camden, US [Project: Higher-order action planning for individual and joint object manipulations] - Markus Paulus, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Department of Psychology, Munich, Germany [Project: Goal and effect dissociation in infancy]

7 Societal Relevance Organization committee Research afternoon, LUX Nijmegen 2011 The baby brain Brain Awareness Week Nijmegen 2012 Donders Institute open day; A look into the baby brain Television appearance VPRO: Pavlov, warom ben ik zo, 2010