Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Stefanie Höhl

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

2022


Vanoncini, M., Boll-Avetisyan, N., Elsner, B., Hoehl, S., & Kayhan, E. (2022). The role of mother-infant emotional synchrony in speech processing in 9-month-old infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 69, Article 101772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2022.101772

Kayhan, E., Nguyen, T., Matthes, D., Langeloh, M., Michel, C., Jiang, J., & Hoehl, S. (2022). Interpersonal neural synchrony when predicting others’ actions during a game of rock-paper-scissors. Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group), 12(1), Article 12967 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16956-z

Menn, K. H., Michel, C., Meyer, L., Hoehl, S., & Männel, C. (2022). Natural Infant-Directed Speech Facilitates Neural Tracking of Prosody. NeuroImage, 251, Article 118991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.118991