Sina Alexandra Schwarze

External LIFE Fellow from 2021 to 2023, MPI for Human Development

Dr. rer. nat.

Dissertation Defended at Freie Universität Berlin in May 2024

The Development of Flexible Behavior: Age Differences and Training-Related Changes in Activation, Connectivity, and Neural Representations During Task Switching

(Advisors: Yana Fandakova & Ulman Lindenberger)

Selected Publications

Schwarze, S. A., Fandakova, Y., & Lindenberger, U. (2024). Cognitive flexibility across the lifespan: Developmental differences in the neural basis of sustained and transient control processes during task switching. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 58, Article 101395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101395

Schwarze, S. A., Laube, C. Khosravani, N., Lindenberger, U., Bunge, S. A., & Fandakova, Y. (2023). Does prefrontal connectivity during task switching help or hinder children’s performance? Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 60, Article 101217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101217

Schwarze, S. A., Poppa, C., Gawronska, S. M., & Fandakova, Y. (2021). The more, the merrier? What happens in your brain when you are multitasking? Frontiers for Young Minds, 9, Article 584481. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2021.584481