Ben Eppinger

Prof. Dr. Ben Eppinger is a faculty member at the Institute of Psychology, University of Greifswald, holding the Chair of Developmental and Educational Psychology since May 2022. He has previously held academic positions at Concordia University (Associate Professor, 2016–2022), TU Dresden (Assistant Professor, 2013–2016), and research roles at Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Max Planck Institute for Human Development.

Education:

• PhD in Psychology, Saarland University (2007)
• Diploma in Psychology, Saarland University (2004)

Research Focus: Ben Eppinger investigates developmental differences in learning, decision-making, and social behavior across the human lifespan, integrating experimental, computational, and neuroscience methods to develop neurobiologically plausible theories. His work aims to inform evidence-based interventions in education and health sectors.

Publication Trends: His recent studies focus on lifespan cognitive aging, state space representation, reinforcement learning, and biases in body perception. These works highlight age-related changes in neurocognitive flexibility and computational mechanisms underlying decision-making.

Awards:

• Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in cognitive neuroscience of decision-making in healthy aging (2017–2022)

Labs & Teams: He leads the Lifespan & Decision-Making Lab (LDMlab), collaborating with researchers like Dr. Julia Rodriguez Buritica and Dr. Artur Ammalainen on interdisciplinary projects linking psychology and neuroscience.