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Anne Gast is a Professor and head of an Emmy Noether Group at the Department of Psychology within the Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Cologne. She serves as an Associated Investigator and Cluster member since 2019, and is part of the DFG Research Unit: Relativity in Social Cognition.
Her research focuses on Behavioral Foundations with primary emphasis on evaluative conditioning, attitudes formation, learning mechanisms, memory processes, social cognition, implicit measures, implicit processes, and gender-related psychological phenomena. Her work bridges fundamental psychological principles with real-world applications in social behavior and decision-making.
Dr. Gast's publication record demonstrates her engagement with pressing societal issues, as evidenced by her 2020 PNAS paper addressing coronavirus misperceptions and social distancing support. Her research trends show a consistent focus on how implicit cognitive processes shape social attitudes and behaviors, with particular attention to measurement methodologies for unconscious mental processes.
As head of an Emmy Noether Group, she leads significant research initiatives funded through Germany's prestigious research support programs. Her academic trajectory shows a strong commitment to advancing psychological science through rigorous empirical investigation of fundamental cognitive and social processes.
Her laboratory work centers on experimental approaches to understanding how people form and change attitudes, with particular expertise in implicit measurement techniques. She actively contributes to the broader research community through her involvement with the DFG Research Unit on Relativity in Social Cognition, examining how contextual factors influence social judgment and decision-making.
