Michaela Meier

Dr. Michaela Meier is a University Assistant with Doctorate in the Department of Giftedness Research at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria. She has held this position since 2023, following her role as a University Assistant without doctorate from 2018 to 2022 at the same institution. Her work focuses on understanding individual differences in mathematical ability, expertise development in mathematics, and the interplay between cognitive abilities and mathematical learning.

Her primary research interests include:

• Individual differences in mathematical ability and successful mathematical learning
• Expertise research in mathematics
• Mathematical creativity
• Individual differences in general cognitive abilities (intelligence, creativity)

Dr. Meier's scholarly work demonstrates a consistent focus on understanding the cognitive mechanisms underlying mathematical expertise and creativity. Her publications reveal a trajectory from foundational research on mathematical abilities to more complex investigations of expertise development and the interplay between cognitive abilities and mathematical performance. She has made significant contributions to understanding how domain-specific knowledge influences memory and creativity in mathematical contexts, and how intelligence and creativity interact in mathematical learning processes. Her work spans cognitive psychology, educational psychology, and neuroscience approaches to mathematical cognition.

Her research has been recognized with the 2023 NAWI Visiting Award, which supported a two-month research stay at Michigan State University in the Expertise Lab of D. Zach Hambrick. This award highlights the international recognition of her work in expertise research.

Dr. Meier's scholarly contributions span multiple disciplines:

• Giftedness Research (503003)
• Differential Psychology (501004)
• Cognitive Psychology (501011)
• Brain research (301401)