Skip to content
CIFAR header logo
fr
menu_mobile_logo_alt
  • Our Impact
    • Why CIFAR?
    • Impact Clusters
    • News
    • CIFAR Strategy
    • Nurturing a Resilient Earth
    • AI Impact
    • Donor Impact
    • CIFAR 40
  • Events
    • Public Events
    • Invitation-only Meetings
  • Programs
    • Research Programs
    • Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
    • Next Generation Initiatives
  • People
    • Fellows & Advisors
    • CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars
    • Canada CIFAR AI Chairs
    • AI Strategy Leadership
    • Solution Network Members
    • Leadership
    • Staff Directory
  • Support Us
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Awards
    • Partnerships
    • Publications & Reports
    • Careers
    • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
    • Statement on Institutional Neutrality
    • Research Security
  • fr
  • Home
  • Bio

Follow Us

post_content

Ulman Lindenberger

Appointment

Advisor

Child & Brain Development

Connect

Website

About

Ulman Lindenberger is a developmental psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist interested in the behavioral and neural aspects of plasticity across the lifespan.

He also studies age changes in brain-behavior relations, lifespan developmental theory, and multivariate developmental methodology. Lindenberger is the Director of the Center for Lifespan Psychology at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. Together with Ray Dolan, he also directs the Max Planck University College London Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, located in London and Berlin.

Awards

  • Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy, 2015-2016
  • Mentoring Award, Division of Developmental Psychology, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, 2011
  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 2010
  • Fellow, Association for Psychological Science, 2010
  • Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 20, 2009

Relevant Publications

  • Schneider, W., & Lindenberger, U. (Eds.). (2018). Entwicklungspsychologie: Developmental Psychology. (8th compl. rev. ed.). Weinheim: Beltz.

  • Staudinger, U. M., & Lindenberger, U. (Eds.) (2003). Understanding human development: Dialogues with lifespan psychology. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

  • Tucker-Drob, E. M., Brandmaier, A. M., & Lindenberger, U. (2019). Coupled cognitive changes in adulthood: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, Advanced online publication. doi:10.1037/bul0000179

  • Lindenberger, U. (2014). Human cognitive aging: Corriger la fortune? Science, 346(6209), 572– 578. DOI: 10.1126/science.1254403

  • Freund, J., Brandmaier, A. M., Lewejohann, L., Kirste, I., et al. (2013). Emergence of individuality in genetically identical mice. Science, 340(6133), 756–759. doi:10.1126/science.1235294

Institution

Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Department

Center for Lifespan Psychology And Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research

Education

  • PhD, Free University of Berlin
  • MA (Psychology), Technical University of Berlin

Country

Germany

Support Us

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) is a globally influential research organization proudly based in Canada. We mobilize the world’s most brilliant people across disciplines and at all career stages to advance transformative knowledge and solve humanity’s biggest problems, together. We are supported by the governments of Canada, Alberta and Québec, as well as Canadian and international foundations, individuals, corporations and partner organizations.

Donate Now
CIFAR footer logo

MaRS Centre, West Tower
661 University Ave., Suite 505
Toronto, ON M5G 1M1 Canada

Contact Us
Media
Careers
Accessibility Policies
Supporters
Financial Reports
Subscribe

  • © Copyright 2025 CIFAR. All Rights Reserved.
  • Charitable Registration Number: 11921 9251 RR0001
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • Sitemap

Subscribe

Stay up to date on news & ideas from CIFAR.

Fields marked with an * are required

Je préfère m’inscrire en français (cliquez ici).


Subscribe to our CIFAR newsletters: *

You can unsubscribe from these communications at any time. View our privacy policy.


As a subscriber you will also receive a digital copy of REACH, our annual magazine which highlights our researchers and their breakthroughs with long-form features, interviews and illustrations.


Please provide additional information if you would like to receive a print edition of REACH.


This website stores cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to collect information about how you interact with our website and allow us to remember you. We use this information in order to improve and customize your browsing experience and for analytics and metrics about our visitors both on this website and other media. To find out more about the cookies we use, see our Privacy Policy.
Accept Learn more

Notifications