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Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology
Research associate in developmental psychology

Sarah Maria Witt, M.Sc.

Main areas of work

  • Theory of Mind
  • Ingroup-outgroup differentiation

Office hours

Current by arrangement

More information

  • since 11/2015: Research Associate

    • Institute of Psychology (Deparment of Developmental Psychology, Prof. Dr. Zmyj) TU Dortmund University

  • 09/2015: Master of Science "Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience".

    • Ruhr University Bochum

  • 02/2014 - 07/2015: Research Assistant

    • St. Josef-Hospital Bochum; Clinic for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

  • 09/2013: Bachelor of Science "Psychology

    • Ruhr-University Bochum

  • 06/2013 - 02/2014: Student Assistant

    • Research Group Applied Social and Developmental Psychology Ruhr-University Bochum

  • 10/2010 - 09/2015: Studies of Psychology

    • Ruhr-University Bochum

Articles in journals with reviewer system

  • Witt, S., Weitkämper, A, Neumann, H., Lücke, T., & Zmyj, N. (2018). Delayed theory of mind development in children born preterm: A longitudinal study. Early Human Development, 127, 85-89. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.10.005

  • Zmyj, N.*, Witt, S.*, Weitkämper, A., Neumann, H., & Lücke, T. (2017). Social cognition in children born preterm: A perspective on future research directions. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 455. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00455 *shared first authorship.

since 2017 magazine co-editor

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