Robert Hepach

Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany

 

Research interests

• Cooperation
• Motivation
• Pupil Dilation

 

Curriculum Vitae

2010-2013	PhD in Psychology (Dr. rer. nat.) Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig University of Leipzig
2008-2009	M.Res. in Psychology Oxford Brookes University
2005-2007	B.Sc. in Psychology University of Konstanz

 

Ad hoc reviewer

Cognition, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Infancy, British Journal of Developmental Psychology, Social Development

 

Publications

Hepach, R. & Westermann, G. (2013). Infants' sensitivity to the congruence of others' emotions and actions. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 115(1):16-29. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.12.013.

Hepach, R., Vaish, A., & Tomasello, M. (2013). A new look at children’s prosocial motivation. Infancy, 18(1), 67-90.  doi: 10.1111/j.1532-7078.201- 2.00130.x

Hepach, R., Vaish, A., & Tomasello, M. (2012, August 13). Young children sympathize less in response to unjustified emotional distress. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0029501

Hepach, R., Vaish, A., & Tomasello, M. (2012). Young children are intrinsically motivated to see others helped. Psychological Science, 23(9), 967-972.

Hepach, R., Kliemann, D., Grüneisen, S., Heekeren, H. R., & Dziobek, I. (2011). Conceptualizing emotions along the dimensions of valence, arousal and communicative frequency - Implications for social-cognitive test and training tools. Frontiers in Psychology 2.