CURRICULUM VITAE
NATALIE C. EBNER, Ph.D.
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
P.O. BOX 112250
GAINESVILLE, FL 32611, USA
PHONE: (1) 203-691-0371
EMAIL: natalie.ebner@ufl.edu
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
2005
Dr. phil. (equivalent to Ph.D.), Psychology (summa cum laude)
Free University Berlin, Germany
2001
Diploma (equivalent to M.A.), Psychology
Free University Berlin, Germany
1998
Pre-Diploma (equivalent to B.S.), Psychology
Free University Berlin, Germany
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2011-present
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
2013-present
Adjunct Faculty (joint appointment) at Cognitive Aging and Memory Clinical
Translational Research Program (CAM-CTRP)
Institute on Aging
Department of Aging & Geriatric Research
College of Medicine
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
2013-2015
Junior Scholar in Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Institute on Aging
Department of Aging & Geriatric Research
College of Medicine
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
2010-2011
Associate Research Scientist
Department of Psychology
Yale University, New Haven, USA
2007-2010
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Psychology
Yale University, New Haven, USA
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2004-2007
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Center for Lifespan Psychology
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
2001-2004
Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Center for Lifespan Psychology
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
Fellow in graduate program Neuropsychiatry and Psychology of Aging
Free University Berlin, Germany
Fellow in International Max Planck Research School: The Life Course:
Evolutionary and Ontogenetic Dynamics (LIFE)
Free University Berlin, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Human Development,
Berlin, Germany, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, and University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
1999-2001
Research Assistant
Center for Lifespan Psychology
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
1998-1999
Research Assistant
Department of Psychology
Free University Berlin, Germany
1999
Clinical Internship
Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics, San Francisco, USA
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
2015-present
Kavli Fellow National Academy of Sciences
2015
Invited to participate as speaker and co-chair in a session for the National Academy
of Sciences’ 27th annual Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium
2015-2016
Research Grant: Enhanced Operating System Level User Profile Extraction
Role: PI (co-PIs: Oliveira, Matthews, Porada, Schult)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory
$88,000
2015-2019
Research Grant: Developer Crowdsourcing: Capturing, Understanding, and
Addressing Security-related Blind Spots in APIs
Role: PI (co-PIs: Brun, Cappos, Oliveira, Zhuang)
National Science Foundation SaTC Medium
$1,185,930
2015-2017
Research Grant: Effects of Gardening Activities on Brain Activation and Health in
Women
Role: co-I (PI: Guy)
National Foliage Foundation
$13,065
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2014
International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE) Outstanding
Alumni Award (APA Board of Educational Affairs Award to Advance
Interdisciplinary Education and Training in Psychology)
2014-2016
Research Grant: Age-Targeted Automated Security Cueing Against Web-Based
Social Engineering Attacks
Role: PI (co-PI: Oliveira)
National Science Foundation SaTC EAGERs NSF 13-037
$245,497
2014-2015
Research Grant: Improving Emotional Dysregulation in Advanced Age: A
Neurofeedback Approach
Role: PI
Cognitive Aging and Memory Clinical Translational Research Program (CAMCTRP) & University of Florida Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence
Center (sponsored by NIH/NIA)
$15,000
2014-2015
Research Grant: The Role of Oxytocin in Prosocial Decision Making in Aging
Across Humans and Monkeys
Role: PI (co-PI: Chang)
Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging (SRNDNA;
sponsored by NIH/NIA)
$32,624
2014
Conference Travel Award: Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience
and Aging Translational Workshop
Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging (SRNDNA;
sponsored by NIH/NIA)
2014
Conference Travel Award: Lifespan Approach to Affective Science Questions
(Preconference of inaugural conference Society for Affective Science)
NIH/NIA
2013-2017
Research Grant: Neurobehavioral and Emotional Deficits in Male and Female
Alcoholics
Role: co-I (PI: Nixon)
NIH/NIAAA (1R01AA022456-01)
$1,600,000
2013-2017
Research Grant: Effects of Oxytocin on Socioemotional Aging: Studies on Brain
Function and Behavior
Role: PI (co-PI: Fischer)
Swedish Research Council
$480,000
2013-2016
Research Grant: Effects of Oxytocin on Physical and Cognitive Functioning in the
Elders
Role: PI
University of Florida Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
(sponsored by NIH/NIA)
$65,000
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2013-2014
Brain Initiative Program Development Award: Improving Neural Dysregulation in
Advanced Age: A Neurofeedback Approach
Role: PI
University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute
$1,000
2013
Instrumentation Grant: Acquiring Human Whole-Brain Phosphorous Magnetic
Resonance Imaging Capabilities in the McKnight Brain Institute
Role: co-I (PI: Woods)
University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute
$59,000
2013-2014
Research Grant: Effects of Oxytocin on Health-Related Decision Making in Aging
Role: PI
Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging (SRNDNA;
sponsored by NIH/NIA)
$29,800
2013
Open Access Publishing Fund: Oxytocin and Socioemotional Aging – Current
Knowledge and Future Trends
University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries Women’s Health/Sex &
Gender Differences in Health
$1,023
2013
Conference Travel Award: Mechanisms of Motivation, Cognition, and Aging
Interactions
Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging (SRNDNA;
sponsored by NIH/NIA)
2012-2013
Research Grant: Neuro-Behavioral Effects of Oxytocin on Decisions of Trust in
Aging
Role: PI
University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI; sponsored
by NIH/NCATS)
$20,000
2011
Research Grant: Neural Mechanisms of Social Memory in Young and Older Adults
Role: PI
University of Florida, Department of Psychology, 2011 Michael L. & Judith D.
Woodruff
$6,000
2010
Conference Travel Award: Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology
German Academic Exchange Service, Germany
2009
Conference Travel Award: Annual Meeting of Association for Psychological
Science
German Academic Exchange Service, Germany
2008
Conference Travel Award: Cognitive Aging Conference
German Science Foundation, Germany
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2007
Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Motivational Orientation in Adulthood
German Science Foundation, Germany
2006
Conference Travel Award: Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology
German Science Foundation, Germany
2006
Research Award: Heinz-Heckhausen-Jungwissenschaftlerpreis (Young Research
Scientist Award)
German Psychological Association, Germany
2005
Research Award: Poster Award Developmental Psychology of the German
Psychological Association
German Psychological Association, Germany
2004
Research Award: Graduate Student Poster Award
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, USA
2004
Conference Travel Award: Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, USA
2003
Research Award: Student Research Award of Division 20 in the American
Psychological Association
American Psychological Association, USA
2002
Workshop Travel Award: Workshop on Scientific Writing
German Psychological Association, Germany
PUBLICATIONS: JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Dark-Freudeman, A. R., Ebner, N. C., & West, R. L. (in press). Psychosocial aspects of aging. In
K. E. Light (Ed.), Geriatric Rehabilitation. F.A. Davis.
Ebner, N. C., Bailey, P. E., Horta, M., Joiner, J., & Chang, S. W. C. (in press). Multidisciplinary
perspective on prosociality in aging. In J. Sommerville & J. Decety (Eds.), Social Cognition, for the
Frontiers in Developmental Science Series (Psychology Press | Taylor and Francis Group).
Anton, S., Woods, A. J., Ashizawa, T., Barb, D, Buford, T. W., Carter, C. S., Clark, D. J., Cohen,
R. A., Corbett, D. B., Cruz-Almeida, Y, Dotson, V., Ebner, N. C., Efron, P. A., Fillingim, R. B.,
Foster, T. C., Gundermann, D. M., Joseph, A.-M., Karabetian, C., Leeuwenburgh, C., Manini, T.
M., Marsiske, M., Mutchie, H. L., Perri, M. G., Ranka, S., Sandesara, B., Scarpace, P. J., Sibille, K.
T., Solberg, L. M., Someya, S.; Uphold, C., Wu, S. S., & Pahor, M. (2015). Successful aging:
Advancing the science of physical independence in older adults. Ageing Research Reviews, 24, 304327. DOI:10.1016/j.arr.2015.09.005
Ebner, N. C., Horta, M., Lin, T., Feifel, D., Fischer, H., & Cohen, R. A. (2015). Oxytocin
modulates meta-mood as a function of age and sex. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 7, 175. DOI:
10.3389/fnagi.2015.00175
Ebner, N. C., Kamin, H., Diaz, V., Cohen, R.A., & MacDonald, K. (2015). Hormones as
"difference makers" in cognitive and socioemotional aging processes. Frontiers in Emotion Science,
5, 1595. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01595
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Henningsson, S., Zettergren, A., Hovey, D., Jonsson, L., Svärd, S., Cortez, D. S., Melke, J., Ebner,
N. C., Laukka, P., Fischer, H., & Westberg, L. (2015). Association between polymorphisms in
NOS3 and KCNH2 and social memory. Frontiers in Neuroscience/Neurogenomics, 9, 393. DOI:
10.3389/fnins.2015.00393
Lin, T., Lendry, R., & Ebner, N. C. (2015). Face likeability mediates the memory-enhancing effect
of face attractiveness in young but not older adults. Memory. DOI:10.1080/09658211.2015.1117109
Sun, R., Bishop, M., Ebner, N. C. , Oliveira, D., & Porter, D. E. (2015). The case for
unpredictability and deception as OS features. ;login:, 40, 12-17
Ebner, N. C., & Fischer, H. (2014a). Studying the various facets of emotional aging: Introduction
to the current Frontiers research topic. Frontiers in Emotion Science, 5, 1007. DOI:
10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01007
Ebner, N. C., & Fischer, H. (2014b). Emotion and aging: Evidence from brain and behavior.
[Research topic] Frontiers in Emotion Science, 5, 996. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00996
Voelkle, M. C., Ebner, N. C., Lindenberger, U., & Riediger, M. (2014). A note on age differences
in mood-congruent versus mood-incongruent information processing in faces. [Research topic]
Frontiers in Emotion Science, 5, 635. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00635
Ebner, N. C., Johnson, M. R., Rieckmann, A., Durbin, K., Johnson, M. K., & Fischer, H. (2013).
Processing own-age vs. other-age faces: Neuro-behavioral correlates and effects of emotion.
NeuroImage, 78, 363-371. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.04.029.
Ebner, N. C., Maura, G., MacDonald, K., Westberg, L., & Fischer, H. (2013). Oxytocin and
socioemotional aging – Current knowledge and future trends. [Research topic] Frontiers in Human
Neuroscience, 7(487), 1-14. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00487
Lovén, J., Svärd, J., Ebner, N. C., Herlitz, A., & Fischer, H., (2013). Face gender modulates
women’s brain activity during face encoding. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. [Epub
ahead of print] DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst073
Voelkle, M. C., Ebner, N. C., Lindenberger, U., & Riediger, M. (2013). Here we go again:
Anticipatory and reactive mood responses to recurring unpleasant situations throughout adulthood.
Emotion, 13(3), 424-433. DOI: 10.1037/a0031351
Ebner, N. C., Johnson, M. K., & Fischer, H. (2012). Neural mechanisms of reading facial emotions
in young and older adults. [Special section] Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience / Emotion
Science, 3, 1-19. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00223
West, R. L., Ebner, N. C., & Hastings, E. C. (2012). Linking goals and aging: Experimental and
life-span approaches. In E. A. Locke & G. P. Latham (Eds.), New developments in goal setting and
task performance (pp. 439-459). London, UK: Routledge Academic
Ebner, N. C., He, Y., Fichtenholtz, H. M., McCarthy, G. & Johnson, M. K., (2011).
Electrophysiological correlates of processing faces of younger and older
individuals. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 6, 526-535. DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq074
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Ebner, N. C., Gluth, S., Johnson, M. R., Raye, C. L., Mitchell, K. M., & Johnson, M. K. (2011).
Medial prefrontal cortex activity when thinking about others depends on their age. [Special issue]
Neurocase, 17, 260-269. DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2010.536953
Ebner, N. C., He, Y., & Johnson, M. K. (2011). Age and emotion affect how we look at a face:
Visual scan patterns differ for own-age versus other-age emotional faces. [Special section]
Cognition & Emotion. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.540817
He, Y., Ebner, N. C., & Johnson, M. K. (2011). What predicts the own-age bias in face recognition
memory? Social Cognition, 29, 97–119.
Riediger, M., Voelkle, M., Ebner, N. C., & Lindenberger, U. (2011). Beyond "happy, angry, or
sad?": Age-of-poser and Age-of-rater effects on multi-dimensional emotion perception. [Special
section] Cognition & Emotion. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.540812
Voelkle, M. C., Ebner, N. C., Lindenberger, U., & Riediger, M. (2011). Let me guess how old you
are: Effects of age, gender, and facial expression on perceptions of age. Psychology & Aging.
Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1037/a0025065
Ebner, N. C., & Johnson, M. K. (2010). Age-group differences in interference from young and
older emotional faces. Cognition & Emotion, 24, 1095–1116. DOI: 10.1080/02699930903128395
Gluth, S., Ebner, N. C., & Schmiedek, F. (2010). Attitudes toward younger and older adults: The
German Aging Semantic Differential. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 34, 147–
158. DOI: 10.1177/0165025409350947
Ebner, N. C., & Freund, A. M. (2009). Annäherungs- vs. Vermeidungsmotivation [Approach vs.
avoidance motivation]. In V. Brandstätter & J. H. Otto (Eds.), Handbuch der Allgemeinen
Psychologie: Motivation und Emotion [Handbook of General Psychology: Motivation and Emotion]
(pp. 72–78). Goettingen: Hogrefe.
Ebner, N. C., & Johnson, M. K. (2009). Young and older emotional faces: Are there age-group
differences in expression identification and memory? Emotion, 9, 329–339. DOI: 10.1037/a0015179
Ebner, N. C., Riediger, M., & Lindenberger, U. (2009). Schema reliance for developmental goals
increases from early to late adulthood: Improvement for the young, loss prevention for the old.
Psychology and Aging, 24, 310–323. DOI: 10.1037/a0015430
Mitchell, K. J., Raye, C. L., Ebner, N. C., Tubridy, S. M., Frankel, H., & Johnson, M. K. (2009).
Age-group differences in medial cortex activity associated with thinking about self-relevant
agendas. Psychology and Aging, 24, 438–449. DOI: 10.1037/a0015181
Ebner, N. C. (2008). Age of face matters: Age-group differences in ratings for young and old faces.
Behavior Research Methods, 40, 130–136. DOI: 10.3758/BRM.40.1.130
Ebner, N. C., & Freund, A. M. (2007). Personality theories of successful aging: The role of goals
and goal-related processes for adaptive development. In J. A. Blackburn & C. N. Dulmus (Eds.),
Handbook of gerontology: Evidence-based approaches to theory, practice, and policy (pp. 87–116).
New York: Wiley & Sons.
Greve, W., & Ebner, N. C. (2007). Intentional self-development—Genetically framed. European
Journal of Developmental Sciences, 1, 82–94.
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Riediger, M., & Ebner, N. C. (2007). A broader perspective on three lifespan theories: Comment to
Boerner and Jopp. Human Development, 50, 196–200. DOI: 10.1159/000103359
Ebner, N. C., Freund, A. M., & Baltes, P. B. (2006). Developmental changes in personal goal
orientation from young to late adulthood: From striving for gains to maintenance and prevention of
losses. Psychology and Aging, 21, 664–678. DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.4.664
Ebner, N. C. (2005). Striving for gains and preventing losses: Multi-method evidence on the
differences in personal goal orientation in early and late adulthood. Doctoral dissertation, Free
University Berlin. <http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/2005/184/index.html>.
Freund, A. M., & Ebner, N. C. (2005). The aging self: Shifting from promoting gains to balancing
losses. In W. Greve, K. Rothermund, & D. Wentura (Eds). The adaptive self: Personal continuity
and intentional self-development (pp. 185–202). Ashland, OH: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.
MANUSCRIPTS IN REVISION & UNDER REVIEW
Anton, S. D., Ebner, N. C., Dzierzewski, J. M., Zlatar, Z. Z., Mutchie, M., Dotson, V., Kirton, J.,
Marsiske, M., & Manini, T. M. (under review). Effects of 90 days of resveratrol supplementation on
cognitive function in older adults.
Chen, H., Zhao, B., Porges, E. C., Cohen, R. A., & Ebner, N. C. (under review). Edgewise and
subgraph level tests for brain networks.
Ebner, N. C., Chen, H., Porges, E., Lin, T., Feifel, D., Fischer, H., & Cohen, R. A. (in revision;
Psychoneuroendocrinology). Oxytocin affects resting connectivity as a function of age and sex.
Ebner, N. C., Maura, G., Luedicke, J., Feifel, D., Carter, S., & Cohen, R. A. (under review). Role
of oxytocin and vasopressin in cognition and socioemotional functioning in young and oder men
and women.
Ebner, N. C., Luedicke, J., Voelkle, M. C., Riediger, M., & Lindenberger, U. (under revision).
Perceptions of facial attractiveness and distinctiveness vary by age, gender, and emotion.
Oliveira D., Ebner, N. C., Rocha H., Weir, D. H., Yang H., & Dommaraj S. (under review). An
age-group analysis of the use of psychological weapons of influence and life domains in spam.
Strickland-Hughes, C., M., West, R. L., Smith, K., A., & Ebner, N. C. (under review). False
feedback and beliefs influence name memory in younger and older adults.
Szymkowicz, S. M., Persson, J., Fischer, H., & Ebner, N. C. (under review). Insula and
hippocampal brain volume predict improved face recognition and facial emotion identification in
older adults.
Tasdemir-Ozdes, A., Strickland-Hughes, C. M., Bluck, B., & Ebner, N. C. (under revision). The
effect of multilevel future perspective on healthy lifestyle choices in younger and older adults.
Westberg, L., Zettergren, A., Lovén, J., Svärd, J., Milding, J., Hovey, D, Lin, T., Ebner, N. C., &
Fischer, H. (under review). Oxytocin's role in face recognition: A brain-gene-behavior analysis.
Ziaei, M., Hippel, W., Henry, J., Ebner, N. C., & Burianová, H. A. (under review). Neural
correlates of emotional expressions and eye gaze.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Horta, M., Lin, T., Gulliford, D., & Ebner, N. C. (November, 2015). Dynamic emotion
identification: Effects of age and oxytocin. Poster at Gerontological Society of America's 68th
Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA.
Rocha H., Weir, D. H., Dommaraj S., Yang H., Oliveira D., & Ebner, N. C. (November, 2015).
Internet spam: User age influences the type of social engineering attacks. Poster at Gerontological
Society of America's 68th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA.
Ziaei, M., Hippel, W., Henry, J., Ebner, N. C., & Burianová, H. A. (October, 2015). Neural
correlates of emotional expressions and eye gaze. Poster at the annual meeting of the Society for
Social Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, USA.
Penman, C., Ma, J., Diehl, E., Nixon, S. J., Ebner, N. C., Guo, Y., Lai, S., Tisher, C. C., & Guy, C.
(October, 2015). Influence of gardening on the brain activity and quality of life of healthy women.
Poster at the Annual Meeting of the American Horticultural Therapy Association, Portland, OR,
USA.
Horta, M., Lin, T., Fischer, H., Cohen, R. A., Feifel, D. & Ebner, N. C. (September, 2015). Effects
of age and intranasal oxytocin on prosocial decision-making. Poster at the 6th Annual Spotlight on
Aging Research, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Strickland-Hughes, C. M., Tasdemir-Ozdes, A., Bluck, B., & Ebner, N. C. (September, 2015). The
effect of multilevel future perspective on healthy lifestyle choices in younger and older adults.
Poster at the 6th Annual Spotlight on Aging Research, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Szymkowicz, S. M., Persson, J., Fischer, H., & Ebner, N. C. (September, 2015). Hippocampal
volume predicts accuracy and speed of emotional face recognition in older adults. Poster at the 6th
Annual Spotlight on Aging Research, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Weir, D. H., Rocha H., Dommaraj S., Yang H., Oliveira D., & Ebner, N. C. (September, 2015).
Internet spam: User age influences the type of social engineering attacks. Poster at the 6th Annual
Spotlight on Aging Research, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Persson, N., Ebner, N. C., Lin, T., & Fischer, H. (October, 2015). Functional correlates of
personality and facial perception in young and older adults. Annual Meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ebner, N. C., Luedicke, J. M., Riediger, M., Voelkle, M., & Lindenberger, U. (May, 2015). Age,
gender, and emotion: What influences perceptions of facial attractiveness? Talk at the 27th Annual
Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY, USA.
Dillon, K., Strickland-Hughes, C. M., West, R. L., & Ebner, N. C. (May, 2015). Own-age bias in
face-name associations: Evidence from memory and visual attention in younger and older adults.
Poster at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY,
USA.
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Gutchess, A., & Ebner, N. C. (May, 2015). Current directions in socioemotional cognition and
aging. Symposium at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science,
New York, NY, USA.
Horta, M., Lin, T., Fischer, H., Cohen, R. A., Feifel, D. & Ebner, N. C. (May, 2015). Does
Oxytocin Affect Emotional Competence and Prosocial Decision-Making in Aging? Poster at the
27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY, USA.
Lin, T., Horta, M., Fischer, H., Cohen, R. A., Feifel, D. & Ebner, N. C. (May, 2015). Effects of
intranasal oxytocin on trust–related decision making in aging. Poster at the 27th Annual
Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY, USA.
Szymkowicz S., Fischer, H., Persson, J., & Ebner, N. C. (May, 2015). Hippocampal volume
predicts accuracy and speed of emotional face recognition in older adults. Poster at the 27th
Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY, USA.
Ziaei, M., Hippel, W., Henry, J., Ebner, N. C., & Burianová, H. A. (April, 2015). Multivariate
analysis of brain networks involved in facial gaze and emotion processing. Poster at the Annual
Meeting of the Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Ziaei, M., Hippel, W., Henry, J., Ebner, N. C., & Burianová, H. A. (June, 2015). Multivariate
analysis of brain networks involved in facial gaze and emotion processing. Talk at the Annual
Meeting of the Australasian Social Neuroscience Society, Brisbane, Australia
Horta, M., Lin, T., Fischer, H., Cohen, R. A., Feifel, D. & Ebner, N. C. (March, 2015). Effects of
age and intranasal oxytocin on prosocial decision-making. Poster at the Decision Neuroscience and
Aging Conference, Miami, FL, USA.
Lin, T., Horta, M., Fischer, H., Cohen, R. A., Feifel, D. & Ebner, N. C. (March, 2015). Effects of
intranasal oxytocin on trust–related decision making in aging. Poster at the Decision Neuroscience
and Aging Conference, Miami, FL, USA.
Dillon, K., Strickland-Hughes, C. M., West, R. L., & Ebner, N. C. (February, 2015). Own-age bias
in face-name associations: Evidence from memory and visual attention in younger and older adults.
Poster at the ILR Student Research on Aging Exposition, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Horta, M., Lin, T., Fischer, H., Cohen, R. A., Feifel, D. & Ebner, N. C. (February, 2015). Does
intranasal oxytocin affect emotional competence in aging? Poster at the ILR Student Research on
Aging Exposition, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Strickland-Hughes, C. M., Ebner, N. C., & West, R. L. (February, 2015). Influences of age-salient
false feedback and beliefs on name memory in younger and older adults. Poster at the ILR Student
Research on Aging Exposition, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Strickland-Hughes, C. M., Ebner, N. C., & West, R. L. (February, 2015). Influences of age-salient
false feedback and beliefs on name memory in younger and older adults. Talk at Oak Hammock,
Gainesville, FL, USA.
Rana, M., Ebner, N. C., & Sitaram, R. (February, 2015). Real-time functional magnetic resonance
imaging (rtfMRI) demonstration. Poster at the 2nd International Conference on Real-time
Functional Imaging and Neurofeedback, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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Varan, A. Q., Rana, M., Cohen, R. A., Sitaram, R., & Ebner, N. C. (February, 2015). Executive
functioning and neurofeedback success in aging. Poster at the 2nd International Conference on
Real-time Functional Imaging and Neurofeedback, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Strickland-Hughes, C. M., Ebner, N. C., & West, R. L. (August, 2014). Visual attention and aging:
Effects of feedback on face-name memory. Poster at the American Psychological Association
Convention, Washington, DC, USA.
Strickland-Hughes, C. M., West, R. L., & Ebner, N. C. (June, 2014). Aging and self-stereotyping
effects on face-name memory. Poster at the 5th Annual Spotlight on Aging Research, Gainesville,
FL, USA.
Ebner, N. C., Fischer, H., & Cohen, R. A. (April, 2014). Oxytocin and socioemotional aging. Talk
at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Lendry, R. E., Lin, T., & Ebner, N. C. (April, 2014). Effects of face likability on memory in
younger and older adults. Poster at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Lin, T., Ankudowich, E., Johnson, M. K., & Ebner, N. C. (April, 2014). Distancing from the ownage group: An age-group comparison. Poster at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA,
USA.
Strickland-Hughes, C. M., West, R. L., & Ebner, N. C. (April, 2014). Aging and self-stereotyping
effects on face-name memory. Poster at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ebner, N. C., Fischer, H., & Cohen, R. A. (April, 2014). Oxytocin and aging: Effects on social
decision-making and emotion processing. Poster at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston,
MA, USA.
Fischer, H., Ebner, N. C., & Westberg, L. (April, 2014). Relation between an oxytocin receptor
gene variant, face recognition and amygdala activation. Poster at the Cognitive Neuroscience
Society, Boston, MA, USA.
Tasdemir-Ozdes, A., Bluck, S. B., & Ebner, N. C. (November, 2013). Effects of mental time travel
on healthy lifestyle choices in young and older adults: The role of valence. Poster at the Society for
the Study of Human Development 8th Biennial Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
Westberg, L., Zettergren, A., Lovén, J., Svärd, J., Milding, J., Johansson, D., Ebner, N. C., &
Fischer, H. (November, 2013). Association between an oxytocin receptor gene variant and face
recognition as well as related amygdala activation. Poster at the Society for Social Neuroscience,
San Diego, CA, USA.
Lin, T., Johnson, M. K., Ankudowich, E., & Ebner, N. C. (September, 2013). Self vs. Others:
Behavioral and Neural Evidence of the Self-Positivity Effect in Young and Older Adults. Poster at
the 4th Annual Spotlight on Aging Research, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Tasdemir-Ozdes, A., & Ebner, N. C. (July, 2013). Effect of mental time travel on lifestyle
decisions: Does valence matter? Talk at the International Academic Conference on Social Sciences,
Istanbul, Turkey.
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Högman, L., Svärd, J., Högman, W., Ebner, N. C., Makower, I., & Fischer, H. (July, 2013). Agedifferences in brain and behavior during recognition facial expressions at longer and shorter
durations. Poster at the 13th European Congress of Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ebner, N. C., Maura, G., Westberg, L, & Fischer, H. (June, 2013). Associations of the oxytocin
receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphisms with brain response during reading of facial emotions in
young and older adults. Poster at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Research
Day, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Ebner, N. C., Johnson, M. R., Rieckmann, A., Johnson, M. K., & Fischer, H. (May, 2013).
Processing own-age vs. other-age faces: Neuro-behavioral correlates and effects of emotion. Poster
at Mechanisms of Motivation, Cognition, and Aging Interactions Conference, Washington, DC,
USA.
Ebner, N. C., Johnson, M. K., & Fischer, F. (April, 2013). Neural mechanisms of reading facial
emotions in young and older adults. Poster at the 20th Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San
Francisco, USA.
Ebner, N. C., Maura, G., Westberg, L, & Fischer, H. (April, 2013). Associations of the oxytocin
receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphisms with brain response during reading of facial emotions in
young and older adults. Poster at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience
Society, San Francisco, USA.
Högman, L., Svärd, J., Högman, W., Ebner, N. C., Makower, I., & Fischer, H. (April, 2013). Agedifferences in brain and behavior during recognition facial expressions at longer and shorter
durations. Poster at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, San
Francisco, USA.
Maura, G., Westberg, L, Fischer, H., & Ebner, N. C. (March, 2013). Associations of the oxytocin
receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphisms with brain response during reading of facial emotions in
young and older adults. Poster at the Society for Neuroscience (North Central Florida Chapter),
Gainesville, USA
Lin, T., Dabrowski, K., Johnson, M. K., & Ebner, N. C. (February, 2013). More open than you:
Self and other personality ratings in young and older adults. Poster at the 3rd Annual Institute for
Learning in Retirement Student Research on Aging Exposition and Awards Conference at
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Maura, G., Westberg, L, Fischer, H., & Ebner, N. C. (February, 2013). Associations of the oxytocin
receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphisms with brain response during reading of facial emotions in
young and older adults. Poster at the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference, Gainesville, FL,
USA.
Skarsten, S., Bluck, S., & Ebner, N. C. (February, 2013). Mental time travel and healthy lifestyle
decisions. Poster at the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Strickland-Hughes, C. M., Johnson, M. K., & Ebner, N. C. (February, 2013). Facial attractiveness
and recognition of faces: Effects of age and gender. Poster at the 3rd Annual Institute for Learning
in Retirement Student Research on Aging Exposition and Awards Conference at University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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Ebner, N. C. (October, 2012). Neural correlates of social and emotional evaluations of own-age
and other-age others. Talk at the 34th Meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychology,
Gainesville, FL, USA.
Lin, T., Dabrowski, K., Johnson, M. K., & Ebner, N. C. (October, 2012). More open than you: Self
and other personality ratings in young and older adults. Poster at the 34th Meeting of the Society of
Southeastern Social Psychology, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Strickland-Hughes, C. M., & Ebner, N. C. (October, 2012). Antecedents and consequences of
social and emotional evaluations. Talk at the 34th Meeting of the Society of the Southeastern Social
Psychology, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Strickland-Hughes, C. M., Luedicke, J., Johnson, M. K., & Ebner, N. C. (October, 2012). Effects of
attractiveness and distinctiveness on attention and memory for faces. Talk at the 34th Meeting of
Society of the Southeastern Social Psychology, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Strickland-Hughes, C. M., Johnson, M. K., & Ebner, N. C. (October, 2012). Facial attractiveness
and recognition of faces: Effects of age and gender. Poster at the Annual National Science
Foundation Graduate Student Research Day, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (July, 2012). Social and emotional processing in the aging brain. Symposium at the
30th International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa.
Ebner, N. C., Johnson, M. R., Rieckmann, A., Johnson, M. K., & Fischer, H. (July, 2012). Neural
correlates of processing own-age versus other-age emotional faces. Talk at the 30th International
Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa.
Ebner, N. C., He Y., & Johnson, M. K. (July, 2012). Age and emotion affect how we look at a face
and what emotion we see. Talk at the 30th International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, South
Africa.
Voelkle, M. C., Ebner, N. C., Lindenberger, U., & Riediger, M. (July, 2012). Emotion regulation
in recurrent unpleasant situations: Mood recovery in the old and mood adjustment in the young.
Talk at the 30th International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa.
Lin, T., Fischer, H., Rieckmann, A., & Ebner, N. C. (April, 2012). Age differences in neural
mechanisms during encoding of young and older faces. Poster at the Cognitive Aging Conference,
Atlanta, USA.
Lovén, J., Herlitz, A., Ebner, N. C., Svärd, J., & Fischer, H., (April, 2012). Neural correlates of sex
differences and women's own-gender bias in face recognition memory. Poster at the 5th Annual
Meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, New York City, USA.
Lovén, J., Herlitz, A., Ebner, N. C., Svärd, J., & Fischer, H., (April, 2012). Neural correlates of sex
differences and women's own-gender bias in face recognition memory. Poster at the Gender
Development Research Conference, San Francisco, USA.
Strickland-Hughes, C. M., Johnson, M. K., & Ebner, N. C. (April, 2012). Facial attractiveness and
recognition of faces: Effects of age and gender. Poster at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta,
USA.
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Lin, T., Fischer, H., Rieckmann, A., & Ebner, N. C. (January, 2012). Neuro-behavioral analysis of
processing own-age vs. other-age faces. Poster at the Society for Neuroscience (North Central
Florida Chapter), Gainesville, USA.
Ebner, N. C., Johnson, M. K., & Fischer, F. (January, 2012). Aging and the neural mechanisms of
reading facial emotions. Talk at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, San Diego, USA.
Ankudowich, E., Ebner, N. C., Luedicke, J., Mitchell, K. M., & Johnson, M. K. (November, 2011).
How do young and older adults rate the self relevance of age-typical characteristics? Poster at the
64th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, USA.
Voelkle, M. C., Ebner, N. C., Lindenberger, U., & Riediger, M. (July, 2011). Age differences in
mood (in)congruent information processing and mood regulation. Talk at the Plenary Meeting of
the International Society for Research on Emotion, Kyoto, Japan.
Freund, A. M., Ebner, N. C., & Isaacowitz, D. M. (2010). Are older adults more loss-oriented?–An
examination of the positivity effect in the context of decision making. Talk at the 47th Congress of
the German Psychological Association, Bremen, Germany.
Freund, A. M., Ebner, N. C., & Isaacowitz, D. M. (2010). Loss avoidance and aging–Age-related
differences in attending to positive and negative information relevant to a decision. Poster at the
22nd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, USA.
Ebner, N. C., Johnson, M. R., Gluth, S., Raye, C. L., & Johnson, M. K. (2010). Neural activity
associated with evaluation others similar and dissimilar in age. Poster at the Dallas-ACC, Dallas,
USA.
Ebner, N. C., He, Y., & Johnson, M. K. (2010). Social category affects how we look at a face:
Own-age versus other-age effects. Talk at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, USA.
Riediger, M., Voelkle, M. C., Ebner, N. C., & Lindenberger, U. (2010). Posing emotion and
reading emotional pose: How age and gender matter. Poster at the 11th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, USA.
Voelkle, M. C., Riediger, M., Ebner, N. C., & Lindenberger, U. (2010). Let me guess how old you
are: A developmental perspective on accuracy and bias in age estimation. Talk at the 2010
Conference of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Lusaka, Zambia,
Africa.
Voelkle, M. C., Riediger, M., Ebner, N. C., & Lindenberger, U. (2010). Let me guess how old you
are: The effect of age and emotion upon estimation of age. Poster at the 11th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, USA.
He, Y., Ebner, N. C., & Johnson, M. K. (2009). Fixation patterns predict old/new recognition for
young and older faces. Poster at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston,
USA.
Ebner, N. C., Gluth, S., Johnson, M. R., Krueger, J.-K., Raye, C. L., & Johnson, M. K. (2009).
Medial prefrontal cortex activity when evaluating others depends on their age. Poster at the 3rd
Annual Meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, New York City, USA.
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Ebner, N. C., & Johnson, M. K. (2008). Age-group differences in attention and memory biases for
young and older emotional faces. Talk at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of
America, National Harbor, USA.
Gluth, S., Ebner, N. C., & Schmiedek, F. (2008). Attitudes toward young and older persons:
Extended version of the German aging semantic differential. Poster at the 29th International
Conference of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
Ebner, N. C., Riediger, M., & Lindenberger, U. (2008). FACES—A database of emotional facial
expressions in younger, middle-aged, and older women and men. Poster at the 29th International
Conference of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
Ebner, N. C., Johnson, M. K., & Lindenberger, U. (2008). Age-group differences in attention and
memory biases for younger and older emotional faces. Talk at the 29th International Conference of
Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
Fichtenholtz, H. M., Ebner, N. C., He, Y., McCarthy, G., & Johnson, M. K. (2008).
Electrophysiological correlates of own-age bias in face processing. Poster presented at the 2nd
Social and Affective Neuroscience Conference, Boston, USA.
Ebner, N. C., Riediger, M., Johnson, M. K., & Lindenberger, U. (2008). FACES—A database of
emotional facial expressions in younger, middle-aged, and older women and men. Poster at the
Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, USA.
Ebner, N. C., & Lindenberger, U. (2008). Age-group differences in memory for emotionalmotivational information. Poster at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, USA.
Ebner, N. C., Riediger, M., Johnson, M. K., & Lindenberger, U. (2008). FACES—A database of
emotional facial expressions in younger, middle-aged, and older women and men. Poster at the 9th
Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, USA.
Ebner, N. C., Riediger, M., & Lindenberger, U. (2007). Preventing losses—young and sad but old
and happy? Associations between goal orientation, emotion expression, and age. Poster at the 8th
Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, USA.
Werheid, K., & Ebner, N. C. (2006). Emotion and motivation in late adulthood. Symposium at the
45th Congress of the German Psychological Association, Nuremberg, Germany.
Freund, A. M., & Ebner, N. C. (2006). Different theoretical and empirical approaches to the
investigation of approach and avoidance motivation. Symposium at the 45th Congress of the
German Psychological Association, Nuremberg, Germany.
Ebner, N. C., Riediger, M., & Lindenberger, U. (2006). Loss-prevention- young and sad, but old
and happy? Associations between goal orientation, emotional valence, and age. Talk at the 45th
Congress of the German Psychological Association, Nuremberg, Germany.
Ebner, N. C., Riediger, M., & Lindenberger, U. (2006). Personal goal orientation in early and late
adulthood: Evidence for increasing schema reliance. Poster at the Cognitive Aging Conference
Atlanta, USA.
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Greve, W., & Ebner, N. C. (2005). Genes, brain, and self-management. Talk at the 17th Meeting of
the unit for developmental psychology of the German Psychological Association, Bochum,
Germany.
Ebner, N. C., Riediger, M., & Lindenberger, U. (2005). Implicit goal orientation in adulthood.
Poster presented at the 17th Meeting of the unit for developmental psychology of the German
Psychological Association, Bochum, Germany.
Ebner, N. C., & Freund, A. M. (2004). Goal orientation in adulthood: The role of goal domains,
age-normative expectations, and goal-related resources. Talk at the 44th Congress of the German
Psychological Association, Goettingen, Germany.
Freund, A. M., & Ebner, N. C. (2004). Motivational aspects of the "aging self". Talk at the 3rd
International Biennial SELF Research Conference, Berlin, Germany.
Ebner, N. C., & Freund, A. M. (2004). Goal orientation in adulthood: The role of goal domains,
age-normative expectations, and goal-related resources. Talk at the 3rd International Biennial SELF
Research Conference, Berlin, Germany.
Ebner, N. C., & Freund, A. M. (2004). Growth, maintenance, and prevention of loss: Age
differences in personal goal orientation. Poster at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, USA.
Ebner, N. C., & Hoppmann, C. (2003). Personal goals across the years: A life-span perspective.
Symposium at the 16th Meeting of the unit for developmental psychology of the German
Psychological Association, Mainz, Germany.
Ebner, N. C., Freund, A. M., & Baltes, P. B. (2003). Better or not worse: Age differences in the
framing of personal goals. Talk at the 16th Meeting of the unit for developmental psychology of the
German Psychological Association, Mainz, Germany.
Freund, A. M., & Ebner, N. C. (2003). Goals in action: Developmental processes in goal-framing.
Talk at the 111th conference of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Ebner, N. C., & Freund, A. M. (2003). Win or don’t lose: Age differences in personal goal focus.
Poster at the 111th Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Ebner, N. C., & Freund, A. M. (2002). Win or don't lose: Goal focus in young and old adults.
Poster at the 43th Congress of the German Psychological Association, Berlin, Germany.
Ebner, N. C., & Freund, A. M. (2002). Win or don't lose: On the differences in personal goal focus
in early and late adulthood. Talk at the 4th Meeting of the European Social Cognition Network,
Paris, France.
Ebner, N. C., & Smith, J. (2001). Physical activity in old age: A component of successful aging.
Poster at the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago,
USA.
Ebner, N. C., & Smith, J. (2001). Physical activity in old age: Associations with health and control
beliefs. Talk at the 5th meeting of the unit for health psychology of the German Psychological
Association, Oldenburg, Germany.
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Ebner, N. C., & Smith, J. (2001). Physical activity as a lifestyle: Associations with health and
control beliefs in old age. Talk at the 15th Meeting of the unit for developmental psychology of the
German Psychological Association, Potsdam, Germany.
Ebner, N. C., & Smith, J. (2000). Physical activity, subjective health, functional health, and control
beliefs in late life. Poster at the 42nd Congress of the German Psychological Association, Jena,
Germany.
INVITED TALKS
Ebner, N. C. (November, 2015). An aging perspective to the science of decision making. 2015
National Academy of Sciences Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, Irvine, CA, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (June, 2015). The role of the neuropeptide oxytocin in social and affective aging.
Colloquium, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL,
USA.
Ebner, N. C. (May, 2015). The role of the neuropeptide oxytocin in social and affective aging.
Symposium, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (May, 2015). Social and emotional aging: A neuro-behavioral analysis. LIFE
Outstanding Alumni Award Address, LIFE Spring Academy at the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (March, 2015). The role of the neuropeptide oxytocin in social and affective aging.
Colloquium Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (March, 2015). Oxytocin, aging, and prosocial decision making. Decision
Neuroscience of Aging Conference, Miami, FL, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (October, 2014). Social and emotional aging: A neuro-behavioral analysis.
Colloquium, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (June, 2014). Processing social-emotional information in aging: A neuro-behavioral
analysis. Colloquium, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.
Ebner, N. C. (June, 2014). Oxytocin and socioemotional aging: Effects on social decision-making
and emotion processing. Colloquium, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ebner, N. C. (May, 2014). Oxytocin and aging: Effects on social decision-making and emotion
processing. Invited workshop, Scientific Research Center on Decision Neuroscience and Aging,
Tampa, FL, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (February, 2014). Oxytocin and aging: Effects on social decision-making and emotion
processing. External Advisory Board Meeting of Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence
Center, Institute on Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Maura, G., & Ebner, N. C. (December, 2013). Social memory and aging. Institute for Learning in
Retirement at Oak Hammock & at the PrimeTime Institute at the Senior Recreation Center, Institute
of Aging Senior Health Series, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Ebner, N. C. (September, 2013). Oxytocin and socioemotional aging. 4th Annual Spotlight on
Aging Research, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (June, 2013). Oxytocin and social cognition in aging. External Advisory Board
Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory-Clinical Translational Research Program (CAM-CTRP),
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Sitaram, R., & Ebner, N. C. (June, 2013). Emotion processing and decision making in aging: A
neurofeedback approach. External Advisory Board Meeting of the Center for Cognitive Aging and
Memory-Clinical Translational Research Program (CAM-CTRP), University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL, USA.
Strickland-Hughes, C. M., & Ebner, N. C. (December, 2012). Social memory and aging. Institute
for Learning in Retirement at Oak Hammock & at the PrimeTime Institute at the Senior Recreation
Center, Institute of Aging Senior Health Series, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (September, 2012). Oxytocin and socioemotional aging. McKnight Brain Institute,
Age-Related Memory Loss Committee, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (February, 2012). Neural mechanisms of social memory in young and older adults.
Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (February, 2011). Own-age bias in attention and memory: Behavioral and imaging
evidence. Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (April, 2009). Age-group differences in attention and memory biases in processing of
socially relevant information. Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (December, 2009). Attention and memory biases in processing of socially relevant
information. Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
Ebner, N. C. (June, 2007). Cognitive processing of motivational-emotional information: Increasing
schema reliance for developmental goals with advancing age. Psychology Department (Applied
Psychology: Life-Management), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ebner, N. C. (March, 2007). Personality development in adulthood: Motivational, emotional, and
social-cognitive aspects. Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
Ebner, N. C. (2005). Striving for gains and prevention losses: Multi-method evidence on the
differences in personal goal orientation in early and late adulthood. Aging Research Institute,
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ebner, N. C. (2005). Lifespan shift in motivational orientation: Biological substrate of age-related
differences in approach-avoidance motivation. 6th Schloessmann Seminar on Cognitive
Neuroscience of Human Ontogeny, Doelln, Germany.
Ebner, N. C. (2005). Striving for gains and prevention losses: Multi-method evidence on the
differences in personal goal orientation in early and late adulthood. Department of Psychology
(Memory and Cognition Lab), Yale University, New Haven, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (2004) Striving for gains and preventing losses: Personal goal orientation in early
and late adulthood. Workshop "Personal Goals", University of Halle, Halle, Germany.
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Ebner, N. C. (2003). Win or don't lose: On the differences in personal goal focus in early and late
adulthood. Social Psychology Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.
Ebner, N. C. (2001). Physical activity as a lifestyle: Associations with health and control beliefs in
old age. Health Psychology Department of the Free University Berlin, Germany.
COURSES AND LECTURES
Courses
Aging and the Human Brain, University of Florida, USA (Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2014)
Lifespan Developmental Psychology, University of Florida, USA (Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2015)
Developmental Psychology, Yale University, USA (Summer 2009)
Motivation Across the Lifespan, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany (Summer 2005)
Lectures
Oxytocin and Aging in Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience in course taught by Dr. Vonetta Dotson,
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA (Spring 2015)
Emotion and Aging in Multidisciplinary Approaches to Cognition in course taught by Dr. Lise
Abrams, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA (Fall 2012)
Well-being in Adulthood and Strategies of Successful Aging in Theories and Methods of
Developmental Psychology in course taught by Dr. Jacqui Smith, Free University Berlin, Berlin,
Germany (Summer 2005)
Intelligence in Gain-Loss Dynamic in Adulthood and Old Age in course taught by Dr. Ute
Kunzmann, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Summer 2004)
Self and Personality in Gerontological Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Empirical Findings in
course taught by Dr. Ute Kunzmann, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Winter 2003/2004)
Emotion-Cognition Interactions in Psychology of Emotions: Theories and Methods in course taught
by Dr. Ute Kunzmann, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Winter 2002/2003)
INTERNSHIPS, RESEARCH PROJECTS, AND THESES SUPERVISED
Graduate
2015-present
Desiree Gulliford, University of Florida, Relationships between brain structure,
brain function, and behavior in emotional aging
2015-present
Ian Frazier, University of Florida, Associations between oxytocin receptor gene
polymorphisms and cognitive aging
2014-present
Marilyn Horta, University of Florida, Empathy and prosocial behavior in aging
2012-present
Aylin Tasdemir, University of Florida (Masters completed), Mental time travel
and healthy decision making in aging
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2011-present
Tian Lin, University of Florida (Masters completed), Social memory in aging
2011-2014
Carla Strickland-Hughes, University of Florida (Masters completed), Attentional
and motivational influences of everyday memory in aging
Undergraduate
2015-present
Melis Muradoglu, University of Florida (University Scholars Program), Effects
of chronic oxytocin administration on cognitive performance in older adults
2015-present
Bailey Hofmann, University of Florida (University Scholars Program), The
effects of the neuropeptide oxytocin on physical function in aging
2014-2015
Andrew Varan, University of Florida (Senior thesis, University Scholars
Program), Effects of executive functioning on neurofeedback success in aging
2014-2015
Katie Dillon, University of Florida (Senior thesis, University Scholars Program),
Investigating own-age bias in face-name associations: A look at visual attention
and memory in younger and older adults
2014-2015
Connor Volpi, University of Florida (Senior thesis, University Scholars
Program), Effects of oxytocin on cognition in older males
2013-2014
Anand Desai, University of Florida (University Scholars Program, Neuroscience
Major research project), Effects of oxytocin on empathy and trust in young and
older adults
2013-2014
Reesa Lendry, University of Florida (University Scholars Program), Effects of
face likability on memory in older and younger adults
2012-2013
Gabriela Maura, University of Florida (Senior thesis, University Scholars
Program), Associations of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphisms
with brain response during reading of facial emotions in young and older adults
2012-2013
Sondre Skarsten, University of Florida (Senior thesis, University Scholars
Program), Mental time travel and healthy lifestyle decisions: A vividness
mediation model
2012-2013
Mackenzie L. Green, University of Florida (Honors thesis), Memory encoding
as a function of age in an elderly sample: An fMRI study
2011
Kelly Durbin, Yale University (internship), Neural correlates of processing
emotional young and older faces
2009
Jenny-Kathinka Krueger, Humboldt University Berlin (internship), Medial
cortex activity associated with self-referential thinking
2008
Sebastian Gluth, Humboldt University Berlin (internship), fMRI correlates of
the own-age bias
2008
William Hwang, Yale University (independent research project), Gender
differences in expression identification of and memory for male and female
faces
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2006
Miriam Behrenbruch, Humboldt University Berlin (Honor thesis), Mood
influences encoding of emotional stimuli
2006
Sebastian Gluth, Humboldt University Berlin (Honor thesis), Attitudes toward
younger and older adults: The German Aging Semantic Differential
2006
Martina Zellin, Humboldt University Berlin (internship), Relation between
promotion and prevention orientation and well-being
2006
Paul Muhle-Karbe, Humboldt University Berlin (internship), Relation between
promotion and prevention orientation and well-being
2006
Judith Peth, Humboldt University Berlin (internship), Brave men, cautious
women? Gender differences in approach and avoidance tendencies
2006
Susanne Michalke, Humboldt University Berlin (internship), Facial expressions
in faces of different ages
2005
Ruth Fahrland, University of Greifswald (internship), Gender differences in
goal orientation
2005
Valeska Pannier, Free University Berlin (internship), On the relationship
between resources and goal orientation in the domain of cognitive functioning:
An age-group comparison
2005
Anja Böhnke, Free University Berlin (internship), Different facets of age
stereotypes: An empirical study
2004
Marie Hennecke, University of Bochum (internship), Does action orientation
mediate negative effects of resource loss on subjective well-being in older
adults?
2003
Sanja Hodzic, Free University Berlin (internship), Age-related differences in the
content of personal goals
2003
Tobias Raabe, University of Jena (internship), Satisfaction and goal focus
2002
Karl Kapitza, University of Saarbruecken (internship), Age differences in
response times to stimuli related to growth and loss-prevention goals
WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION
2015
PLS fMRI Analysis Social-Cognitive and Affective Development Lab &
Institute on Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA (M. Ziaei)
2014
Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging Translational
Workshop, St. Pete, FL, USA (Co-organizer; Head organizer: Dr. G. SamanezLarkin)
2012
fMRI Analysis in SPM, Social-Cognitive and Affective Development Lab,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA (Dr. M. Johnson)
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2003
Teaching and Didactics, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin,
Germany (Dr. V. Strittmatter-Haubold)
WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION
2014
Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation, University of Florida, Gainesville,
USA (Dr. A. Woods, Dr. M. Bikson, Dr. H. Knotkova)
2014
Moment-to-Moment Brain Signal Variability and Dynamics: Leveraging
“Noise” as “Signal” in the Study of Human Aging and Cognition, Cognitive
Aging Preconference Workshop, Atlanta, USA (Dr. D. Garrett)
2012
NSF CAREER Workshop, Office of Research and Facilities, University of
Florida, Gainesville, USA (M. Hilleary, Dr. J. Curtis)
2012
Write Winning Grant Proposals, University of Florida, IFAS Dean for Research
2011
Connectivity Analysis, Yale University, New Haven, USA (Dr. G. McCarthy)
2009
Doing Emotions: Past, Present, Future—A Multidisciplinary Conference on
Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
2008
fMRI Image Acquisition and Analyses Course with SPM5 and ICA, MIND
Research Network, Albuquerque, USA (Drs. K. Kiehl, V. Calhoun, & T.
Wager)
2005
NeuroImaging Workshop, NeuroImagingCenter Berlin, Germany
2005
Advanced Topics in MR Imaging of the Brain, F.C. Donders Centre for
Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, Netherlands (Dr. D. Norris)
2004
Personal Goals, University of Halle, Halle, Germany (Dr. J. Stöber)
2004
Spring-School on fMRI in Psychological Research, Bender Institute of
Neuroimaging, Giessen, Germany (Dr. D.Vaitl)
2004
Life by the Numbers: The Science of Experience Sampling, Max Planck Institute
for Human Development, Berlin, Germany (Drs. L. Feldman Barrett & M.
Tugade)
2002
Structural Equation Modeling in Longitudinal Research, Max Planck Institute
for Human Development, Berlin, Germany (Drs. J. J. McArdle, J. R.
Nesselroade, & P. Ghisletta)
2002
Scientific Writing, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (Dr. J.
Funke)
SERVICE
2015
External examiner for Doctor of Philosophy Theses at Graduate Research
School, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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2014-present
Associate Editor of Emotion Science (specialty section of Frontiers in
Psychology)
2014-2015
Director of Admissions, Developmental Psychology Area, Department of
Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
2014-2015
Merit Committee, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
2013-2014
Guest Editor of Emotion Science (specialty section of Frontiers in Psychology)
2013-present
VA/UF Institute on Aging, Clinical Translational Aging Research Series
Activity Planning Committee, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
2013, 2015
Coordinator of Developmental Area Brown Bag, Department of Psychology,
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
2013
Gerber Developmental Research Award Committee, University of Florida,
Gainesville, USA
2012-present
Departmental Space Committee, Department of Psychology, University of
Florida, Gainesville, USA
2012-2015
Jacquelin Goldman Fellowship & Scholarship Program in Developmental
Psychology Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Florida,
Gainesville, USA
2011-present
University Scholars Program Faculty Member, University of Florida,
Gainesville, USA
2011, 2015
Commencement Marshal, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
2009
External examiner for Doctor of Philosophy Theses at Graduate Research
School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2009
Reviewer Retirement Research Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Award in the
Psychology of Aging, American Psychological Association, Division 20
2004-2005
Representative of the scientific staff in the Researchers' Council at the Max
Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
2002-2003
Representative of the doctoral students at Max Planck Institute for Human
Development, Berlin, Germany
Ad hoc reviewer
Grants:
Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program at the Center for Scientific Review
(CSR), National Institute of Health
National Science Foundation (Social Psychology Program)
Swiss National Science Foundation
UK SBS (Shared Business Services)
Velux Stiftung
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Scientific journals:
Acta Psychologica; Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition; Behavior Research
Methods; Brain Research; Cognition and Emotion; Cognitive, Affective, and
Behavioral Neuroscience; Cortex; Developmental Psychology; Emotion;
European Journal of Personality; European Journal of Social Psychology;
European Psychologist; Experimental Psychology; Frontiers in Emotion
Science; Frontiers in Perception Science; Human Brain Mapping; International
Journal of Behavioral Development; International Journal of Psychology;
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance;
Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences; Journal of Personality;
Memory; Motivation and Emotion; Neurobiology of Aging; Neurocase;
Psychological Bulletin; Psychology and Aging; Psychophysiology; Self and
Identity; Social Cognition; Social Neuroscience; Social Psychological and
Personality Science; Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische
Psychologie [Journal for Developmental and Educational Psychology]
Book publishers:
Pearson Education
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Association (APA) Division 20; Association for Psychological Science
(APS); Social and Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS); Society for Affective Science (SAS);
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP); Society for Cognitive Neuroscience (CNS)
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