Ulrich Mueller

Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1998 (Temple)
joined Department in 2004

Ulrich Mueller is interested in the development of problem solving and in the developmental relation between social and cognitive development. The research on problem solving focuses on the development of executive function in preschoolers, particularly on the contribution of language and cognitive flexibility to the acquisition of more advanced problem solving skills. Research on social development examines the development of intentional communication in infancy and perspective taking skills in toddlers and preschoolers in relation to cognitive flexibility and language.

Interests

Development of problem solving
Development of executive function
Social development in infancy & early childhood

Program affiliations

Publications

Müller, U., Carpendale, J. I. M., & Smith, L. (Eds.) (2009). The Cambridge Companion to Piaget. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Müller, U., & Giesbrecht, G. (2008). Methodological and epistemological issues in the interpretation of infant cognitive development. Child Development, 79, 1654-1658.

Müller, U., Zelazo, P. D., Lurye, L. E. & Liebermann, D. (2008). The effect of labeling on preschool children's performance in the Dimensional Change Card Sort task. Cognitive Development, 23, 395–408.

Müller, U., Carpendale, J. I. M., Budwig, N., & Sokol, B. (Eds.) (2008). Social life and social knowledge: Toward a process account of development. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Overton, W. F., Müller, U., & Newman, J. (Eds.) (2008). Developmental perspectives on embodiment and consciousness. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Müller, U., Dick, A. S., Gela, K., Overton, W. F., & Zelazo, P. D. (2006). The role of negative priming in preschoolers' flexible rule use on the Dimensional Change Card Sort task. Child Development, 77, 395-412.