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Prof. Dr. Manuel Bohn

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C1.014
Fon +49.4131.677-1567, manuel.bohn@leuphana.de
Professor, Professorship of Developmental Psychology

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Vita

  • since 2025 Professor for Developmental Psychology, Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 2023 – 2025 Associate Professor for Developmental Psychology, Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 2020 – 2023 Group Leader (Senior Scientist), Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany
  • 2017 – 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
    Language and Cognition Lab, Stanford University, USA &
    Leipzig Research Center for Early Child Development, Germany
  • 2016 – 2017 Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany
  • 2013 – 2016 PhD Student, Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

Projects

  1. LEVANTE Downward Extension
    Manuel Bohn (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  2. A Global Developmental Psychology
    Manuel Bohn (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  3. Quantifying children’s everyday experiences
    Manuel Bohn (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Individual grant

  4. Testing children’s role in the (r)evolution of language
    Manuel Bohn (Project manager, academic) , Ailis Cournane (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  5. Symbolic literacy: Young children’s developing understanding of the relation between symbol and referent in the graphic domain
    Anne Deiglmayr (Project manager, academic) , Gregor Kachel (Project manager, academic) , Manuel Bohn (Partner)
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    Project: Research

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Publications

Journal contributions

  1. EVApeCognition: An 18-Year Dataset of Great Ape Cognition
    Alejandro Sánchez-Amaro (Author) , Sonja J. Ebel van Wijk (Author) , Carin Molenaar (Author) , Akzira Abuova (Author) , Lizbeth Mujica-Manrique (Author) , Sarah M. Leisterer-Peoples (Author) , Bret Beheim (Author) , Luke Maurits (Author) , Anna Albiach-Serrano (Author) , Matthias Allritz (Author) , Nazli Altınok (Author) , Federica Amici (Author) , Alice M.I. Auersperg (Author) , Filippo Aureli (Author) , Elisa Bandini (Author) , Jochen Barth (Author) , Leïla Benziad (Author) , Bettina E. Bläsing (Author) , Manuel Bohn (Author) , Marie Bourjade (Author) , Juliane Bräuer (Author) , Marie Hélène Broihanne (Author) , Sarah F. Brosnan (Author) , Nereida Bueno-Guerra (Author) , Thomas Bugnyar (Author) , David Buttelmann (Author) , Frances Buttelmann (Author) , Trix Cacchione (Author) , Malinda Carpenter (Author) , Fernando Colmenares (Author) , Catherine Crockford (Author) , Katherine A. Cronin (Author) , África de las Heras (Author) , Arianna De Marco (Author) , Sarah E. DeTroy (Author) , Valérie Dufour (Author) , Shona Duguid (Author) , Robin I.M. Dunbar (Author) , Johanna Eckert (Author) , Jan M. Engelmann (Author) , Joel Fagot (Author) , Julia Fischer (Author) , Sofia Ingrid Fredrika Forss (Author) , Martina Funk (Author) , György Gergely (Author) , Julia R. Greenberg (Author) , Johannes Großmann (Author) , Sebastian Grüneisen (Author) , Marta Halina (Author) , Daniel Hanus (Author) , 01.12.2026 , in: Scientific data, 13, 1 , 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Language learning as ontogenetic adaptation
    Manuel Bohn (Author) , Marisa Casillas (Author) , 01.08.2026 , in: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 30, 8 , p. 712-724 , 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research › peer-review

  3. ChildLens: An egocentric video dataset for activity analysis in children
    Nele Suffo (Author) , Pierre Etienne Martin (Author) , Anas Suffo (Author) , Daniel Haun (Author) , Manuel Bohn (Author) , 01.05.2026 , in: Behavior Research Methods, 58, 5 , 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. Individual Differences in Great Ape Cognition Across Time and Domains: Stability, Structure, and Predictability
    Manuel Bohn (Author) , Christoph J. Völter (Author) , Daniel Hanus (Author) , Nico Eisbrenner (Author) , Johanna Eckert (Author) , Jana Holtmann (Author) , Daniel Haun (Author) , 01.05.2026 , in: Psychological Science, 37, 5 , p. 331-346 , 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. A universal of human social cognition: Children from 17 communities process gaze in similar ways
    Manuel Bohn (Author) , Julia Prein (Author) , Agnes Ayikoru (Author) , Florian M. Bednarski (Author) , Ardain Dzabatou (Author) , Michael C. Frank (Author) , Annette M.E. Henderson (Author) , Joan Isabella (Author) , Josefine Kalbitz (Author) , Patricia Kanngiesser (Author) , Dilara Keşşafoğlu (Author) , Bahar Köymen (Author) , Maira V. Manrique-Hernandez (Author) , Shirley Magazi (Author) , Lizbeth Mújica-Manrique (Author) , Julia Ohlendorf (Author) , Damilola Olaoba (Author) , Wesley R. Pieters (Author) , Sarah Pope-Caldwell (Author) , Katie Slocombe (Author) , Robert Z. Sparks (Author) , Jahnavi Sunderarajan (Author) , Wilson Vieira (Author) , Zhen Zhang (Author) , Yufei Zong (Author) , Roman Stengelin (Author) , Daniel B.M. Haun (Author) , 01.01.2026 , in: Child Development, 97, 1 , p. 219-232 , 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Computer Vision for Analyzing Children’s Lived Experiences
    Anam Zahra (Author) , Pierre Etienne Martin (Author) , Manuel Bohn (Author) , Daniel Haun (Author) , 01.01.2024 Cham , p. 376-383 , 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review

  2. Collaboration and Open Science Initiatives in Primate Research
    Drew Altschul (Author) , Manuel Bohn (Author) , Charlotte Canteloup (Author) , Sonja J. Ebel (Author) , Daniel Hanus (Author) , R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar (Author) , Marine Joly (Author) , Stefanie Keupp (Author) , Miquel Llorente (Author) , Cathal O’madagain (Author) , Christopher I. Petkov (Author) , Darby Proctor (Author) , Alba Motes-Rodrigo (Author) , Kirsten Sutherland (Author) , Anna Szabelska (Author) , Derry Taylor (Author) , Christoph J. Völter (Author) , Nicolás G. Wiggenhauser (Author) , 31.08.2022 , p. 584-608 , 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  3. Evolutionary Precursors of Negation in Non-Human Reasoning
    Manuel Bohn (Author) , Josep Call (Author) , Christoph J. Völter (Author) , 07.05.2020 , p. 577-588 , 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research

  4. Integrating Common Ground and Informativeness in Pragmatic Word Learning
    Manuel Bohn (Author) , Michael Henry Tessler (Author) , Michael C. Frank (Author) , 01.01.2019 , p. 152-158 , 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review

  5. Information and the evolution of human communication
    Manuel Bohn (Author) , 01.05.2017 , p. 345-362 , 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

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Activities

  1. Congress of the German Psychological Society : view on / of science
    Manuel Bohn (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development
    Manuel Bohn (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  3. Conference of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology
    Manuel Bohn (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. A longitudinal study of great ape cognition: Stability, reliability and the influence of individual characteristics
    Manuel Bohn (Speaker) , Johanna Eckert (Speaker) , Daniel Hanus (Speaker) , Daniel B.M. Haun (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
    Manuel Bohn (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

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Press / Media

  1. Mein Körper. Meine Worte. Sprachwunder Mensch
    1 time cited

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  2. Elefant, Tiger & Co. (704) Geschichten aus dem Leipziger Zoo
    1 time cited

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  3. Große Fragen in 10 Minuten
    1 time cited

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  4. Primatenforschung - Nicht immer nur Schimpansen!
    1 time cited

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  5. Kinder können bei Bedarf eine neue Sprache entwickeln
    1 time cited

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Prizes

  1. Disciplinary Diversity & Integration Award in Cognitive Science
    (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  2. Performance scholarship of University of Vienna
    (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

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Courses

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Manuel Bohn, Oliver Genschow, Ulf Hahnel, Astrid Kause, Franziska Kößler, Sebastian Wallot
The Research Forum supports students in developing a master's thesis project at the intersection of psychology and sustainability. Students will learn about possible thesis topics in psychology and sustainability at Leuphana, connect with potential supervisors, develop their research ideas, gain input on psychological research methods and project management, and receive feedback from researchers and peers throughout the thesis development process.
Next appointment:
Friday, 2026-10-30 at 09:30
Room: C 40.255 Seminarraum
A Developmental Psychology
Manuel Bohn
In dem Seminar werden basierend auf Fachartikeln Inhalte der Entwicklungspsychologie vertieft und einzelne Aspekte genauer
betrachtet um ihre Bedeutung für die Erziehungs- und Unterrichtspraxis zu diskutieren. Es besteht eine lose Verbindung zur Vorlesung, diese muss aber nicht parallel besucht werden.
Gruppenarbeiten und Diskussionen werden die vorherrschenden Arbeitsformen sein. Es wird keine zweite Vorlesung sein, eine aktive Mitarbeit ist dringend erforderlich.
Next appointment:
Tuesday, 2026-10-13 at 08:15
Room: C 7.013 Seminarraum
Lecture Developmental Psychology
Manuel Bohn
Anhand der Arbeit von Michael Tomasello werden wir eine kohärente und vollständige Theorie der psychologischen Entwicklung kennen lernen. Unser Ansatz verortet die psychologische Entwicklung des Menschen im evolutionären und kulturellen Kontext und beleuchtet besonders die Fähigkeiten, die es Kindern ermöglichen ein Teil einer Gesellschaft zu werden und institutionell zu lernen. Diese Theorie wollen wir auszugsweise genauer beleuchten aber auch kritisieren.
Next appointment:
Tuesday, 2026-10-13 at 14:15
Room: C HS 1
Research Project and Methods I
Manuel Bohn
Next appointment:
Wednesday, 2026-10-21 at 12:15
Room: C 5.019 Seminarraum