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Silke Göbel
Professor

Biography

  • J.W. Goethe Universität
    Diplom-Psychologin
  • Oxford University
    DPhil

Graduated in Psychology from the J.W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt a.M., Germany; then moved to Oxford, UK; after completing her Ph.D. there in 2002 she stayed on as a Junior Research Fellow in Psychology for three years; then came to the University of York. She leads the Numerical Cognition Lab at the University of York.

Since 2019 she has been a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Special Needs Education at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is also an associated researcher at the Centre for Research on Equality in Education at the University of Oslo.

Since 2022 she is a Co-director of the ESRC Centre for Early Mathematics Learning at Loughborough University.

Current research interests: Numerical Cognition

  • Development of number processing and arithmetic
  • Foundations of proficiency with rational numbers
  • Numbers and space
  • Cross-cultural differences in number processing and counting
  • Number processing and arithmetic in dyslexia/dyscalculia
  • Cognitive Neuroscience: Parietal Lobe Functions

Departmental roles

  • Director of the MSc Course in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Admissions for the MSc Course in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Contact details

Dr Silke Göbel
Professor
Department of Psychology
Room PS/C107

Tel: 01904 322872