Dr. Ann-Kathrin Zaiser

Zeitschriftenartikel (peer-reviewed)

• Zaiser, A.-K., Festag, L., Bader, R., & Meyer, P. (2026). Neurophysiological Evidence for Rapid Semantic Integration via Fast Mapping. [Manuscript under review]
• Jonin, P.-Y.*, Zaiser, A.-K.*, Duché, Q., Delhaye, E., Bader, R., Hou, C., Noël, A., Belliard, S., Bastin, C., & Meyer, P. (2026). Fast mapping supports rapid neocortical acquisition of arbitrary associations in aging and developmental amnesia. [Manuscript under review]
• Festag, L., Zaiser, A.-K., Meyer, P., & Bader, R. (2026). Retrieval processes reflect the representational format of memories acquired through fast mapping: ERP evidence for conceptual fluency-based familiarity. Neuropsychologia, 109507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2026.109507
• Meyer, P., & Zaiser, A.-K. (2025). Insights on the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying hippocampus-dependent memory impairment in COVID-19. Scientific Reports, 15, 20114. https://doi.org/ 10.1038/s41598-025-04166-2
• Zaiser, A.-K., Bader, R., & Meyer, P. (2022). High feature overlap reveals the importance of anterior and medial temporal lobe structures for learning by means of fast mapping. Cortex, 146, 74-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.07.017
• Zaiser, A.-K., Meyer, P., & Bader, R. (2022). High feature overlap and incidental encoding drive rapid semantic integration in the fast mapping paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151, 97-120. http://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001070
• Brandt, M., Aßfalg, A., Zaiser, A.-K., & Bernstein, D. (2020). A computational approach to the revelation effect. Journal of Memory and Language, 112, 104091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2020.104091 
• Zaiser, A.-K., Meyer, P., & Bader, R. (2019). Evidence for fast mapping in adults – moderating factors yet need to be identified. Cognitive Neuroscience, 10, 232-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928. 2019.1605986
• Brandt, M., Zaiser, A.-K., & Schnuerch, M. (2018). Homogeneity of item material boosts the list length effect in recognition memory: A global matching perspective. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45, 834-850. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000594

*indiziert eine geteilte Erstautor:innenschaft

Konferenzbeiträge

• Festag, L., Zaiser, A.-K., Meyer, P., & Bader, R. (2025). Targeting the specificity of associations encoded through fast mapping using explicit measures. Poster presented at the 4th edition of the Recollection, Familiarity and Novelty (RFN) Conference, Liège, Belgium.
• Festag, L., Zaiser, A.-K., Meyer, P., & Bader, R (2025). Conceptual fluency supports retrieval of labels encoded through fast mapping: Evidence from event-related potentials. Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), Boston, USA.
• Meyer, P., Zaiser, A.-K., Festag, L., & Bader, R (2025). N400 evidence for rapid semantic integration through fast mapping. Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), Boston, USA.
• Jonin, P. Y., Zaiser, A.-K., Delhaye, E., Hou, C., & Meyer, P. (2025). Rhinal cortices are critical for learning novel associations through the fast mapping paradigm: Evidence from three neuropsychological case reports. Talk at the 4th edition of the Recollection, Familiarity and Novelty (RFN) Conference, Liège, Belgium. 
• Zaiser, A.-K., & Meyer, P. (2024). Insights on the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment in COVID-19: Evidence from a large-scale online study. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) in Toronto, Canada.
• Jonin, P. Y., Zaiser, A.-K., Delhaye, E., Duché, Q., Bader, R., Hou, C., ... & Meyer, P. (2023). Overcoming associative memory deficits through the fast mapping paradigm: evidence from healthy older adults and developmental amnesia. International Conference on Learning & Memory. 
• Festag, L., Zaiser, A.-K., Meyer, P., & Bader, R. (2023). Associations acquired by means of fast mapping are less flexible when critical preconditions are fulfilled. Poster presented at the 3rd edition of the Recollection, Familiarity and Novelty (RFN) Conference, Liège, Belgium.
• Zaiser, A.-K., Bader, R., & Meyer, P. (2023). Associations acquired through fast mapping evoke an N400 semantic priming effect when feature overlap is high. Poster presented at the 3rd Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory: The Recollection, Familiarity, and Novelty Detection Conference in Liège, Belgium.
• Meyer, P., Zaiser, A.-K., & Bader, R. (2019). High feature overlap reveals the importance of anterior and medial temporal lobe structures for learning by means of fast mapping. Talk at the Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory: Recollection, Familiarity, and Novelty Detection in Liège, Belgium.
• Zaiser, A.-K., Bader, R., & Meyer, P. (2019). Degree of feature overlap modulates subsequent memory effects in medial and anterior temporal lobe structures in the fast mapping paradigm. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) in San Francisco, USA.
• Zaiser, A.-K., Meyer, P., Mecklinger, A., & Bader, R. (2017). Rapid integration of novel associations by means of fast mapping – the role of feature overlap. Poster presented at the 13th International Conference for Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON) in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 

Weitere Veröffentlichungen (non-peer-reviewed)

• Zaiser, A.-K., Festag, L., Bader, R., & Meyer, P. (2026). Neurophysiological evidence for rapid semantic integration via fast mapping [Experiment script, Data set, and Analyses code]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/GQ4UV
• Festag, L., Zaiser, A.-K., Bader, R., & Meyer, P. (2026). Retrieval processes reflect the representational format of memories acquired through fast mapping: ERP evidence for conceptual fluency-based familiarity [Data set and Analyses code]. https://osf.io/jyqzf/
• Zaiser, A.-K., Bader, R., & Meyer, P. (2022). High feature overlap reveals the importance of anterior and medial temporal lobe structures for learning by means of fast mapping [Experiment script, Data set, and Analyses code]. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/R6E4C
• Zaiser, A.-K. (2020). Fast Mapping: A Rapid Route to the Integration of Novel Associations Into Semantic Memory Networks [Doctoral dissertation]. Saarland University, Germany
• Zaiser, A.-K., Bader, R., & Meyer, P. (2020). High feature overlap reveals the importance of anterior and medial temporal lobe structures for learning by means of fast mapping. bioRxiv, 2020.08.06.240697. doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.06.240697
• Zaiser, A.-K., Meyer, P., & Bader, R. (2019). Feature overlap modulates rapid semantic but not lexical integration of novel associations by means of fast mapping. bioRxiv, 594218. doi.org/10.1101/594218 
• Brandt, M., Aßfalg, A., Zaiser, A.-K., & Bernstein, D. M. (2019). A computational approach to the revelation effect [Data set]. https://osf.io/khgd7

 

Eingeladene Vorträge

• CogniCovid19: Investigating Cognitive Impairments after SARS-CoV-2 Infection (2022, October). The Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, Toronto, Canada. Invited by Prof. Dr. Asaf Gilboa
• Feature Overlap Moderates Rapid Semantic Integration of Novel Associations by Means of Fast Mapping (2019, March). The Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, Toronto, Canada. Invited by Prof. Dr. Asaf Gilboa
• Feature Overlap Moderates Rapid Semantic Integration of Novel Associations by Means of Fast Mapping – The Relevance of Medial and Anterior Temporal Processing (2019, March). The Brain and Mind Institute/University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. Invited by Prof. Dr. Stefan Köhler