Verena Buren
Research Focus
Joint music making and prosocial behaviour
Development of musical abilities
Music in early childhood development
Vita
Academic Education
| 2012–2019 | Master of Science in Psychology at Justus Liebig University, Gießen
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| 2009–2012 | Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Justus Liebig University, Gießen |
| 2007–2008 | Semester abroad at Kadir Has University, Istanbul |
| 2005–2009 | Bachelor of Arts in Media Management at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden |
Career
| Since 1/2020 | PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt |
| 2019 | Student Research Assistant, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt |
| 2017 | Academic tutor for Developmental Psychology, Justus Liebig University Gießen |
| 2010–2019 | Music teacher in kindergartens |
| Seit 2015 | Lectureship at the Department of Professional and Interdisciplinary Skills, Justus Liebig University, Gießen |
Publications
Publications
Buren, V., Müllensiefen, D., Roeske, T.C., & Degé, F. (2021). What Makes Babies Musical? Conceptions of Musicality in Infants and Toddlers. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:736833. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.736833
Buren, V., Müllensiefen, D., Roeske, T., & Degé, F. (2021). What makes a child musical? conceptions of musical ability in childhood. Early Child Development and Care, 191(12), 1985–2000. doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2020.1866566
Buren, V., Degé, F., & Schwarzer, G. (2021). Active music making facilitates prosocial behaviour in 18-month-old children. Musicae Scientiae, 25(4), 449–464. doi.org/10.1177/1029864919892308
Projects
- Musical development in children
How do children learn to sing melodies and produce rhythms? How do they develop musical taste? How do they learn to understand and use music in various situations? Can we boost spontaneous, implicit musical learning with educational ...