Dr Aurelien Frick
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
Biography
I joined the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews in 2023 as a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow. For the course of this fellowship, I am working with Prof. Amanda Seed as well as members of the ABC lab, which includes developmental and comparative psychologists.
Before commencing this position, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Liège (Belgium) within the GIGA-CRC In Vivo Imaging research group (with Dr Christine Bastin and Dr Emma Delhaye).
I received my PhD in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh under the supervision of Dr Nicolas Chevalier and Prof. Maria Brandimonte (Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples, Italy). I completed a B.A in Psychology at the University of Tours (France) and an M.A in Cognitive Science at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland).
Selected publications
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Chimpanzees’ working memory is not affected by the presence and activity of zoo visitors
Frick, A., McEwen, E. & Seed, A., 6 Jan 2026, In: Animal Cognition. 29, p. 1-14 7.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Relative contribution of associative memory and working memory to subjective organization in aging
Frick, A., Bouazzaoui, B., Mille, J., Angel, L., Borella, E., Fay, S., Ferrandez, V., Pinard, F., Vanneste, S. & Taconnat, L., 14 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Memory. Latest Articles, p. 1-9Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Neural oscillatory markers of voluntary task switching: proactive engagement of self-directed control in children and adults
Chevalier, N. & Frick, A., 8 Sept 2025, In: Developmental Science. 28, 6, e70073.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effects of an unfamiliar experimenter on proactive and reactive control in children
Frick, A., Belletier, C., Tan, W., Meng, N., Zhou, Q., Christie, S. & Camos, V., 18 Feb 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 12 p., 5860.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Variation in pedagogy affects overimitation in children and adolescents
Décaillet, M., Frick, A., Lince, X., Gruber, T. & Denervaud, S., May 2024, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 241, 13 p., 105862.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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You are here! Rethinking children’s executive function development in the presence of others
Frick, A., 2 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Child Development Perspectives. Early View, 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review