Dr. Julian Preuß

Main research topics

by appointment

2026: Doctorate in Psychology (Dr. rer. nat.), Department of Giftedness Research and Education, Trier University
2023: M. Sc. in Psychology, Trier University
2021: B. Sc. in Psychology, Trier University

Since 04/2026: Senior Researcher in the Becker Research Group at the Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS), TU Dortmund University
04/2023–03/2026: Research Associate, Trier University

Preuß, J., Breit, M., Bös, K., & Preckel, F. (2026). Evidence for differentiation in general motor ability: Systematic changes in the relationships between motor abilities. Submitted to Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
Breit, M., Brunner, M., Preuß, J., Daseking, M., Pauls, F., Walter, F., & Preckel, F. (2025). The contribution of general intelligence to cognitive performance across the lifespan: A differentiation analysis of the Wechsler tests. Psychology and Aging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000875
Preuß, J. & Preckel, F. (2025). Using cognitive diagnostic models to evaluate the two-process theory of matrix reasoning. Journal of Intelligence, 13(2), 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence13020022
Scherrer, V., Petry, N., Breit, M., Urban, J., Preuß, J., & Preckel, F. (2025). Effects of proctoring on online intelligence measurement: A literature overview and an empirical study. Journal of Intelligence, 13(9), 110. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence13090110
Breit, M., Preuß, J., Scherrer, V., & Preckel, F. (2023). Why the use of segmented regression analysis to explore change in relations between variables is problematic: A simulation study. Psychological Methods. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000576

Breit, M., Brunner, B., Preuß, J., Daseking, M., Pauls, F., Walter, F., & Preckel, F. (July 2024). A Life Span Differentiation Analysis of the German Wechsler Test Standardization Samples [Symposium Talk]. ISIR Zürich, Switzerland.
Breit, M., Brunner, B., Preuß, J., Daseking, M., Pauls, F., Walter, F., & Preckel, F. (September 2024). Allgemeine Intelligenz und spezifische kognitive Fähigkeiten über die Lebensspanne - eine Differenzierungsanalyse der deutschen Wechsler- Testverfahren. [Paper Session]. DGPs-Congress Vienna, Austria.
Preuß, J., Breit, M., Bös, K., & Preckel, F. (Juli 2024). Using Approaches from Intelligence Research to Study Differentiation Effects in Motor Abilities: A Cross-Domain Perspective and Longitudinal Investigation [Symposium Talk]. ISIR Zürich, Switzerland.
Preuß, J., Breit, M., Bös, K., & Preckel, F. (September 2024). Generalfaktor und Differenzierung in Motorischen Fähigkeiten: Eine Domänenübergreifende Perspektive und Längsschnittuntersuchung. [Paper Session]. DGPs-Congress Vienna, Austria.
Preckel, F., & Preuß, J. (July 2023). Rational Development and Validation of Figural Matrices for the Assessment of Very High Reasoning Ability [Poster Presentation]. International Society for Intelligence Research Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA, USA.