Hooray! Merle Schuckart has won the Open Science Prize of the University of Lübeck 2025 for the project behind her latest preprint, “Lifespan Variation in Perceptual Style Along an Autism–Schizotypy Continuum Explains Individual Responses to External Uncertainty”
The Open Science Prize recognizes open scientific practices: open code, open data, transparent hypotheses—ideally preregistered—and the early sharing of results. Merle has been living this approach with remarkable consistency—and in doing so has become a role model.
In the award-winning project, conducted together with Gesa Hartwigsen, Sandra Martin (Leipzig), Sarah Tune, and Jonas (Lübeck), Merle tackled a question that is both fundamental and actively debated: Can people be located on a continuum between autism-leaning and schizotypy-leaning styles of thinking and perception—and does this style help explain how they respond to predictability versus surprise?
Congratulations, Merle!
