Research Interests and Projects
Motor Learning and Control
Working Memory
Imaging Techniques in Neuropsychology
(PET and fMRI )
Executive Functions
Neural correlates of trans-saccadic spatial constancy
The neuropsychological basis of learning and memory
Executive functions
Cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia
Influence of comorbid alcoholism and depression on cognitive functions in schizophrenia
Test development: german proverbs test
Recognition in transient global amnesia (TGA)
Effect of Stress on classical eyeblink conditioning in humans
Prosopagnosia
Neural correlates of face perception and face processing
Brain mechanisms of active and observational reward learning
Influence of stress on conditioning mechanisms
Neurocognitive mechanisms of decision making
In particular learning from positive vs. negative feedback
Semantic memory and the influence of experience in different sensory modalities on conceptual representations Special focus of interest: action and tool representations.
Neurocognitive mechanisms of sensory and memory processing
In particular involvement of medial temporal lobe (MTL) structures in perceptual processing and long term memory
The neural correlation of the Faces and Body processing
Attentional processes and working memory
The cortical representations for objects and words in human brain
Word processing and comperhension
Neurocognitive mechanism of face and body perception
Social cognition and alcoholism