Dr. Tobias Lohaus – tobias.lohaus@rub.de
…is a research associate at the Neuropsychological Therapy Center (NTC) at Ruhr University Bochum. Since ASMR videos could, in principle, also be used in online therapies, he is interested in the scientific evaluation of the ASMR phenomenon. Of particular importance to him is gaining a better understanding of ASMR’s therapeutic potential and placing it in a meaningful context.
B.Sc. Majken Wannhoff – majken.wannhoff@edu.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
…is a student in the new Master’s program in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at Ruhr University Bochum. As a student research assistant at the Neuropsychological Therapy Center, she is particularly interested in the neurobiological aspects of mental disorders and neuropsychological intervention possibilities. Among other activities, she supports ASMR research through literature reviews and participation in an ASMR study.
Prof. Dr. Patrizia Thoma – patrizia.thoma@rub.de
...is a licensed psychological psychotherapist and clinical neuropsychologist (PTK). Together with Prof. Boris Suchan she heads the Neuropsychological Therapy Center (NTC) of the Ruhr University Bochum. As a neuroscientist at the Faculty of Psychology, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Ruhr University, she focuses on research on social cognition - especially in people with a neurological disease. As there are also first indications that ASMR is related to social cognition, she recently started to be interested in the scientific evaluation of the ASMR phenomenon.
Prof. Dr. Silja Bellingrath (collaboration on two scientific ASMR articles)
B.Sc. Sarah Schreckenberg (collaboration on one scientific ASMR article)
B.Sc. Sara Yüksekdag (collaboration on one scientific ASMR article)
B.Sc. Janika Stein (Master thesis on the topic of ASMR)
B.Sc. Pia Neumann (Master thesis on the topic of ASMR)
B.Sc. Lena Billstein (maintaining contact with ASMR-YouTubers)
B.Sc. Lea Marie Beermann (ASMR-related research)
B.Sc. Ina Deckenhoff (ASMR-related research)
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