Chair Neuropsychology

Our research focuses on the question of the interaction of brain and behavior, in particular the question of how behavior and experience influence neural processes and vice versa, i.e. how neural processes influence behavior and experience. On the one hand, we examine this question in healthy subjects by testing the acquisition of associative links in the cortex and in subcortical structures. On the other hand, we analyze dysfunctions of these transmission processes in psychological, psychophysiological and organic disorders as, for example, posttraumatic stress disorder, chronic pain and stroke. A further focus of our research is the development of adequate assessment instruments and new behaviorally oriented interventions for phantom pain or the long-term effects of stroke.

Schematic overview of the research areas at the Department
Neural Correlates of Learning and Memory

Disorders	Psychological processes that are the focus of the experiments	Methods
Amputation	Classical (Pavlovian) conditioning	Psychophysical examinations
Stroke	Operant conditioning	Magnetic source imaging
Tinnitus	Autobiographic memory	Electric source imaging
Psychopathy	Sensory memory	Analysis of evoked potentials, slow cortical potentials and oscillatory acitvity
Social phobia		Funktional and structural magnetic resonance imaging
Depression		Transcranial magnetic stimulation
Posttraumatic stress disorder		Behavioral training
Chronic pain		Behavioral analysis
Addictions		Analysis of peripheral physiological indicators such as startle reflex, skin conductance