Cognitive Neuroscience
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Prof. Dr. Carlos Alos-Ferrer Research: Carlos Alós-Ferrer’s research foci are neuroeconomics, decision theory, game theory, evolution and learning in games and markets. Neuroeconomics studies the underlying neural processes of decision-making within today’s economic environment. Essential to the further progress of this field is the construction of empirically informed, testable models that connect the level of neural and mental processes underlying decision-making with the descriptive models of choice characterizing modern economics. Topics: Neural Basis of Behavior, Cognitive Neuroscience Publications: https://www.econ.uzh.ch/en/people/faculty/alos-ferrer/publications.html Website: https://www.econ.uzh.ch/en/people/faculty/alos-ferrer.html |
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PD Dr. Susanne Becker Research Focus: The experience of pain is more than the conscious perception of nociceptive signals. Emotional and motivational aspects accompany pain, leading to its aversiveness and motivation for escape and avoidance. Moreover, it has been proposed that a negative hedonic shift, comprising unproportionally increased emotional-motivational pain responses, plays an important role in the development and maintenance of chronic pain. Our group focuses on the investigation of psychobiological mechanisms of dissociations of emotional-motivational and sensory-discriminative components of pain in health and disease states, using psychophysical methods, pharmacological interventions, and brain imaging techniques. Specifically, we investigate the role of the neurotransmitter dopamine, functional connectivity in fronto-striatal brain networks, and supraspinal neuroinflammation in the proposed negative hedonic shift in chronic pain. Keywords: pain modulation, emotional-motivational pain processing, dopamine, fMRI, psychophysics Topic: Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensory Systems Publications:https://scholar.google.com Website: https://www.balgrist.ch/en/research/research-units/research-chiropractic/susanne-becker/ |
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Prof. Dr. Daniel Brandeis Research Focus: We focus on mapping brain functions and plasticity in typical development, neurodevelopmental disorders, and treatment with electrical and multimodal imaging (EEG-fMRI, MRS, with S. Brem). Clinical projects cover longitudinal brain mapping in common neurodevelopmental disorders like Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), aggression and Dyslexia. We characterize timing, localization and genetics (with E. Grünblatt) of compromised networks as endophenotypes as state dependent deficits during rest, attention, inhibition, reward processing, or print tuning etc. For clinical translation we focus on neurofeedback and biofeedback training (with R. Drechsler), and evaluate potential biomarkers using multimodal approaches. Keywords: ADHD, dyslexia, OCD, conduct disorder, development, plasticity, functional brain mapping, EEG, ERP, fMRI, MRS, neurofeedback, biofeedback, longitudinal studies, reading, attention, genetics, gene x environment interactions. Topics: Disorders of the Nervous System, Development and Regeneration, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Technology and Imaging Publications: pubmed Website: http://www.kjpd.uzh.ch/multimod/bm.html
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Dr. sc. nat. Silvia Brem Research Focus: Current research interests are the use of multimodal imaging techniques (EEG, MRI) to examine i) typical and atypical reading development (developmental dyslexia), ii) prediction and intervention in dyslexia and iii) dysfunctional brain networks in child psychiatric populations such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and juvenile obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Keywords: EEG, MRI, simultaneous EEG-fMRI, reading, developmental dyslexia, ADHD, OCD Topics: Cognitive Neuroscience, Disorders of the Nervous System Publications: pubmed Website: http://www.kjpd.uzh.ch
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Prof. Dr. phil. Peter Brugger Research Focus: One focus is on space representation in healthy individuals and patients with hemispatial neglect. The “space” we are interested in is not confined to physical space, but comprises imagined locations, number space and the spatial representation of time. A very special, private part of space is our body. We are interested in the relations between corporeal awareness and the construction and experience of the self. This experience can change after brain damage, but can also drastically deviate from the norm in a minority of apparently healthy individuals. Cognitive dysfunction in a demyelinating disorder, multiple sclerosis, represents a further focus of interest. Here we are specifically interested in the relative contributions of white matter and gray matter lesions to cognitive performance, specifically executive functions. Generally, our strengths are in behavioral methods; structural and functional neuroimaging may complement the behavioral approach. Keywords: Processing of space and time, body and self, structural correlates of cognitive dysfunction Topics: Cognitive Neuroscience, Disorders of the Nervous System Publications: www.zora.uzh.ch |
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PD Dr. sc. ETH Markus Christen Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine & UZH Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich christen@ethik.uzh.ch Keywords: neuroethics; deep brain stimulation; brain death; big data ethics; moral psychology; ethics of information technology Publications: https://www.encyclog.com/forschung/person/publikationen Website: http://www.ibme.uzh.ch/de/ethik/forschung/Neuro-Ethics-Technology-(NET)-Research-Group.html
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Prof. Dr. phil. Moritz M. Daum Research Focus: The overarching aim of the Research Group “Developmental Psychology” is to address the roots of infants’ and young children’s perception and understanding of their social world. The understanding of others as social agents is one of the most fundamental skills in our everyday social life. It is crucial for any engagement in cooperative and communicative activities. In our research, we are particularly interested in the mechanisms that form the bedrock of infants’ action perception, the interrelation of infants’ early action perception comprehension to the control of their own actions, the selective implementation of observed actions in one’s own actions. Current projects focus on the (neuro-)cognitive processes underlying infants’ and young children’s action understanding, the interrelation of action understanding and action performance across the whole lifespan, the interrelation of language and action in development, and the development of the self. Keywords: developmental psychology, infancy, life span, cognitive development, action perception language, imitation, eye tracking, EEG Topics: Development and Regeneration, Neural Basis of Behavior, Cognitive Neuroscience Publications: pubmed Website: http://www.psychologie.uzh.ch/fachrichtungen/devpsy/personen Lab: http://www.kleineweltentdecker.ch
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PD Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Dominik Ettlin Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich Research Focus: Our clinical focus is the biopsychosocial evaluation and management of patients suffering from athrogenic, myogenic and neurogenic trigeminal pain disorders. The interdisciplinary team includes dentists, physicians, psychologists and neuroscientists. We aim at better understanding peripheral and central pathomechanisms underlying these disorders, utilizing primarily functional magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (fMRI and fMRS). We developed several MR-compatible setups for reliable stimulation of extra and intraoral structures. We are also interested in behavioral aspects of pain. By collecting multicenter clinical data, we analyze potential pain etiologies and modifying factors. Keywords: trigeminal sensory system, nociception, (orofacial) pain, brainstem and cortical pain fMRI, fMRS, questionnaires, clinical pain trials Topics: Sensory Systems, Neural Basis of Behavior, Disorders of the Nervous Systems, Biomedical Technology and Imaging, cognitive neuroscience Publication: PubMed Website: http://www.zzm.uzh.ch/en/research/staff/ettlin-dominik.html
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Prof. Dr. Sascha Frühholz Keywords: Emotion, voice, vocal production, auditory system, limbic system Topic: Cognitive Neuroscience Publications: pubmed Website: http://www.psychology.uzh.ch/chairs/kaneuro.html
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Prof. Dr. Nathalie Giroud Research Focus: In our group we investigate mechanisms of language processing in the brain using a variety of neuroimaging techniques (e.g. EEG, MRI) as well as psychophysical and neuropsychological testing. Our research focuses on the neural underpinnings of the highly prevalent age-related hearing loss and speech perception difficulties in older adults. We are working towards understanding its impact on the brain and its relationship with cognitive decline in healthy individuals and in older adults with neuropathology such as Alzheimer’s disease. The long-term goal of our research is to develop rehabilitation strategies for audio(-visual) speech processing difficulties in healthy older adults and individuals with mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Furthermore, we are also interested in understanding the association between hearing loss and brain atrophy, cognitive mechanisms of audiovisual speech processing, as well as bilingualism and foreign language learning in an aging population. Keywords: hearing loss, aging, dementia, language, speech processing, neural entrainment, EEG, MRI, audiovisual processing, cognition Topics: Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensory Systems Publications: https://scholar.google.com Website: https://www.cl.uzh.ch/de/people/team/phonetics/nathalie-giroud.html
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Prof. Dr. Todd Hare Research Focus: Decision making is central to human behavior and the ability to make good choices is necessary for personal health and optimal social functioning. Our goal is to understand the neural mechanisms of decision making in healthy, typical populations as well as how these processes become dysfunctional in specific behavioral disorders and pathophysiologies. We examine the neural networks that mediate decision making for various reward types (primary, monetary, social), and have shown that while key areas of the decision network are recruited across choice domains, the regions with which they interact differ between decision contexts. Using a combination of behavioral, neuroimaging, brain stimulation, and computational modeling techniques, current projects focus on the impact of factors such as stress, social feedback, and attention on both self-control and normative decision making. Keywords: decision making, self-control, strategic choice Topic: Cognitive Neuroscience Publications: http://www.econ.uzh.ch/faculty/hare/publications.html Website: http://www.econ.uzh.ch/faculty/hare.html
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Prof. Dr. Katharina Henke Research Focus: Our neuroimaging findings suggest that the human hippocampal formation specializes in the rapid establishment of new associations between items in memory. Patient studies revealed that the hippocampal formation is necessary for the rapid encoding and retrieval of new associations even when encoding and retrieval were carried out unconsciously. We found a role of sleep in the consolidation of consciously and unconsciously acquired memories. Even de-novo memory formation during daytime naps appears feasible. We currently test for a potential advantage of unconscious over conscious information processing in situations where complex information needs to be simultaneously processed and integrated. This research informs models of information processing and models of memory systems at both the neural and mental level. Keywords: Human memory, unconscious information processing, hippocampus, sleep, neuroimaging Topic: Cognitive Neuroscience Publications: https://www.boris.unibe.ch Website: http://www.apn.psy.unibe.ch/content/team/henke/index_ger.html |
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Prof. Dr. Alexis Hervais-Adelman Keywords: Speech, Language, Neuroimaging, Multilingualism, Motor System, Basal Ganglia Publications: google scholar Website:https:/ /www.psychology.uzh.ch/en/areas/nec/neulin.html |
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