RESEARCH THEMES OF THE NODE MEMBERS


A broad range of research fields within the neurosciences are actively investigated by the PIs of the Bernstein Node.

    • reinforcement learning (Büchel, Gläscher, Gluth)
    • sequential sampling models (Gluth, Gerkmann)
    • cognitive modeling (Gluth, Gläscher)
    • Causal inference of brain function (Hilgetag)
    • General models of normal and perturbed brain function (Hilgetag)
    • Neuro-inspired AI (Hilgetag)

    • neuroimmunology (Friese)
    • neural coding (Panzeri)
    • brain plasticity (Gallinat)

    • distributed cognition (Donner)
    • brain network dynamics (Donner)
    • connectivity (Engel, Hilgetag)
    • neural network models (Panzeri)

    • Mind-reading (Becchio)
    • social transmission of information (Becchio)
    • Theory of Mind and Mental models (Gläscher)
    • Social decision-making (Gläscher)
    • cooperation and competition (Gläscher)

  • Language

    • communication (Gläscher)
    • Speech processing (Gerkmann)


    Learning
    • belief updating (Gläscher, Lincoln)
    • instrumental control (Schwabe)


    Decision-Making
    • perceptual decision-making (Panzeri)
    • value-based decision-making (Gläscher, Gluth, Solopchuk)
    • confidence (Solopchuk)
    • uncertainty (Gläscher, Gluth, Solopchuk)


    Perception, Sensation, and Action
    • sensation (Panzeri)
    • kinematic coding and action (Becchio)
    • audio-visual enhancement (Gerkmann)


    Memory
    • memory transformation (Schwabe)
    • adaptive memory (Schwabe)


    Attention
    • attention (Gluth)

    • Multiple Sclerosis (Friese)
    • Neurodegeneration (Friese)
    • Pain (Büchel)
    • mechanism of delusion formation and change, intervention (Lincoln)
    • dual cognitive training (Gallinat)
    • AI in Psychotherapy (Gallinat)

    • Neuropharmacology (Büchel)
    • Neuromodulation (Donner)

JOINT SUPERVISION OF POSTDOCS AND STUDENTS

  • Ph.D. Students:

    • Dalila Albergo (with Cristina Becchio)
    • Nicola Engel (with Cristina Becchio and Andreas Engel)
    Post-docs:
    • Loren Kocillari (with Andreas Engel)
    • Jean-François Patri, Noemi Montobbio, Kiri Pullar, Oussama Sabri (with Cristina Becchio)
    • Hedyeh Rezaei (with Tobias Donner)

  • Ph.D. students:

    • Ivana Tanasic, Antoniya Boyanova (with Arjen Alink)
    • Anna Cremer, Felix Kalbe (with Lars Schwabe)

  • Ph.D. students:

    • Dalila Albergo (co-supervised with Stefano Panzeri)
    • Nicola Engel (Thesis committee with Stefano Panzeri and Andreas Engel)

    Post-docs:

    • Jean-François Patri, Noemi Montobbio, Kiri Pullar, Oussama Sabri (co-supervised with Stefano Panzeri)

  • Ph.D. students:

    • Annika Garlichs (with Helen Blank, UKE)
    • Marie Habermann, Lukas Neugebauer (with Christian Büchel, UKE)
    • Alexander Kramer (with Brigitte Röder, UHH)
    • Benjamin Kuper-Smith (with Christoph Korn, UKE)
    • Hendrik Heinbockel, Kaja Loock (with Lars Schwabe, UHH)
    • Noa Hedrich, Anika Löwe, Nir Moneta (with Nico Schuck, UHH)

    M.Sc. students:

    • Beate Mangler, Gökhan Turan, Minu Arutunian, Seda Kavas, Pembe Alpay (with Lars Schwabe, UHH)
    • Leonie Schmidt (with Stefanie Brassen, UKE)
    • Rebekka Baumert (with Janine Bayer, UKE)

  • Ph.D. students:

    • Neele Elbersgerd, GRK Emotional Memory (with Lars Schwabe), Doctoral Student University of Hamburg
    • Elsa Kolbe, Max Planck School Cognition (with Christian Doeller), Doctoral Student University of Hamburg
    • Luianta Verra, IMPRS LIFE (with Ondrej Zika), Doctoral Student University of Hamburg
    • Fabian Renz, Max Planck School Cognition (with Christian Doeller), Doctoral Student University of Leipzig
    • Noa Hedrich, Einstein Center Neuroscience/BCCN Berlin, Doctoral Student University of Hamburg
    • Nir Moneta, Einstein Center Neuroscience/BCCN Berlin, Postdoc at Oxford University
    • Anika Loewe, IMPRS Comp2Psych2, Postdoc at University of Freiburg
    • Christoph Koch, IMPRS LIFE, Data Scientist Sparkassen Rating and Risikosysteme
    • Lennart Wittkuhn, International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) Comp2Psych, Senior Specialist · PD - Berater der öffentlichen Hand GmbH

  • Ph.D. Students:

    • Kaja Loock (with Sebastian Gluth)
    • Neele Elbersgeerd, Ivana Marijanovic (with Nico Schuck)
    • Anna Cremer, Felix Kalbe (with Jan Gläscher)
    • Lea Kampermann (with Christian Büchel)
    • Wiebke Herrmann, Justin Mittelstädt, Lisa Wirz (with Jan Wacker)
    • Alessandro Gulberti (with Andreas Engel)

    M.Sc. Students:

    • Lea Kampermann, Nicola Zuehlke (with Christian Büchel)
    • Pembe Alpay, Minu Arutunian, Beate Mangler, Seda Kavas, Gökhan Turan (with Sebastian Gluth)
    • Vivien Breckwoldt (with Jan Gläscher