Mind and Brain: Faculty

Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Neurocognitive psychology; language, semantic memory, perception

Function	Professor in Neurocognitive Psychology
Current status	Faculty
Research area	Neurocognitive psychology; language, semantic memory, perception
Description	In our research we use neuroscientific methods to investigate basic cognitive processes, with a special interest in the multifaceted aspects of semantic processing. We focus on language production, the interface between vision, semantics and language, the functional organisation of semantic memory, attentional, emotional and semantic influences on visual perception, face and object perception, and mental imagery.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 3: Language Topic 6: Social cognition / human sociality and the brain
Institute	Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-9413
Email	rasha.abdel.rahman@hu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.psychologie.hu-berlin.de/mitarbeiter/1680066
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rasha_Abdel_Rahman
Academia.edu	https://independent.academia.edu/RahmanRasha

Bermpohl, Felix Prof. Dr.

Klinik für Psychiatrie, CCM, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik der Charité im St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus

Cognitive and affective neuroscience

Bermpohl, Felix Prof. Dr.

Function	Head physician, Charité Psychiatric Clinic of St. Hedwig Hospital
Current status	Faculty
Research area	Cognitive and affective neuroscience
Description	My research projects focus on modulation of emotions and self-referential processing. I am studying healthy subjects and patients with affective disorders (depression, bipolar disorder) and substance use disorders using neuroimaging methods. My clinical interest is in the therapy of patients with treatment-resistent major depression as well as patients with borderline personality disorder and comorbid substance use disorder.
M&B topics	Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Klinik für Psychiatrie, CCM, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik der Charité im St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus
Phone	+49 30 2311-2904
Email	felix.bermpohl@charite.de
Homepage	http://psy-ccm.charite.de/forschung/affektive_erkrankungen/ag_affektive_stoerungen/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Felix_Bermpohl
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Blankenburg, Felix Prof. Dr.

Freie Universität Berlin

Somatosensory processing, conscious and unconscious perception

Blankenburg, Felix Prof. Dr.

Function	Leiter
Current status	Faculty
Research area	Somatosensory processing, conscious and unconscious perception
Description
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness
Institute	Freie Universität Berlin
Phone	+49 30 838-55738
Email	felix.blankenburg@fu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/einrichtungen/arbeitsbereiche/neurocom_neuroimag/team/f_blankenburg/index.html
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Felix_Blankenburg
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Brandt, Stephan A. Prof. Dr.

Klinik für Neurologie CCM, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Cognitive neuroscience and neurophysiology

Brandt, Stephan A. Prof. Dr.

Function	Senior Consultant
Current status
Research area	Cognitive neuroscience and neurophysiology
Description	The “Vision and Motor System Research Group” (VMSRG) is devoted to basic experimental as well as clinical research on the field of cognitive neurology and clinical neurophysiology of the visual and the motor system. Our principal goal is to apply novel findings from cognitive and psychophysiological research to current challenges in clinical neurology. In so doing we aim at contributing to improved diagnostic and therapeutical strategies for disorders of the visual and the motor system. Thus, we employ a rich interdisciplinary methodological repertoire to address the physiological complexity of the visual and the motor system and their interactions: We combine psychophysics (reaction time tasks, eye movement tracking, threshold estimation) and psychophysiological measures, e.g. obtained by electroencephalography (EEG) or functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), with modern innovations in transcranial brain stimulation. This includes our successful application of navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS).
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Klinik für Neurologie CCM, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 30 450-560111
Email	stephan.brandt@charite.de
Homepage	http://neurologie.charite.de/en/research/working_groups/vision_motor_system_group/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
Academia.edu	https://independent.academia.edu/BrandtStephan

Brass, Marcel Prof. Dr.

Department of Psychology, HU Berlin, and Ghent University

Social neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, social cognition, human volition, neuroimaging, virtual reality

Brass, Marcel Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Current status	Fuill Professor
Research area	Social neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, social cognition, human volition, neuroimaging, virtual reality
Description	The research group ‘Social Intelligence’ investigates the neuro-cognitive mechanisms underlying our ability to successfully navigate our social environment. We investigate dyadic interactions but also how the individual acts in groups. Furthermore, we study intentional control of behaviour and how high-level beliefs influence behaviour. Methodologically, we apply the whole range of neuroscientific methods such as mental chronometry, EEG and fMRI. Finally, we use virtual reality to investigate social processes.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 6: Social cognition / human sociality and the brain
Institute	Department of Psychology, HU Berlin, and Ghent University
Phone	+49 30 2093-89773
Email	marcel.brass@hu-berlin.de
Homepage	https://social-intelligence-group.github.io/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcel-Brass
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Brecht, Michael Prof. Dr.

Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin & Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience

Neurophysiology

Brecht, Michael Prof. Dr.

Function	Research Group Leader
Current status
Research area	Neurophysiology
Description	Our research group analyses cellular mechanisms underlying sensorimotor integration. The model system we focus on is the active touch / vibrissal system of mammals. We pursue research questions from a strictly systemic, neuroethological perspective. We pose a wide range of questions to understand better the systemic performance of active touch mediated by the vibrissae. We therefore investigate multiple brain structures and our investigations range from intracellular recordings to the analysis of behavioral performance.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny
Institute	Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin & Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience
Phone	+49 30 2093-6772
Email	michael.brecht@bccn-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.activetouch.de/index.php?id=13
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Brecht
Academia.edu	https://independent.academia.edu/MichaelBrecht

Buß, Claudia Prof. Dr.

Charité University Medicine, Medical Psychology

Developmental programming of health and disease; Intrauterine stress exposure; Neurodevelopment

Buß, Claudia Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor
Current status	Faculty member
Research area	Developmental programming of health and disease; Intrauterine stress exposure; Neurodevelopment
Description	My research focus is on developmental programming of health and disease risk, with an emphasis on the effects of stress and stress-related biological (maternal-placental-fetal endocrine, immune, genetic, epigenetic) and behavioral processes during human pregnancy and fetal brain development and risk for psychiatric disorders. To pursue my research questions I am conducting prospective longitudinal studies on pregnant women and their children and apply state-of-the art measures of psychological and biological stress in the mothers during pregnancy and multimodal MR imaging as well as age-appropriate cognitive and behavioral tests in their offspring after birth to track neurodevelopment.
M&B topics	Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Charité University Medicine, Medical Psychology
Phone	+49 30 450 529224
Email	claudia.buss@charite.de
Homepage	https://medpsych.charite.de/metas/person/person/address_detail/buss-3/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
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Cichy, Radoslaw Martin Prof. Dr.

Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin

Cognitive neuroscience, vision science, neuroimaging, machine learning

Cichy, Radoslaw Martin Prof. Dr.

Function	Group Leader
Current status	Faculty member
Research area	Cognitive neuroscience, vision science, neuroimaging, machine learning
Description	The mission of the ‘Neural dynamics of visual cognition lab‘ is to find out how the brain translates the constant flow of photons hitting the retina into a meaningful percept of the world consisting of objects. For this we use a combination of methods (fMRI, M/EEG, deep neural networks), and analyze data in an integrated framework using multivariate techniques such as machine learning and representational similarity analysis. The lab has an open-minded and international spirit.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness
Institute	Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin
Phone
Email	radoslaw.cichy@fu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://people.csail.mit.edu/rmcichy/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
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Curio, Gabriel Prof. Dr.

Klinik für Neurologie und Klinische Neurophysiologie, Berlin Brain-Computer Interface, CBF, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Psychophysiology, brain-computer interface, neurology

Curio, Gabriel Prof. Dr.

Function	Head
Current status
Research area	Psychophysiology, brain-computer interface, neurology
Description	Research Fields. Our group is active in the field of "neurophysics and cognition" in the following major areas: studies on the psychophysiology of motor intention - the 'free will' problem (together with KR Mueller at Fraunhofer FIRST; sensorimotor integration in language production (together with R. Hari at Espoo, Finland); studies on the psychophysiology of music perception (together with G. Neuloh at Neurosurgery of University Bonn); studies on the neurophysiological underpinnings of face recognition (together with the Departments of Psychology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin). Interdisciplinary approach. Our research is focused on the interface between human cortical neurophysiology and the humanities and encompasses a broad range of issues, covering the free will debate of philosophy, including also legal aspects such as 'lie detection', concepts of language production from linguistic psychophysiology, a variant of the nature/nurture dispute as exemplified by conscious versus unconscious processing of music stimuli which are either unknown or overlearned in the Western tonal tradition, and the role of memory and attention in the recognition of human faces as one perceptual key element influencing social interaction in peer groups.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny
Institute	Klinik für Neurologie und Klinische Neurophysiologie, Berlin Brain-Computer Interface, CBF, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 30 8445-2276
Email	gabriel.curio@charite.de
Homepage	http://neurologie.charite.de/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/neurophysik_gabriel_curio/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
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Deter, Hans-Christian Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Klinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, CBF, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Essential hypertension, emotions, cognitive and affective coping

Deter, Hans-Christian Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Function	Professor emeritus
Current status	Faculty
Research area	Essential hypertension, emotions, cognitive and affective coping
Description	Studies on cardiovascular stress reactivity in normal controls, healthy volunteers at risk and patients with hypertension. Research on startle modulation. Studies with the International affective picture system (IAPS).
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Klinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, CBF, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 30 8445-3996
Email	deter@charite.de
Homepage	http://www.charite.de/psychosomatik-cbf/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hans_Deter
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Dirnagl, Ulrich Prof. Dr.

Experimentelle Neurologie, CCM, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Regulation of cerebral blood flow and metabolism, cerebral ischemia

Dirnagl, Ulrich Prof. Dr.

Function	Director, Center for Stroke Research; Director, Dept. of Experimental Neurology
Current status
Research area	Regulation of cerebral blood flow and metabolism, cerebral ischemia
Description	My research is focused on stroke, cerebral blood flow regulation, and brain imaging. We explore mechanisms by which brain ischemia leads to cell death, and develop novel methods to intercept mechanisms of damage in acute brain damage, as well as to foster regeneration and repair of the lesions. In clinical trials we validate our experimental findings and test the bedside efficacy of therapeutic strategies developed at the bench. Closely linked to the interest in stroke pathophysiology, which is caused by a focal reduction in blood flow to the brain, is our interest in the mechanisms that couple regional blood flow to neuronal acitivity, a mechanisms that is underlying functional brain imaging with MR and PET.
M&B topics	Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Experimentelle Neurologie, CCM, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 30 450-560134
Email	ulrich.dirnagl@charite.de
Homepage	http://expneuro.charite.de/en/people/cv_prof_dr_dirnagl/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ulrich_Dirnagl
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Dziobek, Isabel Prof. Dr.

Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Berlin School of Mind and Brain

Clinical affective neuroscience, social cognition

Dziobek, Isabel Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor for Clinical Psychology of Social Interaction
Current status	Faculty
Research area	Clinical affective neuroscience, social cognition
Description	My interests and my work lie in the field of social cognitive and affective neuroscience, focussing on empathy, emotion recognition, and theory of mind processes. I have been conducting studies in clinical populations involving social cognitive impairments such as autism and personality disorders. The methods I have been using encompass test development, structural and functional MRI, eye tracking and skin conductance measures. My group: www.psychologie.hu-berlin.de/de/prof/soccog
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction Topic 6: Social cognition / human sociality and the brain
Institute	Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Berlin School of Mind and Brain
Phone
Email	isabel.dziobek@hu-berlin.de
Homepage	https://www.psychologie.hu-berlin.de/de/mitarbeiter/1687995
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Isabel_Dziobek
Academia.edu	https://fu-berlin.academia.edu/IsabelDziobek

Endres, Matthias Prof. Dr.

Klinik für Neurologie, CCM, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Stroke research

Endres, Matthias Prof. Dr.

Function	Director, Clinic for Neurology; Academic Director, Center for Stroke Research Berlin (CSB)
Current status
Research area	Stroke research
Description	We are studying mechanisms and long-term outcome of focal brain ischemia. A particular interest within the scope of the Mind and Brain Graduate School are long-term functional and emotional changes following stroke including post-stroke depression and anhedonia. We are studying the neurobiological basis of these emotional disturbances and potential therapeutic approaches.
M&B topics	Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Klinik für Neurologie, CCM, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+40 30 450-560102
Email	matthias.endres@charite.de
Homepage	http://neurologie.charite.de/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
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Filevich, Elisa Ph.D

Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Consciousness, metacognition, intentional action, introspection, motor control, motor awareness

Filevich, Elisa Ph.D

Function	Junior research group leader
Current status	Faculty member
Research area	Consciousness, metacognition, intentional action, introspection, motor control, motor awareness
Description	We ask how (much) the brain knows about the way it moves the body. For this purpose we measure metacognitive ability in the motor domain and its relationship to other domains. We sometimes use neuroimaging methods -(f)MRI, EEG- and sometimes focus on behavioural experiments alone.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness
Institute	Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-6313
Email	elisa.filevich@bccn-berlin.de
Homepage	http://metamotorlab.filevich.com/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elisa_Filevich
Academia.edu	http://ucl.academia.edu/ElisaFilevich

Finke, Carsten Prof. Dr.

Department of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin School of Mind and Brain

Cognition in neurological disorders, memory disorders, neuroimaging

Finke, Carsten Prof. Dr.

Function	Junior Professor for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience
Current status	Faculty member
Research area	Cognition in neurological disorders, memory disorders, neuroimaging
Description	Our group investigates the clinical and cognitive neuroscience of memory and memory disorders. We study patients with diseases affecting the medial temporal lobes, including hippocampal sclerosis, surgical resections, viral encephalitis (e.g., herpes encephalitis) and autoimmune encephalitis (e.g., NMDA receptor encephalitis) using behavioral testing and structural and functional MRI. This research aims to elucidate the pathophysiology of memory disorders and to develop imaging biomarkers for diagnosis and evaluation of prognosis in these diseases. Our further interests include compensatory reorganization processes following damage to the medial temporal lobes, the organization of musical memory in healthy subjects and patents with memory disorders and cognitive deficits associated with autoimmunity in tumor patients.
M&B topics	Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Department of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Berlin School of Mind and Brain
Phone	+49 30 450560216
Email	carsten.finke@charite.de
Homepage	http://neurologie.charite.de/en/research/working_groups/brain_behavior//
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carsten_Finke
Academia.edu	https://charite.academia.edu/CarstenFinke

Fischer, Martin Prof. Dr.

Department Psychology, University of Potsdam

Embodied cognition

Fischer, Martin Prof. Dr.

Function	Leader, Division of Cognitive Sciences
Current status
Research area	Embodied cognition
Description	The Potsdam Embodied Cognition Group (PECoG) studies social motor control with behavioural, kinematic and TMS methods (with Dr. Gianelli). We also investigate numerical cognition and reading from an embodied perspective. Please refer to www.uni-potsdam.de/pecog/
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 6: Social cognition / human sociality and the brain
Institute	Department Psychology, University of Potsdam
Phone	+49 331-9772914
Email	martinf@uni-potsdam.de
Homepage	http://www.psych.uni-potsdam.de/people/fischer-m/index-e.html
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin_Fischer2
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Frensch, Peter A. Prof. Dr.

Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Cognitive psychology

Frensch, Peter A. Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor in Psychology
Current status
Research area	Cognitive psychology
Description	Our research team is primarily interested in cognitive aspects of human learning. More specifically, we are working on issues that pertain to implicit learning, to learning in a dual-task environment, and to cognitive skill acquisition. In addition, we are studying the cognitive mechanisms that underlie the generation of human consciousness and try to understand the function of consciousness in the control of action.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 2: Decision-making
Institute	Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-4922
Email	peter.frensch@psychologie.hu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.psychologie.hu-berlin.de/mitarbeiter/57310
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Frensch
Academia.edu	https://independent.academia.edu/PeterFrensch

Friederici, Angela D. Prof. Dr.

Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Department of Neuropsychology

Neural basis of language, brain basis of language development

Friederici, Angela D. Prof. Dr.

Function	Director
Current status
Research area	Neural basis of language, brain basis of language development
Description	The main goal of our research is to investigate the "how" and "where" of the various subcomponents of language processing in the brain. In order to understand the dynamic organization of the language processor (i.e., the "how"), we use behavioral measures and electrophysiological methods (EEG, MEG). The neuroanatomical organization of language (i.e., the "where") is targeted by the investigation of neurological patients with language disorders and the use of new brain imaging methods such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
M&B topics	Topic 3: Language
Institute	Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Department of Neuropsychology
Phone	+49 341-9940112
Email	angelafr@cbs.mpg.de
Homepage	http://www.cbs.mpg.de/~friederici
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
Academia.edu	https://independent.academia.edu/AngelaDFriederici

Gigerenzer, Gerd Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

Adaptive behavior and cognition

Gigerenzer, Gerd Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Function	Director
Current status	Faculty
Research area	Adaptive behavior and cognition
Description	Traditional research on decision-making, including neuroeconomics, is dominated by an unrealistic view of cognition that pictures the mind as a Bayesian optimizer. I study how real people make decisions when information and time are limited, and the future is uncertain. The key questions are (i) what heuristics and evolved capacities are in the adaptive toolbox of a species, (ii) in what tasks does which heuristic succeed, and (iii) how can we design efficient artificial decision algorithms (and environments) based on the results of this research.
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making
Institute	Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
Phone	+49 30 82406-361 /-430
Email	sekgigerenzer@mpib-berlin.mpg.de
Homepage	http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/staff/gerd-gigerenzer
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gerd_Gigerenzer
Academia.edu	https://independent.academia.edu/GerdGigerenzer

Gold, Stefan Prof. Dr.

Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Campus Benjamin Franklin

Neuropsychiatry, Neuroimmunology, Neuroimaging (structural and functional), Molecular biology, Clinical trials

Gold, Stefan Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor
Current status	Faculty member
Research area	Neuropsychiatry, Neuroimmunology, Neuroimaging (structural and functional), Molecular biology, Clinical trials
Description	Our lab is interested in the bi-directional interaction between the immune system and the brain and how this can contribute to the pathogenesis and progression of complex human CNS disorders. In our work, we use (and offer training in) a combination of methods from molecular and cellular immunology, neuroimaging and neuropsychology to study neuroinflammatory and psychiatric disorders. Experimental approaches c
M&B topics	Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction Topic 6: Social cognition / human sociality and the brain
Institute	Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Campus Benjamin Franklin
Phone
Email	stefan.gold@charite.de
Homepage	https://psychiatrie.charite.de/en/research/neuropsychiatry/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefan_Gold2
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Hammerstein, Peter Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Institut für Theoretische Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Theoretical and evolutionary biology, game theory, decision processes

Hammerstein, Peter Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Function	Professor in Theoretical Biology & Chair of Sonderforschungsbereich 618
Current status
Research area	Theoretical and evolutionary biology, game theory, decision processes
Description	Research Fields. Our group is active in the fields of theoretical and evolutionary biology, with the following major areas: evolutionary game theory and evolutionary genetics; conflict and cooperation at the level of genes, cells, and organisms; evolution of cognitive and emotional tools for human cooperation; endosymbiont evolution; strategic interactions between parasites and the immune system. Interdisciplinary Approach. A major research area of my theoretical biology group is the study of human evolution. We investigate, how biological and cultural evolution have generated the cognitive and emotional tools for cooperation among non-relatives. We also study theoretical problems in evolutionary medicine - an emerging field that provides new insights on psychopathologies and the concept of ‘illness’. In our work on evolutionary game theory, we systematically explore the links between theories in evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, and economics.
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny
Institute	Institut für Theoretische Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-9102
Email	p.hammerstein@biologie.hu-berlin.de
Homepage	https://www.biologie.hu-berlin.de/en/gruppenseiten-en/sfb618/people/hammerstein_peter
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
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Haynes, John-Dylan Prof. Dr.

Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Human cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, conscious and unconscious processing in perception and action

Haynes, John-Dylan Prof. Dr.

Function	Research Group Leader
Current status
Research area	Human cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, conscious and unconscious processing in perception and action
Description	Research Fields: Our group is active in the field of human cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging with the following major areas: functional neuroimaging of the visual and executive systems, the neural basis of awareness and conscious access to sensory information, human brain imaging methods, including functional connectivity and multivariate decoding. Interdisciplinary Approach: My major research focus has been on the neural determinants of conscious and unconscious processing. Research in this field is inherently interdisciplinary and involves collaborations with researchers in cognitive neuroscience, neural modeling and philosophy of mind, as evidenced in the list of publications. My work at the Hanse Institute of Advanced Study has also included the coordination of a large interdisciplinary research and education network in cognitive neuroscience (NeuroNord).
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny
Institute	Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-6762
Email	haynes@bccn-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.bccn-berlin.de/People/home/?contentId=661
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
Academia.edu	https://independent.academia.edu/JohndylanHaynes

Heekeren, Hauke R. Prof. Dr.

Freie Universität Berlin, Arbeitsbereich Biologische Psychologie und Kognitive Neurowissenschaft

Neurocognition of decision making, cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, clinical cognitive neuroscience

Heekeren, Hauke R. Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor for Affective Neuroscience & Psychology of Emotion
Current status
Research area	Neurocognition of decision making, cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, clinical cognitive neuroscience
Description	We are active in the field of cognitive neuroscience and cognitive neurology, with the following major areas: Development of a quantitative model of perceptual decision-making processes in the framework of stochastic diffusion models; neural correlates of individual differences in emotion processing during perceptual decisions on emotional stimuli; interaction of action-oriented and reward-processing brain regions during decision-making processes; influence of aging. Interdisciplinary Approach: Decision-making research is an interdisciplinary endeavor. In the past we have established collaborations with the Humboldt-University Law school and with the Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research. We are also cooperating with the Department of Psychology. We are co-applicants of the to be established interdisciplinary Humboldt research center “conflict”. A strong cooperation exists with the MPI for human development.
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny
Institute	Freie Universität Berlin, Arbeitsbereich Biologische Psychologie und Kognitive Neurowissenschaft
Phone	+49 30 838-578 43
Email	hauke.heekeren@fu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/en/v/ccnb/research-center/people/research-group-leaders/heekeren/index.html
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hauke_Heekeren
Academia.edu	https://fu-berlin.academia.edu/HaukeHeekeren

Heim, Christine Prof. Dr.

Medical Psychology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Developmental programming of health and disease

Heim, Christine Prof. Dr.

Function	Director
Current status
Research area	Developmental programming of health and disease
Description	Early adverse experience, such as childhood abuse, neglect and loss, is a major risk factor for the development of a wide range of psychiatric disorders and certain medical diseases later in life. My research employs a multi-methodological approach to integrate clinical and developmental psychology with methods from functional and structural neuroimaging, neuroendocrinology, immunology, and genetics to elucidate the role of developmental factors in contributing to the psychobiological basis of complex psychiatric and somatic disorders. Results from this research will ultimately lead to improved diagnosis of cases at risk versus resilience, as well as targeted prevention and treatment, through an integrated consideration of early developmental and biological processes.
M&B topics	Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction Topic 6: Social cognition / human sociality and the brain
Institute	Medical Psychology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 30 450-529221
Email	christine.heim@charite.de
Homepage	http://medpsych.charite.de/institut/institutsleitung/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christine_Heim
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Heinz, Andreas Prof. Dr. Dr.

Klinik für Psychiatrie, CCM, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Monoaminergic dysfunction in psychiatric disorders

Heinz, Andreas Prof. Dr. Dr.

Function	Director, Chair
Current status
Research area	Monoaminergic dysfunction in psychiatric disorders
Description	Evolutionary and anthropological concepts in constructs of mental disorders. Transcultural psychiatry. Combination of neurochemical and functional imaging with genetic research and clinical assessment of social stress factors. Genetic and environmental effects on dopaminergic and serotonergic mechanisms of reward expectation and learning and its dysfunction in psychiatric disorders.
M&B topics	Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction Topic 6: Social cognition / human sociality and the brain
Institute	Klinik für Psychiatrie, CCM, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 30 450-517002
Email	andreas.heinz@charite.de
Homepage	http://www.internetandpsychiatry.com/joomla/distinguished-guests/627-andreas-heinz-md.html
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
Academia.edu	https://independent.academia.edu/AndreasHeinz

Heinze, Hans-Jochen Prof. Dr.

Department of Neurology II, Universität Magdeburg

Cognitive control of memory functions; functional, structural, and genetic imaging

Heinze, Hans-Jochen Prof. Dr.

Function	Director
Current status
Research area	Cognitive control of memory functions; functional, structural, and genetic imaging
Description	The main focus of research is the cognitive control of human behavior from a neuroscientific perspective. The Center of Advanced Imaging (CAI), an integrated neuroscientific research center for the Department of Neurology II concentrates on investigations of the control of higher brain functions in the following three areas: visual and auditory perception, memory, decision-making and activity control, using multimodal brain imaging techniques. The aim is to identify the neural mechanisms which transform strategies, expectations and convictions into percepts, memory traces, emotions, language and action.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Department of Neurology II, Universität Magdeburg
Phone	+49 391 67-13431
Email	hans-jochen.heinze@med.ovgu.de
Homepage	http://neuro2.med.uni-magdeburg.de/neurologie/de/ueber_uns/profile/profile.php?account=heinze
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
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Herzel, Hanspeter Prof. Dr.

Fachinstitut für Theoretische Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Theoretical and systems biology, nonlinear dynamics; animal vocalization, signal transduction

Herzel, Hanspeter Prof. Dr.

Function
Current status
Research area	Theoretical and systems biology, nonlinear dynamics; animal vocalization, signal transduction
Description	My group is applying methods from nonlinear dynamics, bioinformatics and theoretical biology to several biomedical problems. Together with experimentalists we study, e.g., the circadian clock, signalling pathways and gene regulation, and biomechanical aspects of voice production. We teach mathematics and statistics for biologists, bioinformatics, data analysis, and mathematical modelling in biomedicine.
M&B topics	Topic 3: Language
Institute	Fachinstitut für Theoretische Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-9101
Email	h.herzel@biologie.hu-berlin.de
Homepage	https://www.biologie.hu-berlin.de/en/gruppenseiten-en/sfb618/people/herzel_hanspeter
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hanspeter_Herzel
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Heuser, Isabella Prof. Dr.

Department of Psychiatry, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Stress-related disorders, Alzheimer’s dementia, old-age depression

Heuser, Isabella Prof. Dr.

Function	Chair: Department of Psychiatry, Campus Benjamin Franklin,, Professor in Psychiatry
Current status
Research area	Stress-related disorders, Alzheimer’s dementia, old-age depression
Description	The main focus of my work is how a stressful or untoward environment translates into altered brain function and possibly psychological and emotional dysfunction or successful adaptation. Lately, my group and I have been particularly interested in changes of brain-circuitries and somatic complaints in individuals who have developed deficits in emotion-regulation. We use molecular and brain imaging, brain stimulation techniques, genetics and preclinical studies - mostly in rodents - as well as psychological and developmental data to tackle the problem of “acquired” emotional dysregulation. As a board member of the Free University’s Excellence-Cluster Languages of Emotions my group and I have just recently completed a large, multidisciplinary project to further our understanding of alexithymia and other forms of an individuals unability to express emotions.
M&B topics	Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny
Institute	Department of Psychiatry, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 30 8445-8701
Email	katharina.schmalfeld@charite.de
Homepage	http://psychiatrie.charite.de/en/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Isabella_Heuser
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Jacobs, Arthur M. Prof. Dr.

Institut für Psychologie, Freie Universität Berlin

Neurocognitive psychology

Jacobs, Arthur M. Prof. Dr.

Function	Chair, Neurocognitive Science
Current status
Research area	Neurocognitive psychology
Description	Research Fields. Our group is active in the field of neurocognitive psychology, with the following major areas: psycholinguistics (focus: cross-language word recognition and reading); neurocomputational modeling (focus: word recognition); emotion-cognition coupling and conflict control in memory; neuropsychological disorders (dyslexia, aphasia, neglect). Interdisciplinary Approach. Our research integrates cognitive psychology and neuroscience in several areas with active cooperations with colleagues in (neuro)linguistics, or (neuro)computational modelling. Our experimental approach is multimethodological, integrating techniques from psychophysics and cognitive psychology (reaction times, receiver operating characteristics, oculo- and pupillometry) with neurocognitive methods (EEG, fMRI, artificial neural networks).
M&B topics	Topic 3: Language Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny
Institute	Institut für Psychologie, Freie Universität Berlin
Phone	+49 30 838-51277
Email	ajacobs@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/einrichtungen/arbeitsbereiche/allgpsy/mitarbeiter_innen/ajacobs/index.html
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arthur_Jacobs
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Kathmann, Norbert Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Clinical psychology and neuropsychology

Kathmann, Norbert Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Function
Current status
Research area	Clinical psychology and neuropsychology
Description	My work has a focus on the neurocognitive basis of psychopathological phenomena. Using neuropsychological, psychophysiological, and brain imaging techniques, we develop models of cognitive and affective functions and their disturbances, e.g. procedural learning deficits in obsessive-compulsive disorder or volitional deficits in schizophrenic disorders. Currently, we also work on the neuronal implementation of action monitoring and control. We have excellent lab facilities on campus Adlershof and several collaborations with research groups at the Charité.
M&B topics	Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-4903
Email	kathmann@rz.hu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.psychologie.hu-berlin.de/mitarbeiter/1359454
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Norbert_Kathmann
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Kettenmann, Helmut Prof. Dr.

Zelluläre Neurowissenschaften, Max-Delbrück-Centrum, Berlin

Cellular neurosciences

Kettenmann, Helmut Prof. Dr.

Function	Group leader
Current status
Research area	Cellular neurosciences
Description	Research Fields. Our group is active in the field of cellular neurosciences, with the following major areas: the role of astrocytes in information processing; the response of microglial cells to brain injury and the cellular properties of gliomas.
M&B topics	Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Zelluläre Neurowissenschaften, Max-Delbrück-Centrum, Berlin
Phone	+49 30 9406-3325
Email	kettenmann@mdc-berlin.de
Homepage	https://www.mdc-berlin.de/1157057/en/research/research_teams/cellular_neurosciences
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Helmut_Kettenmann
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Kliegl, Reinhold Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Institut für Psychologie, Universität Potsdam

Cognitive psychology

Kliegl, Reinhold Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Function	Professor in Psychology
Current status
Research area	Cognitive psychology
Description	My research focuses on how the dynamics of language-related, perceptual, and oculomotor processes subserve attentional control, using reading, spatial attention, and working memory tasks as experimental venues; I also examine neural correlates and age-related differences in these processes. This research is carried out in interdisciplinary projects with colleagues from linguistics as well as from theoretical physics and mathematics.
M&B topics	Topic 3: Language Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness
Institute	Institut für Psychologie, Universität Potsdam
Phone	+49 331 977-2868
Email	kliegl@uni-potsdam.de
Homepage	http://www.psych.uni-potsdam.de/people/kliegl/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reinhold_Kliegl
Academia.edu	https://uni-potsdam.academia.edu/ReinholdKliegl

Klostermann, Fabian Prof. Ph.D.

Klinik für Neurologie, CBF, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Neurology, Parkinson’s disease

Klostermann, Fabian Prof. Ph.D.

Function	Head, Motor and Cognition Group
Current status
Research area	Neurology, Parkinson’s disease
Description	I take interest in how cortical and subcortical brain levels interact in order to organize behavior. Addressing principle questions of cortico-centric versus centrencephalic concepts, past and ongoing studies aim to identify basal ganglia and thalamic substrates of mental and motor actions and their coordination with related cortical operations. A further focus is the dependency between cognitive and motor performance under physiological and disease conditions, asking for behavioral determinants beyond conscious control.
M&B topics	Topic 3: Language Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Klinik für Neurologie, CBF, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 30 8445 2276
Email	fabian.klostermann@charite.de
Homepage	http://neurologie.charite.de/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/motorik_und_kognition_fabian_klostermann/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
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Knoeferle, Pia Prof. Ph.D.

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Department of Linguistics

Psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, situated language processing across lifespan, eye tracking, event-related brain potentials

Knoeferle, Pia Prof. Ph.D.

Function	Professor of German Linguistics: Psycholinguistics
Current status	Faculty member
Research area	Psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, situated language processing across lifespan, eye tracking, event-related brain potentials
Description	The research focus of the group is on real-time context effects in language comprehension across the lifespan (in children, young, and older adults). We examine visual context effects as well as linguistic context effects. We are interested in how rapidly comprehenders can exploit different contextual cues (e.g., using eye tracking or event-related brain potentials) but also in protracted context effects (e.g., as revealed in post-experiment comprehension and memory test scores). Ongoing research efforts consider to which extent and how extra-linguistic context plays a role for learning.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 3: Language
Institute	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Department of Linguistics
Phone
Email
Homepage	https://amor.cms.hu-berlin.de/~knoeferp/index.html
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pia_Knoeferle/publications
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Krifka, Manfred Prof. Dr.

Institut für Deutsche Sprache und Linguistik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Language, Semantics, Pragmatics, Syntax, Linguistics

Krifka, Manfred Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor / Director of ZAS
Current status
Research area	Language, Semantics, Pragmatics, Syntax, Linguistics
Description	My main research interest is in the semantics and pragmatics of natural languages. I am particularly interested in the interface between syntax and semantics. Research topics include tense and aspect, mass nouns and count nouns, vagueness and approximation, presuppositions, implicatures and discourse phenomena. I have a regional specification in Bantu and Austronesian languages, but have worked on others as well.
M&B topics	Topic 3: Language
Institute	Institut für Deutsche Sprache und Linguistik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-9670
Email	krifka@rz.hu-berlin.de
Homepage	https://www.linguistik.hu-berlin.de/de/institut/professuren/sprachwissenschaft/mitarbeiter/krifka
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manfred_Krifka
Academia.edu	https://hu-berlin.academia.edu/ManfredKrifka

Kühn, Andrea Prof. Dr.

Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Movement disorders, deep brain stimulation, invasive recording from human basal ganglia, neurophysiology of motor system

Kühn, Andrea Prof. Dr.

Function	Consultant Neurologist
Current status
Research area	Movement disorders, deep brain stimulation, invasive recording from human basal ganglia, neurophysiology of motor system
Description	My work involves: Pathophysiology of movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease, dystonia); mechanism of action of deep brain stimulation in movement disorders and psychiatric diseases (depression, Tourette Syndrome); invasive recording from the human basal ganglia and use of deep brain stimulation as a lesion model to study basal ganglia function and the role of neuronal oscillatory activity in motor and emotional processing; neurophysiology of the motor system (using transcranial magnetic stimulation and EEG) My research focuses on: - Role of oscillatory brain activity for the pathophysiology of movement disorders - Deep brain stimulation: mechanism of action, clinical studies in movement disorders and neuropsychiatric diseases - Role of basal ganglia and cingulate cortex in emotional processing (cooperation with Department of Psychiatry, Malek Bajbouj) - Basal ganglia and decision making (cooperation with Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Hauke Heekeren) - Computational models of basal ganglia - cortex interaction (cooperation with Bernstein Centre for Computational Neuroscience, BCCN, Fred Hamker)
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 30 450-560123
Email	andrea.kuehn@charite.de
Homepage	http://neurologie.charite.de/en/research/working_groups/movement_disorders/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrea_Kuehn2
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Lindenberger, Ulman Prof. Dr.

Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

Lifespan cognitive/neurocognitive development

Lindenberger, Ulman Prof. Dr.

Function	Director
Current status
Research area	Lifespan cognitive/neurocognitive development
Description	Behavioral and neuronal plasticity across the lifespan. Brain-behavior relations across the lifespan. Multivariate developmental methodology. Relations between sensory and cognitive aging
M&B topics	Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny
Institute	Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
Phone	+49 30 82406-572
Email	seklindenberger@mpib-berlin.mpg.de
Homepage	http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/de/mitarbeiter/ulman-lindenberger
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ulman_Lindenberger
Academia.edu	https://mpib-berlin-mpg.academia.edu/ulmanlindenberger

Menzel, Randolf Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Institut für Biologie - Neurobiologie, Freie Universität Berlin

Associative learning, memory consolidation, neural correlates of associative plasticity at the network level

Menzel, Randolf Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Function	Professor emeritus
Current status	Faculty
Research area	Associative learning, memory consolidation, neural correlates of associative plasticity at the network level
Description	We study the neural basis of learning and memory in an insect, the honeybee. Starting from behavioural analysis we determine neural correlates of associative learning using intracellular, extracellular recordings and Ca imaging. The network properties of associative plasticity are modelled, and predictions are made to guide our experimental approach. We take advantage of the fact that this insect not only learns a whole range of stimuli under natural conditions but also when it is set up for recording and imaging.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny
Institute	Institut für Biologie - Neurobiologie, Freie Universität Berlin
Phone	+49 30 838-53930
Email	menzel@neurobiologie.fu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.neurobiologie.fu-berlin.de/menzel/menzel.html
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Randolf_Menzel
Academia.edu	http://independent.academia.edu/RandolfMenzel

Müller, Olaf Prof. Dr.

Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Philosophy of language, philosophy of science, epistemology, metaphysics, ethics

Müller, Olaf Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor in Philosophy
Current status
Research area	Philosophy of language, philosophy of science, epistemology, metaphysics, ethics
Description
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 3: Language
Institute	Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-2852
Email	muelleol@staff.hu-berlin.de
Homepage	https://www.philosophie.hu-berlin.de/de/lehrbereiche/natur/mitarbeiter/mueller
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
Academia.edu	https://hu-berlin.academia.edu/OlafM%C3%BCller

Müller, Klaus-Robert Prof. Dr.

Technische Universität Berlin, Dept. of Software Engineering and Theoretical Computer Science, Machine Learning/Intelligent Data Analysis

Statistical learning theory for neural networks, support vector machines and ensemble learning techniques

Müller, Klaus-Robert Prof. Dr.

Function	Head
Current status
Research area	Statistical learning theory for neural networks, support vector machines and ensemble learning techniques
Description	My research areas include statistical learning theory for neural networks, support vector machines and ensemble learning techniques. My contributions have furthermore covered the field of adaptive signal processing with emphasis on time-series analysis, statistical denoising methods and blind source separation. Application interests are currently focussed on the analysis of biomedical data, in particular on single trial analysis of electro-encephalography (EEG) data, which has most recently led to the successful establishing of the Berlin brain computer interface (jointly with Charité). Furthermore I have contributed to the application of machine learning techniques to genomic data, more precisely to microarray data analysis and to genefinding. Another important application focus is on hacker intrusion detection using machine learning technology for finding previously unseen attacks from network data. The major objective of my research is to pursue research all the way from theory to application. To this end, I am contributing to the generic theoretical development of new and well-founded data analysis and machine learning techniques that can be used in the natural sciences and in industry. At the same time the aim is to contribute to a better understanding and furthering of the underlying scientific question.
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making
Institute	Technische Universität Berlin, Dept. of Software Engineering and Theoretical Computer Science, Machine Learning/Intelligent Data Analysis
Phone	+49 30 314-78620
Email	klaus-robert.mueller@tu-berlin.de
Homepage	https://www.ml.tu-berlin.de/menue/members/klaus-robert_mueller/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Klaus-Robert_Müller
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Obermayer, Klaus Prof. Dr.

Institut für Softwaretechnik und Theoretische Informatik, Technische Universität Berlin

Computational neuroscience, machine learning, analysis of neural data

Obermayer, Klaus Prof. Dr.

Function	Head of the Neural Information Processing Group
Current status
Research area	Computational neuroscience, machine learning, analysis of neural data
Description	Current research areas are: models of neuronal systems (visual perception, working memory, reward-based learning & decision making) machine learning (inductive learing, pattern recognition, learning on structured data), new methods for the analysis of neuronal and biomedical data (imaging methods, multi-electrode recordings, genetic data).
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny
Institute	Institut für Softwaretechnik und Theoretische Informatik, Technische Universität Berlin
Phone	+49 30 314-73442
Email	oby@ni.tu-berlin.de
Homepage	https://www.ni.tu-berlin.de/menue/members/head_of_research_group/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
Academia.edu	https://independent.academia.edu/KlausObermayer

Obrig, Hellmuth Prof. Dr.

Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig

Non-invasive optical imaging, Neuroscience, Neurology

Obrig, Hellmuth Prof. Dr.

Function
Current status
Research area	Non-invasive optical imaging, Neuroscience, Neurology
Description	Methodologically centred around non-invasive optical techniques my work is grouped around three major issues. Investigating the basis of vascular imaging we address questions concerned with neurovascular coupling. We are interested e.g. in the vascular response to neuronal inhibition. The methodology also is valuable in infant research, where we address issues of language acquisition. Finally stroke research especially bedside monitoring of perfusion is a clinical focus of research.
M&B topics	Topic 3: Language Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
Phone	+49 341 9724-963
Email	obrig@cbs.mpg.de
Homepage	http://tk.uniklinikum-leipzig.de/tkneuro.site,postext,mitarbeiter,a_id,311.html
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hellmuth_Obrig3
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Park, Soyoung Q Prof. Dr.

German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE); Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

decision making; reward; social neuroscience; body-brain interaction; gut-brain interaction; nutrition; health psychology

Park, Soyoung Q Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor of Nutritional Neuroscience & Department Head "Decision Neuroscience and Nutrition"
Current status	Faculty member
Research area	decision making; reward; social neuroscience; body-brain interaction; gut-brain interaction; nutrition; health psychology
Description	Motives and modulators of human decision making What drives us to trust someone we just met? Did we eat spaghetti for lunch because we saw our colleague eating it? Can we become happier when we are nicer to our neighbors? How does the content of our breakfast have anything to do with our social interactions throughout the day? Research from different disciplines such as economics, psychology and neuroscience have attempted to investigate the motives and modulators of human decision making. Our decisions can be flexibly modulated by the different experiences we have in our daily lives. These modulations can occur through our social networks, through the impact of our own behavior on the social environment, but also simply by the food we have eaten. My research aim is to shed light on the psychological, neural and metabolic motives and modulators of human decision making.
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 6: Social cognition / human sociality and the brain
Institute	German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE); Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 33 200 88 - 2510
Email	soyoung.park@charite.de
Homepage	https://www.dife.de/en/research/departments-and-labs/decision-neuroscience-and-nutrition/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Soyoung_Park3
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Pauen, Michael Prof. Dr.

Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Philosophy of mind

Pauen, Michael Prof. Dr.

Function	Academic Director, Berlin School of Mind and Brain; Professor in Philosophy
Current status
Research area	Philosophy of mind
Description	My work focuses on the interface between neuroscience and philosophy. Central issues are consciousness, self-consciousness and free will. I am particularly interested in understanding how first person experience is related to third person neuroscience and how empirical results concerning decision making can be integrated into an adequate theory of human freedom and responsibility. In addition, I work on the ethical consequences of neuroscientific research.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 6: Social cognition / human sociality and the brain
Institute	Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-2831, -1707
Email	michael.pauen@philosophie.hu-berlin.de
Homepage	www.pauen.com
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Pauen
Academia.edu	https://hu-berlin.academia.edu/MPauen

Perler, Dominik Prof. Dr.

Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Philosophy of mind, history of philosophical psychology

Perler, Dominik Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor in Philosophy
Current status
Research area	Philosophy of mind, history of philosophical psychology
Description	I work on the history of philosophy of mind and focus on the following topics: - medieval and early modern theories of intentionality - Rationalist explanations of sensory experience - theories of animal cognition - cognitivist theories of emotions
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness
Institute	Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-2204
Email	perlerd@philosophie.hu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.philosophie.hu-berlin.de/institut/lehrbereiche/theorie/mitarbeiter/perler
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
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Pohl, Steffi Prof. Dr.

Dept. of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin

Psychometrics, Missing data, Response time modeling, causal inference, Bayesian statistics

Pohl, Steffi Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor in Quantitative Research Methods in Psychology
Current status	Faculty member
Research area	Psychometrics, Missing data, Response time modeling, causal inference, Bayesian statistics
Description	Our expertise lies in psychometric modelling and causal inference. Relevant for M&B is our research on the interface of psychometrics and computational modelling of decision making processes. In our research, we bring together single-trial models for describing behavioural data in decision making (e.g. diffusion models) with psychometric models that account for interindividual differences (e.g., dynamic latent variable models). For that we cooperate with neurocognitive research groups focusing on perceptual decision making.
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making
Institute	Dept. of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin
Phone	+49 30 838 62 926
Email	steffi.pohl@fu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/en/einrichtungen/arbeitsbereiche/methoden_und_evaluation/beschaeftigte/s_pohl/index.html
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steffi_Pohl
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Pulvermüller, Friedemann Prof. Dr. Dr.

Institut für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie, Freie Universität Berlin

Neuroscience of language and pragmatics: aphasia, neuropragmatics, language and action, language and emotion, neurocombinatorics, language perception and comprehension (MEG-EEG), meaning comprehension

Pulvermüller, Friedemann Prof. Dr. Dr.

Function	Professor
Current status	Faculty
Research area	Neuroscience of language and pragmatics: aphasia, neuropragmatics, language and action, language and emotion, neurocombinatorics, language perception and comprehension (MEG-EEG), meaning comprehension
Description	My main interests in science are in the neurobiology of language. I have developed a model of language processing in the human brain, formulated at the level of nerve cell circuits which cut across perception and action systems of the brain. The model specifies neural circuits processing speech sounds, words, their meaning and the syntactic rules that influence their order in time. Words are envisaged to be represented in the brain by distributed cell assemblies whose cortical topographies reflect aspects of word meaning. The rules of syntax are proposed to be a product of the interplay between specialized neuronal units, called sequence detectors, and general principles of neuronal dynamics designed to control and regulate activity levels in cortical areas. Advances in the neuroscience of language are applied in the development of new language therapy techniques.
M&B topics	Topic 3: Language Topic 6: Social cognition / human sociality and the brain
Institute	Institut für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie, Freie Universität Berlin
Phone	+49 30 838 54443
Email	friedemann.pulvermuller@fu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/v/brainlang/team/FPulvermueller.html
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Friedemann_Pulvermüller
Academia.edu	https://independent.academia.edu/FriedemannPulverm%C3%BCller

Rabovsky, Milena Prof. Dr.

Psychology Department, University of Potsdam

Cognitive computational neuroscience, language, deep learning, prediction, adaptation, attention

Rabovsky, Milena Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Current status	Faculty
Research area	Cognitive computational neuroscience, language, deep learning, prediction, adaptation, attention
Description	In our lab, we use computational models (specifically, artificial neural network models/ deep learning models) and neuroscientific evidence in order to understand the neurocognition of language and meaning. We are interested in prediction and adaptation as well as in the role of attention and automaticity in language comprehension, among other things. Our lab is international, interdisciplinary, and friendly. www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cogneuro/people
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 3: Language
Institute	Psychology Department, University of Potsdam
Phone
Email	milena.rabovsky@uni-potsdam.de
Homepage	https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cogneuro/people
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Milena-Rabovsky
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Rolfs, Martin Prof. Dr.

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Psychology

Active vision, Attention, Sensorimotor learning, Visual Memory, Perceptual cognition

Rolfs, Martin Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor for General Psychology: Active perception and cognition
Current status	Faculty member
Research area	Active vision, Attention, Sensorimotor learning, Visual Memory, Perceptual cognition
Description	The goal of our research is to understand the phenomenology, architecture and plasticity of active perceptual (mostly vision) and cognitive processes (attention, memory, learning, causality). To this end, we use a wide range of methods, including eye tracking, motion tracking, psychophysics, EEG, computational and statistical modeling, as well as studies of clinical populations (in collaboration with other sites). Our research builds on the realization that any deep understanding of perception and cognition requires studying its key processes in observers that act their environment.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Psychology
Phone	+49 30 2093-6775
Email	martin.rolfs@hu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.rolfslab.de
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin_Rolfs
Academia.edu	https://hu-berlin.academia.edu/MartinRolfs

Sander, Myriam C. Dr.

Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for Lifespan Psychology, Berlin

Memory, attention, EEG, oscillations, aging, development

Sander, Myriam C. Dr.

Function	Research group leader, Senior Scientist
Current status	Faculty member
Research area	Memory, attention, EEG, oscillations, aging, development
Description	I am interested in understanding lifespan age differences in episodic and working memory. I mainly use EEG as a research tool with a focus on oscillatory mechanisms that underlie successful memory formation, consolidation, and retrieval. I also apply functional and structural MRI. My research group specifically focusses on the contribution of age differences in information representation to memory performance.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness
Institute	Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for Lifespan Psychology, Berlin
Phone	+49 30 82406414
Email	sander@mpib-berlin.mpg.de
Homepage	https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/staff/myriam-c-sander
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Myriam_Sander
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Schmidt, Thomas Prof. Dr.

Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Practical philosophy; ethics.

Schmidt, Thomas Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor of philosophy (chair for practical philosophy/ethics)
Current status
Research area	Practical philosophy; ethics.
Description	My research focuses on issues in practical philosophy broadly conceived. I am interested both in topics related to the foundational issues in practical philosophy (such as moral objectivity, moral normativity, moral responsibility and practical reason) and in issues in normative ethical theory (for further details, see www.philosophie.hu-berlin.de/institut/lehrstuehle/ethik/forschung).
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-2763
Email	t.schmidt@philosophie.hu-berlin.de
Homepage	https://www.philosophie.hu-berlin.de/de/lehrbereiche/ethik/mitarbeiter/schmidt/schmidt
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
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Schmitz, Dietmar Prof. Dr.

Neurowissenschaftliches Forschungszentrum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Cellular and molecular neurobiology

Schmitz, Dietmar Prof. Dr.

Function
Current status
Research area	Cellular and molecular neurobiology
Description	Our group is active in the field of cellular and molecular neurobiology with the following major areas: - Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity - Mechanisms and function of short-term and long-term plasticity at the hippocampal mossy fiber synapse - Modulation and development of synaptic transmission, plasticity and neuronal networks -Homeostatic plasticity, hyperexcitability, epilepsy - ‘Synaptopathy’ in neurological-psychiatric disorders such as Epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, Mental retardation, Autism
M&B topics	Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Neurowissenschaftliches Forschungszentrum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 30 450-639054
Email	dietmar.schmitz@charite.de
Homepage	http://schmitzlab.eu/imprint.html
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dietmar_Schmitz
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Sommer, Werner Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Cognitive neuroscience

Sommer, Werner Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Function	Professor in Psychology
Current status
Research area	Cognitive neuroscience
Description	I am using event-related brain potentials (ERPs), eye tracking and other peripheral physiological signals to investigate the human mind. In my research group we are currently running funded projects about (counterintuitive) semantic concepts, knowledge effects on perception, individual differences in face cognition, coregistration of EEG and eye movements during left-to-right reading, emotions in word and face processing, Brain Connectivity, development of advanced methods of data analysis, and implicit activation of memory and actions in dual task situations. I offer a lively, enthusiastic and friendly research environment within a fairly large research group with expertise in different areas of cognitive neuroscience and many national and international (China (Hongkong), Japan, Spain, UK) cooperations. For more information, please visit www.psychologie.hu-berlin.de/prof/bio
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 3: Language Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny
Institute	Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-4886
Email	werner.sommer@cms.hu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.psychologie.hu-berlin.de/mitarbeiter/4489
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Werner_Sommer2
Academia.edu	https://independent.academia.edu/WernerSommer

Specht, Jule Prof. Dr.

Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Personality psychology, personality development, subjective well-being, personality assessment, longitudinal modeling

Specht, Jule Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor for Personality Psychology
Current status	Faculty members
Research area	Personality psychology, personality development, subjective well-being, personality assessment, longitudinal modeling
Description
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 6: Social cognition / human sociality and the brain
Institute	Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone
Email	jule.specht@hu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.psychologie.hu-berlin.de/specht
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
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Sterzer, Philipp Prof. Dr.

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CCM, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Visual perception, attention, consciousness, neuroimaging, schizophrenia, depression

Sterzer, Philipp Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor for Psychiatry
Current status	Faculty member
Research area	Visual perception, attention, consciousness, neuroimaging, schizophrenia, depression
Description	The overarching theme of my research is the constructive nature of visual perception. My main research interests include the neural mechanisms of conscious and unconscious visual perception and the role of predictive processing in perception. Research techniques used in my laboratory comprise functional and structural MRI, EEG, computational modeling, visual psychophysics and eye tracking. Due to my clinical background in psychiatry and cognitive neurology, I am particularly interested in alterations of perceptual processes in mental disorders such as schizophrenia and depression.
M&B topics	Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CCM, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Phone	+49 30 450-517215
Email	philipp.sterzer@charite.de
Homepage	https://psychiatrie-psychotherapie.charite.de/en/research/neuroimaging/visual_perception_laboratory/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Philipp_Sterzer
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Ströhle, Andreas Prof. Dr.

Klinik für Psychiatrie, CCM, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Cognitive and behavioral neuroscience

Ströhle, Andreas Prof. Dr.

Function	Head, Neurobiology of Anxiety
Current status
Research area	Cognitive and behavioral neuroscience
Description	The main focus of research of our group is to further characterize the neurobiology of anxiety and anxiety disorders. Based on preclinical and clinical findings new treatment approaches are developed and characterized; at the moment we study the possible role of exercise and the pharmacological optimization of psychotherapy. An additional area of research is the functional characterization of reward and emotion regulation in other mental disorders, like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and depression.
M&B topics	Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Klinik für Psychiatrie, CCM, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 30 450-517034
Email	andreas.stroehle@charite.de
Homepage	http://psy-ccm.charite.de/forschung/affektive_erkrankungen/ag_angsterkrankungen/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
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van der Meer, Elke E. Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Cognitive psychology

van der Meer, Elke E. Prof. Dr. (emeritus)

Function	Professor in Cognitive Psychology
Current status
Research area	Cognitive psychology
Description	My research projects focus on higher cognitive processes (executive functions and intelligence, mathematical cognition, impact of short-term and long-term learning) and mental dysfunctions, mental representation and retrieval of event knowledge (including mental time line, chronotype and time perspective), language development and processing (e.g., discourse processing, alphabetization), and applied cognitive psychology (e.g., perception and emotional evaluation of urban environment). These topics are addressed with experimental approaches derived from Neuroscience (e.g., fMRI) and from Cognitive Psychology/Psychophysiology (reaction times, task-evoked pupillary responses, eye movements, EDA, EEG).
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 3: Language Topic 1: Perception, attention, consciousness Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Institut für Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-9390
Email	meerelke@cms.hu-berlin.de
Homepage	http://www.psychologie.hu-berlin.de/mitarbeiter/4467
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elke_Van_der_Meer
Academia.edu	https://hu-berlin.academia.edu/ElkevanderMeer

Villringer, Arno Prof. Dr.

Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig & Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Brain imaging and cognitive neurology

Villringer, Arno Prof. Dr.

Function	Director of Max Planck Institute; Academic Director, Berlin School of Mind and Brain
Current status
Research area	Brain imaging and cognitive neurology
Description	Research Fields: Our group is active in the fields of neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience, and neurology focusing on the following areas: somatosensory system, neurovascular coupling, stroke. Interdisciplinary Approach: The work of my group on structural and functional brain imaging in the Berlin NeuroImaging Center is performed together with psychologists, linguists, biologists, physicists, chemists, biochemists, and computational neuroscientists. We perform joint research projects with members of the departments of Psychology and Linguistics at Humboldt Universität, the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, the Departments of Law at Humboldt-Universität and University of Vermont, computational neuroscientists at the Technical University of Berlin, and the Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB). We participate actively in the recently founded interdisciplinary “Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin”.
M&B topics	Topic 4: Brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig & Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Phone
Email	villringer@cbs.mpg.de
Homepage	http://www.cbs.mpg.de/staff/villringer-10668
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arno_Villringer
Academia.edu	https://cbs-mpg.academia.edu/ArnoVillringer

Walter, Henrik Prof. Dr. Dr.

Division of Mind and Brain Research, Department of Psychiatry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Volition and decision making, affective neuroscience and social cognition, depression and schizophrenia, imaging genetics, free will and moral responsibility

Walter, Henrik Prof. Dr. Dr.

Function	Professor for Psychiatry, Psychiatric Neuroscience and Neurophilosophy
Current status
Research area	Volition and decision making, affective neuroscience and social cognition, depression and schizophrenia, imaging genetics, free will and moral responsibility
Description	In my group we work interdisciplinary linking psychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, psychology and philosophy. Our main methods are neuroimaging and philosophical analyses. I welcome Ph.D. students who want to do imaging work/computational psychiatry and philosophers who want to integrate neuroscience into their philosophical work. I can offer expertise in psychopathology, neuroimaging and philosophy of mind. I am particulary interested in the interdisciplinary topics of volition, intention and agency, emotions, the self, social cognition, unconscious motivations and neuroethics.
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction Topic 6: Social cognition / human sociality and the brain
Institute	Division of Mind and Brain Research, Department of Psychiatry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 30 450-517141
Email	henrik.walter@charite.de
Homepage	http://mindandbrain.charite.de/en/people/team_rg_mab/henrik_walter/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Henrik_Walter
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Wartenburger, Isabell Prof. Dr.

Cognitive Sciences, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Potsdam

Neural basis of language processing, language acquisition, language development, aphasia

Wartenburger, Isabell Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor for Patholinguistics/Neurocognition of Language
Current status	Full Professor
Research area	Neural basis of language processing, language acquisition, language development, aphasia
Description	Neural basis of language processing and language development. I'm especially interested in prosody processing, sentence processing, language acquisition (grammar, prosody), acquired language impairments (aphasia), individual differences. Methods: behavioral, NIRS, EEG, eyetracking
M&B topics	Topic 3: Language
Institute	Cognitive Sciences, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Potsdam
Phone	+49 33 1977-2928
Email	isabell.wartenburger@uni-potsdam.de
Homepage	https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/ling/researchgroups/patholinguisticsneurocognition-of-language
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Isabell_Wartenburger
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Wingenfeld, Katja Prof. Dr.

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Clinical Psychology

Brain disorders and mental dysfunction; Stress; Social cognition

Wingenfeld, Katja Prof. Dr.

Function	Head of Clinical Psychology
Current status	Faculty members
Research area	Brain disorders and mental dysfunction; Stress; Social cognition
Description	One focus of our research is the investigation of the connections between mental illnesses and stress. We are particularly interested in changes in biological stress regulation systems, such as the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis and the autonomic nervous system. In several projects we investigate the connections between cognition (e. g. memory function) and various stress hormones. In addition, we try to better understand the relationship between stress and physical symptoms in mental illness.
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction Topic 6: Social cognition / human sociality and the brain
Institute	Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Clinical Psychology
Phone	+49 30 450-517534
Email	katja.wingenfeld@charite.de
Homepage	https://psychiatrie.charite.de/forschung/affektive_stoerungen_und_stresserkrankungen/
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
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Winter, York Prof. Dr.

Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Exzellenzcluster NeuroCure, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Decision making; animal models in neurology and psychiatry; automated animal behaviour diagnostics

Winter, York Prof. Dr.

Function	Professor for Cognitive Neurobiology
Current status	Faculty member
Research area	Decision making; animal models in neurology and psychiatry; automated animal behaviour diagnostics
Description	I am an animal physiologist and professor for cognitive neurobiology at Humboldt-Universität. We perform behavioural diagnostics with animal models for neurology and psychiatry (see also berlinmouseclinic.org and neurocure.de) with a focus on developing novel technical methods for automated animal behaviour research with a team of about 10 engineers. A second interest is animal decision making leading to non-rational choice using nectar-feeding bats as e.g. in Nachev N et al. and Winter Y, Fisher’s law and the cognition-mediated evolution of low-quality nectar. Science, in press (state: 2016).
M&B topics	Topic 2: Decision-making Topic 5: Brain disorders and mental dysfunction
Institute	Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Exzellenzcluster NeuroCure, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Phone	+49 30 2093-47940
Email	york.winter@charite.de
Homepage	http://www.winterlab.org
Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/
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