Center of Neurology · Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research
Neuropsychology Division
Investigating the neural basis of human cognition — spatial attention, body representation and recovery after brain injury — at the University of Tübingen.
Sektion Neuropsychologie Tübingen — Forschung und neuropsychologische Diagnostik am Zentrum für Neurologie, Universität Tübingen.
Research Areas
Spatial Neglect
Investigating hemispatial neglect after right-hemisphere stroke — perception of body orientation, spatial attention and exploration.
02Extinction & Anosognosia
Mechanisms of sensory extinction and the loss of awareness for one's own neurological deficits following focal brain damage.
03Visual Agnosia & Simultanagnosia
How the brain builds percepts of objects and scenes, and how object and scene recognition break down after cortical lesions.
04Pusher-Syndrome & Auditory Localization
Postural control, verticality perception and auditory-spatial processing in patients with acquired brain lesions.
05MRI, fMRI & High-Field MR
Structural, functional and perfusion-weighted MRI at 3T and 7T, combined with statistical lesion-symptom mapping.
06Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
TMS combined with behavioural paradigms, eye- and hand-movement recordings to probe causal brain–behaviour relations.
Recent Publications
Disconnectome of spatial neglect after right-hemisphere stroke
Anatomy of object-based versus space-based neglect revisited
Connectome lesion-symptom mapping of upper limb motor deficits
The neural basis of body representation disorders in stroke patients
Neuropsychologische Ambulanz
Unsere Ambulanz bietet neuropsychologische Diagnostik und Beratung für Patienten, die von Neurologen, Allgemeinmedizinern und Rehabilitationszentren überwiesen werden. Termine werden über das Sekretariat vereinbart.
Openings
The Division has openings for students striving for a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology, as well as positions for postdocs interested in spatial cognition, object recognition, sensorimotor integration and neuropsychological disturbances.
PhD Student — Cognitive Neuroscience
We investigate patients with brain lesions and healthy subjects using fMRI, TMS, and eye- and hand-movement recordings. Postdoc candidates should have experience with fMRI and/or TMS. Starting date as soon as possible.
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