We are an enthusiastic international research team part of the Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands headed by Prof. Dr. Oliver Tucha and is associated to the Department of Neuroscience, Neuropsychiatry Group, UMCG, Groningen.
PhD-students
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Francisco is a psychiatrist who takes part in a joint Ph.D. program at the University of Groningen and the National University of Mexico (UNAM). In his research line, we study the neural basis of executive (dys)function and behavioral symptoms in mild
cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease, using advanced MRI and EEG methods. We furthermore adapt and validate new neuropsychological tests for both the Netherlands and for Mexico. Francisco is furthermore a fellow of Alzheimer Nederland. |
Media report on Spanish: Serving face!.
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Diede takes part in the research master program Behavioural and Social Sciences at the University of Groningen. In her research line, we investigate the effects of neurofeedback on cognition. In September 2018 she will extend her project as a PhD student to assess this training approach as a therapeutic tool.
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Research assistants
Msc. Rutger Stegeman
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Rutger is a psychologist and studied Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Groningen. He graduated on the topic inhibition and the frontal parietal network in schizophrenia. In our team he is involved in the neurofeedback study and researches furthermore into mild cognitive impairment. He is interested in neuropsychological testing and in the integration of scientific research and clinical practice.
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Student assistants & trainees
Aljosha is currently starting the Behavioural and Social Sciences Research Master in the Domain Deficits, Distress, and Disorders. His research goal is to elucidate neurofunctional causes of diseases. He is thereby interested in statistical procedures, experimental designs, and intervention strategies and worked since his Bachelor studies on different executive function related topics in this group.
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Lenka takes part in the Behavioural and Social Sciences Research Master in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Groningen. She investigates the relationship between EEG oscillations and executive dysfunctions in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Lenka is also interested in the question on how to apply artificial intelligence in neuropsychology. |
Simin is a research master student in the Behavioral and Social Sciences program at the University of Groningen. She is currently on a research stay in San Diego in the US, at the VOYTEKlab where she studies the effects of 1/f neural noise on aging and cognitive/emotional processing as well as the influence of waveform shape as a potential marker of pathology.
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Hanneke successfully finished her bachelor program in psychology at the University of Groningen on the topic of Stigma caused by behavioural characteristics of ADHD. She is fascinated by the mind and the brain and will start with the master clinical neuropsychology in September. She is especially interested in rehabilitation in brain injury and in executive (dys)functions. She is currently involved in the neurofeedback study and will take part in the research into mild cognitive impairment.
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Marloes is enrolled in the Master program of the Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Groningen. In her master thesis she investigates cognitive and emotional control and the effect of lifestyle in healthy aging. She furthermore works in a project on mild cognitive impairment at the UMCG. Her fields of interests are the aging brain, rehabilitation in brain injury and schizophrenia.
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Maike Jansen
Maike studies in the bachelor program of psychology at the University of Groningen. She is involved in the cross-cultural adaptation of the Behavioural Dysexcecutive Syndrome Inventory (BDSI) from the French to the Dutch population. Next to test development and validation, she is interested in the ecological validity of neuropsychological testing and treatment.
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Further people
Lizette Vetik Karl Zimmermann Morten Lietz |
Incoming & affiliated students
Jaroslav Krc, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Katlyn Sanabria Carrillo, University of Madrid, Spain
Cecilia Cruz, Dementia Lab, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Mexico
Lorena Trevinio Garcia, University of Oslo, Norway
Katlyn Sanabria Carrillo, University of Madrid, Spain
Cecilia Cruz, Dementia Lab, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Mexico
Lorena Trevinio Garcia, University of Oslo, Norway
