A5055453080- Neural dynamics and brain function
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Social Representations and Identity
- CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Literacy, Media, and Education
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Themes in Literature Analysis
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Children's Rights and Participation
University of Bremen
2019-2025
Universität Hamburg
2014-2023
Osnabrück University
2011-2012
The development of self‐regulation has been studied primarily in Western middle‐class contexts and has, therefore, neglected what is known about culturally varying self‐concepts socialization strategies. research reported here compared the self‐regulatory competencies German ( N = 125) rural Cameroonian Nso preschoolers 76) using Marshmallow test (Mischel, 2014). Study 1 revealed that 4‐year‐old children showed better delay‐of‐gratification performance than their peers. 2 culture‐specific...
The importance of the social environment and inequalities in disease etiology is well-known due to profound research conceptual framework on determinants health. For a long period, exposome with its classical orientation towards detrimental health effects biological, chemical, physical exposures, this knowledge remained underrepresented. But currently it gains great awareness calls for innovations rethinking role environmental determinants. To fill gap that exists terms domain within...
Congenital blindness leads to profound changes in electroencephalographic (EEG) resting state activity. A well-known consequence of congenital humans is the reduction alpha activity which seems go together with increased gamma during rest. These results have been interpreted as indicating a higher excitatory/inhibitory (E/I) ratio visual cortex compared normally sighted controls. Yet it unknown whether spectral profile EEG rest would recover if sight were restored. To test this question,...
This study aims to analyze culture-specific development of maternal interactional behavior longitudinally. Rural Cameroonian Nso mothers (n = 72) and German middle-class 106) were observed in free-play interactions with their 3- 6-month-old infants. Results reveal the expected shift from a social nonsocial focus only mothers' play but not rural play. continue proximal style on body contact stimulation, whereas prefer distal interaction increasing object-centeredness. These cultural...
Congenital blindness has been shown to result in behavioral adaptation and neuronal reorganization, but the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Brain rhythms characteristic for anatomically defined brain regions provide a putative mechanistic link cognitive processes. In novel approach, using magnetoencephalography resting state data of congenitally blind sighted humans, deprivation-related changes spectral profiles were mapped cortex clustering classification procedures. Altered...
This study addresses the question how setting of assessment influences maternal playing behavior with their 3-month-old infants across cultures. Mother–infant interactions 338 dyads from two cultural communities (German middle-class and rural Cameroonian Nso) were videotaped either in home or a laboratory setting. Results indicate that both settings are appropriate to observe differences interactional behavior. As expected, Nso mothers show more proximal than German mothers, who focus on...
Congenitally blind individuals have been shown to activate the visual cortex during non-visual tasks. The neuronal mechanisms of such cross-modal activation are not fully understood. Here, we used an auditory working memory training paradigm in congenitally and sighted adults. We hypothesized that gets integrated into networks, after these networks challenged by training. spectral profile functional was investigated which mediate reorganization following deprivation. A induced integration...
This longitudinal study assessed 133 Caucasian German infants at 3 and 6 months of age to investigate the influence own‐race other‐race faces as visual stimuli on association learning in expectation paradigm (VExP). The is related findings other‐race‐effect (ORE) which said emerge age. were used a familiar ethnic category, whereas African an unfamiliar category. There was no significant difference between two stimulus classes infants' reaction time (RT) shifts months. At age, RT decreased...
Working memory (WM) refers to the temporary retention and manipulation of information, its capacity is highly susceptible training. Yet, neural mechanisms that allow for increased performance under demanding conditions are not fully understood. We expected post-training efficiency in WM modulates processing during high load tasks. tested this hypothesis, using electroencephalography (EEG) (N = 39), by comparing source space spectral power healthy adults performing low auditory Prior...
This longitudinal study examined the influence of stimulus material on attention and expectation learning in visual paradigm. Female faces were used as attention-attracting stimuli, non-meaningful stimuli comparable complexity (Greebles) low stimuli. Expectation performance was operationalized using average reaction time number anticipations. For measurement attention, percentage trials with on-task behavior calculated. To analyze differences performance, a total 108 German infants (3–6...
Studies investigating imitation are usually conducted with adult models in Western contexts; therefore, the influence of cultural context and model’s age on infants' is largely unknown. This study assessed deferred 9-month-old infants from German middle-class ( N = 44) ethnic group Nso rural Cameroon 43). Infants either received an or older child as a model. Moreover, test material comprised varying degrees target action difficulty. Across cultures actions imitated more when model...
Abstract Congenital blindness has been shown to result in behavioral adaptation and neuronal reorganization, but the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Brain rhythms characteristic for anatomically defined brain regions provide a putative mechanistic link cognitive processes. In novel approach, using magnetoencephalography resting state data of congenitally blind sighted humans, deprivation-related changes spectral profiles were mapped cortex clustering classification procedures....
Abstract Congenitally blind individuals activate the visual cortex during non-visual tasks. Such crossmodal reorganization is likely associated with changes in large-scale functional connectivity, spectral characteristics of which can be assessed by analysis neural oscillations. To test cortical integration into working memory networks, we recorded magnetoencephalographic data from congenitally and sighted resting state as well a voice-based task prior to following training voices, or...