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The department runs short with respect to space for labs and offices. The
Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology Lab, therefore, combines both a room
for clinical investigations as part of an outpatient unit and an experimental
laboratory designed to set up behavioral experiments, and to gather the
behavioral data set for fMRI and ERP studies.
Recent
research in the field of clinical neuropsychology focused on
- neuropsychiatric
sequela of acute and chronic stroke
- neuropsychological
disorders in focal and diffuse traumatic brain injury
- short
and long term neuropsychological deficits in patients undergoing cardiac
surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass condition
- neuropsychological
deficits associated with focal lesions in the anterolateral and the
dorsomedial thalamus
- psychosocial
and emotional sequela of brain disorders as part of neuropsychological
rehabilitation
Experimental studies mainly involve the field of executive and memory
performance. Recent research focuses on inhibitory mechanism during processing
of competing information streams and interference resolution in episodic memory
retrieval. Furthermore, there are several projects in the field of visual
psychophysics using combined fMRI and MEG technology which are conducted by John-Dylan
Haynes in co-operation with the Department of Neurology II (Prof. Dr. H.J.
Heinze) at Magdeburg University. These include studies on the neural basis
of contrast perception and contour integration. Methodological studies
include the application of nonspectral and spectral neuromagnetic measures of
brain state coherency (Haynes), performed together with Udo Ernst and Klaus
Pawelzik from the Bremen Institute of Theoretical Neurophysics.
Recent publications:
Frühholz, S., Trautmann, S.A. & Herrmann, M. (2011). Contextual interference
processing during evaluation of facial expressions, Cognition and Emotion, 25, 1045-1073.
Frühholz, S., Godde, B., Finke, M., & Herrmann, M. (2011). Spatio-temporal brain dynamics in a combined stimulus-stimulus and stimulus-response conflict task, NeuroImage, 54, 622-634.
Frühholz, S., Jellinghaus, A., & Herrmann, M. (2011). Time course of implicit and explicit processing of emotional faces and emotional words. Biological Psychology, 87, 265-274.
Frühholz, S., Fehr, T. & Herrmann, M. (2009). Early and late temporo-spatial effects of contextual interference during perception of facial affect. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 74, 1-13. [doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.05.010]
Achtziger, A., Fehr, T., Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, P. & Rockstroh, B.(2009). Strategies of intention formation are reflected in continuous MEG activity. Social Neuroscience, 4, 11-27.
Galashan, D., Wittfoth, M., Fehr, T., & Herrmann, M. (2008). Two Simon tasks
with different sources of conflict: an ERP study of motion- and
location-based compatibility effects. Biological Psychology, 78, 246-252.
Fehr, T. (2008). Signal- und bildgebende Verfahren: Magnetenzephalographie (MEG).
In: Gauggel,S. & Herrmann,M. (Eds.) Handbuch der Neuro- und Biopsychologie.
Göttingen: Hogrefe-Verlag, pp. 185-189.
Fehr, T., Wiedenmann, P., & Herrmann,
M. (2007). Differences in ERP topographies during color matching of
smoking-related and neutral pictures in smokers and non-smokers. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 65, 284-293.
Herrmann,M. & Fehr,T.
(2007). Investigations in speech and language and related disorders: Crossing
the boundaries between disciplines. In: Ball,M.J. & Damico,J.S. (Eds.) Clinical
aphasiology - future directions. Oxford: Psychology Press, pp.17-27.
Schmiedt,C., Schwendemann,G., Herrmann,M., Basar-Eroglu,C. (2007). Event-related oscillations related to stimulus-response incompatibility in patients with Parkinson's disease and healthy controls. NeuroReport, 18, 277-281.
Fehr,T., Wiedenmann,P., & Herrmann,M. (2006). Nicotine-stroop and addiction memory - an ERP study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 62, 224-232.
Schmiedt,C., Meistrowitz,A., Schwendemann,G., Herrmann,M., & Basar-Eroglu,C. (2005). Theta and alpha oscillations reflect differences in memory strategy and visual discrimination performance in patients with Parkinson's disease. Neurosci Letters, 388, 138-143.
Daum,I., Schubotz,R.I., Münte,T.F.,
& Herrmann,M. (2005). Different
windows on executive functions. Neurocase, 11, 154 – 155.
Code,C. & Herrmann,M. (2003) The relevance of emotional and psychosocial
factors in aphasia to rehabilitation. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 13,
109-132.
Herrmann,M. (2003) Qualitätsmanagment in der neuropsychologischen Diagnostik
und Behandlung. In: Linster,H.W., Härter,M. & Stieglitz,R.D. (Eds.) Qualitätsmanagment
in Psychotherapie und Beratung. Grundlagen – Methoden – Anwendungen. Göttingen:
Hogrefe, pp. 375-388.
Wallesch,C.W., Bartels,C. & Herrmann,M. (2003) Wernicke’s cases of
conduction aphasia. In: Code,C., Wallesch,C.W., Joanette,Y. & Roch-Lecours,A..
(Eds.) Classic cases in neuropsychology II.
Sussex: Taylor & Francis – Psychology Press, 9-16.
Beblo,T.
& Herrmann,M. (2001) Pathophysiologische und neuropsychologische Aspekte
depressiver Störungen. Zeitschrift für
Neuropsychologie, 12, 264-275.
Kutz,S.,
Ebert,A.D., Beblo,T., Curio,N., Grubich,C., Eisfeld,I.S. & Herrmann,M.
(2001) Neuropsychologische Befunde bei der Diagnostik hirnorganischer
Erkrankungen mit Demenz - Eine retrospektive Analyse. Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie, 12, 131-141.
Herrmann,M., Curio,N., Petz,T., Synowitz,H. Wagner,S.,
Bartels,C. & Wallesch,C.W. (2000) Coping with illness after brain diseases
– A comparison between patients with traumatic brain injury, malignant brain
tumors, stroke, and Parkinson’s disease. Disability
and Rehabilitation, 22, 539-546.
Vielhaber,St., Ebert,A.D., Feistner,H. & Herrmann,M.
(2000) Frontal-executive dysfunction in early onset cerebellar ataxia of
Holmes’ type. Clinical Neurology and
Neurosurgery, 102, 102-105.
Ebert,A.D.,
Wendt,J. & Herrmann,M. (1999) Das “Gerstmann-Syndrom” und sein
Stellenwert für die Neuropsychologie. Zeitschrift
für Neuropsychologie, 10,
129-138.
Ebert,A.D., Vinz,B., Görtler,M., Wallesch,C.W. &
Herrmann,M. (1999) Is there a syndrome of tuberothalamic artery infarction? A
case report and critical review. Journal
of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 21, 397-411.
Code,C., Müller,D.J., Hogan,A. & Herrmann,M.
(1999) Perceptions of psychosocial adjustment to acquired communication disorder:
Applications of the Code-Müller-Protocols. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 34, 193-207.
Beblo,Th., Baumann,B., Bogerts,B., Wallesch,C.W. &
Herrmann,M. (1999) Neuropsychological correlates of major depression: A short
term follow-up. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 4, 333-341.
Current research projects:
- Neuropsychological, neuroimaging, and neurobiochemical correlates of minor traumatic brain injury (TBI), Multi-center joint venture project with the universities of Lund (Sweden), Verona (Italy), TromsÆ (Norway), and Manchester (UK); supported by Sangtec Medical (Sweden)
