Master Theses

For students (biology, psychology and physics) who are interested in a master thesis at the Cognitive Neuroscience lab, please fill out the questionnaire and send it via email as an attachment.

Email: Master Thesis Application

Kacper Księżak - Predicting macaques' choices in a dyadic foraging task.
M.Sc. in Applied Data Science, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen.

René Burghardt - Modeling a latent space for intercortical functional connectivity.
M.Sc. in Applied Data Science, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen.

Efsun Kavaklıoğlu - Investigating the rhythmicity of attention using continuous psychophysics. 
M.Sc. in Biology und Psychology, Neuroscience Program, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen.

Tina Zahrie - Spatial extent of perceptual learning in an orientation discrimination task. 
M.Sc. in Biology and Psychology, Developmental, Neural and Behavioral Biology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen.

Yashas Ramakrishna - Eye tracking in unrestrained non-human primates. 
M.Sc. in Biology and Psychology, Neuroscience Program, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen.

Jannis Hainke - Reaching under uncertain target conditions. 
M.Sc. in Developmental, Neural, and Behavioural Biology, Faculty for Biology and Psychology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen. 

Gökberk Guenaydin - Investigating rhythms of feature-based attention in human intracranial EEG recordings.
M.Sc. in Neuroscience, International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) - Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen
Supervisor: Tobias Schöberl, Examiners: Stefan Treue, Caspar Schwiedrzik

Ege Kingir -  Decoding 'attention to motion’ versus ‘attention to color’ based on human intracranial EEG recordings.
M.Sc. in Neuroscience, International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) - Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen. 
Supervisor: Tobias Schöberl, Examiners: Stefan Treue, Melani Wilke

Onur Göktürk - Cortical myelin patterns along visual processing hierarchies in Rhesus Macaques.
M.Sc. in Developmental, Neural, and Behavioural Biology, Faculty for Biology and Psychology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen. 
Supervisor:

Vladyslav Ivanov - Diversity and predictability of dynamic social value-based decision-making
Masters in Neuroscience, International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) - Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen. 
Supervisors: Igor Kagan, Viola Priesemann

Peter Neumann - Using functioal imaging to investigate effector specificity of free choices using hands and eyes
Master's. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen. Faculty für Biology und Psychology, Psychology.

Sule Tasliyurt - Behavioral correlates of perceptual confidence and motion perception in a novel, continuous motion tracking paradigm, Master's thesis, Faculty of Psychology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
Supervisor: Antonino Calapai

Pietro Amerio - Neural correlates of spatial processing and saccadic free-choice in human intracerebral recordings
IMPRS Master in Neurowissenschaften - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Igor Kagan, Melanie Wilke

Max Andreas Bosse Hinrichs - Evidence accumulation during auditory and visual perceptual decision-making tasks investigated using human intracranial EEG
Master's in Psychology - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Igor Kagan, Melanie Wilke / Referee: Annekathrin Schacht

Alexandra Witt  - Perturbations of pulvino-cortical circuits in the context of goal-directed behaviour 
IMPRS Master in Neurowissenschaften - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Supervisor: Igor Kagan, Melanie Wilke

Lukas Amann - Inferring neural dynamics using LFADS for movement decoding in a 3D workspace
Master in Neuroscience - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Enrico Ferrea / Referees: Alexander Gail, Hansjörg Scherberger

Max Crayen - The influence of selective attention on perceptual binding of visual features
Master in Neuroscience - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Abdolmoein Esghaei / Referees: Stefan Treue, Igor Kagan

Yifan Mayr - Characterization of receptive fields in primate visual area MSTd based on complex dynamic stimuli
Master in Neuroscience - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Benedict Wild / Referees: Stefan Treue, Tim Gollisch

Joscha Franke - Adaptation in three-dimensional space
Master in Psychology - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Enrico Ferrea / Referees: Alexander Gail, Stefan Treue

Tarana Nigam - Gaze and dyadic interactions in a social decision-making context in rhesus macaques and humans
Master's in Neuroscience - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Sebastian Möller / Referees: Alexander Gail, Stefan Treue

Marina Slascheva 
Master's in Neuroscience, International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Igor Kagan, Kristin Kaduk 

Yannan Su - Modification of local field potentials by optogenetic stimulation in the frontoparietal cortex
Master's in Neuroscience, International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Alexander Gail, Hao Guo / Referees: Hansjörg Scherberger

Lin Zhou - Training recurrent neural networks for reaching tasks
IMPRS Master in Neuroscience - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Hao Guo / Referees: Alexander Gail, Hanjörg Scherberger

Uwe Zimmermann - Effects of pulvinar microstimulation on target selection
Master in Developmental, Neural and Behavioral Biology - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Lydia Gibson / Referees: Igor Kagan, Melanie Wilke

Isabel Wunder - The effective connectivity in a cortical-striatal-thalamic network during decision making
Master in Biomechanics, Motor Function, and Movement Analysis - Justus-Liebig-University Gießen
Referees: Britta Krüger, Igor Kagan

Raffaella Bancone - Study of saccade influence on neural latency measurement in monkey
Master in Neuroscience - University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
Supervisor: Alexander Gail / Referee: Alexander Gail

Philipp Ulbrich - Subjective effort in reaching movement
Master in Psychologie - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Pierre Morel / Referees: Alexander Gail, Stefan Treue

Alexander Krazenberg - Intentional and perceptual aspects of spatial awareness and their neural correlates in the human brain
Master in Developmental, Neural and Behavioral Biology - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Lukas Schneider / Referees: Igor Kagan, Melanie Wilke

Kristin Kaduk - Neural mechanisms underlying certainty during post-decision wagering – an fMRI based approach
Master in Psychology - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Igor Kagan / Referees: Alexander Gail, Annekathrin Schacht

Sneha Shashidhara - Feature based attention to motion directions in the somatosensory system: A human reaction-time study
Master in Neuroscience - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Meike Schweisfurth / Referees: Stefan Treue, Renate Schweizer

Kristin Dannhäuser - Can microsaccades be used to represent (spatial) covert attention or (oculo) motor planning?
Master in Developmental, Neural, and Behavioral Biology - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Stefan Treue / Referees: Stefan Treue, Alexander Gail

Janina Hüer - Ein Aufmerksamkeitsblinzeln in der visuellen Wahrnehmung von Bewegungen
Master in Biology - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Stefan Treue / Referee: Stefan Treue

Thiemo Daldrup - Interaktion attentionaler und zeitlicher Prozesse bei nicht-menschlichen Primaten: Interferenzinduzierte Modulation subjektiver Zeitwahrnehmung
Master in Biology - University Münster
Supervisor: Kristian Folta-Schoofs / Referee: Stefan Treue

Mark Kaltenhäuser - Adaption von zielgerichteten Greifbewegungen
Master in Biology - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Stefan Treue / Referees: Stefan Treue, Ralf Heinrich

Katrin Keller - Interaktion von attentionalen und zeitlichen Verarbeitungsprozessen im Gehirn von Menschen und nicht-menschlichen Primaten
Master in Biology - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Kristian Folta-Schoofs / Referees: Stefan Treue, Andre Fiala

Ina Peiker - Feature-based attention modulates perception of complex scenes
Master in Psychology - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Supervisor: Kristian Folta-Schoofs / Referee: Stefan Treue

Andreas Schindler - Monocular signals and ultrocular discrimination in the human visual system
Master in Neuroscience - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Referee: Jens Frahm, Stefan Treue