Research Projects

Collaborative Research Center SFB940 "Volition and Cognitive Control" Projects:

Aging and dopamine modulation of complementary control processes (SFB940 - Project B03)

Volitional dysfunction in self-control failures and addictive behaviors (SFB940 - Project C01)

Core imaging facility (SFB940 - Project Z02)

Information infrastructure (SFB940 - INF Project)

Link to SFB940 "Volition and Cognitive Control"

Collaborative Research Center TRR265 "Losing and Regaining Control over Drug Intake" Projects:

Intra-individual fluctuations of cognitive control and decision- making as mediating mechanisms of control over drinking behavior (TRR 265 - Project A02)

Predicting drinking behaviour from functional brain connectomics by harvesting information from multiple sources (TRR265 - Project A09)

Role of Pavlovian mechanisms for control over substance use (TRR265 - Project B03)

Computational modelling of impaired control in addiction (TRR265 - Project B09)

Information infrastructure (TRR265 - INF Project)

Link to TRR265 "Losing and Regaining Control over Drug Intake"

Other Projects:

Investigation of the efficacy of acamprosate and calcium in comparison to placebo as validation of a behavioural test for alcohol dependence (TEMACA)

International Research Training Group “Risks and Pathomechanisms of Affective Disorders”: Project P5 "Learning, motivation, and cognitive control as trans-diagnostic mechanisms in addiction and depression"

Completed Projects:

TRR265 - FP1- Central recruitment, imaging and biobanking
(TRR 265, Project S01)

Learning as predictor for the development of alcohol use disorders
(DFG FOR 1617, TP 01)

Learning and decision making as predictors of treatment outcome in alcohol use disorder (DFG FOR 1617, TP 02)

Development of neurobehavioral signatures and mechanism-based interventions for SUD in adolocents (BMBF, AERIAL, TP 01)

Brain states representing dynamics of meta-control (SFB940, Project A7)

Serotonergic modulation of meta-control parameters: Temporal discounting rate, probabilistic discounting rate, learning rate and habituation (SFB 940, Project B4)