Dr. rer. nat. Joseph King
Postdoctoral Researcher VCF
Contact information
Technische Universität Dresden
Faculty of Medicine
Division of Psychological and Social Medicine and Developmental Neurosciences
Fetscherstraße 74
01307 Dresden
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)351 458 7155
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Research Statement
Cognitive Control
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Anorexia Nervosa
Scientific Education
| 2016 | Dr. rer. nat., Technische Universität Dresden |
| 2010-2013 | Research Associate, Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 2006-2009 | Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig |
| 2005 |
Dipl.-Psych., Humboldt University Berlin |
| 1997 | Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, San Francisco State University |
Professional Experience
| since 2013 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Technische Universität Dresden Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Division of Psychological and Social Medicine and Developmental Neurosciences |
Other Scientific Activities, Honors, Awards
| 2013 | Poster Prize "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilunde", 26. - 28. November |
Selected Publications
King JA, Geisler D, Bernardoni F, et al. Altered Neural Efficiency of Decision Making During Temporal Reward Discounting in Anorexia Nervosa. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2016;55(11):972-979.
King JA, Geisler D, Ritschel F, et al. Global cortical thinning in acute anorexia nervosa normalizes following long-term weight restoration. Biol Psychiatry. 2015;77(7):624-632.
King JA, Korb FM, Egner T. Priming of control: implicit contextual cuing of top-down attentional set. J Neurosci. 2012;32(24):8192-8200.
King JA, Korb FM, von Cramon DY, Ullsperger M. Post-error behavioral adjustments are facilitated by activation and suppression of task-relevant and task-irrelevant information processing. J Neurosci. 2010;30(38):12759-12769.
King JA, Colla M, Brass M, Heuser I, von Cramon D. Inefficient cognitive control in adult ADHD: evidence from trial-by-trial Stroop test and cued task switching performance. Behav Brain Funct. 2007;3:42.