Dr. Ben Wagner
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© B. Wagner
PostDoc
NameDr. Ben Jonathan Wagner
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Chair of Cognitive Computational Neuroscience
Visiting address:
Falkenbrunnen, Room 141A Chemnitzer Str. 46b
01187 Dresden
Postal address:
TUD Dresden University of Technology
School of Science
Faculty of Psychology
Chair of Cognitive Computational Neuroscience
01062 Dresden
Education
| 2016 - 2021 | PhD Candidate in Psychology, Biological Psychology, University of Cologne |
| 2012 - 2015 | M. Sc. in Biology, University of Hamburg |
| 2008 - 2012 | B. Sc. in Biology, University of Hamburg |
Career
| since 05/2021 | PostDoc, Chair of Neuroimaging, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden |
| 2016 - 2021 | Research Assistant, Biological Psychology, University of Cologne |
| 2015 - 2016 | Research Assistant, Neuroscience of Chemosensation, Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering/RWTH Aachen |
Publications
Chakroun, K., Wiehler, A., Wagner, B., Mathar, D., Ganzer, F., van Eimeren, T., et al. (2023). Dopamine regulates decision thresholds in human reinforcement learning in males. Nat Commun, 14(1), 5369. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41130-y
Wagner, B. J., Schuller, C. B., Schuller, T., Baldermann, J. C., Kohl, S., Visser-Vandewalle, V., et al. (2023). Chronic deep brain stimulation of the human nucleus accumbens region disrupts the stability of inter-temporal preferences. J Neurosci. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0138-23.2023
Wagner, B., Mathar, D., & Peters, J. (2022). Gambling Environment Exposure Increases Temporal Discounting but Improves Model-Based Control in Regular Slot-Machine Gamblers. Computational Psychiatry, 6(1), 142–165. DOI: doi:10.5334/cpsy.84
Schüller, C. B.*, Wagner, B. J.*, Schüller, T., Baldermann, J. C., Huys, D., Kerner Auch Koerner, J., . . . Kuhn, J. (2021). Temporal discounting in adolescents and adults with Tourette syndrome. PLoS One, 16 (6), e0253620. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0253620 *these authors contributed equally
Wagner, B.J., Clos, M., Sommer, T., & Peters, J. (2020). Dopaminergic Modulation of Human Intertemporal Choice: A Diffusion Model Analysis Using the D2-Receptor Antagonist Haloperidol. Journal of Neuroscience, 40 (41), 7936-7948. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0592-20.2020
Peisker, C. B., Schüller, T., Peters, J., Wagner, B. J., Schilbach, L., Müller, U. J., . . . Kuhn, J. (2018). Nucleus Accumbens Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients with Substance Use Disorders and Delay Discounting. Brain Sciences, 8 (2). doi:2110.3390/brainsci8020021
Preprints:
Bruder L., Wagner, B.J.*, Mathar, D., Peters, J. (2021). Increased temporal discounting and reduced model-based control in problem gambling are not substantially modulated by exposure to virtual gambling environments. doi:10.1101/2021.09.16.459889