Uniklinikum Tübingen

Andrea Caria, PhD



- Research Scientist -

Email:

andrea.caria@uni-tuebingen.de

Phone:

+49 7071 29 73263

Fax:

+49 7071 29 5956

Mail: 

Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology

Eberhard Karls Universität

Silcherstr.5, Office 101

D-72076 Tübingen

 

Research Interest



- Behavioral and affective neuroscience

- Brain-Computer Interface and Neurofeedback

- Learning and neurophysiological regulation

- Brain plasticity

- Real-time functional MRI 

 

Publications



Journal Articles

Caria A, de Falco S, Venuti P, Lee S, Esposito G, Rigo P, Birbaumer N, Bornstein MH. Species-specific response to human infant faces in the premotor cortex. NeuroImage. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.12.068.

Belda-Lois JM, Mena-del Horno S, Bermejo-Bosch I,  Moreno JC, Pons JL, Farina D, Iosa M, Molinari M, Tamburella F, Ramos A, Caria A, Solis-Escalante T and Brunner C, Rea M. Rehabilitation of gait after stroke: a review towards a top-down approach. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 8(1):66, 2011.

Rea M, Kullmann S, Casile A, Glaser W, Veit R, Lee S, Olivetti Belardinelli M, Birbaumer N, Caria A. Effects of aversive stimuli on prospective memory. An event-related fMRI study. PloS ONE. 2011;6(10):e26290.

Veit R, Singh V, Sitaram R, Caria A, Rauss K, Birbaumer N. Using real-time fMRI to learn voluntary regulation of the anterior insula in the presence of threat-related stimuli. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. doi:10.1093/scan/nsr061

Ruiz S, Lee S, Soekadar S, Caria A, Veit R, Birbaumer N, Sitaram R. Acquired self-control of insula cortex modulates emotion recognition and brain network connectivity in schizophrenia. Human Brain Mapping. DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21427, 2011.

Sitaram R, Veit R, Birte S, Caria A, Gerloff C, Birbaumer N, Hummel F. Acquired control of ventral premotor cortex activity by feedback training: An exploratory real-time fMRI and TMS study. Neurorehabilitation and neural repair. DOI: 10.1177/1545968311418345, 2011.

Caria A, Sitaram R, Birbaumer N. Real-time fMRI: A Tool for Local Brain Regulation. The Neuroscientist. doi:10.1177/1073858411407205, 2011.

Caria A, Venuti P, de Falco S. Functional and Dysfunctional Brain Circuits underlying Emotional Processing of Music in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Cerebral Cortex. 21(12):2838-49, 2011.

Lee S, Ruiz S, Caria A, Birbaumer N, Sitaram R. Cerebral reorganization induced by real-time fMRI feedback training of the insular cortex: a multivariate investigation. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 25(3):259-267, 2011.

Caria A, Weber C, Brötz D, Ramos A, Ticini LF, Gharabaghi A, Braun C, Birbaumer  N. Chronic stroke recovery after combined BCI training and physiotherapy. A case report. Psychophysiology. 48(4):578-582, 2011.

Brötz D, Braun C, Weber C,. Soekadar S, Caria A, Birbaumer N. Combination of Brain Computer-Interface Training and Goal Directed Active Physical Therapy of Chronic Stroke: A Case Report. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 24(7) 674-679, 2010.

Caria A, Sitaram R, Veit R, Begliomini C, Birbaumer N. Volitional control of anterior insula modulates the response to aversive stimuli. A real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Biological Psychiatry. 68(5) 425-432, 2010.

Sitaram R, Caria A, Birbaumer N. Hemodynamic Brain-computer Interfaces. Neural Networks. 22(9) 1320-1328, 2009.

Begliomini C, Nelini C, Caria A, Grodd W and  Castiello U. Cortical Activations in Humans Grasp-Related Areas Depends on Hand Used and Handedness. PLoS ONE 3(10): e3388, 2008.

Buch E, Weber C, Cohen LG, Braun C,  Dimyan M,  Ard T, Mellinger J,  Caria A,  Soekadar S,  and Birbaumer N. Think to move: a neuromagnetic BCI system for chronic stroke. Stroke. 39 910-917, 2008.

Sitaram R, Weiskopf N, Caria A, Veit R, Erb M, Birbaumer N. fMRI Brain-Computer Interfaces. A tutorial on methods and applications. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. 25 95-106, 2008.

Sitaram R, Caria A, Veit, Gaber T, Rota G, Kuebler A, Birbaumer N. FMRI Brain-Computer Interface: A Tool for Neuroscientific Research and Treatment. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2007 ID 25487.

Begliomini C, Caria A, Grodd W, Castello UComparing Natural and Constrained Movements: New Insights into the Visuomotor Control of Grasping. PLoS ONE 2(10): e1108, 2007.

Caria A, Veit R, Sitaram R, Lotze M, Weiskopf N, Grodd W, Birbaumer N. Regulation of Anterior Insular Cortex Activity using Real-time fMRI. NeuroImage.  35, 1238-46, 2007.

Pierno AC, Caria A & Castiello U. Crossmodal Binding In Localising Objects Outside the Field of View. Visual Cognition. 13(2) 223-246, 2006. 

Pierno AC, Caria A, Glover S & Castiello U. Effects of Increasing Visual Load on Aurally and Visually Guided Target Acquisition in a Virtual Environment. Applied Ergonomics. 36(3) 335-343, 2005

Pierno AC, Caria A & Castiello U. Comparing Effects of 2D and 3D Visual Cues during Aurally Aided Target Acquisition. Human Factors. 46(4) Winter 2004, 728 - 737

Caria A, Bixio L, Kostyuk O, Brown AR, Ruggiero C. Elastic Scattering  and Light Transport in Three-Dimensional Collagen Gel Constructs: A Mathematical Model and Computer Simulation Approach. IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience. 3(2) 85-89  June 2004.

 

Book Chapters

Birbaumer N, Caria A, Piccione F, Sauseng P. Brain-Computer Interface in Neurorehabilitation. In: B. Graimann and G. Pfurtscheller (Eds),Brain-Computer Interfaces. Springer, New York. 2010. In press.

Soekadar S, Caria A, Ramos Murguialday A, Birbaumer N. Rehabilitation after stroke using brain-computer-interfaces and neurostimulation. In: N. Johnsen and Rolf Agerskov (ed.), Somatosensory Cortex: Roles, Interventions and Traumas. Nova Science Publ., New York. 2009. ISBN 978-1-60741-876-4.

Caria, A,  Pierno AC. Reale e Virtuale. in Castiello U., Bonfiglioli C. (Eds.), Tecniche sperimentali di ricerca in Psicologia. Padova, Piccin Nuova Libreria, 89-115, 2005.

 

 

Current Research Projects



2010 - 2012 Fortüne-Program, 1956-0-0/F-1561090

Implementation of a Arterial Spin Labeling System for real-time Neurofeedback

 

2010 - 2014 EU-FP7-ICT-2009 Project Number: 258749. 

CEEDs: The Collective Experience of Empathic Data Systems.

 

2010 - 2012 EU-FP7-ICT-2009 Project Number: 247935.

BETTER: BNCI-driven Robotic Physical Therapies in Stroke Rehabilitation of Gait Disorders.

 

2009 - 2011 EU-FP7-ICT-2009 Project Number: 231724.

HUMOUR: HUman behavioral Modelling for enhancing learning by Optimizing hUman-Robot interaction.