Uniklinikum Tübingen

Nicola Neumann

- Assistant Professor -

Email: 

nicola.neumann(at)uni-tuebingen.de

Phone:

+49-7071-29-75997

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+49-7071-29-5956

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Dr. Nicola Neumann, Dipl.-Psych.

Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology

Eberhard-Karls-University

Gartenstr. 29

Office 315

D-72074 Tübingen

 

 

Research interests



 

 

Publications



1.

Jokeit H, Seitz RJ, Markowitsch HJ, Neumann N , Witte OW, Ebner A (1997). Prefrontal asymmetric interictal glucose hypometabolism and cognitive impairment in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Brain, 120, 2283-94.

2.

Birbaumer N, Kübler A, Ghanayim N, Hinterberger T, Perelmouter J, Kaiser J, Iversen I, Kotchoubey B, Neumann N , Flor H (2000). The thought translation device (TTD) for completely paralyzed patients. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 8 (2), 190-3.

3.

Hinterberger T, Kotchoubey K, Kaiser J, Kübler A, Neumann N , Perelmouter J, Strehl U, Birbaumer N (2000). Anwendungen der Selbstkontrolle langsamer kortikaler Potentiale. Verhaltenstherapie, 10, 219-27.

4.

Kaiser J, Perelmouter J, Iversen I, Neumann N , Ghanayim N, Hinterberger T, Kübler A, Kotchoubey B, Birbaumer N (2001). Self-initiation of EEG-based communication in paralysed patients, Clinical Neurophysiology, 112, 551-4.

5.

Kübler A, Neumann N , Kaiser J, Kotchoubey B, Hinterberger T, Birbaumer N (2001). Self-regulation of slow cortical potentials for verbal communication. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 82, 1533-9.

6.

Kaiser J, Kübler A, Hinterberger T, Neumann N , Birbaumer N (2002). A non-invasive communication device for the paralyzed: a case report. Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, 45, 19-23.

7.

Neumann N , Kübler A, Kaiser J, Hinterberger T, Birbaumer N (2003). Perception of brain states: mental strategies for brain-computer communication. Neuropsychologia, 41, 1028-36.

8.

Hinterberger T, Kaiser J, Kübler A, Neumann N , Birbaumer N (2003). A brain-computer-interface (BCI) for the locked-in: Comparison of different EEG classifications for the Thought Translation Device (TTD). Clinical Neurophysiology, 114, 416-25 .

9.

Neumann N & Birbaumer N (2003). Predictors of successful self-control during brain-computer communication. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 74, 1117-21.

10.

Birbaumer N, Hinterberger T, Kübler A, Neumann N (2003). The Thought Translation Device: Neurophysiological mechanisms and clinical outcome. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 11, 120-3.

11.

Neumann N & Kübler A (2003). Training locked-in patients: a challenge for the use of brain-computer interfaces. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 11, 169-72.

12.

Hinterberger T, Neumann N , Pham M, Kübler A, Grether A, Hofmayer N, Wilhelm B, Flor H, Birbaumer N (2004). A multimodal brain-based feedback and communication system. Experimental Brain Research, 154, 521-526.

13.

Neumann N , Hinterberger T, Kaiser J, Leins U, Birbaumer N, Kübler A (2004). Automatic processing of self-regulation of slow cortical potentials: Evidence from brain-computer communication in paralysed patients. Clinical Neurophysiology, 115, 628-635.

14.

Hinterberger T, Schmidt S, Neumann N , Mellinger J, Blankertz B, Curio G, Birbaumer N (2004). Brain-computer communication and slow cortical potentials. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 51, 1011-1018.

15.

Kübler A, Neumann N , Wilhelm B, Hinterberger T, Birbaumer N (2004). Predictability of brain-computer communication. Journal of Psychophysiology, 18, 121-129.

16.

Neumann N & Kotchoubey B (2004). Assessment of cognitive functions in severely paralysed and severely brain-damaged patients: Neuropsychological and electrophysiological methods. Brain Research Protocols 14, 25-36.

17.

Kübler A & Neumann N (2005). Brain-computer interfaces- the key for the conscious brain locked into a paralyzed body. Progress in Brain Research,150, 513-525.

18.

Lulé D, Kurt A, Jürgens R, Kassubek J, Diekmann V, Kraft E, Neumann N , Ludolph A, Birbaumer N, Anders S (2005). Emotional responding in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Neurology, 252, 1517-1524.

 

 

Book chapters



1.

Neumann N , Kübler A, H interberger T, Birbaumer N (2001). Das "Thought Translation Device": Kommunikation mit Hilfe der Selbstkontrolle langsamer Hirnpotenziale. In D. Pongratz (Ed.), Jahrbuch der neuromuskulären Erkrankungen 2000, 155-161. München: Arcis Verlag.

2.

Hinterberger T, Kaiser J, Kübler A, Neumann N , Birbaumer N (2001). The Thought Translation Device and its applications to the completely paralyzed. In H. H. Diebner, T. Druckery, P. Weibel (Eds.), Sciences of the Interface, 232-240. Tübingen: Genista.

3.

Birbaumer N & Neumann N (2002). Kommunikation in der Kommunikationslosigkeit: Ein Gedankenübersetzungssystem für vollständig Gelähmte. In R. Rüdel, C. Stadelhofer (Eds.), Wohin geht die Wissensgesellschaft?, 206-211. Bielefeld: Kleine Verlag

4.

Neumann N , Strehl, U, & Birbaumer, N (2003). A primer of Electroencephalographic instrumentation. In M. S. Schwartz & F. Andrasik (Eds.), Biofeedback: a practitioner's guide, 88-102. New York: The Guilford Press.

 

 

Abstracts



1.

Neumann N, Kotchoubey B, Hinterberger T, Kübler A, Perelmouter J, Birbaumer N. Operating the Thought Translation Device with a positive evoked potential. Proceedings of the 26 th annual scientific meeting of the British Psychophysiology Society, 16.-18.12.1998, London, England.

2.

Neumann N, Kotchoubey B, Fritsch C, Ghanayim N, Hinterberger T, Kaiser J, Kübler A, Perelmouter J, Birbaumer N. Bedienen des ?Thought Translation Device? mit einem positiven evozierten Potential, Arbeitstagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychophysiologie und ihre Anwendung: "Psychophysiologische Methodik", 3.-5.6.1999, Trier, Germany.

3.

Neumann N, Kotchoubey B, Hinterberger T, Kaiser J, Kübler A, Perelmouter J, Birbaumer N. Is the abili ty to self-control slow cortical potentials a stable skill? Thirty-ninth annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, 6.-10.10.1999, Granada, Spain.

4.

Neumann N, Hinterberger T, Kübler A, Birbaumer N. Spelling by means of EEG self-control: sources of variation, European Journal of Neuroscience, 12, Supplement 11, 2000, 24.-28.6.2000, Brighton, England.

5.

Neumann N, Kübler A, Hinterberger T, Kaiser J, Birbaumer N. Brain-Computer-Communication: How to self-control your brain waves. The Satellite Meeting of the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society, 27.-29.6. 2001, Istanbul, Turkey.

6.

Neumann N, Braun C, Birbaumer N. Mind of a mnemonist: a magnetencephalography of brain activity during encoding and retrieval in memory champions, Forty-first annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, 10.-14.10.2001, Montreal, Canada.

7.

Neumann N, Kübler A, Hinterberger T, Birbaumer N. Self-regulation of slow cortical potentials: prediction of performance. Forty-first annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, 10.-14.10.2001, Montreal, Canada.

8.

Neumann N, Was ist Besonderes an Sonderbegabungen? Psychophysiologie überdurchschnittlicher kognitiver Leistungen am Beispiel Rechnen. 2. Nachwuchskonferenz des SFB 550, 12.9.-14.9.2001  , Burg Wildenstein, Germany.

9.

Neumann N, Kübler A, Hinterberger T, Kaiser J, Wilhelm B, Birbaumer N. The Thought Translation Device: a direct connection between brain and computer, 6. Statusseminar im BMBF-Förderschwerpunkt ?Neurotraumatologie und Neuropsychologische Rehabilitation?, 28.-30.10.2001, Mannheim, Germany.

10.

Neumann N, Hinterberger T, Kaiser J, Leins U, Birbaumer N, Kübler A. Automaticity of the skill to self-regulate slow cortical potentials, Brain-Computer-Interfaces for communication and control, Second international meeting, 12.-16.6. 2002, Rensselaerville, New York, USA.

11.

Neumann N, Lotze M, Veit R, Weiskopf N, Birbaumer N. Encoding and retrieval in memory prodigies: an fMRI study, 3 rd Forum of European Neuroscience, 13.-17.7.2002, Paris, France.

12.

Neumann N, Brüne M, Snyder A, Birbaumer N. Categorial representation of visual stimuli in the human prefrontal cortex, Society for Neuroscience 33 rd Annual Meeting, 8.-12.11.2003, New Orleans, USA.

13.

Neumann N, Dubischar-Krivec AM, Braun C, Bölte S, Poustka F, Birbaumer N. Recognition memory in autistic ?savants?: an MEG study. 44 th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, 20.-24.10.2001, Santa Fe, USA.

14.

Neumann N, Dubischar-Krivec AM, Braun C, Bölte S, Poustka F, Birbaumer N. Memory encoding in autistic ?savants?: the DM effect measured with MEG. Society for Neuroscience 34 rd Annual Meeting, 23.-27.10.2004, San Diego, USA.

15.

Neumann N, Dubischar-Krivec AM, Braun C, Bölte S, Poustka F, Birbaumer N. Recognition memory in autistic savants; an MEG study, 6 th meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, 17.-20.2.2005, Göttingen, Germany.

 

 

Awards and stipends



DigiGlobe ? Multimedia award of the Deutsche Telekom and Focus, section "Research and technology", 1999. Received for the project "Gedanken steuern Computer" (thought controlled computer) (N. Birbaumer, T. Hinterberger, B. Kotchoubey, A. Kübler, N. Neumann, J. Perelmouter).

Poster award, section "Research Design". Brain-Computer-Interfaces for communication and control, Second international meeting, 12.-16.6. 2002, Rensselaerville, New York, USA .

Stipend for subsistence and travel to the "Centre for the Mind", University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Feb.-Apr. 2003. Funded by the Wilhelm-Schuler-Stiftung.

Award of the TL-Stiftung. Received for the project "Development of a P300-based brain-computer interface in the auditory modality", 15.12.2003. Funded with ? 12500,-.

Travel stipend to the 6 th meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, 17.-20.2.2005, Göttingen, Germany.

 

 

Membership in Scientific Organisations

Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (German Neuroscience Society), Germany

Society for Psychophysiological Research, USA

 

 

Teaching

Psychology for medical students

Research seminar in clinical psychology "Autism: Cognitive theories and neurophysiological results, Thursday 12-14 p.m.

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Folien Einfuehrung in die Entwicklungspsychopathologie

 

Brief biography



02.12.1968

Date of birth,
Place of birth: Wilhelmshaven

1975-1988

Primary and secondary schools at Braunschweig

16.5.1988

Abitur at Neue Oberschule, Braunschweig

Oct 1988-Jan 1989

Au pair stay in Massachusetts, USA

Feb 1989-Jun 1991

Apprenticeship as a book seller in the Deuerlich'sche Buchhandlung, Göttingen

Oct 1991-Feb 1998

University of Bielefeld

Mar-Dec 1994

Clinical placement at "L'Arche", an institution for mentally and physically disabled persons in Trosly-Breuil, France

Jul- Sep 1995

Clinical placement at the Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the University Hospital Göttingen

1996

Degree in Philosophy (equivalent to Bachelor)

Feb-Jun 1996

University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Aug-Nov 1996

Clinical placement at the neuropsychological department of the Epilepsy Centre Bethel, Bielefeld

18.2.1998

Degree in Psychology (Dipl.-Psych., equivalent to Master of Science).
Thesis: "Prefrontal asymmetric interictal glucose hypometabolism and cognitive impairment in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy"
supervised by Prof. Hans J. Markowitsch.

1998-2001

Ph.D. studies and research assistant at the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen)
Thesis: "Brain-computer communication: Influencing factors of the self-regulation of slow cortical potentials" supervised by Prof. Niels Birbaumer

Feb 2001-Jan 2002

Clinical placement at Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Stuttgart

2.10.2001

Ph.D.

since 2002

Assistant professor at the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen

Feb.-Apr. 2003

Research stay at the "Center for the Mind", University of Sydney, Australia, funded by the Wilhelm-Schuler-Stiftung

since 1998

Training in behavior therapy at the Stuttgarter Zentrum für Verhaltentstherapie

Dec 2003

Approval as psychological psychotherapist (behavior therapy)

6.4.2005

Birth of my son Frederik