Nicola Neumann
- Assistant Professor -
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Phone: | +49-7071-29-75997 |
Fax: | +49-7071-29-5956 |
Mail: | Dr. Nicola Neumann, Dipl.-Psych. Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology Eberhard-Karls-University Gartenstr. 29 Office 315 D-72074 Tübingen |
Research interests
- Neurophysiological bases of outstanding skills in autistic savants
- Brain-computer interfaces: Communication in total paralysis
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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Brief biography
02.12.1968 | Date of birth, |
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). |
1998-2001 | Ph.D. studies and research assistant at the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen) |
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 |



