Universitätsplatz 2
39106
Magdeburg
Tel.:+49 391 6757605
Dr. Lieneke Janssen
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Das größte Geheimnis der Gewohnheiten besteht für die meisten Menschen darin, wie man schlechte Gewohnheiten los wird. Für mich als kognitive Neurowissenschaftlerin ist das größere Geheimnis, wie Gewohnheiten überhaupt gebildet werden: Wie finden sie ihren Weg in unser Gehirn?Profil
Vita
Born: 1988 | Nationality: Dutch | Languages: Dutch, English, German
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Since 2021
Postdoctoral Researcher, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Department of Neurology, Leipzig, Germany
2017-2021 Postdoctoral Researcher, IFB AdiposityDiseases, Leipzig University - Medical Center, and guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Junior Research Group 'Decision-making in Obesity' (Dr. Annette Horstmann)
2012–2016
PhD candidate, Donders Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (Prof. Dr. Roshan Cools & Dr. Esther Aarts). Thesis: Breaking Bad Habits - A meditation on the neurocognitive mechanisms of compulsive behavior
2011-2012
Research Assistant, Donders Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (Prof. Dr. Roshan Cools & Dr. Guillaume Sescousse). Topic: Gambling and dopamine - A pharmacological fMRI study
2009-2011
Master degree in Cognitive Neuroscience (cum laude), Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Thesis: State-dependent processing of tactile stimuli in rat barrel cortex
2006-2009
Bachelor degree in Psychobiology (cum laude), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Thesis: On motor imagery
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Since 2021
Postdoctoral Researcher, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Department of Neurology, Leipzig, Germany
2017-2021 Postdoctoral Researcher, IFB AdiposityDiseases, Leipzig University - Medical Center, and guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Junior Research Group 'Decision-making in Obesity' (Dr. Annette Horstmann)
2012–2016
PhD candidate, Donders Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (Prof. Dr. Roshan Cools & Dr. Esther Aarts). Thesis: Breaking Bad Habits - A meditation on the neurocognitive mechanisms of compulsive behavior
2011-2012
Research Assistant, Donders Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (Prof. Dr. Roshan Cools & Dr. Guillaume Sescousse). Topic: Gambling and dopamine - A pharmacological fMRI study
2009-2011
Master degree in Cognitive Neuroscience (cum laude), Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Thesis: State-dependent processing of tactile stimuli in rat barrel cortex
2006-2009
Bachelor degree in Psychobiology (cum laude), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Thesis: On motor imagery
Expertenprofil
I am a cognitive neuroscientist interested in habits and how they find their way into the (human) brain. The neurotransmitter dopamine particularly motivates me.
Methods:
Methods:
- neuroimaging: fMRI, EEG, PET
- experimental paradigms: decision-making, learning and memory paradigms looking into choice behaviour and response times
- computational modelling: reinforcement learning models of choice behaviour
- interventions: pharmacological (dopamine) and behavioural (mindfulness)