Hauke Hillebrandt

Office:
Department of Psychology
William James Hall 1484
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Mailing Address: 
Tel.: 001 857 928 4673

Research

Research Interests

connectomics, big data, education, online learning, policy. developmental cognitive neuroscience, brain development in adolescence, brain connectivity, dynamical causal modelling, multivariate methods, game theory, moral cognition, cooperative behavior, decision making, executive functions, perspective taking, theory of mind, free will problem, agency detection.

Publications in peer-reviewed Journals

Hillebrandt, H., Friston, K.J., Blakemore, S-J. (In Review at Journal of Neuroscience) Dynamic Causal Modelling of animacy perception: a Human Connectome study. 

Allen, M., Fardo, F., Dietz, M. J., Hillebrandt, H., Rees, G., & Roepstorff, A. (In Review at Nature Communications). The anterior insula compares expected and actual body-states: evidence for embodied predictive coding.


Hillebrandt, H., Dumontheil I., Blakemore, S, Roiser, J.P. (2013). Dynamic Causal Modelling of effective connectivity during perspective taking in a communicative task Neuroimage. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.02.072
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Hillebrandt, H., Sebastian, C. & Blakemore, S. (2011). Experimentally induced social inclusion influences behavior on trust games. Cognitive Neuroscience, 2(1), 27-33. doi:10.1080/17588928.2010.515020
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Hillebrandt, H.*, Draghici, A.* & Petca, R.* (2009) Inferring Emotion from Facial Expressions in Social Contexts: A Role of Self-Construal? Journal of European Psychology Students 1(1):3 doi:10.5334/jeps.ac

* indicates shared first authorship

Conferences

Hillebrandt, H. (2013) Dynamic Causal Modelling of effective connectivity during mental state attribution. Cognitive Neuroscience Society. San Francisco, USA.

Hillebrandt, H., Dumontheil I., Blakemore, S, Roiser, J.P. (2012) Exhaustive Dynamic Causal Modelling of effective connectivity during perspective taking in a communicative task. Society for Neuroscience. New Orleans, USA.

Hillebrandt, H., Dumontheil, I., Blakemore, S.J. Dynamic Causal Modelling of effective connectivity from fMRI data in adults compared to adolescents during perspective taking in a communicative task (2011) The Social Brain Workshop, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Cook, J., Press, C., Saygin, A.P., Kilner, J., Hillebrandt, H., & Blakemore, SJ. (2011) Neural correlates of subjective and objective processing of minimum-jerk biological motion. The Social Brain Workshop, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Dumontheil, I., Hillebrandt, H., Apperly, I.A., Blakemore, S.J. Increased recruitment of the left anterior temporal cortex in adults compared to adolescents during perspective taking in a communicative task (2011) The Social Brain Workshop, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Cook, J., Press, C., Saygin, A.P., Kilner, J., Hillebrandt, H. & Blakemore, SJ. (2011) Neural correlates of subjective and objective processing of minimum-jerk biological motion. UCL Neuroscience Symposium. University College London, UK.

Cook, J., Press, C., Saygin, A.P., Kilner, J., Hillebrandt, H., & Blakemore, SJ. (2010) Neural correlates of subjective and objective processing of minimum-jerk biological motion. Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, USA.

Talks

Dynamic Causal Modelling of animacy perception: a Human Connectome study (2014) Moral Cognition lab, Harvard University, United States. 

Dynamic causal modelling of perspective taking in a communicative task (2011) Departmental Talk,  Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, United Kingdom.

Reviewing for Journals
Ward, J. 'The Student's Guide to Social Neuroscience' (2011) - New York, NY: Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group)

Memberships

Acknowledged in
2012-2014
Visiting fellow at Moral Cognition lab at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.

2013
Audited course at Harvard Department of Economics and Harvard Graduate School of Education 'Education Reform in America'

09/2009 - 09/2013
Pursuing a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience. Subject area: Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience.
Audited course from MSc in Public policy 'Public policy economics and analysis' at School Of Public Policy, Department of Political Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

09/2009 - 08/2010
          Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Course work from the MSc in Research Methods in MATLAB Programming, Statistics, Research Methods, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Developmental Psychology.

09/2008 - 12/2008
Visiting student (all marks equivalent to ‘distinction’)

09/2006 - 06/2009
Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Bachelor's degree. Major in Cognitive Psychology. 
Electives in Neurobiology and Philosophy of Mind. 
Final Year GPA: 'very good' | Bachelor's thesis: 'very good'

07/2007 - 08/2007
Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria
Took part in a 200-hour Psychology Summer School - final grade: 'very good'.

08/1998 - 06/2005
Niedersaechsisches Internatsgymnasium, Bad Bederkesa, Germany
German higher education entrance qualification 'Abitur'
Focused on Mathematics, English literature, and Politics
Distinction for volunteering work

Research and Teaching Experience

01/2013-06/2013
Teaching Fellow in Psychology to Professor Joshua Greene at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.

12/2012
Guest speaker in Psychology 1552 "Styles of thought" and Psychology 950 "Psychology Live" on scientific writing at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.

05/2012         
Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM) course: helped with practical sessions of how to conduct group analysis with SPM, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, United Kingdom

09/2009 - 09/2013
IT Demonstratorship, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, United Kingdom

2011
Essay grading and feedback for Cognitive Neuroscience Module of the MSc Research Methods in Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

01/2009 - 06/2009
Teaching Assistantship, Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Teaching Assistant to Professor Gerald Echterhoff.
Responsibilities: • Helping students with assignments • Grading exams • Organizational and administrative tasks

07/2008 - 12/2008
Research Internship, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Research Intern at Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore's lab.
Responsibilities: Programmed dynamic user interface for experiment on behavioral game theory leading to publication, Designed Website

11/2006 - 07/2007
Research Intern – for a study on “Interpersonal Perception and Curiosity”.
Responsibilities: Data input, Participant acquisition, Conducting experiments, Administrative tasks

Skills and Achievements

Awards

2012
Charlotte and Yule Bogue Research Fellowship ($6500) for research visit to Moral Cognition lab at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Workshop on the Biology Social Cognition, New York, United States.

2010
Received Travel Award ($400) from INCORE for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Workshop on the Biology Social Cognition, New York, United States.
 
2009-2013
Full Scholarship ($150,000) covering living costs, tuition fee waiver, and research allowance for four year PhD at University College London.

2007, 2008
C.Y. Tung Scholarship 2007 and 2008 ($8000)

Programming and IT

MATLAB, Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM), Cogent graphics, Psychophysical Toolbox, HTML, PHP, SPSS, AMOS, Photoshop.

Languages

English: native level | German: native language | French: basic knowledge

Practical Experience

2009 - 2013

09/2005 - 05/2006
'Schule am Wiesendamm', Bad Bederkesa, Germany
Social Service at a school for children with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Responsibilities: • Educational tasks • Custodial tasks • Administrative tasks

Public engagement activities and volunteering

2009 - 2013

Member of the Technical Committee at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom.

2011
Attended Science Policy Workshop 'Newton's Apple' - Houses of Commons, British Parliament, London, United Kingdom.
2010

2009
Funding member of Environmental Club at Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
Responsibilities: started environmental awareness campaign with energy consumption statistics on campus, setting up web presence, writing articles for the student newspaper.

2009

2008

2008
Organized and promoted a blood drive with more than 100 donors on campus with the help of the German Red Cross

2007
International autism congress "Parents and Therapists meet Researchers"