Theses

Diploma-, Master- and Doctoral- Theses

Ongoing Projects

• Abdou, Sarah (M.Sc. Neural & Behavioural Sciences | ongoing): Agency, Certainty, and their Modulation through tDCS. Advisors: PD Dr. Axel Lindner, Dr. Elisa Filewich & Dr. Simone Weller. University of Tübingen, Germany.

• Bauder, Dominik (M.D. | ongoing): Cross-hemispheric recruitment as a general strategy of the adult human brain to optimize cognitive performance. Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen, Germany.

• Bickaj, Kreshnik (M.D. | ongoing): Decoding Working Memory - Wie die neuronale Repräsentation von Elementen im Arbeitsgedächtnis mit deren künftigen Nutzung zusammenhängt. Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner, University of Tübingen.

• Böhme, Julius (M.D. | ongoing): Mechanismen und neurale Substrate der Selbstwahrnehmung eigener Bewegungen und deren Störung durch Schlaganfall. Advisors: PD Dr. Axel Lindner, Prof. Dr. Hans-Otto Karnath. University of Tübingen.

• Felk, Matthias (M.D. | ongoing): Plastizität des handelnden 'Selbst': Lernen in Abhängigkeit von der Persönlichkeit. Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

• Gorgy, Remoun (M.Sc. Biology | ongoing): MEG correlates of Agency. Advisors: PD Dr. Axel Lindner & Prof. Dr. Christoph Braun. University of Tübingen, Germany.

• Kohler, Teresa (M.D. | ongoing): Neue Strategien zur Verbesserung des Arbeitsgedächtnisses bei Demenz - Wie das Wechselspiel der Gehirnhemisphären das Arbeitsgedächtnis verbessert. Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

• Mack, Annalena (M.Sc. Biology | ongoing): Tracking Cognitive Capacity By Means of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS). Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen, Germany.

• Membarth, Felicia (M.D. | ongoing): The negative self - biased agency attribution in major depressive disorder. Advisors: PD Dr. Axel Lindner, Prof. Dr. Christian Plewnia. University of Tübingen.

• Pons, Erola (Ph.D. Neural & Behavioural Sciences | ongoing): The detached self: Comparing depersonalization / derealization-like experiences arising in meditation vs. other contexts. Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

• Rössel, Nateea (M.Sc. Cognitive Science | ongoing): Can Mental Arithmetic Tricks Free Cognitive Capacity? Advisors: PD Dr. Axel Lindner, Dr. Elisabeth Hein. University of Tübingen; in collaboration with Dr. Ann Tank, University of Groningen, Netherlands, and Sven Frank, Dr. Martina Messelhäuser, Andrea Weber, Selzen.   

• Schaffeld, Laura (M.Sc. Biology | ongoing): Magnetic Vestibular Stimulation (MVS) at 3T And Its Influence On 2D Eye Movements and Task-Related Brain Activity. Advisors: PD Dr. Axel Lindner & Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans-Otto Karnath. University of Tübingen, Germany.

• Schaffitzel, Carina (M.D. | ongoing): Magnetic Vestibular Stimulation (MVS) at 3T And Its Influence On Spatial Cognition. Advisors: PD Dr. Axel Lindner & Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans-Otto Karnath. University of Tübingen, Germany.

• Wirtz, Janna (M.D. | ongoing): Electrophysiological correlates of an altered self – An investigation of agency attribution for self-produced sound in schizophrenia. Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner & Prof. Dr. Dirk Wildgruber. University of Tübingen, Germany; in collaboration with Jessica Grunwald & Prof. Dr. Alexander Gail, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany.

Finalized Projects

2024

• Behle, Leonie (M.Sc. Psychology): Beyond MRI: Examining the Effects of Magnetic Vestibular Stimulation on Cognitive Functions at 3T. Advisors: PD Dr. Axel Lindner & Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans-Otto Karnath, University of Tübingen, Germany.

• Mahdavi, Shirin (Ph.D. Systems Neuroscience): Thalamic Contributions to Internal Models for Motor Control. Advisors: Prof. Dr. Melanie Wilke. University of Göttingen, Germany & PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen, Germany.

• Schach, Sonja (Ph.D. Neuroinformatics): Quantitative analyses of information-processing resources and limitations in human motor planning. Advisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Daniel Braun. Ulm University, Germany & PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen, Germany.

• Roth, Manuel (Ph.D. Neural & Behavioural Sciences | submitted): The Importance of Intact Predictive Processes for Perception and Action. Advisors: PD Dr. Axel Lindner, Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Thier. University of Tübingen.

2023

• Grunwald, Jessica (M.Sc. Biology): Self-Action Modulates Auditory Evoked Potentials and Perceived Sound Intensity. Advisors: PD Dr. Axel Lindner, Prof. Dr. Uwe J. Ilg  & Dr. Jan Grewe. University of Tübingen; in collaboration with Elisabeth Lindner & Prof. Dr. Alexander Gail, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany.

2022

• Behle, Leonie (B.Sc. Psychology): Sensory attenuation vs. subjective agency for auditory action outcomes. Advisors: PD Dr. Axel Lindner & Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans-Otto Karnath, University of Tübingen; in collaboration with Elisabeth Lindner & Prof. Dr. Alexander Gail, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany.

• Röhm, Nina (M.Sc. Cognitive Science): Boosting Working Memory in Cognitive Aging:The Bilateral Field Advantage in visual verbal Working Memory. Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

• Stöckl, Lena (B.Sc. Biology): Movement Amplitude vs. Movement Direction: Improving Self-Action Perception in the Inferior Dimension through a Vibrotactile Cue. Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen. 

• Trillsam, Sarah (M.Sc. Biology): Group or Element? Neural Correlates of the Ternus Illusion. Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

• Vennemann, Eva (M.Sc. Biology): Metacognition in Agency - How sure are you that a movement is actually yours? Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

• Witzl, Lorena (M.Sc. Cognitive Science): Action Inhibition: The change of planned motor control regarding to penalty and reward system. Advisors: PD Dr. Axel Lindner & Dr. Elisabeth Hein. University of Tübingen.

2020

• Ergül, Didem (M.Sc. Neural & Behavioural Sciences): Assessing cognitive load using pupillometry. Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

• Lauer, Karla (M.D.): Die Rolle des parietalen Kortex bei der Wahrnehmung der eigenen Bewegungen. Advisors: Prof. Dr. Matthis Synofzik, PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

• Pons, Erola (M.Sc. Neural & Behavioural Sciences): The Sense of Self in Meditation and Depersonalization: Establishing an Experimental Framework in healthy participants. Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

2018

• Höller-Wallscheid, Melanie Sandra. (Ph.D. Neural & Behavioural Sciences): How the brains of young and old human adults cope with increased working memory demands. Advisors: Prof. Dr. Peter Thier, PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

• Gloge, Cordula. (M.Sc. Biology): The influence of error attribution on sensorimotor learning. Advisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Daniel Braun (University of Ulm), Prof. Dr. Hanspeter A. Mallot, PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

• Pilacinski, Artur. (Ph.D. Neural & Behavioural Sciences): Enabling the future. Prospective action representations in the human parieto-frontal motor planning system. Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

2017

• Wirxel, Barbara. (Ph.D. Neural & Behavioural Sciences): Human Time Perception - Predictable visual stimuli are perceived earlier than unpredictable events. Advisor: PD Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

2016

• Ott, Florian. (M.Sc. Biology): Neural mechanisms underlying the attribution of agency to sensorimotor error. Advisor: Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

2015

• Quinn, Katrina Rose. (M.Sc. Neural & Behavioural Sciences): The role of the parieto-occipital cortex for perceptual grouping. Advisors: PD Dr. Axel Lindner, Prof. Dr. Christoph Braun. University of Tübingen.

2014

• Kutscheidt, Katrin. (M.Sc. Neural & Behavioural Sciences):  What moved where – an fMRI study on object correspondence using the Ternus display. Advisors: Dr. Axel Lindner, Dr. Elisabeth Hein. University of Tübingen.

• Wilke, Carlo Arthur Magnus. M.D.: Plastizität der Wahrnehmung eigener Bewegungen. Advisors: Dr. Axel Lindner, Dr. Matthis Synofzik, Prof. Dr. Peter Thier. University of Tübingen.

2013

• Hellbernd, Nele. (M.Sc. Neural & Behavioural Sciences): Neural correlates of action planning – Does reach planning reflect the visual action-consequences? Advisors: Dr. Axel Lindner, Prof. Dr. Christoph Braun. University of Tübingen.

2012

• Fridman, Marina. (M.Sc. Neural & Behavioural Sciences): Looking for the path not taken. An investigation of the influence of alternative motor plans on reach trajectories and self-action perception. Advisors: Dr. Axel Lindner, Prof. Dr. Uwe Ilg. University of Tübingen.

• Gössling, Magdalena. M.D.: Die Rolle interner Vorhersagen bei Morbus Parkinson. Advisors: Dr. Matthis Synofzik, Dr. Tobias Wächter, Dr. Axel Lindner, Prof. Dr. Peter Thier. University of Tübingen.

2011

• Cavdaroglu, Seda. (M.Sc. Neural & Behavioural Sciences): Neural Correlates of Self-Other Distinctions in Action Perception. Advisors: Dr. Axel Lindner, Prof. Dr. Uwe Ilg. University of Tübingen.

• Dieckgraeff, Anita. (Dipl. Inf.): Detektion von Bewegungsplanung mit Hilfe eines EEGs. Advisors: Prof. Dr. Martin Bogdan & Dr. Axel Lindner. University of Tübingen.

• Roth, Manuel. (M.Sc. Neural & Behavioural Sciences): When the Past Determines the Future : Updating of Sensory Predictions and its Dysfunction in Cerebellar Disease. Advisors: Dr. Axel Lindner, Dr. Matthis Synofzik. University of Tübingen.

2010

• Schneider, Claudia. (M.Sc. Neural & Behavioural Sciences): The Agony of Choice – Investigating the Mechanisms and fMRI Correlates of Human Decision Making under Varying Choice Difficulty. Advisors: Dr. Axel Lindner, Prof. Dr. Uwe Ilg. University of Tübingen.

2009

• Christoph Budziszewski. (Dipl. Inf.): Spatiotemporal classification of event-related fMRI data to decode movement intentions in humans. Advisors: Dr. Axel Lindner, Prof. Dr. Martin Bogdan, Prof. Dr. Peter Thier, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel. University of Tübingen.

2007

• Synofzik, Matthis. M.D.: Die Rolle Interner Modelle bei der Wahrnehmung von Eigenbewegungen. Advisors: Dr. Axel Lindner, Prof. Dr. Peter Thier. University of Tübingen.