
Dr. phil. Friederike Una Hohlefeld (PhD, PsyM)
Researcher. Artisan. Musician. Autistic.
main qualifications
brain:
PhD (Dr. phil.) in cognitive neuroscience (2010) summa cum laude, full-time scholarship (3 yrs)
@ Berlin School of Mind and Brain
in cooperation with Free University Berlin and Charité University Medicine Berlin
mind:
diploma (master/PsyM) in human psychology (2007) grade A
@ Free University Berlin
in cooperation with Charité University Medicine Berlin

about me in a nutshell
- organizational talent, striving for efficient win-win solutions
- analytical mind, interdisciplinary reasoning and optimization
- lateral thinker, attention to details and the „big picture“
main research interests
human brain research
- neural interactions in time and space
- EEG, EMG, local field potentials
- neural oscillations, evoked responses
- motor control and movement
- Parkinson’s disease
- connectivity, fractal methods
- spatial navigation, virtual reality
neurofeedback research
- brain-computer interface
- quasi-movements
- neural basis of fine motor control
- motor imagery, movement intention
further topics of interest
- autism spectrum, Asperger’s syndrome
- (musical) creativity and improvisation
- canine cognition, human-canine interaction
research experience and PhD positions
total academic research experience: 14 years
current research status: inactive
2006-2010
Master and PhD: human brain research (brain-computer interface, motor imagery, motor control); EEG and EMG
@ Neurophysics Group
Department of Neurology at Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany / led by Prof. Dr. Gabriel Curio & Prof. Dr. Vadim Nikulin in collaboration with the Berlin Brain-Computer Interface project (BBCI) at Technical University Berlin, Germany.
@ Free University Berlin
Department of Psychology, Germany.
2011-2016
Postdoc: medical human brain research (Parkinson’s disease, movement disorders); DBS and EEG
@ Neurophysics Group
Department of Neurology at Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany / led by Prof. Dr. Gabriel Curio & Prof. Dr. Vadim Nikulin. In cooperation with the Clinical Research Group 247 „Deep Brain Stimulation“ / led by Prof. Dr. Andrea Kühn.
2017-2020
Postdoc: human brain research (motor cognition and spatial navigation); EEG, motion capture and virtual reality
@ Berlin Mobile Brain/Body Imaging Lab (BeMoBIL)
Department of Biological Psychology and
Neuroergonomics at Technical University Berlin, Germany / led by Prof. Dr. Klaus Gramann.
