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Ass. Prof. Dr. Christina de la Malla

The Temporal Dynamics of Memory Integration and Separation

Our next speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the summer semester 2026 is Ass. Prof. Dr. Christina de la Malla from the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain 

  • Time:  June 10, 2026, 2:15 p.m.
  • Location: Room Fl 30, Department of Psychology, Fliednerstraße 21, MasterClass directly afterwards

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Workshop AIM for the Brain


From artificial to natural intelligence – AIM for the Brain

Machine‑learning systems are now powerful tools for probing how the brain generates thoughts, memories, perception and actions. The “AIM for the Brain” workshop series at the University of Münster creates an interdisciplinary platform for researchers who already use, or could benefit from, AI and ML methods. The workshop aims to show how data‑driven AI models can illuminate natural intelligence and to build lasting scientific connections across the university.

Organisers: Center for Data Science and Complexity & Otto Creutzfeldt Center for Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience.

Starts May, 18, 2026, 12:30 pm, ends May, 18, 2026,  6 pm, room 404, Institute of Theoretical Physics 




 

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PhD for Niklas Hypki

We congratulate Dr. Niklas Hypki on successfully defending his thesis "How We See, Perceive and Act: Analysing Eye Movements in
Virtual Reality" at the Institute of Psychology. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Markus Lappe, Prof. Dr. Heiko Wagner and  Prof. Dr. Frank Steinicke.

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PhD for Marius Boeltzig

We congratulate Dr. Marius Boeltzig on successfully defending his thesis "Learning From The Unexpected: How Prediction Error Size
Shapes Episodic Memory" at the Institute of Psychology. The thesis was supervised by Prof.'in Dr. Ricarda Schubotz, Prof.'in Dr. Kristina Liefke and  Dr. Ines Bramao.

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Prof. Dr. Ines Bramao

The Temporal Dynamics of Memory Integration and Separation

Our first speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the summer semester 2026 is Prof. Dr. Ines Bramao from the Lund University, Sweden
 

  • Time: April 23rd, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
  • Location: Room Lecture Hall 40, Department of Psychology, Fliednerstraße 21, MasterClass directly afterwards

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PhD for Falko Mecklenbrauck

We congratulate Dr. Falko Mecklenbrauck on successfully defending his thesis "Still Dwelling in the Rich Club? - The Role of Structural Hubs and Cortical Chronoarchitecture in the Processing of Hierarchically Nested Stimuli" at the Institute of Psychology. The thesis was supervised by Prof.'in Dr. Ricarda Schubotz, Prof. Dr. Joachim Groß and Prof. Dr. Moritz Wurm.

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PhD for Rosari Naveena Selvan

We congratulate Dr. Rosari Naveena Selvan on successfully defending her thesis "The Predictive Brain in Action: Multimodal Evidence for Hierarchical Predictive Processing at Action Boundaries" at the Institute of Psychology. The thesis was supervised by Prof.'in Dr. Ricarda Schubotz, Prof. Dr. Markus Lappe and Prof. Dr. Florentin Wörgötter.

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New OCC PhD Student - Larissa Stähler

In our OCC PhD Program we welcome Larissa Stähler. Her PhD project is funded by the Innovative Medical Research (IMF) of the University Hospital Münster. The project is supervised by OCC members Prof. Dr. Thomas Straube, Apl. Prof. Dr. Jens Bölte and Dr. Insa Schloßmacher. 

 

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New OCC PhD Student - Michelle Kuhn

In our OCC PhD Program we welcome Michelle Kuhn. She works in the team at the Institute of Psychology. The project is supervised by OCC members Prof. Dr. Markus Lappe, Prof. Dr. Niko Busch and Dr. Krischan Koerfer. 

 

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PhD for Jana Masselink

We congratulate Dr. Jana Masselink on successfully defending her thesis "The Trinity of Oculomotor Learning: Recalibrating Visual Space, Motor Space, and Internal Movement Predictions" at the Institute of Psychology. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Markus Lappe, Prof. Dr. Heiko Wagner and Prof.'in Dr. Rebekka Lencer.

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Prof. Dr. Guillaume S Masson

How it looks matters. Motion processing for perception and action

Our next speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the winter semester 2025/26 is Prof. Dr. Guillaume S Masson from the Aix-Marseille University, France
 

  • Time: January 21, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
  • Location: Room 129, Department of Psychology, Fliednerstraße 21, MasterClass directly afterwards