{"id":1016,"date":"2023-05-19T10:27:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T10:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/?page_id=1016"},"modified":"2025-06-10T09:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:29:24","slug":"cognitive-psychology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/cognitive-psychology\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive Psychology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#17365c\"><strong>Prof. Dr. Oliver T. Wolf &amp; Prof. Dr. Christian Merz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#17365c\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#8dae10\"><strong>Research interest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our current research projects, we investigate the influence of stress and its physiological mediators on extinction learning (SFB 1280) and episodic memory (FOR 2812), addiction related behavior (FOR 2974), quality of emotional memories, memory retrieval in dependence of sex hormone status as well as cognitive emotion regulation (DFG-Projects) using behavioral, pharmacological, psychophysiological and neuroimaging techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find a detailed description of each project here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cog.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/cog\/research\/index.html.en\">Current projects<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#8dae10\"><strong>Methods<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Behavioral learning and memory paradigms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stress induction in the laboratory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psychophysiological techniques (skin conductance and pupillometrie)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neuroimaging (fMRI and EEG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Endocrine measurements (e.g. salivary and hair cortisol)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#8dae10\"><strong>Master theses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please notice that projects usually involve interaction with German-speaking participants. Therefore, in most cases sufficient German skills are required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/philosophy-cognition.com\/mcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Master-projects_Professor-Wolf-2023.pdf\">Suggestions for Master projects in the department of <em>Cognitive Psychology<\/em> (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent Master projects for Cognitive Science students will be announced in the Moodle Course &#8220;Themen der kognitiven Neurowissenschaften&#8221;. Moreover, Master projects are possible within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cog.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/cog\/research\/index.html.en\">current DFG-Projects<\/a> of the lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of previously supervised theses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The role of sleep in the consolidation and contextual generalization of fear extinction memories (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Influence of Two Different Emotion Regulation Strategies on Repeated Exposure to Stress (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Effect of Circadian Rhythm on Episodic Memory Retrieval (2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Effect of Cortisol on Emotion Regulation (2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understanding Maladaptive Memories: Effects of Cortisol on Fear Memory Reconsolidation (2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cog.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/cog\/teaching\/theses_interships\/index.html.en\">click here<\/a> for further information about Master theses at the department of<i> Cognitive Psychology<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#8dae10\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cog.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/cog\/index.html.en\">click here<\/a> to find out more about the department of <i><i>Cognitive Psychology<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#8dae10\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Dr. Oliver T. Wolf &amp; Prof. Dr. Christian Merz Research interest In our current research projects, we investigate the influence of stress and its physiological mediators on extinction learning (SFB 1280) and episodic memory (FOR 2812), addiction related behavior (FOR 2974), quality of emotional memories, memory retrieval in dependence of sex hormone status as well as cognitive emotion regulation (DFG-Projects) using behavioral, pharmacological, psychophysiological and neuroimaging techniques. 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