UPDATE: the call is now closed. We are looking to hire a potential PhD student in our lab in Leipzig. The project will scientifically evaluate digital treatment programmes for people with obesity. Digital treatment approaches offer great potential for modern, comprehensive and innovative health care. As an example, the product zanadio, developed...
We are proud to present a new paper in our series on the relationship of smell (perception) and obesity. Maria Poessel and colleagues explore how metabolic health status, in particular insulin resistance, may play a key role in the altered perception of smell across a large sample of people with...
On 23rd of July, we had the pleasure of celebrating with Marie Meemken who successfully defended her PhD thesis on implicit and explicit appetitive outcome learning in obesity. We at the O’BRAIN Lab are very proud to see another female scientist emerge from our midst! Well done, Marie!
After months of lockdown and social distancing the team in Leipzig is back at the MPI and testing. An extensive cataloque of hygiene measures has been developed to protect both participants and staff during experiments. Whilst not all methods can be used yet, the O’BRAIN Lab has already tested a...
Check out Annette’s new paper in Nutrients, investigating how automatic and controlled processing interact with regard to eating behaviour. The results outline how we might best achieve our long-term goals (of healthy eating habits).
It’s Saturday in Helsinki and the fourth day of our trip to explore the Northern Neurosciences. We are treated to blue skies and are greeted by a flurry of sea gulls. Though the scene is idyllic, ten O’BRAINers are on a mission. This time, heading into the city centre, the...
