We are pleased to announce that our Lab’s Associate Professor Annette Horstmann will be presenting at the upcoming event titled “Big Questions in Neuroscience and Current Limits of Knowledge.” This engaging session will take place on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, from 15:15 to 16:15, followed by coffee/tea and discussion, at...
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Grant news!!!
We are thrilled to announce that our Doctoral Researcher, Manon Chédeville, has been awarded a prestigious three-year iCANDOC grant to conduct groundbreaking research on the LUMINA project (Long-term Understanding of Mechanisms Involved in Neurocognitive Alterations following breast cancer). This project aims to deepen our understanding of the neurocognitive changes experienced...
Highlights from the Recent Psychology Congress in Helsinki
We are pleased to share that our lab participated in the Psychology Congress (Psykologia Kongressi 2024), held from August 14 to 16, 2024, marking the event’s return after a long hiatus. The congress provided a wonderful opportunity to connect with new colleagues, reunite with familiar faces, and explore the latest...
Department Retreat 2024
The Department of Psychology and Logopedics traveled to sunny Tvärminne for a one-day retreat. As every year, there were numerous productive sessions discussing improvements for various departmental processes, alongside scientific talks and poster presentations. Quite unexpectedly, it snowed, so the social evening included a sauna and board games.
More on obesity and working memory
Our newest preprint publication on the relationship between obesity and working memory has undergone rigorous review by eLife, shedding new light on the interplay between BMI and cognitive function. The study, led by researcher Nadine Herzog, reveals compelling insights into how genetic variants influencing striatal dopamine signaling impact the negative...
Bienvenue Manon !!!
We are thrilled to announce that Manon Chédeville has joined the O’Brain Lab as a doctoral researcher. Manon comes to us from France, where she earned her Master’s degree in Psychology from the University of Bordeaux in 2021. She further completed a Master’s in neurosciences at the University of Caen. Manon’s...
The O’Brain Lab @ Nordic Obesity Meeting
The 2024 edition of the Nordic Obesity Meeting took place in Helsinki the 1–3 February, and the O’Brain Lab was there to present our research! Our postdoc Artemii Nikitin and doctoral researchers Hendrik Hartmann and Arsene Kanyamibwa presented their research projects. In the ‘Mastering Appetite’ session, our own associate professor...
New paper on working memory in obesity
Does obesity relate to impairments in working memory gating? That is what the study by Nadine Herzog et al. focused on, and the results suggest it’s not about BMI per se – a BMI-genetic interaction might play a role. Read more about the intriguing insights here.