Dr Kathrin Eschmann
Research Associate
- eschmannk@cardiff.ac.uk
- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, Maindy Road, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Overview
My research focuses on the neurocognition of memory and cognitive control, for which I mainly use spectrotemporal brain imaging techniques, such as EEG and MEG. I am especially interested in cognitive and memory enhancement - for example, via motivational states and neurofeedback training - and the individual differences thereof, which I explore with DTI and resting-state fMRI.
Biography
2018 | Doctorate of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) in Psychology
International Research Training Group "Adaptive Minds", Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, and Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
2014 | Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Neuro-Cognitive Psychology
Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany, and MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2012 | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Psychology
Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, and Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, UK
Honours and awards
2021-2022 | Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, German Research Foundation, CUBRIC, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
2020 | Wellcome Trust ISSF Consolidator Award, CUBRIC, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
2019 | Internal seed grant, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
2015 - 2018 | Excellence Programme for Female Researchers, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
Publications
2024
- Rueterbories, T., Mecklinger, A., Eschmann, K. C. J., Crivelli-Decker, J., Ranganath, C. and Gruber, M. J. 2024. Curiosity satisfaction increases event-related potentials sensitive to reward. The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (10.1162/jocn_a_02114)
2023
- Eschmann, K. C. J., Pereira, D. F. M. M., Valji, A., Dehmelt, V. and Gruber, M. J. 2023. Curiosity and mesolimbic functional connectivity drive information seeking in real life. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 18(1), article number: nsac050. (10.1093/scan/nsac050)
2022
- Eschmann, K. C. J. and Mecklinger, A. 2022. Improving cognitive control: Is theta neurofeedback training associated with proactive rather than reactive control enhancement?. Psychophysiology 59(5), article number: e13873. (10.1111/psyp.13873)
- Eschmann, K. C. J., Riedel, L. and Mecklinger, A. 2022. Theta neurofeedback training supports motor performance and flow experience. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement 6, pp. 434-450. (10.1007/s41465-021-00236-1)
2020
- Eschmann, K., Bader, R. and Mecklinger, A. 2020. Improving episodic memory: frontal-midline theta neurofeedback training increases source memory performance. NeuroImage 222, article number: 117219.
2018
- Eschmann, K. C., Bader, R. and Mecklinger, A. 2018. Topographical differences of frontal-midline theta activity reflect functional differences in cognitive control abilities. Brain and Cognition 123, pp. 57-64. (10.1016/j.bandc.2018.02.002)
- Northam, G. B., Adler, S., Eschmann, K. C. J., Chong, W. K., Cowan, F. M. and Baldeweg, T. 2018. Developmental conduction aphasia after neonatal stroke. Annals of Neurology 83(4), pp. 664-675. (10.1002/ana.25218)
2014
- Töllner, T., Eschmann, K. C. J., Rusch, T. and Müller, H. J. 2014. Contralateral delay activity reveals dimension-based attentional orienting to locations in visual working memory. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics 76(3), pp. 655-662. (10.3758/s13414-014-0636-0)
Teaching
B.Sc./M.Sc. Psychology courses at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
Summer 2019 | B.Sc. empirical internship "Experimental Neuropsychology", M.Sc. seminar "Psychophysiological Methods"
Winter 2018/19 | B.Sc. empirical internship "Experimental Neuropsychology", M.Sc. seminar "Cognitive Psychophysiology"
Summer 2018 | B.Sc. seminar "Neuro-cognitive Aspects of Teaching and Learning", B.Sc./M.Sc. seminar for Bachelor and Master theses in Cognitive Neuropsychology
Winter 2017/18 | M.Sc. seminar "Cognitive Psychophysiology"
Research Group
Cardiff University Motivation and Memory Lab - Dr Matthias Gruber