Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Life Sciences - Department of Psychology

M.Sc. Sandra Naumann

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Name
M.Sc. Sandra Naumann
Status
doctoral candidate
Email
sandra.naumann (at) hu-berlin.de

For more information, see: http://www.dziobek-lab.org/

 

CV

Since 2018
Referee of the Scientific Society for Research in Autism Spectrum Conditions
Since 2017
PhD candidate, Berlin School of Mind and Brain,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2016
Research stay Seattle Children’s Research Institute,
University of Washington, USA
2014 – 2017
Master in Psychology, Focus: Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience, Technische Universität Dresden
2013
Semester abroad University of Jyväskylä, Finland
2010 – 2014
Bachelor of Arts; Major: Psychology of teaching, learning and training , Minor: Communication science, Universität Erfurt

 

Research interests

How does empathy develop in children and which neuronal changes accompany it? This developmental neuroscientific question is the focus of my dissertation project. I am concerned with the development and plasticity of empathy ability in four- to six-year-olds and use electroencephalographic (EEG) measurement methods to record neural correlates. With respect to child empathy behavior, my focus is on comparing behavioral changes with event-related potentials (ECPs) such as the P1, N170 or P3 component and EEG oscillations.
Furthermore, I am interested in the neural processing of faces in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Here, I am investigating whether this group of patients has a global deficit in face recognition, or whether attentional guidance significantly affects this process.

 

Publications

Naumann, S., Byrne, M. L., de la Fuente, L. A., Harrewijn, A., Nugiel, T., Rosen, M. L., … Matusz, P. J. (2020). Assessing the degree of ecological validity of your study: Introducing the Ecological Validity Assessment (EVA) Tool. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qb9tz  

Naumann, S., Bayer, S. & Dziobek, I. (2020). Preschoolers’ sensitivity to emotional facial expressions and their repetition: An ERP study. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/pu56g, Repository: https://osf.io/nas48/