Masterarbeitsthemen

Beschreibung: In this project, we will analyze longitudinal data in children with and without past behavioral and/or emotional problems and their mothers (through mother-child-interaction, familial well-being, psychosocial strain, emotional reactivity, and physiological parameters). Past evidence indicates that pre-school and elementary school children with behavioral difficulties have a lower ability to self-regulate during acute stress when compared to typically developing controls as assessed by physiological parameters and are more likely to have mothers with mental problems. For this follow-up project, all school-aged participants were re-invited and tested through clinical interviews, questionnaires, and structural and functional brain imaging. In our work, including the present study, we aim to investigate different developmental trajectories and potential resilience factors impacting human development (brain and behavior).
Anzahl Arbeiten für dieses Thema: 1
Zeitrahmen: offen
Eingabedatum: 26.01.2021
Kontakt: Nora Raschle, E-Mail

Beschreibung: The human brain is the result of many complex, interacting and interrelated developmental processes. Influenced by genetic, environmental and gene-environmental effects alike, brain development and learning are shaped through a lifelong process. However, the precise mechanisms are still a matter of investigation. In this project, we will employ intergenerational neuroimaging techniques in mother-child dyads in order to assess such mechanisms. More specifically, we will investigate similarity of brain function (socioemotional or language processing) or brain structure (gray matter volume, cortices, gyrification) in parents and their children. This project includes functional and structural neuroimaging analyses in adult and child populations.
Anzahl Arbeiten für dieses Thema: 2
Zeitrahmen: offen
Eingabedatum: 22.04.2020
Kontakt: Nora Raschle, E-Mail

Beschreibung: Social cognitive skills serve as important predictors for the development of higher levels of stress during extraordinary circumstances. In this project we did a weekly follow-up with families and young adults that have previously participated in our socioemotional development study, during school closure due to COVID-19. We will investigate the effect of stress on mental well-being in parents, children and young adults and assess the relationship between mental health variables, familial well-being and emotion regulation skills (behavior and MRI) prior to school-closure with variations in the same measures, stress and anxiety during school-closure and post COVID-19 regulations.
Anzahl Arbeiten für dieses Thema: 3
Zeitrahmen: ab sofort
Eingabedatum: 12.06.2020
Kontakt: Nora Raschle, E-Mail

Beschreibung: This master thesis will allow you to learn about and work with functional neuroimaging data. More specificaly, we aim to investigate the neuronal correlates in adolescence with and without conduct disorder. All data has already been collected. Therefore, the master thesis will be centered around learning and providing towards the neuronal and behavioral analyses of the data sets available. This may include data pre-processing, quality control and artefact detection, behavioral analyses of clinical assessments and post-hoc behavioral assessments.
Anzahl Arbeiten für dieses Thema: 2
Zeitrahmen: starting immediately
Eingabedatum: 09.01.2020
Kontakt: Nora Raschle, E-Mail