Currently, Ariane is finalizing her PhD linked to the JLD26 project, where she examined a population with and without family risk for dyslexia with MEG/EEG/ET. The special focus here lies on the diverse reading skills and naturalistic reading paradigm. The interest in neural trajectories and environmental factors interplay with brain & behavior is being further pursued in the CoE InterLearn as a prospective postdoc in the brain research package WP5.
Ariane is a psychologist holding a Master’s degree in Neurocognitive Psychology awarded by the University of Oldenburg and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with focus on clinical psychology of the Medical School Hamburg. Both, her master and bachelor thesis had investigated the effect of transcranial electric stimulation (tACS/tDCS). Apart from brain research, Ariane has worked in the field of Occupational Health and Safety as a research assistant at the James Cook University in Australia, where she gained experience in working in interdisciplinary teams. In addition, she has enjoyed gaining practical experience in a psychosomatic day clinic and stroke rehabilitation unit in Hamburg, Germany. She is a member of the Department of Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland, pursuing her PhD as part of the EU funded Marie Curie doctoral network NEO Prism C.
