Dr Andreas Finkelmeyer
Research Associate
- Email: andreas.finkelmeyer@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1357
- Address: Academic Psychiatry
Institute of Neuroscience
Wolfson Research Centre
Campus for Ageing and Vitality
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE4 5PL
Background
1995-2000: studied Psychology at Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany
2000-2002: studied Experimental Psychology at the University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
2002-2007: studied Applied Experimental Psychology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
Qualifications
BA Psychology (German: Dipl.-Psych.)
M.Sc. Experimental Psychology
Ph.D. Applied Experimental Psychology
Previous Positions
1997-2000: Undergarduate Research Assistant, Spatial Cognition Laboratory, Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany
2000-2002: Graduate Research Assistant, Spatial Cognition Laboratory, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
2002-2007: Graduate Research Assistant, Cognition and Virtual Reality Lab & Autism Research Group, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
2007-2010: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry & International Research Training Group "Schizophrenia and Autism", RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Languages
German - native
English - fluent
Research Interests
I am interested in the behavioural and neurobiological correlates of emotion, cognition and their interaction, especially in relation to psychiatric disorders such as depression and schizophrenia. These disorders are associated with altered affective and cognitive functioning, but these (dys-)functions are not yet fully understood. In my work, I primarily use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity in patients and healthy volunteers during active task performance.
Other Expertise
In previous research, I studied the role of spatial reference systems in spatial memory, spatial navigation and motion perception in virtual environments.
I have also been involved in various research projects that investigated olfactory function. Here smells were used in their primary sensory role, and as inherently 'emotional' stimuli.
Current Work
I am currently involved in a clinical research trial that investigates the influence of an antiglucocorticoid augmentation therapy on treatment resistant depression - the ADD-Study: www.theaddstudy.co.uk.
- Finkelmeyer A, Kellermann T, Bude D, Niessen T, Schwenzer M, Mathiak K, Reske M. Effects of aversive odour presentation on inhibitory control in the Stroop colour-word interference task. BMC Neuroscience 2010, 11, 131.
- Derntl B, Finkelmeyer A, Eickhoff S, Kellermann T, Falkenberg DI, Schneider F, Habel U. Multidimensional assessment of empathic abilities: neural correlates and gender differences. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2010, 35(1), 67-82.
- Seidel EM, Habel U, Finkelmeyer A, Schneider F, Gur RC, Derntl B. Implicit and explicit behavioral tendencies in male and female depression. Psychiatry Research 2010, 177(1-2), 124-130.
- Derntl B, Finkelmeyer A, Toygar TK, Hülsmann A, Schneider F, Falkenberg DI, Habel U. Generalized deficit in all core components of empathy in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 2009, 108(1-3), 197-206.
