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Dr. Steffen Gais

Principal Investigator

Address:
LMU - Chair of General and Experimental Psychology (AEP)
Leopoldstraße 13
80802 Munich, Germany

Phone: +49-89-2180-6266
Email: gais[at]psy.lmu.de

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Associated with BCCN

Name Status
Melanie Grätsch
Jakob Scherer
Annedore Pawlizki

Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München

Research topics

  • the contribution of memory trace reactivation to memory consolidation
  • noradrenergic activity and emotional arousal as factors in memory encoding and consolidation
  • the function of sleep, especially in relation to cognitive performance

Scientific approach

Antecedents and conditions of memory retention are investigated in human subjects by the use of electrophysiological

methods (EEG), fMRI and pharmacological manipulations.