October 31, 2025 at 10:15am
Title: Semester Welcome Brunch
Speaker: Thomas Lachmann
Location: RPTU - Campus Kaiserslautern, Building 6
November 07, 2025 at 10:15am
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Speaker: Baharan Taleghani (PhD student; supervisors: Thomas Lachmann & Omar Jubran)
Abstract: This research project examines how different driving scenarios evoke emotional responses in drivers and how these emotions can be quantified and interpreted within simulated environments. The project aims to identify which driving conditions elicit positive or negative affective states and how these are reflected in both subjective reports and objective physiological measures. Initial progress includes survey-based identification of emotionally relevant driving situations, forming the basis for controlled simulator studies. The current phase involves a large-scale user study to refine and validate scenario selection. Future work will focus on analyzing multimodal data and designing simulation experiments to investigate the dynamic interaction between emotion, cognition, and driving behavior.
Location: RPTU - Campus Kaiserslautern, Building 57,Room 508
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Zoom Link: uni-kl-de.zoom-x.de/j/67446643257
November 21, 2025 at 10:15am
Title: Mini Conference - Cognitive Science
Speaker: Master students from Cognitive Science
Abstract: Talks and poster presentations from various labrotations
Location: RPTU - Campus Kaiserslautern, Building 57, Room 315
December 05, 2025 at 10:15am
Title: Distinct Brain Networks Supporting Inhibitory Control in Neurotypical Populations
Speaker: Laura Quintero (PhD student; supervisors: Thomas Lachmann & Ann-Kathrin Beck)
Abstract: Inhibitory control refers to the ability to regulate information processing during goal directed behaviour, by being able to control attention, behaviour, and emotions. Adele Diamond (2013) conceptualized inhibitory control with three subcomponents: response inhibition, which involves the ability to resist temptation and supress prepotent responses, and interference control, which comprises attention control (e.g., suppressing attention to irrelevant stimuli) and cognitive control (e.g., suppressing prepotent mental representations). There is growing research on inhibitory control alteration and its relation to disorders (e.g., Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or addictions). Consequently, the literature is mainly focused on clinical population, limiting the study of typical execution of inhibitory control in neurotypical populations.
We are conducting a meta-analysis to gain insight into inhibitory control across its three distinct subcomponents in healthy populations, focusing on studies that utilise functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniques and employ tasks such as Go/no-go, Stop-signal, Flanker, Stroop, and Simon. This review aims to understand and identify the distinct brain regions and networks involved in inhibitory control. Furthermore, the meta-analysis will serve as a foundation to disentangle which component is used in the on going project “Roles of Semantic Memory Search and Interference Control in Linking Unrelated Concepts”, which aims to investigates the neural mechanism of associative and dissociative thinking.
Location: RPTU - Campus Kaiserslautern, Building 57, Room 315
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Zoom Link: https://uni-kl-de.zoom-x.de/j/67446643257?pwd=66EX0brr1AtD29xvavbynzOMySqbdN.1
January 16, 2026 at 10:15am
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Speaker: Rabea Breininger (PhD student; supervisors: Shanley Allen & Daniela Czernochowski)
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Location: RPTU - Campus Kaiserslautern, Building 57, Room 315
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January 23, 2026 at 10:15am
Title: Mini Conference - Cognitive Science
Speaker: Master students from Cognitive Science
Abstract: Talks and poster presentations from various labrotations
Location: RPTU - Campus Kaiserslautern, Building 57, Room 315
February 06, 2026 at 10:15am
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Speaker: Lais Muntini (PhD student; supervisors: Thomas Lachmann & Jon Duñabeitia)
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Location: RPTU - Campus Kaiserslautern, Building 57, Room 315
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