
Brigitte Kaufmann
PhD Student
Perception and Eye Movement Laboratory, University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern
- Phone
- +41 41 205 67 62
- brigitte.kaufmann@luks.ch
- Postal Address
- Perception and Eye Movement Laboratory
University Hospital
Inselspital
3010 Bern
Luzerner Kantonsspital
Neurozentrum
Spitalstrasse
6000 Luzern
Education and Academic Career
PhD Student, University of Bern, Switzerland, Research interes: the interplay of visual attention and response inhibtion (since Mai 2017)
Master of Science in Psychology • University of Bern, Switzerland Majors in Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychology/ Psychotherapy (2017).
Thesis: “Modulating Auditory Evoked Potentials and the Perception of Inner Speech A Study using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Healthy Participants”
Bachelor of Science in Psychology • University of Fribourg, Switzerland Major in Psychology and Minor in Neuroscience (2015)
Thesis: “An Evaluation of fMRI Language Tasks and their Implementation in Audito-ry Verbal Hallucinations in Schizophrenia”
Publications
Kaufmann, BC., Knobel, SEJ., Nef, T., Müri, RM., Cazzoli, D., Nyffeler, T. (2020). Visual Exploration Area in Neglect: A new analysis Method for Video-Oculography Data based on Foveal Vision. Frontiers in neuroscience, 13:1412. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.01412
Kaufmann, BC., Pastore-Wapp, M., Lübeck, M., Koenig, M., Bohlhalter, S., Vanbellingen, T., Cazzoli, D., Nyffeler, T. (2019). cTBS over contralesional homologue areas deteriorates speech output in isolated apraxia of speech after stroke. Brain stimulation, 12(4), 1069- 1071. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2019.03.024
Nyffeler, T., Vanbellingen, T., Kaufmann, BC., Pflugshaupt, T., Bauer, D., Frey, J., Chechlacz, M.,Bohlhalter, S., Müri, RM., Nef, T., Cazzoli, D. (2019). Theta burst stimulation in neglect after stroke: functional outcome and response variability origins. Brain, 142(4), 992-1008. doi:10.1093/brain/awz029
Paladini, RE., Wyss, P., Kaufmann, BC., Urwyler, P., Nef, T., Cazzoli, D., Nyffeler, T., Müri, RM. (2019).Re-fixation and perseveration patterns in neglect patients during free visual exploration. European journal of neuroscience, 49(10). doi:10.1111/ejn.14309
Kaufmann, BC., Frey, J., Pflugshaupt, T., Wyss, P., Paladini, RE., Vanbellingen, T., Bohlhalter, S., Checklacz, M., Nef, T., Müri, RM., Cazzoli, D., Nyffeler, T. (2018). The spatial distribution of perseverations in neglect patients during a nonverbal fluency task depends on the integrity of the right Putamen. Neuropsychologia, 115, 42-50. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.01.025