Valeska Marija Stephan

Date of birth
02.09.79

Place of birth
Siegen, Germany

EDUCATION

Valeska Stephan

College / University
University of Kassel

Degree
Diploma in Biology

Major Subjects
Neurobiology, Genetics, Human biology

Lab Experience
electrophysiological recording, psychophysics, EEG, histology, basic knowledge of molecular biology techniques

Affiliation-Address:
German Primate Center
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
Kellnerweg 4
37077 Göttingen
Germany

phone: +49-551-3851 344
e-mail:

Further Information:
Cognitive Neurosciences Laboratory

PROJECTS / RESEARCH

Diploma Thesis: “The influence of attention on receptive fields in the visual Area MT of the Rhesus Monkey“ (collaborated project)

PhD Project: The influence of spatial attention on motion processing

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My scientific interests lay in the field of visual processing. Though this topic has been studied for a long period of time already, there are still unanswered questions about the ability of the brain to process the vast amount of visual information, which it receives. I hope to contribute with my work to solve some of these questions and help applying the knowledge to daily life problems and technical developments.