Project
This research aims to investigate the IMU signals recorded during the Freeze of Gait events in patients with Parkinson's disease.
Freezing of gait, a common symptom of Parkinson’s disease, presents as sporadic episodes in which an individual’s feet suddenly feel stuck to the ground. Iner...
The exact function of the cerebellum during motor learning is a topic of ongoing research. One hypothesis describes the role of the cerebellum as a forward model whose main functions are sensorimotor prediction and error processing.
It generates a prediction of the intended movement outcome based o...
Implementation / Master's Project
Many studies investigating the cortisol awakening response (CAR) suffer from a lack of precise and objective methods for assessing the awakening and saliva sampling times. Failure to correctly report times or to adhere to the study protocol, which is common in unsu...
Research Internship / Project / Master's Thesis
Congenital heart defects (CHD) affect around 1.1% of newborns in Germany. The non-invasive fetal ECG is a promising technology for prenatal detection of CHD. It offers a safe and effective way to assess the cardiac health of a baby before birth. Howev...
Master's thesis/Bachelor's thesis/Project
Background
A major issue in modern palliative medicine is the lack of objective and continuous assessment of the health status of patients. This status can be classified by measurement tools such as the Karnofsky index or ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology...
Bachelor's / Master's Thesis / Research Internship / Project
The aim of our research is to explore the potential of digital technologies in psychological research to better understand human psychology and behavior. Many psychological research areas still rely on “traditional” methods, such as labor...
Bachelor's / Master's Thesis / Research Internship / Project
Acute stress reliably activates, among other pathways, the sympathetic nervous system, leading to changes in heart rate (variability) (HR and HRV), respiration, pre-ejection period (PEP), and electrodermal activity (EDA). So far, these pa...
Bachelor's / Master's Thesis / Research Internship / Project
The observation of body posture and movements is a promising extension to the established biopsychological markers for stress measurement, such as self-reports, saliva, or blood samples. Body posture and movements provide additional infor...
