Valentina Niccolai



Dr. Valentina Niccolai

wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Gebäude-Nr.:

23.02

Ebene:

03

Zimmer-Nr.:

47

Telefon

0211-81-13074

E-Mail

Valentina.Niccolai@uni-duesseldorf.de

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Forschungsinteressen:

• Gilles-de-la-Tourette Syndrom
• Grounded Cognition – Sprache Verarbeitung
• Crossmodale neurale Prozesse; Synästhesie
• Neurale Plastizität
• Panikstörung

Aktuelle Projekte:

• Neurale Repräsentation von aktionsbezogenen Konzepten (SFB 991)
• Oszillatorische Korrelate von Gilles-de-la-Tourette Syndrom

Publikationen:

• Niccolai V, Klepp A, Indefrey P, Schnitzler A, Biermann-Ruben K (2017).
  Semantic discrimination impacts tDCS modulation of verb processing. Sci Rep.
  7;7(1):17162.
• Klepp A, Niccolai V, Sieksmeyer J, Arnzen S, Indefrey P, Schnitzler A, Biermann-Ruben K (2017). Body-part specific interactions of action verb processing with motor behaviour. Behav Brain Res. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.04.002.
• V. Niccolai, H. van Dijk, S. Franzkowiak, J. Finis, M. Südmeyer, M. Jonas, G. Thomalla, H.R. Siebner, K. Müller-Vahl, A. Münchau, A. Schnitzler, K. Biermann-Ruben (2016). Increased beta rhythm as an indicator of inhibitory mechanisms in tourette syndrome. Mov Disord. 31(3):384-92. doi: 10.1002/mds.26454.
• A. Klepp, V. Niccolai, G. Buccino, A. Schnitzler, K. Biermann-Ruben (2015). Language-motor interference reflected in MEG beta oscillations. Neuroimage 1;109:438-48. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.077. PMID: 25576646.
• V. Niccolai, A. Klepp, H. Weissler, N. Hoogenboom, A. Schnitzler, K. Biermann-Ruben (2014). Grasping Hand Verbs: Oscillatory Beta and Alpha Correlates of Action-Word Processing. PLoS One. 23;9(9):e108059.
• A. Klepp, H. Weissler, V. Niccolai, A. Terhalle, H. Geisler, A. Schnitzler, K. Biermann-Ruben (2014). Neuromagnetic hand and foot motor sources recruited during action verb processing. Brain Lang. 128(1):41-52.
• V. Niccolai, E. Wascher, P. Stoerig (2012). Earlier N170 in Grapheme-Colour Synaesthetes Compared to Semantic Controls. Eur J Neurosci. 36(11):3593-601.
• V. Niccolai, T. van Leeuwen, C. Blakemore, P. Stoerig (2012). Synaesthetic perception of colour and visual space in a blind subject: an fMRI case study. Conscious Cogn. 21(2):889-99.
• V. Niccolai, T. van Leeuwen, P. Stoerig (2012). Modality and variability of synaesthetic experience. Am J Psychol. 125(1):81-94.
• M. van Duinen, V. Niccolai, E.Griez (2010). Challenging Anxiety. A Focus on the Specificity of Respiratory Symptoms. Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences 2:229-50.
• V. Niccolai, M. van Duinen, E.Griez (2009). Respiratory patterns in panic disorder reviewed: a focus on biological challenge tests. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 22; 120(3):167-177.
• V. Niccolai, M. van Duinen, E.Griez (2008). Objective and Subjective measures in recovery from 35%CO2 challenge. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 53(11):737-44.
• F. Galassi, S. Quercioli, D. Charismas, V. Niccolai, E. Barciulli (2007) Cognitive-behavioural group treatment for panic disorder with agoraphobia. J Clin Psychol 63(4):409-16.

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