Inspiring days in Ratzeburg 🌿✨ at the 3rd Summer School of @rtg2753.bsky.social on Emotional Learning & Memory. Science, sports, spa – and great talks from our lab on past & future projects! 🧠💡

With @elbersgerd.bsky.social, Kai Schüren, Tim Dressler, @s-vandelangenberg.bsky.social & Antonia Lilja

GOAT times in the lab 🐐🍻
Excited to (re)welcome Tim Dreßler as a new PhD student, and belated cheers to @elbersgerd.bsky.social & Dr. Leon Lange, who joined our department earlier this summer 🌞

Hats off to Dr. Kaja Loock, who successfully defended her PhD on July 11th! 🎓👏🏼

Her thesis, "Learning from the Unexpected: How Prediction Errors Shape Episodic Memory Formation," sheds new light on how surprises shape what we remember. 🧠💡

Congrats on this outstanding achievement! 🌟

more info here:
hcns.eu/awards/

🔥 Biannual Team Fun Alert

We took a break from the brain stuff & soaked up some sunshine! ☀️ We got competitive over mini-golf ⛳ and kubb 🪵 (aka Viking Chess), relaxed with a cozy picnic in Planten un Blomen 🌸 and shared too much pizza & laughter 🍕😂

We’re now on Insta too, come follow along 👇🏼

Today, our postdoc Hendrik Heinbockel received the Best PhD Thesis Award at the Summer Event of the Hamburg Brain School /Center for NeuroScience.
Congratulations! ☀️💐👏🏼 #HamburgNeuro #HBS #HCNS

Exciting news from the 14th Germany-wide PhD Thesis Award of @dgps.bsky.social (General Psychology) 🌟

Our postdoc Sarah Koch was awarded 3rd place for her outstanding dissertation, presented at the final symposium in Cologne 🎉👏

Huge congratulations to Sarah and all other finalists!

Our new paper is out! Valentina Krenz et al show that the amygdala response during the initial encounter of an emotional event boosts subsequent remembering through a more precise reinstatement of the event representation during subsequent encounters 💡

www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...

🔥New paper by Kaja Loock!

In a series of experiments, Kaja, F. Kalbe & L. Schwabe investigated whether PE effects are specific to the predictive stimuli that precede PEs, or if PEs create a temporary period of enhanced, non-selective memory formation.

The results? 👇
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Today it was time for our annual winter activity: We hit the lanes for some friendly competition, followed by a visit to Hamburg's Christmas markets. A perfect way to celebrate the season together! 🎳🌟

#Bowling #LabFun #TeamCelebration

After much deliberation, we've officially migrated from X to BlueSky!

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Let’s continue building an engaging community together! 💙