For his doctoral project „The role of early vision for bidirectional neural communication“, Tiago Mesquita, MSc, was granted an extension of his doctoral position for 12 months by the Hector Fellow Academy.

Hassett, J.D., Hölig, C., Lingareddy, S., Kekunnaya, R., & Röder, B. (2026). Individuals born with congenital cataracts exhibit both persisting impairment and considerable recovery of white matter microstructure after sight restoration. Aperture Neuro, 2026, 6. https://doi.org/10.52294/001c.158797...

Sourav, S., Feucht, M.E., Kekunnaya, R., & Röder, B. (2026). The temporal stability of visual cortical processing in humans depends on early experience. Journal of Neurophysiology, accepted.

Liliia Shevchenko, B.Sc., student assistant at the Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology, is a recipient of a Deutschlandstipendium at the University of Hamburg, which supports highly talented and socially engaged students. Congratulations!

Hassett, J.D., Hölig, C., Lingareddy, S., Kekunnaya, R., & Röder, B. (2026). Individuals born with congenital cataracts exhibit both persisting impairment and considerable recovery of white matter microstructure after sight restoration. Aperture Neuro, accepted.

Rekow, D., Arya, T., Bayir, D.H., & Röder, B. (2026). Emergence of neural face selectivity in infants younger than 4 months old. Infancy, 31:e70076. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.70076

Application deadline: 04.02.2026

Further information and the link to the UHH application portal can be found here: Research Associate for the Project "Neural Correlates of Visual Perception"

Rekow, D., Arya, T., Bayir, D.H., & Röder, B. (2026). Emergence of neural face selectivity in infants younger than 4 months old. Infancy, accepted.

Prof. Dr. Brigitte Röder was elected as chairperson of the Psychology and Cognitive Science Section of the German National Academy of Sciences - Leopoldina. The term of office is four years.