Dr. Franziska Kausche
Postdoc
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy with focus on Clinical Neuroscience
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Academic CV
| since 10/2020 | Research associate, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy with research focus on Clinical Neuroscience, University of Hamburg |
| since 01/2020 | Training as a psychotherapist, Teaching institute Lübeck, ZAP Nord |
| 04/2017 – 09/2020 | Ph.D. student, Cognitive Psychology, University of Hamburg |
| Master thesis |
The Impact of Endogenous Testosterone on Intrusive Memories |
| 04/2016 – 12/2016 | Completion of the Master Thesis at the University of Zurich, supervisor Prof. Dr. Birgit Kleim |
| 10/2014 – 01/2017 | M.Sc. Psychologie - Focus Clinical Neuroscience, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg |
| Bachelor thesis | Funny, isn’t it? Eine psychophysiologische Evaluation von GIFs als Methode der Emotionsinduktion |
| 10/2011 – 09/2014 | B.Sc. Psychology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg |
Scientific work and internships
| since 04/2021 | Research associate, Medical Psychology, Medial school of Hamburg |
| since 10/2020 | Research associate, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy with research focus on Clinical Neuroscience, University of Hamburg |
| 04/2017 – 09/2020 | Ph.D. student, Cognitive Psychology, University of Hamburg |
| 04/2016 – 12/2016 | Research internship, Psychiatric hospital of the University of Zürich, Switzerland |
| 07/2015 – 03/2016 |
Student research assistant, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Magdeburg |
| 10/2013 – 07/2015 |
Student research assistant, Department of Neuropsychology, OvGU Magdeburg,Conduction of EEG-experiments, programming of experiments with Presentation |
| 08/2013– 09/2013 |
Research internship, Charité Berlin, Support of research project focusing on the treatment of acoustic halluzinations of schizophrenic patients, conduction of therapy sessions (tDCS sessions) and EEG-experiments |
| 10/2012 – 09/2013 |
Research assistant, Department of Social Psychology, OvGU Magdeburg |
Research interest
- Influence of stress on fear generalization
- Aversive learning processes; fear conditioning
- Interaction of avoidance behavior, uncertainty and attention in fear learning
Publications
Kausche, F.M., Härpfer, K., Carsten, H.P., Kathmann, N., & Riesel, A. (2022). Early hypervigilance and later avoidance: Event-related potentials track the processing of threatening stimuli in anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104181.
Charpentier, C. J., Faulkner, P., pool, e., Ly, V., Tollenaar, M., Kluen, L. M., … O'Doherty, J. (2020). How representative are neuroimaging samples? Large-scale evidence for trait anxiety differences between fMRI and behaviour-only research participants. Online Preprint, https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/cqdne
Kausche, F.M., Zerbes, G., Kampermann, L., Müller, J.C., Wiedemann, K., Büchel, C., & Schwabe, L. (2021). Acute stress leaves fear generalization in healthy individuals intact. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci, DOI: 10.3758/s13415-021-00874-0.
Kausche, F.M., Zerbes, G., Kampermann, L., Müller, J.C., Wiedermann, K., Büchel, C., & Schwabe, L. (2021). Noradrenergic stimulation increases fear memory expression. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 43, 71-81, DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2020.11.015.
Kausche, F.M. & Schwabe, L. (2020). Blocking under stress: sustained attention to stimuli without predictive value? Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 168, 107158, DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2020.107158.
Zerbes, G., Kausche, F.M., Müller J.C., Wiedemann K., Schwabe L. (2020). Stress-induced modulation of multiple memory systems during retrieval requires noradrenergic arousal. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 122, 104867, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104867.
Zerbes, G., Kausche, F.M., Schwabe, L. (2020). Stress-induced cortisol modulates the control of memory retrieval towards the dorsal striatum. Eur J Neurosci, 1-15, DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14942.
Zerbes, G., Kausche, F.M., Müller, J.C., Wiedemann, K., & Schwabe, L. (2019). Glucocorticoids, noradrenergic arousal, and the control of memory retrieval. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31, 288-298, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01355.