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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Kerstin Konrad

Citizen Advisory Board Principal investigator

RWTH Aachen University; Forschungszentrum Jülich

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Kerstin Konrad

Kerstin Konrad is affiliated with the RWTH Aachen University and Forschungszentrum Jülich, where she specializes in developmental psychology and neuroscience. Her research primarily focuses on the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying attention and executive functions in children and adolescents. Through her work, Konrad aims to better understand developmental disorders such as ADHD, contributing valuable insights to the field of child psychology and cognitive development.

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Projects

A06: Decoding dynamic reciprocal neural mechanism underlying reactive aggression: Insights from fMRI and fNIRS hyperscanning

Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg Kerstin Konrad Mina Mišić Neele Ulken Vanessa Reindl RWTH Aachen Central Institute of Mental Health Clinical Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Negative valence system

The project employs fMRI and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning techniques to explore how brain-to-brain synchrony and dynamic processes within peer dyads facilitate or inhibit aggressive behavior under diverse levels of provocation in adolescent patients and controls. In two fully interactive tasks, we will probe aggressive behavior towards a task partner, and quantify the building of interpersonal trust/distrust applying a social interaction and economic exchange paradigm. These paradigms will be employed within dyads in fMRI hyperscanning settings and extended by group-based fNIRS methods in triads to study effects of peers, social exclusion, and coalitions on aggressive behavior in semi-naturalistic interactions. Between-brain neural synchrony will be computed and related to everyday social experiences and individual predispositions to identify markers for the prediction of aggressive behavior.

Q01: Recruitment and biotyping transdiagnostic risk mechanisms for aggressive behaviors in mental disorders across the life span

Andreas Reif Annika Maas Antonia Fritsch Catherine Barnes-Scheufler Celina Müller Christiane Licht Christina Neczewicz Christine Margarete Freitag Dario Müller Henry Schirok Ina Kuschel Jaqueline Scharf Kerstin Konrad Philippa Hüpen Robert Krämer Sabine Herpertz Thilo Kellermann Thomas Frodl Tobias Banaschewski Ute Habel Service project RWTH Aachen Goethe University Frankfurt Heidelberg University Central Institute of Mental Health Biological Psychiatry Clinical Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

The central recruitment platform for collecting and curating a longitudinal dataset for studying individual aggression dynamics related to the neural, cognitive-emotional, neurobiological, psychopathological and environmental factors in patient groups.

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RWTH Aachen

Natalia Chechko Thomas Frodl Ute Habel Kerstin Konrad Klaus Mathiak Vanessa Reindl Marc Spehr Lisa Wagels Carmen Weidler Jana Zweerings Christiane Licht Christina Neczewicz Nick Worm

RWTH Aachen University is one of Europe’s leading institutions for science and engineering education. Renowned for its strong emphasis on research and innovation, RWTH Aachen collaborates closely with industry and is part of the prestigious IDEA League. The university offers a wide range of programs and is known for its cutting-edge facilities and interdisciplinary approach to solving global challenges.

Research Center Jülich (FZJ)

Ute Habel Michael Hanke Kerstin Konrad

Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) is a German national research institution that pursues interdisciplinary research in the fields of energy, information, and bioeconomy. It operates a broad range of research infrastructures like supercomputers, an atmospheric simulation chamber, electron microscopes, a particle accelerator, cleanrooms for nanotechnology, among other things. As a member of the Helmholtz Association with roughly 6,800 employees in ten institutes and 80 subinstitutes, Jülich is one of the largest research institutions in Europe.