I am a Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Berlin, where I supervise neuropsychological assessments, lecture courses, and lead the Research Group Multisensory Integration
Academic Background:
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2016 - :
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Supervision of Neuropsychological Assessments, Charité Berlin
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| 2016 - : | Academic training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Berliner Fortbildungsakademie | |
| 2015 - : | Head of the Neuroimage Division (shared with Prof. Sterzer), Charité Berlin | |
| 2012 - : | Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, Charité Berlin | |
| 2011 - : | Head of the Research Group Multisensory Integration, Charité Berlin | |
| 2010: | Habilitation and venia legendi in Psychology, University of Hamburg | |
| 2006-2011: | Head of the Research Group Elektroencephalography, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf | |
| 2005-2006: | Adjunct Professorship, Department of Psychology, City College of New York, USA | |
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Postdoctoral fellow, Nathan S. Kline Institute für Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA |
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| 2004: | Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig | |
| 2002-2003: | Visiting researcher, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, North Carolina | |
| 2000: | Diploma in Psychology, Free University Berlin |
Third-party Funding:
Principle Investigator:
| 2016 - : | "Role of aberrant neural oscillations for multisensory processing deficits in schizophrenia", German Research Foundation | |
| 2014-2017: | "Neural signatures of intersensory selective attention: investigating the role of neural synchrony and functional network properties", Co-Applicant: Julian Keil, German Research Foundation | |
| 2014-2016: | "Analysis and Visualization of Neural Oscillations in Electrocorticographic Singals", Co-PI: Thomas Thesen (NYU), National Institute of Health and Federal Ministry of Education and Research | |
| 2011-2016: | "The multisensory mind: from neural mechanisms to cognition", Starting Grant, European Research Council. This grant has been recently featured in the EU Research & Innovation Magazine article "Do we all have synaesthesia?" | |
| 2008-2013: | "Multisensory processing of pain: An investigation of neural binding mechanisms in electrophysiological and hemodynamic brain responses", Co-Applicants: Michael Hauck, Andreas K. Engel, German Research Foundation | |
| 2010: | "Examining speech processing in bilateral cochlear implant users", Young Investigator Research Fund of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf |
Co-Applicant:
| 2014-2016: | "Predicting the multisensory future: Role of neuronal connectivity for integrative information processing across modalities", PI: Julian Keil, German Research Foundation | |
| 2011-2012: | "Multisensory form processing in extrastriate visual cortex", PI: John J. Foxe, RO1, National Science Foundation | |
| 2004-2008: | "The neurophysiology of multisensory integration", PI: John J. Foxe, RO1 National Institute of Mental Health | |
| 2004-2007: | "Electrophysiological correlates of cognitive processes: ERP and fMRI studies of the early pre-attentive mechanisms by which the auditory system organizes auditory information", Co-Applicant: John J. Foxe, RO1, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
Awards:
| 2017: | Replication Study Award of the Berlin Institute of Health, Multiensory Research article "Individual alpha frequency relates to the sound-induced flash illusion" by Keil and Senkowski | |
| 2010: | Best Paper of the Year, Spanish Society for Experimental Psychology, TICS article: "The multifaceted interplay between attention and multisensory integration" by Talsma, Senkowski, Soto-Faraco, Woldorff | |
| 2006: | Young Investigator Award, Project: The Cocktail Party Phenomenon in Schizophrenia. The National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) |
Teaching:
| 2012 - : | Department of Psychology, Free University of Berlin |
Practical Course: Empirical Practicum
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| 2011 - : | Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité -- University Medicine Berlin |
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| 2008-2011: | Department of Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology, University Hamburg | Lectures: Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience; Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| 2006-2011: | Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf |
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| 2005-2006: | Department of Psychology, City College of New York, USA | Seminar: Advanced Experimental Design; The Synaptic Self |
Full Publication List:
- Accumulated Impact Factor of all (N = 50) articles = 264.2
- 17 first author and 20 senior author articles
- Number of citations > 2900, h-index = 26
Representative Articles:
Multisensory Integration:
| Keil J and Senkowski D (2018). Neural oscillations orchestrate multisensory integration. The Neuroscientist. (Abstract) |
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| Talsma D, Senkowski D, Soto-Faraco S, Woldorff MG (2010). The multifaceted interplay between attention and multisensory integration. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 14: 400-410. (PDF) |
| Senkowski D, Schneider TR, Foxe JJ, Engel AK (2008). Crossmodal binding by neural coherence: Implications for multisensory processing. Trends in Neurosciences 31: 401-409. (PDF) |
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Senkowski D, Molholm S, Gomez-Ramirez M, and Foxe JJ (2006). Oscillatory beta activity predicts response speed during a multisensory audiovisual reaction time task: A high-density electrical mapping study. Cerebral Cortex 16:1556-1565. (PDF)
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Pain Research:
Senkowski D and Heinz A (2016). Chronic pain and distorted body image: implications for multisensory feedback interventions. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 69: 252-259. (PDF)
Senkowski D, Höfle M, Engel AK (2014). Crossmodal shaping of pain: a multisensory approach to nociception. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 18: 319-327. (PDF)
Höfle M, Hauck M, Engel AK, Senkowski D (2012). Viewing a needle pricking a hand that you perceive as yours enhances unpleasantness of pain. Pain 153: 1074-1081. (PDF)(Press release)(Scientific American podcast)
Senkowski D, Kautz J, Hauck M, Zimmermann R, Engel AK (2011). Emotional facial expression modulate early pain-induced beta and gamma oscillations in sensorimotor cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 31: 14542-14550. (PDF)
Clinical Research:
Roa Romero Y, Keil J, Balz J, Gallinat J, Senkowski D (2016). Reduced frontal theta oscillations indicate altered crossmodal prediction error processing in schizophrenia. Journal of Neurophysiology 116: 1396-1407 (PDF)
Roa Romero Y, Keil J, Balz J, Niedeggen M, Gallinat J, Senkowski D (2016). Alpha-band oscillations reflect altered multisensory processing of the McGurk illusion in schizophrenia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 10: 41 (PDF)
Senkowski D and Gallinat J (2015). Dysfunctional prefrontal gamma-band oscillations reflect working memory and other cognitive deficits in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 77: 1010-1019. (PDF)
Keil J, Roa Romero Y, Balz J, Henjes M, Senkowski D (2016). Positive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia relate to distinct oscillatory signatures of sensory gating. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 10: 104 (PDF)
Senkowski D, Linden M, Zubrägel D, Bär T and Gallinat J (2003). Evidence for disturbed cortical signal processing and altered serotonergic neurotransmission in Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Biological Psychiatry 53: 304-314. (PDF)
Books and Book Chapter:
Engel AK, Senkowski D, Schneider TR (2012). Multisensory integration through neural coherence. Frontiers in the Neural Bases of Multisensory Processing. Editors: Murray MM and Wallace MT. CRC Press, p. 115-130.
Keil J and Senkowski D (2017) Neural network dynamics and audiovisual integration. To appear in: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research on Multisensory Processes. Editor: Wallace M.
Senkowski D and Engel AK (2012). Oscillatory activity and multisensory processing. The New Handbook of Multisensory Processes. Editor: Stein BE. MIT Press. p. 193-205.
Senkowski D (2004). Neuronal correlates of selective attention: An investigation of electrophysiologial brain responses in the EEG and MEG. MPI Series for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences; 42, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences.
Talsma D, Senkowski D, Soto-Faraco S, Woldorff MG (2012). Influences of top-down attention on multisensory processing. MIT Press. To appear in: The New Handbook of Multisensory Processes. Editor: Stein BE, p. 371-381.
Editorial Work:
| 2013- : | Review Editor, Frontiers in Neuropsychiatric Imaging and Stimulation | |
| 2010- : | Scientific Review Associate, European Journal of Neuroscience | |
| 2009: | Guest Editor, Experimental Brain Research, Special issue on Crossmodal Processing Volume 198, Numbers 2-3 / September 2009 | |
| 2008- : | Review Editor, Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience |
Ad Hoc Reviewer:
Biological Psychiatry; Biological Psychology; BMC Neuroscience; Brain; Brain and Cognition; Brain Research; Brain Topography; Cerebral Cortex; Clinical Neurophysiology; Cortex; Current Biology; European Journal of Neuroscience; European Journal of Pain; Experimental Brain Research; Frontiers in Human Neuroscience; Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience; Frontiers in Neuroscience; Human Brain Mapping; Human Psychopharmacology; International Journal of Psychophysiology; Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience; Journal of Neurophysiology; Journal of Neuroscience; Multisensory Research; Neuroimage; Neuropsychologia; Neuroreport; Neuroscience; Neuroscience Letters; Plos One; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Psychiatric Research; Psychophysiology; Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Additonal reviews have been provided for various national and international funding organizations