Marius Zimmermann
PhD

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Stockholm Cognition Lab (Higher-Order Cognition Group) at the Psychology Department of Stockholm University. I am studying neural processes underlying multitasking.
 
I obtained my PhD in cognitive neuroscience in 2016 under supervision of prof. dr. Ivan Toni, at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. In this project I investigated how brain regions in the ventral and dorsal visual stream contribute to the planning of goal-directed actions.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am interested in neural processes underlying planning and coordination of goal-directed actions. These can be actions executed by single actors, but also in cooperative joint action settings. The latter requires understanding of observed actions executed by others, as well as predicting their outcomes.

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publications

• Zimmermann M, Verhagen L, de Lange FP, Toni I (2016). The extrastriate body area computes desired goal states during action planning. eNeuro Mar 2016 3(2) ENEURO.0020-16.2016. [pdf]
  
• Zimmermann M, Toni I, de Lange FP (2013). Body posture modulates action perception. Journal of Neuroscience 33, 5930-38. [pdf]
• Zimmermann M, Meulenbroek RGJ, de Lange FP (2012). Motor planning is facilitated by adopting an action’s goal posture: an fMRI study. Cerebral Cortex 22, 122-31. [pdf]
  
  

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CONTACT

Frescati Hagväg 14, room 158
Department of Psychology
Stockholm University
106 91 Stockholm
Tel: 08-163805
Fax: 08-159342
marius.zimmermann@psychology.su.se