In my doctoral studies

I investigate the neurocognitive basis of spatial navigation and memory, and how this is affected by a genetic risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease in young participants. I will combine large-scale behavioural and cognitive neuroscience methods (fMRI, scalp EEG, eye tracking) across a series of experimental paradigms, using advanced analysis methods (e.g., multivariate analysis). The aim of this project is to relate the reliance on compensatory strategies (e.g. walking near the boundary) in different spatial navigation paradigms and to examine the role of grid-cell like representations and their impairment in healthy participants with a genetically increased risk for Alzheimer’s Disease.