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PD. Dr. Kathrin Finke

Responsibilities

Neuropsychological assessment of attention functions, based on the 'theory of visual attention' (TVA)
Alteration of attention functions in normal aging and neurodegenerative diseases
Impairments of spatial and object working memory
Spatial remapping in patients with parietal damage

Contact

Neuro-cognitive Psychology Unit
Department Psychologie
LMU München
Leopoldstr. 13, 80802 München

Phone: +49 (0) 89 / 2180 72520

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Publications

  • Redel, P., Bublak, P., Sorg, C., Kurz, A., Förstl, H., Müller, H.J., Schneider, W.X., & Finke, K. (under revision). Deficits of spatial and task-related attentional selection in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Finke, K., Dodds, C., Bublak, P., Regenthal, R., Baumann, F., Manly, T. & Müller, U. (in press). Effects of modafinil and methylphenidate on visual attention capacity: A TVA-based study. Psychopharmacology.
  • Bublak, P., Redel, P., Sorg, C., Kurz, A., Förstl, H., Müller, H.J., Schneider, W.X., & Finke, K. (in press). Staged decline of visual processing capacity in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiology of Aging. Neurobiology of Aging.
  • Funk J, Finke K, Müller HJ, Utz KS, Kerkhoff G. (in press). Effects of lateral head inclination on multimodal spatial orientation judgments in neglect: Evidence for impaired spatial orientation constancy. Neuropsychologia.
  • Matthias, E., Bublak, P., Müller, H. J., Schneider, W. X., Krummenacher, J., & Finke, K. (2010). The influence of alertness on spatial and non-spatial components of visual attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 36, 38-56.
  • Funk, J., Finke, K., Müller, H.J., Preger, R., & Kerkhoff, G. (2010). Systematic biases in the tactile perception of the subjective vertical in patients with unilateral neglect and the influence of upright vs. supine posture. Neuropsychologia, 48 (1), 298-308.
  • Conci, M., Böbel, E., Matthias, E., Keller, I., Müller, H.J. & Finke, K. (2009) Preattentive surface and contour grouping in Kanizsa figures: Evidence from parietal extinction. Neuropsychologia, 47(3), 726-732.
  • Matthias, E., Bublak, P., Costa, A., Muller, H. J., Schneider, W. X., & Finke, K. (2009). Attentional and sensory effects of lowered levels of intrinsic alertness. Neuropsychologia, 47, 3255-3264.
  • Finke, K., Bucher, L., Kerkhoff, G., Keller, I., von Rosen, F., Geyer, T., Müller, H.J. & Bublak, P. (2009). Location priming in visual search is preserved is preserved in patients with right-sided unilateral visuo-spatial neglect Psychological Research, 73, 177-185.
  • Finke, K., Schneider, W.X., Redel, P., Dose, M., Kerkhoff, G., Müller, H.J. & Bublak, P. (2007). The capacity of attention and simultaneous perception of objects: A group study of Huntington’s disease patients. Neuropsychologia, 45, 3272-3284. zerebraler visueller Wahrnehmungsstörungen. Nervenarzt, 78, 457-469.
  • Kerkhoff, G., Oppenländer, K., Finke, K., & Bublak, P. (2007). Therapy for cerebral visual perception disturbances. Nervenarzt, 78(4):457-69.
  • Bublak, P., Redel, P., & Finke, K. (2006). Spatial and non-spatial attention deficits in neurodegenerative diseases: Assessment based on Bundesen's theory of visual attention (TVA). Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 24, 487-301.
  • Kerkhoff, G., Schindler, I., Artinger, F., Zoelch, C., Bublak, P. & Finke, K. (2006). Rotation or translation of auditory space in neglect? A case study of chronic right-sided neglect. Neuropsychologia, 44, 923-930.
  • Finke, K., Bublak, P., Dose, M., Müller, H.J. & Schneider, W.X. (2006). Parameter-based assessment of spatial and non-spatial attentional deficits in Huntington’s disease. Brain, 129, 1137-1151.
  • Finke, K., Bublak, P. & Zihl, J. (2006). Visual spatial and visual pattern working memory: Neuropsychological evidence for a differential role of left and right dorsal brain. Neuropsychologia, 44, 649-661.
  • Finke, K., Bublak, P., Krummenacher, J., Kyllingsbæk, S., Müller, H.J. & Schneider, W.X. (2005). Usability of a theory of visual attention (TVA) for parameter-based measurement of attention I: Evidence from normal subjects. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 832-842.
  • Bublak, P., Finke, K., Krummenacher, Preger, R., Kyllingsbæk, S., Müller, H.J. & Schneider, W.X. (2005). Usability of a theory of visual attention (TVA) for parameter-based measurement of attention II: Evidence from two patients with frontal or parietal brain damage. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 843-854.
  • Finke, K., Bublak, P., Neugebauer, U. & Zihl, J. (2005). Combined processing of what and where information within the visuo-spatial scratchpad. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 17, 1-22.
  • Kerkhoff, G., Bublak, P. & Finke, K. (2004). Crossmodale Wahrnehmung, Aufmerksamkeit und Plastizität – Implikationen für die klinische Neuropsychologie. Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie, 15, 269-272.
  • Vollmer-Haase, J., Finke, K., Hartje, W. & Bulla-Hellwig, M. (1998). Hemispheric dominance in the processing of J.S. Bach fugues: a transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD) study with musicians. Neuropsychologia, 36, 857-867.