Dr. rer. nat. Niki Katerina Vavatzanidis

Research priority

Neurocognitive investigation of language acquisition in children with cochlear implants
Neurocognitive investigation of speech discrimination after cochlear implantation in adolescent

Scientific career

2006	Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany Bachelor thesis at Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig: “Externally Induced Errors During Piano Performance: Error-Related ERPs Within a Complex Motor Task”
2009	Master of Science (MSc) in Medical Neuroscience, Charité Berlin, Germany Master thesis at Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin: “Identifying the neural correlates of prediction errors during reinforcement learning using single-trial EEG
2019	Doctor’s degree (Dr. rer. nat.) in Psychology, University of Leipzig, Germany Doctoral thesis at Cochlear Implant Center Dresden and Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig: “From syllables to words: Language perception and language acquisition of young children with cochlear implants”
Since 2019	Research fellow, Technische Universität Dredsen, Cochlear Implant Center Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Research profiles

Selected publications

Vavatzanidis, N. K., Mürbe, D., Friederici, A. D., & Hahne, A. (2018). Establishing a mental lexicon with cochlear implants: An ERP study with young children. Scientific Reports, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18852-3
Vavatzanidis, N. K., Mürbe, D., Friederici, A. D., & Hahne, A. (2016). The Perception of Stress Pattern in Young Cochlear Implanted Children: An EEG Study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 10, 68. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2016.00068
Vavatzanidis, N. K., Mürbe, D., Friederici, A., & Hahne, A. (2015). The Basis for Language Acquisition: Congenitally Deaf Infants Discriminate Vowel Length in the First Months after Cochlear Implantation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 27(12), 2427–2441. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00868
Maidhof, C., Vavatzanidis, N., Prinz, W., Rieger, M., & Koelsch, S. (2010). Processing expectancy violations during music performance and perception: An ERP study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22(10), 2401–2413. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2009.21332
Philiastides, M. G., Biele, G., Vavatzanidis, N., Kazzer, P., & Heekeren, H. R. (2010). Temporal dynamics of prediction error processing during reward-based decision making. NeuroImage, 53(1), 221–232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.05.052