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