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Nora C. Vetter, Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Psych.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Phone: +49 (0)351 463-42216
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Publications

 

 

Research Interests

  • Emotional and theory of mind development over the lifespan, specifically in adolescence

  • Functional and structural correlates of this development using MRI

  • ASD (autism-spectrum disorders), ADHD (attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder)

Current Projects

Curriculum Vitae

Education and Training

03/2013

PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) with highest honours (summa cum laude), Faculty of Science, Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, submission: 11/2012, supervisor: Matthias Kliegel
07-10/2011

Visiting scholar, Kanwisher Lab, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA
09/2008

Diploma in Psychology (MSc equivalent), Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany 
06-08/2007

Visiting scholar, Perceptual Dynamics Lab, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan
12/2004

Vordiplom in Psychology (BSc equivalent), Universität zu Köln, Cologne

Professional Experience

Since 10/12

Research associate, Section of Systems Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Germany 
04/09-09/12

Research Associate, Developmental Psychology, TU Dresden, Germany
04/09-09/12

Lecturer, Developmental Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden: Bachelor’s and Master’s courses on theory of mind development over the lifespan, basic imaging methods, until present: supervisor for Bachelor’s/ Master’s theses

Other Scientific Activities, Honours, Awards

07-10/2011

Research fellowship, DAAD (German academic exchange service)
07-10/2011

Research fellowship, G.A.-Lienert-foundation
05/2011

Karl and Charlotte Bühler award for excellent teaching at the Department of Psychology, TU Dresden
06-08/2007

Research fellowship „JSPS Summer Program“ (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) 

Publications

Peer reviewed journals:

  1. Vetter, N.C., Weigelt, S., Döhnel, K., Smolka, M. N., and Kliegel, M. (in press). Ongoing neural development of affective theory of mind in adolescence. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nst081 Advance access article: http://scan.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/nst081?ijkey=ICt4j5Haz8zEWoR&keytype=ref                                                                         

  2. Leipold, K., Vetter, N.C., Dittrich, M., Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, M., & Kliegel, M. (in press). Individual and developmental differences in the Relationship of Preferences and Theory of Mind. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics; CESifo Working Paper No. 4053: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2204970

  3. Mahy, C., Vetter, N.C., Kühn-Popp, N., Löcher, C., Krautschuk, S., & Kliegel, M. (2013). The influence of inhibitory processes and age on theory of mind. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition. (Epub ahead of print April 19) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2013.789096                                                                                        free eprint: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DS5Z99itCp7KKSSCEH2N/full

  4. Vetter, N.C., Altgassen, M., Phillips, L.H., Mahy, C., & Kliegel, M. (2013). Development of affective theory of mind across adolescence: disentangling the role of executive functions. Developmental Neuropsychology 38 (2): 114-125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2012.733786;                                                              free eprint: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/Kf3siY6fGGyQIi9V7frI/full

  5. Vetter, N.C., Leipold, K., Kliegel, M., Phillips, L.H., & Altgassen, M. (2012). Ongoing development of social cognition in adolescence. Child Neuropsychology (Epub ahead of print August 31) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2012.718324;        free eprint: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/cIXfXwWgM9XIKmgQ6SDV/full

Books:

  • Vetter, N.C. (2013). PhD Thesis “Theory of Mind Development in Adolescence and its (Neuro)cognitive Mechanisms”                                                                                  freely available at http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-110202

  • Vetter, N.C. (2008). Diploma Thesis: „Neural Correlates of Social Gaze Sequences: How Do Men React on Virtual Women. A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Study“

Selected conference abstracts:

  • Vetter, N.C., Weigelt, S., Döhnel, K., Smolka, M.N., & Kliegel, M. (2012). Neurodevelopmental changes in affective Theory of Mind during adolescence. Talk, 48. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPS), Bielefeld, Germany.

  • Vetter, N.C., Weigelt, S., Döhnel, K., Smolka, M.N., & Kliegel, M. (2012). Is she appalled or appealing? Adolescent neural development of Affective Theory of Mind. Poster, 18th annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Beijing, China. 

  • Vetter, N.C., Weigelt, S., Döhnel, K., Smolka, M.N., & Kliegel, M. (2012). Ongoing development of affective Theory of Mind across adolescence. Talk, European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN), Marseille, France. 

Letzte Änderung: 04 Juni 2013