2013 nsc daad summer institute program

1. 2013 NSC-DAAD Summer
Institute Program
Presenter: Lee, Shao-Ming
Internship Institution: Institute for
experimental psychology,
University of Regensburg
Director of Institute: Prof. Dr. Greenlee

2. Psychology Major student
• Mind-Reader?
• Consulting?

3. What I do is…
• Cognitive neuroscience
• Things related to brain
– How does the brain encode and maintain
information ?
– What’s the neural mechanism of selective
attention?

4. To conclude this internship in
Germany
• A journey to shaping my and others brains by
intensive stimulation
– During the work time: I do some terrible things on
others brain
– During the free time: I do some wonderful things
on my own brain

5. Works: What have I done with others
brain
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
– Temporary interfere the specific brain areas of the
participants (poor undergraduate student) with
the magnetic stimulation

6. Works: What have I done with others
brain
Memory task
delivery the magnetic pulse
while participant maintain the information

7. Works: What have I done with others
brain
Poor undergraduate, Martin
My evil college, Andrea

8. Free time: What have I done with my
brain
• Exposure it to wonderful experience

9. Sight-seeing

10. Interacting with people
(sometimes with alcohol consumption)

11. To summarize the findings
• Stimulate the brain with magnetic pulse will
decrease the participant’s performance on
memory task
• Memory was interrupted
• Stimulate the brain with wonderful experience
in Germany will definitely increase my
performance in the future
• Unforgettable memory was built