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Brigitte Rockstroh

Brigitte Rockstroh

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
75
Citations
24152
World Ranking
1990
National Ranking
181

Psychology

D-Index
75
Citations
24048
World Ranking
1776
National Ranking
73

Overview

Brigitte Rockstroh is affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany. Their research spans multiple domains within psychology and neuroscience, with a focus on clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience. The scientist has contributed extensively to understanding mental health treatment, trauma, and neural dynamics.

The main fields of study associated with Rockstroh include:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Their work further breaks down into notable subfields such as:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology

Key topics explored in Rockstroh's research cover areas related to mental health, trauma, and brain function:

  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

The scientist has published articles in a range of venues with frequent contributions to:

  • Psychophysiology
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Journal of Addictive Diseases

Recent publications by Brigitte Rockstroh include:

  • "Alpha oscillations link action to cognition: An oculomotor account of the brain's dominant rhythm," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Therapeutic success in relapse prevention in alcohol use disorder: the role of treatment motivation and drinking-related treatment goals," 2020, Journal of Addictive Diseases
  • "It is worth hanging in there" - Psychotherapeutic experiences shaping future motivation for outpatient psychotherapy with refugee clients in Germany," 2023, BMC Psychiatry
  • "NETfacts: An integrated intervention at the individual and collective level to treat communities affected by organized violence," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Nothing to lose? Neural correlates of decision, anticipation, and feedback in the balloon analog risk task," 2024, Psychophysiology

Throughout their career, Rockstroh has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Daniela Mier
  • Gregory A. Miller
  • Michael Odenwald
  • Flurina Potter
  • Katalin Dohrmann

Best Publications

  • Increased Cortical Representation of the Fingers of the Left Hand in String Players

    Thomas Elbert;Christo Pantev;Christian Wienbruch;Brigitte Rockstroh

  • Slow potentials of the cerebral cortex and behavior.

    N. Birbaumer;T. Elbert;A. G. M. Canavan;B. Rockstroh

  • Constraint-Induced Therapy of Chronic Aphasia After Stroke

    Friedemann Pulvermüller;Bettina Neininger;Thomas Elbert;Bettina Mohr

  • Large‐scale neural correlates of affective picture processing

    Andreas Keil;Margaret M. Bradley;Olaf Hauk;Brigitte Rockstroh

  • Statistical control of artifacts in dense array EEG/MEG studies

    Markus Junghöfer;Thomas Elbert;Don M. Tucker;Brigitte Rockstroh

  • Alteration of digital representations in somatosensory cortex in focal hand dystonia

    Thomas Elbert;Victor Candia;Eckart Altenmüller;Harald Rau

  • The cerebellum contributes to mental skills.

    R. Bracke-Tolkmitt;A. Linden;A. G. M. Canavan;B. Rockstroh

  • Longer versus shorter daily constraint-induced movement therapy of chronic hemiparesis: an exploratory study.

    Annette Sterr;Thomas Elbert;Irina Berthold;Sabine Kölbel

  • Perceptual Correlates of Changes in Cortical Representation of Fingers in Blind Multifinger Braille Readers

    Annette Sterr;Matthias M. Müller;Thomas Elbert;Brigitte Rockstroh

  • Processing of emotional adjectives: Evidence from startle EMG and ERPs

    Cornelia Herbert;Johanna Kissler;Markus Junghöfer;Markus Junghöfer;Peter Peyk

  • Long-Term Stability of Improved Language Functions in Chronic Aphasia After Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy

    Marcus Meinzer;Daniela Djundja;Gabriela Barthel;Thomas Elbert

  • Type and timing of adverse childhood experiences differentially affect severity of PTSD, dissociative and depressive symptoms in adult inpatients

    Inga Schalinski;Martin H. Teicher;Martin H. Teicher;Daniel Nischk;Eva Hinderer

  • Threshold regulation - a key to the understanding of the combined dynamics of EEG and event-related potentials

    Thomas Elbert;Brigitte Rockstroh

  • Khat use as risk factor for psychotic disorders: A cross-sectional and case-control study in Somalia

    Michael Odenwald;Frank Neuner;Margarete Schauer;Thomas Elbert

  • Strategic Automation of Emotion Regulation

    Inge Schweiger Gallo;Andreas Keil;Kathleen C. McCulloch;Brigitte Rockstroh

  • Slow Brain Potentials and Behavior

    Brigitte Rockstroh

  • Reorganization of Human Cerebral Cortex: The Range of Changes Following Use and Injury:

    Thomas Elbert;Brigitte Rockstroh

  • Extending the Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) approach to cognitive functions: Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy (CIAT) of chronic aphasia.

    Marcus Meinzer;Thomas Elbert;Daniela Djundja;Edward Taub

  • Biofeedback of slow cortical potentials. I

    Thomas Elbert;Brigitte Rockstroh;Werner Lutzenberger;Niels Birbaumer

  • Reproducibility of graph metrics of human brain functional networks.

    Lorena Deuker;Edward T. Bullmore;Marie L. Smith;Søren R. Christensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Elbert
Thomas Elbert University of Konstanz
Werner Lutzenberger
Werner Lutzenberger University of Tübingen
Niels Birbaumer
Niels Birbaumer University of Tübingen
Christian Wienbruch
Christian Wienbruch University of Konstanz
Patrick Berg
Patrick Berg University of Konstanz
Matthias M. Müller
Matthias M. Müller Leipzig University
Gregory A. Miller
Gregory A. Miller University of California, Los Angeles
Marcus Meinzer
Marcus Meinzer Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Annette Sterr
Annette Sterr University of Surrey
Christo Pantev
Christo Pantev University of Münster

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