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Wanja Alexander Mössing, MSc

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

  • The interaction of oscillations in the Electroencephalogram (EEG) and the precision of items in visual Working Memory (vWM)
    My research focuses on the interaction of oscillations in the Electroencephalogram (EEG) and the precision of items in visual Working Memory (vWM). vWM, the capacity to represent and manipulate visual information that is no longer physically present, is associated with oscillatory activity in the alpha range (~10Hz). In my project, I make use of "Encoding Models for Reconstructing Represented Information (EMRRI)" (also known as "Inverted Encoding Models"). These models can be fitted to EEG data, in order to reconstruct the current state of an information in visual Working Memory. Using behavioral manipulations to change the response precision in a recall task, we are using EEG-based EMRRIs to investigate the change in precision with which an item is stored in vWM.

Academic Education

since 2015PhD-Student, University of Münster (Germany)
2013 - 2015MSc Cognitive Psychology and Psychophysiology, University of Groningen (NL)
2009 - 2012BSc Psychology, University of Groningen (NL)

Work Experience

since 2015Instructor Psychology, University of Münster (Germany)
2014 - 2015Research- and Teaching-Assistance, Associate Prof. Dr. D.H. van Rijn (University of Groningen, NL)

Functions and Memberships

2014 - 2015BCN Research School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, Groningen (NL)

Publications

Lateralized alpha oscillations are irrelevant for the behavioral retro-cueing benefit in visual working memory
Mössing Wanja, Busch Niko A. (2020)
In: PeerJ, 7.
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | online first
The functional role of alpha-band oscillations for the retro-cueing benefit in visual working memory.
Mössing Wanja, Busch Niko A. (2018)
In:  (eds.), . Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. doi:10.1167/18.10.107
Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Published
Dissociating short- from long term calibration of interval timing
Mössing Wanja A., Kononowicz Tadeusz W., van Rijn Hedderik (2016)
In:  (eds.), TeaP 2016 – Abstracts of the 58th Conference of Experimental PsychologistsTagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Heidelberg. 
Abstract in digital collection (conference) | Peer reviewed | Published
Modality Effects of the Pupillary Old/New Effect
Mössing Wanja A., van Rijn Hedderik (2015)
In:  (eds.), TeaP 2015 – Abstracts of the 57th Conference of Experimental PsychologistsTagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Hildesheim, Germany. 
Abstract in digital collection (conference) | Peer reviewed | Published

Prizes

Best Poster Presentation
Awarded by: BCN Summer Symposium, Groningen
Award given to: Mössing, Wanja
Date of awarding: 15/07/2015
Type of distinction: Best publication award

Doctorates

Oscillatory Mechanisms of Precision in Visual Working Memory
Candidate: Mössing, Wanja | Supervisors: Busch, Niko
Period of time: until 01/01/2019
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster