Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Dr. Annette Horstmann, PhD in neurobiology, is serving as Professor of Behavioural and Brain Sciences, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki. She heads the O’BRAIN Lab, which investigates the interplay between the modern food environment and the brain.
For more detailed information please visit obrainlab.com.
Currently, her teaching includes courses and lectures about the modern food environment and the brain, neuroplasticity in adaptive and maladaptive conditions, and the impact of plasticity within the dopaminergic system on behavioural control, learning, and decision-making.
External positions
Junior Research Group Leader, University of Leipzig
Nov 2013 → Mar 2019
Principal Investigator, University of Leipzig
Jan 2012 → Dec 2020
Fields of Science
- 3112 Neurosciences
- Dopamine
- functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Obesity
- Nutrition
- 515 Psychology
- Biological Psychology
- Health Nutrition
- Experimental Psychology
- Learning
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Balancing excitation and inhibition: The role of neural network dynamics in working memory gating
Herzog, N., Cesnaite, E., Steinfath, P., Kapralov, N., Fallon, S. J., Nikulin, V., Villringer, A., Janssen, L. K. & Horstmann, A., Nov 2024, In: Imaging Neuroscience. 2, 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Decrease in decision noise from adolescence into adulthood mediates an increase in more sophisticated choice behaviors and performance gain
Scholz, V., Waltmann, M., Herzog, N., Horstmann, A. & Deserno, L., 14 Nov 2024, In: PLoS Biology. 22, 11, 24 p., e3002877.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Neurocomputational Mechanisms Underlying Differential Reinforcement Learning From Wins and Losses in Obesity With and Without Binge Eating
Waltmann, M., Herzog, N., Reiter, A. M. F., Villringer, A., Horstmann, A. & Deserno, L., Dec 2024, In: Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 9, 12, p. 1281-1290 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Tempting tastes in focus: A picture set of high-fat/high-carbohydrate foods for the population of Finland (FinnFoodPics)
Kanyamibwa, A., Hartmann, H., Fängström, D., Vikatmaa, W., Pocan, B., Perszyk, E. E., Davis, X. S., Nikitin, A., Wikman, P., Pellinen, T., Kaartinen, N. E., Schwab, U. & Horstmann, A., 2024, In: PsyArXiv .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
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Working memory gating in obesity is moderated by striatal dopaminergic gene variants
Herzog, N., Hartmann, H., Janssen, L. K., Kanyamibwa, A., Waltmann, M., Kovacs, P., Deserno, L., Fallon, S., Villringer, A. & Horstmann, A., 21 Oct 2024, In: eLife. 13, p. 1-25 25 p., RP93369.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Projects
- 2 Finished
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66 days to form a habit
Horstmann, A. (Project manager), Opas, S. A. (Participant) & Viheriävaara, V.-M. (Participant)
Universiteit Van Amsterdam T.a.v. Crediteurenadministratie [email protected]
09/05/2022 → 08/05/2024
Project: Other funder
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FinnFoodPics:Image database of food items for the study of eating behaviors in residents of Finland
Kanyamibwa, A. (Project manager), Hartmann, H. (Participant), Fängström, P. D. (Participant), Vikatmaa, W. (Participant), Pocan, B. (Participant), Perszyk, E. E. (CoIlaborator), Davis, X. S. (CoIlaborator), Nikitin, A. (Participant), Wikman, P. (CoIlaborator), Pellinen, T. M. (CoIlaborator), Kaartinen, N. E. (CoIlaborator), Schwab, U. (CoIlaborator) & Horstmann, A. (Principal Investigator)
25/11/2021 → 14/12/2023
Project: Research project
Prizes
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Research Prize of the German Obesity Society
Horstmann, A. (Recipient), Nov 2016
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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Neurobiology of Obesity
Horstmann, A. (Speaker)
30 Nov 2023 → 2 Dec 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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The 8th Finnish Symposium of Biological Psychiatry
Horstmann, A. (Chair of organizing committee), Paunio, T. (Chair of organizing committee), Hovatta, I. (Member of organizing committee), Kantojarvi, K. (Member of organizing committee), Hartmann, H. (Member of organizing committee) & Wegelius, K. L. (Secretary of organizing committee)
19 Dec 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Science Day Psychology
Horstmann, A. (Speaker: Keynote)
22 Apr 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Cognition and decision-making behaviour in obesity (Kognition und Entscheidungsverhalten bei Adipositas)
Horstmann, A. (Speaker)
15 May 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Obesity, behavioural control and cognition.
Horstmann, A. (Speaker)
17 May 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk