B.Sc. Ricarda Jacob

Research Interest

I am a Master's student in the Emmy Noether Group. I am interested in the mechanisms of visual learning and plasticity in older adults and in developing professional training tools to support healthy aging. For my research I use a combination of psychophysics and brain imaging in human participants. 

Professional Experience

• Since 06/2020: Student Research Assistant at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at University of Regensburg, Germany. Research topic: Virtual Reality in the treatment of social anxiety disorder.
• 08/2020 – 01/2021: Internship at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at University of Regensburg, Germany. Research topic: Virtual Reality in smoking cessation.
• 02/2021 – 07/2021: Internship at the sleep laboratory in the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Regensburg, Germany. Research topic: Parasomnia and personality. 

Academic Education 

• 12/2022: Master's thesis: "Neurochemical mechanisms of visual perceptual learning in aging".
• Since 10/2020: Studies of Psychology (M.Sc.). University of Regensburg, Germany. 
• 10/2020: B.Sc. Psychology. University of Regensburg, Germany. 
• 10/2017 – 10/2020: Studies of Psychology (B.Sc.). University of Regensburg, Germany.