The spatiotemporal profile of visual attention [Elektronische Ressource] / von Carsten Nicolas Böhler

The spatiotemporal profile of visual attention Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) Genehmigt durch die Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg von Dipl.-Neurowiss. Carsten Nicolas Böhler geb. am 22.06.1979 in Heidelberg Gutachter: PD Dr. med. Jens-Max Hopf Prof. Marty Woldorff Eingereicht am 12.10.2006 Verteidigt am 29.03.2007 Acknowledgments I am deeply indebted to my supervisor Jens-Max Hopf, who not only set highest standards concerning professional guidance, but also managed to convey it in a very friendly and enjoyable way. Moreover, I express my gratitude to him and Prof. Marty Woldorff for reviewing this thesis. I am very grateful to Ariel Schönfeld for the fact that I always enjoyed the luxury of actually having two excellent supervisors, and I deeply thank Michael Scholz for providing a useful software-tool whenever needed. Furthermore, I thank the whole MEG-team, Laura Hermann, and Steffi Bachmann for technical support, as well as Marcus Grüschow for proof-reading and Hartmut Schütze for advanced MS-Word help. Finally, I am thankful to all members of the Clinic for Neurology II for providing a very fruitful environment, both for scientific work and somewhat more social aspects of life.