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Julia Wertheim

 

Research interests

  • Neural correlates of higher cognitive processes
  • Reasoning
  • Non-invasive brain stimulation
  • Biologically plausible cognitive modeling

Publications

  • Wertheim, J., & Ragni, M. (2018). The neural correlates of relational reasoning: A meta-analysis of 47 functional magnetic resonance studies. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience30(11), 1734-1748.
  • Wertheim, J., & Stewart, T. C. (2018) Explaining Reasoning Effects: A Neural Cognitive Model of Spatial Reasoning. In Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society, Madison (pp. 2675-2680).
  • Lohmeyer, M., & Wertheim, J. (2017). Modeling Relational Reasoning in the Neural Engineering Framework. In 15th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (p. 233-234).
  • Wertheim, J., & Ragni, M. (2017). The neural mechanisms of relational reasoning: dissociating representational types. In Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society, Austin (pp. 3510-3515).
  • Wertheim, J., Maier, S., Ragni, M. (2016). Neural Correlates of Relational Reasoning: An ALE meta-analysis of its neural basis and modalities. In International Conference on Thinking, Brown University, Providence, RI.
  • Wertheim, J., Maier, S., Ragni, M. (2016). Neural Correlates of Spatial and Visual Reasoning:  A Meta-Analysis. In Spatial Cognition Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Wertheim, J., Maier, S., Ragni, M. (2016). The superior parietal lobe is active in spatial, visual, and visuo-spatial reasoning: A meta-analysis. In Human Brain Mapping Conference, Geneva, Switzerland.

Scientific Activities and Memberships

  • Co-Organization of the 2016 International Rationality Summer School (IRSI), Aurich, Germany 
  • Member of the BrainLinks-BrainTools Graduate Program

Vita

2012-2016 B.Sc./B.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences (Major Life Sciences), University College Freiburg & University College Maastricht (NL)