Team

Werdegang

• 1999-2004: Studied linguistics, phonetics and psychology (M.A.) at the University of Frankfurt am Main
• 2004-2006: Doctoral thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
• 2006-2007: Medical Studies (University of Mainz)   
• 2007-2009: Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
• 2009-2022: Assistant Professor, Institute for Medical Psychology; Goethe University Frankfurt
• 10/2010-03/2011: Locum Tenens Professor for Psycho- and Neurolinguistics, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main 
• 08/2019: Privatdozentin, Venia legendi for Medical Psychology
• since 11/2021: Head of the Psychophysiology Lab, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Frankfurt
• since 10/2023: ausserplanmäßige Professorin, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Frankfurt

Methodenspektrum

• EEG (ERP und TFA)
• Mobile EEG and ambulatory assessments
• TMS, tDCS
• Development of experimental paradigms 

Aktuelle Projekte

• Einfluss von synchronisierter motorischer Aktivität auf kognitive Funktionen (insbesondere selektive Aufmerksamkeit und verbales Gedächtnis)  - CORA 2.0
• Einfluss von akutem und langanhaltendem Stress auf auditorische Sprachverarbeitung  - AROUSE
• Rolle sozialer Unterstützung auf Stresseffekte  - AROUSE
• Einfluss von Ernährung auf Stressreaktivität – Fastenstudie

Ausgewählte Publikationen

• Schmidt-Kassow M, Günther, N, Salim-Latzel, M, Kaiser, J, Paulmann, S (in press). Perceived prolonged stress leads to difficulties in recognizing sadness from voice cues in men but not women, Emotion.
• Schmidt-Kassow M, Kaiser J. (2023) The brain in motion-cognitive effects of simultaneous motor activity. Front Integr Neurosci. May 25;17:1127310. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2023.1127310. PMID: 37304529; PMCID: PMC10248180.
• Gibson MT, Schmidt-Kassow M, Paulmann S. How neurotypical listeners recognize emotions expressed through vocal cues by speakers with high-functioning autism. PLoS One. 2023 Oct 24;18(10):e0293233. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293233. PMID: 37874793; PMCID: PMC10597502.
• Schmidt-Kassow M, White TN, Abel C, Kaiser J. (2023) Pre-stimulus beta power varies as a function of auditory-motor synchronization and temporal predictability. Front Neurosci. Mar 8;17:1128197. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1128197. PMID: 36992854; PMCID: PMC10042076.
• Schmidt-Kassow M, Wilkinson D, Denby E, Ferguson H. (2016) Synchronised vestibular signals increase the P300 event-related potential elicited by auditory oddballs. Brain Res. Oct 1;1648(Pt A):224-231. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.07.019. Epub 2016 Jul 14.
• Conradi N, Abel C, Frisch S, Kell CA, Kaiser J, Schmidt-Kassow M. (2016) Actively but not passively synchronized motor activity amplifies predictive timing. Neuroimage. Oct 1;139:211-217. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.06.033. Epub 2016 Jun 18
• Kotz SA, Schmidt-Kassow M. (2015) Basal ganglia contribution to rule expectancy and temporal predictability in speech. Cortex. Jul;68:48-60. doi:.10.1016/j.cortex.2015.02.021. Epub 2015 Mar 14
• Schmidt-Kassow M, Deusser M, Thiel C, Otterbein S, Montag C, Reuter M, Banzer W, Kaiser J (2013). Physical exercise during encoding improves vocabulary learning in young female adults: a neuroendocrinological study. PLoS One. May 20;8(5):e64172. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064172. 
• Schmidt-Kassow M, Schädle S, Otterbein S, Thiel C, Doehring A, Lötsch J, Kaiser J. Kinetics of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor following low-intensity versus high-intensity exercise in men and women. (2012) Neuroreport. Oct 24;23(15):889-93. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32835946ca.