Dr. Erhan Genç

RUB; Wettbewerb; Wissenschaft im Bild Group leader

Neuroimaging and Interindividual Differences

Phone: +49 231 1084-520
Email: genc@ifado.de

Publications in Google Scholar

Curriculum Vitae:

  • Since 2020 group leader at IfADo, Dortmund
  • 2012 -2020 PI/Postdoc, Department of Biopsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
  • 2008 – 2012 Ph.D. student, Department of Neurophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2002 – 2008 Undergraduate and graduate student (diploma) University of Mannheim

Research topics:

  • Neural basis of interindividual differences in cognitive functions and personality
  • Intra- and interhemispheric integration
  • Combination of Psychophysics, fMRI, DTI and EEG, neurogenetics

Key publications:

  • Genç, E., Fraenz, C., Schlüter, C., Friedrich, P., Voelkle, M. C., Hossiep, R., & Güntürkün, O. (2019). The neural architecture of general knowledge. European Journal of Personality, 33(5), 589-605
  • Schlüter, C., Fraenz, C., Pinnow, M., Friedrich, P., Güntürkün, O., Genç, E. (2018). The Structural and Functional Signature of Action Control. Psychological Science, Oct;29(10):1620-1630.
  • Ocklenburg, S., Friedrich, P., Fraenz, C., Schlüter, C., Beste, C., Güntürkün, O., Genç, E. (2018). Neurite architecture of the planum temporale predicts neurophysiological processing of auditory speech. Science Advances, Jul 11;4(7): eaar6830.
  • Genç, E., Fraenz, C., Schlüter, C., Friedrich, P., Hossiep, R., Ling, J., Güntürkün, O., Jung, R. (2018). Diffusion markers of dendritic density and arborisation in gray matter predict differences in fluid intelligence. Nature Communications. May 15;9(1):1905.
  • Genç, E., Scholvinck, M. L., Bergmann, J., Singer, W., & Kohler, A. (2016). Functional Connectivity Patterns of Visual Cortex Reflect its Anatomical Organization. Cerebral Cortex, Sep;26(9):3719-3731.
  • Genç, E., Bergmann, J., Singer, W., & Kohler, A. (2011). Interhemispheric connections shape subjective experience of bistable motion. Current Biology, Sep 13;21(17):1494-9.