Hans Joachim Markowitsch (born 26 March 1949 in Singen, Germany) is a
physiological psychologist and
neuropsychologist
Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology often focus on how injuries or illnesses of t ...
whose work centers on brain correlates of memory and
memory disorder Memory disorders are the result of damage to neuroanatomical structures that hinders the storage, retention and recollection of memories. Memory disorders can be progressive, including Alzheimer's disease, or they can be immediate including disorde ...
s, stress, emotion, empathy,
theory of mind
In psychology, theory of mind refers to the capacity to understand other people by ascribing mental states to them (that is, surmising what is happening in their mind). This includes the knowledge that others' mental states may be different fro ...
, violent and anti-social behavior and consciousness.
Hans J. Markowitsch studied psychology and biology at the
University of Konstanz
The University of Konstanz (german: Universität Konstanz) is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its main campus was opened on the Gießberg in 1972 after being founded in 1966. The university is Germany's ...
, had professorships in biopsychology and physiological psychology at the Universities of Konstanz, Bochum, and Bielefeld, and was appointed professor of psychology and neuroscience at universities in Australia and Canada. In his research, he dealt with the neural and psychological foundations of memory and memory disorders and interactions between memory, emotion and consciousness. He is author, co-author or publisher of around 30 books and has written about 700 scientific articles and book chapters.
Hans J. Markowitsch was honored for "Best Contribution to Memory Research" by the International Neuropsychological Association, Dublin, in 2005 and with the Memory Award in 2000.
Academia
For many years, he was co-director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung, ZiF)) at
Bielefeld University
Bielefeld University (german: Universität Bielefeld) is a university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization ...
and has cooperated with neurologists, psychiatrists, and psychologists at the national and international level.
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/ref> In cooperation with B. L. Miller, he is editor of the journal ''Neurocase'' and director of the university's memory clinic. He was a member of the German Research Foundation's senate committee for Collaborative Research Centers for more than eight years, and has worked as an expert with the courts.
Research
* "Eyewitness Memory" (in cooperation with psychologists and jurists in Haifa, Rotterdam, and Aberdeen/London, EU, 2007–ongoing)
* "False memories und exekutive Funktionen" False memories and executive functions"(DFG erman Research Foundation2001–2010)
* "Erinnerung und Gedächtnis: Interdisziplinäre Untersuchung zur emotionalen und kognitiven Erinnerung" ecollection and Memory: an interdisciplinary study on emotional and cognitive memory(in cooperation with H. Welzer, VW-Foundation, 2001–2004)
* "Emotionen als bio-kulturelle Prozesse" Emotions as biocultural processes"(in cooperation with B. Röttger-Rössler, ZIF Bielefeld enter for Interdisciplinary Research 2004/2005)
* "Neurale Korrelate des Risiko-Entscheidungsverhaltens" eural correlates of risk decision-making conduct"(in cooperation with J. Kessler and F. Wörmann, DFG erman Research Foundation 2005–2007)
* "Cognitive Interaction Technology" (Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology
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, CITEC, at Bielefeld University
Bielefeld University (german: Universität Bielefeld) is a university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization ...
, Principal Investigator, 2007-ongoing)
* "Stress, dissoziative Störungen, Immigration und Forensik" Stress, dissociative disorders, immigration, and forensic science"(research funding of the University of Bielefeld, since 1996)
* "Integrity of the default network in posttraumatic stress disorder" (in cooperation with Canadian and Israeli researchers, EU, applied for).
Selected publications
* 2006. "Implikationen neurowissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse für die Jurisprudenz am Beispiel von Glaubwürdigkeitsfeststellungen" [Implications of neuroscientific knowledge for jurisprudence exemplified by credibility findings. ''Kriminalistik'' 10: 619–625.
* with W. Siefer. 2007. ''Tatort Gehirn. Auf der Suche nach dem Ursprung des Verbrechens''. [The brain as scene of crime. Searching for the origins of crime] Frankfurt a. M.: Campus Verlag (paperback 2009. Munich: Piper).
* with E. Kalbe. 2007. "Neuroimaging and crime". In ''Offender's memory of violent crime'', ed. S. Å. Christianson, 137–164. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.
* with B. Röttger-Rössler, eds. 2008. ''Emotions as biocultural processes''. New York: Springer-Press.
* with S. Kühnel. 2008. ''Falsche Erinnerungen'' ntrue memories Heidelberg: Spektrum.
* ed. 2008. ''Neuroscience and crime''. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
* with M. Brand, C. Eggers, N. Reinhold, E. Fujiwara, J. Kessler, W.-D. Heiss. 2009. "Functional brain imaging in fourteen patients with dissociative amnesia reveals right inferolateral prefrontal hypometabolism". ''Psychiatry Research'': Neuroimaging Section 174: 32–39.
* with A. Staniloiu, and S. Borsutzky. 2010. "Dissociative memory disorders and immigration". In ASCS09: ''Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science'', ed. W. Christensen, E. Schier, and J. Sutton, 316–324. Sydney: Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science.
* with A. Staniloiu. 2010 (in press). "Neurowissenschaftliche Perspektiven zur Gewaltkriminalität". euroscientific perspectives on violent crimeIn Macht – ''Persönlichkeit – Gewalt'' ower – personality – violence ed. L. Greuel and A. Petermann. Lengerich: Pabst Verlag.
* with A. Staniloiu. (in revision). "Amnesia". ''Lancet''.
* with M. M. Schreier. 2019 „Reframing der Bedürfnisse - Psychische Neuroimplantate“. Springer Verlag Heidelberg
References
External links
Hans Markowitsch's user page at University of Bielefeld
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1949 births
Bielefeld University faculty
Living people
German neuroscientists