Dr. Claudia Schmidt

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Topics

Apraxia, Cognitive control, Cognitive neuropsychology, Lesion analysis, Stroke, Subcortical structures

Contact

+49 2461/61-6184

E-Mail

ORCID: 0000-0002-1296-577X

Publons/ResearcherID: T-4064-2018

CRC 1451 "Key mechanisms of motor control in health and disease"

Address

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße
52428 Jülich

Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine (INM)

Cognitive Neuroscience (INM-3)

Building 05.7 / Room 3015

Research interests

My main research interests concern the study of the neural correlates of higher motor functions and cognitive control processes, with a special emphasis on the role of subcortical structures, by using behavioural, neuroimaging (functional magnetic resonance imaging, fMRI) and lesion analysis techniques. Specifically, I investigate the neurocognition of disturbed higher motor functions (i.e., apraxia) and the mechanisms underlying the (impaired) control of complex skilled actions following neurological conditions such as stroke.

Publications

Articles

Vossel S, Käsbauer A-S, Mengotti M, Schmidt CC, Saliger J, Karbe H, Fink GR (2025). Neglect symptoms are related to a prediction-hypersensitivity in ipsilesional space. Cortex, 184, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2024.12.007

Perlova K, Schmidt CC, Fink GR, Weiss PH (2025). The role of the left primary motor cortex in apraxia. Neurological Research and Practice, 7(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-024-00359-8

Schmidt CC, Achilles EIS, Bolte K, Kleineberg NN, Richter MK, Schloss N, Fink GR, Weiss PH (2023). Association of circumscribed subcortical gray and white matter lesions with apraxic deficits in patients with left hemisphere stroke. Neurology, 101(11), e1137-e1144. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207598

Kleineberg NN*, Schmidt CC*, Richter MK, Bolte K, Schloss N, Fink GR, Weiss PH (2023). Gesture meaning modulates the neural correlates of effector-specific imitation deficits in left hemisphere stroke. NeuroImage: Clinical, 37, 103331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103331

Bardakan MM, Schmidt CC, Hesse MD, Fink GR, Weiss PH (2022). Neuropsychological evidence for a motor working memory subsystem related to apraxia. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34(11), 2016-2027. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01893

Schmidt CC, Achilles EIS, Fink GR, Weiss PH (2022). Distinct cognitive components and their neural substrates underlying praxis and language deficits following left hemisphere stroke. Cortex, 146, 200-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.11.004

Schmidt CC, Timpert DC, Arend I, Vossel S, Fink GR, Henik A, Weiss PH (2020). Control of response interference: caudate nucleus contributes to selective inhibition. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 20977. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77744-1

Schmidt CC*, Timpert DC*, Arend I, Vossel S, Dovern A, Saliger J, Karbe H, Fink GR, Henik A, Weiss PH (2018). Preserved but less efficient control of response interference after unilateral lesions of the striatum. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12, 414. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00414

Kusch M, Schmidt CC, Göden L, Tscherpel C, Stahl J, Saliger J, Karbe H, Fink GR, Weiss PH (2018). Recovery from apraxic deficits and its neural correlate. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 36(6), 669-678. https://doi.org/10.3233/RNN-180815

Buff C, Schmidt C, Brinkmann L, Gathmann B, Tupak S, Straube T (2018). Directed threat imagery in generalized anxiety disorder. Psychological Medicine, 48(4), 617-628. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291717001957

Book chapter

Schmidt CC, Weiss PH (2022). Clinical aspects of apraxia. In: Della Sala, S. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience, 2^nd edition, vol. 2. Elsevier, pp. 630-639. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819641-0.00139-0

Schmidt CC, Weiss PH (2022). The cognitive neuroscience of apraxia. In: Della Sala, S. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience, 2^nd edition, vol. 2. Elsevier, pp. 668-677. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819641-0.00143-2

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