Workgroup Clinical Neuropsychology, Neuropsychological Therapy Centre
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
Faculty of Psychology
Ruhr University Bochum
Universitätsstr. 150
44801 Bochum
Room:
GAFO 03/904
Phone:
+49 (0)234 32-23119
Email:
patrizia.thoma@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
My research focuses on the neurocognitive mechanisms of altered social cognition in psychiatric (alcohol dependence, depression) and neurological (stroke, traumatic brain injury) ) disorders. In this context, I am interested in both basic (emotion recognition) and more complex (empathy, social problem solving) sociocognitive functions. One question that I would like to address more strongly in my future research is whether specific profiles of impaired and intact aspects of social cognition may differentiate between different neurological patient groups. Furthermore, I aim to develop novel, also internet-based, approaches for diagnosis and treatment of sociocognitive impairment following acquired brain injury.
Together with Prof. Dr. Boris Suchan, I lead the Neuropsychologisches Therapie Centrum and am involved in the further training of psychological psychotherapists to become clinical neuropsychologists. At the Neuropsychologisches Therapie Centrum, we offer diagnostics and therapy for people who have cognitive and affective impairments as a result of acquired brain damage.
Lohaus, T., Reckelkamm, S., & Thoma, P. (2024). Treating social cognition impairment with the online therapy 'SoCoBo': A randomized controlled trial including traumatic brain injury patients. PloS One, 19(1), e0294767. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294767
Lohaus, T., Rogalla, S., & Thoma, P. (2023). Use of Technologies in the Therapy of Social Cognition Deficits in Neurological and Mental Diseases: A Systematic Review. Telemedicine Journal and E-Health : The Official Journal of the American Telemedicine Association, 29(3), 331–351. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2022.0037
Pertz, M., Schlegel, U., & Thoma, P. (2022). Sociocognitive Functioning and Psychosocial Burden in Patients with Brain Tumors. Cancers, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14030767
Pertz, M., Kowalski, T., Thoma, P., & Schlegel, U. (2021). What Is on Your Mind? Impaired Social Cognition in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Patients Despite Ongoing Complete Remission. Cancers, 13(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13050943
Pertz, M., Okoniewski, A., Schlegel, U., & Thoma, P. (2020). Impairment of sociocognitive functions in patients with brain tumours. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 108, 370–392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.11.018
Schmidt, T., Roser, P., Ze, O., Juckel, G., Suchan, B., & Thoma, P. (2017). Cortical thickness and trait empathy in patients and people at high risk for alcohol use disorders. Psychopharmacology, 234(23-24), 3521–3533. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-017-4741-3
Thoma, P., Soria Bauser, D., Norra, C., Brüne, M., Juckel, G., & Suchan, B. (2014). Do you see what I feel?--Electrophysiological correlates of emotional face and body perception in schizophrenia. Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, 125(6), 1152–1163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2013.10.046
Rak, N., Bellebaum, C., & Thoma, P. (2013). Empathy and feedback processing in active and observational learning. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 13(4), 869–884. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-013-0187-1
Thoma, P., Friedmann, C., & Suchan, B. (2013). Empathy and social problem solving in alcohol dependence, mood disorders and selected personality disorders. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 37(3), 448–470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.01.024
Thoma, P., & Daum, I. (2006). Neurocognitive mechanisms of figurative language processing--evidence from clinical dysfunctions. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 30(8), 1182–1205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2006.09.001
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