I finished my Ph.D. in Berlin in September 2004 at the Berlin NeuroImaging Center. Since then I am working here at the Smith-Kettelwell Brain Imaging Center.

My research focuses on human early visual Areas and mid level visual processing such as contour segregation and figure or object detection.

 Publications       Scientific Education

 

 

       

 

Publications:

Schira MM, Fahle M, Donner TH, Kraft A, Brandt SA.
Differential contribution of early visual areas to the perceptual process of contour processing. In Press: Journal of Neurophysiology.

Greenlee MW, Schira MM, Kimmig H.
Coherent motion pops out during smooth pursuit.
Neuroreport. 2002;1313-6.

Cornelissen FW, Kimmig H, Schira M, Rutschmann RM, Maguire RP, Broerse A, Den Boer JA, Greenlee MW.
Event-related fMRI responses in the human frontal eye fields in a randomized pro- and antisaccade task. Exp Brain Res. 2002, 145,:270-4. Epub 2002.

Kimmig H, Greenlee MW, Gondan M, Schira M, Kassubek J, Mergner T.
Relationship between saccadic eye movements and cortical activity as measured by fMRI: quantitative and qualitative aspects. Exp. Brain Res. 2001, 141,184-194

Selected Abstracts:

Schira MM, Fahle M, Donner TH, Camprodon J, Brandt SA.
Preattentive Processing Of Contours From Motion And Texture: Differential Contribution Of Retinotopic Areas Revealed by FMRI. Society for Neuroscience meeting, 2003, New Orleans Abstract 819.18

Kraft A, Schira MM, Hagendorf H, Brocke J, Brandt SA.
A New fMRI Approach For Defining Efficiently Specific Regions Of Interest In Human Visual Areas. Society for Neuroscience meeting, 2003, New Orleans Abstract 818.16.

Schira MM , Fahle M , Kraft A , Donner TH , Camprodon JA , Brocke J , Brandt SA
Preattentive contour processing and figure ground detection investigated by event related fMRI. EBBS-Meeting 2003, Barcelona.

Schira MM, Fahle M, Donner TH, Villringer A, Brandt SA.
Preattentive Retinotopic Activation Induced By Time Defined Contours Revealed By Event Related FMRI. Society for Neuroscience meeting, 2002, Orlando. Abstract 721.2.

Schira MM, Fahle M, Donner TH, Villringer A, Brandt, SA:
Preattentive Retinotopic Activation Induced by Virtual Contours Revealed by fMRI. Berlin Neuroscience Forum 2002.

Schira MM, Kimmig H, Greenlee MW:
The effect of smooth pursuit eye movements on the perception of motion coherency.
European Conference on Visual Perception, Trieste 1999.

 

 

Sep./2000 Sep/2004 Ph.D.-sDoctoral student at the University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany, funded by the Graduierten Kolleg "Clinical Neuroscience"
Jan./2000 - Sep./ 2000 Research Assistant at the University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
Nov./1999 Final examinations in Biology, Master Thesis "The effect of smooth pursuit eye-movements on the detection of coherent motion." (in German)
Mar/1998-May/1998 Practical work in a private pharmacy Cooperation, Byk Gulden Konstanz, Germany.
1996-1999 Study of Biology focusing on: Neurobiology/Animal Physiology; Biophysics; Fresh Water Biology; Computer Science;
Aug/1995 First grade in Biology, FSU Jena, Germany.
Okt/1993-Aug/1995 Study of Biology Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany.