Arne D. Hansen
University of Zurich & Center for Neuroscience Zurich
I am a PhD student in Cognitive Neuroscience jointly enrolled in the doctoral program in Psychology at the University of Zurich and the International PhD Program in Neuroscience at the Center for Neuroscience Zurich. My dissertation «EEG Signatures of Oculomotor Control» investigates how neural oscillations relate to eye movements and attentional processes. My research centres on the framework of Oculo-Cortical Coherence, the idea that brain rhythms relate to cognition through oculomotor action.
I develop signal processing pipelines for large electroencephalography and eye-tracking datasets, build statistical models, and use open-science workflows to support transparent and reproducible analysis. I am particularly enthusiastic about multiverse analyses as a tool for probing the robustness of analytical choices. Beyond this, I try to integrate AI tools into my work to enhance efficiency and build a practical, critical understanding of how these systems work and where they fall short.
Alongside research, I assist the co-directors of the Competence Center for Language & Medicine Zurich. Additionally, I am an elected student representative at the Department of Psychology in the institute's assembly and the commission for IT & data management. I also serve in the steering committee of the neuroimaging peer mentoring group Brainfood and contribute to the psychology student magazine aware.
Outside the lab, my favorite pastimes include mountain sports (hiking, skiing, via ferrata), endurance running, and strength training, alongside a general interest in technology, geopolitics, and history.