Anna-Katharina Bauer

Anna-Katharina Bauer is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Oxford's Department of Psychology, affiliated with the Wolfson College and the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging. Her research focuses on the temporal dynamics of auditory attention, cross-modal integration, and neural oscillations underlying temporal processing. She employs behavioral methods, EEG, and MEG to investigate how attention, memory, and temporal expectations interact with neural mechanisms. Bauer is supervised by Kia Nobre and funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Education:

• BSc in Psychology, University of Salzburg
• MSc in Neurocognitive Psychology, University of Oldenburg
• PhD in Psychology (2018), University of Oldenburg, thesis: 'Temporal dynamics of uni-modal and cross-modal entrainment in the human auditory cortex'

Research interests emphasize neural oscillations in rhythmic streams, cognitive processes like memory, and the interplay between attention and temporal expectations. Her work bridges neuroscience and music cognition, as seen in studies on EEG beta rhythms and musical tempo preferences.

Labs and Collaborations: Brain and Cognition Lab (Oxford), collaboration with Kia Nobre. No awards explicitly listed, but her DFG-funded research highlights ongoing contributions to auditory neuroscience.

Advising/Grants: Currently mentoring no listed advisees but leads DFG-funded projects. Future work includes expanding cross-modal temporal attention studies using advanced neuroimaging techniques.