Bianca van Kemenade

Prof. Bianca van Kemenade leads the Systems Neuroscience of Action and Perception (SNAP) Lab at Justus Liebig University Giessen's School of Medicine. Her research focuses on action-based predictions, self-generated vs externally generated stimuli distinction, and neural mechanisms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

• Investigates how actions shape sensory perception through predictive coding
• Examines cerebellar and cortical contributions to sensorimotor processing
• Develops interventions for schizophrenia using neuroimaging techniques

Recent work analyzes BOLD responses during visual feedback processing (2022-2025), explores speech-gesture matching networks (2024), and compares discrete vs continuous action feedback (2021). The lab employs fMRI, TMS, and behavioral methods.

Current team members include postdoc Gizem Yildiz, PhD student Juan Carlo Cabato, and research assistants Sirine Nouira and Viktoria Zizer.