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Ricarda Weiland serves as an External PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, with dual affiliation in Clinical, Neuro- & Developmental Psychology and APH - Mental Health. Her research centers on autism spectrum disorders (ASD), investigating neural correlates of sensory sensitivity through EEG and psychophysical testing.
Education:
- Master in Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (2017)
- Bachelor in Psychology, Ruhr Universität Bochum (2015)
Her primary research explores hyper- and hypo-sensitivity in ASD, examining how sensory inputs are processed in the brain using electroencephalography during psychophysical tests. This work aims to identify ASD subgroups and establish cellular models via skin biopsies to grow neurons, bridging behavioral symptoms with neural mechanisms through collaboration with the Nederlands Autisme Register (NAR).
Analysis of her five publications (2021-2023) reveals consistent focus on sensory processing, resting-state EEG patterns, and non-social symptom domains in autistic adults. Key contributions include debunking audiovisual synchrony differences, documenting chronic illness comorbidities, validating typical resting-state EEG in high-functioning ASD, and modeling latent structures of non-social traits—advancing phenotyping approaches for cellular modeling.
Scientific Awards: None documented in source materials.
Grants and Advising: Served as Project Researcher for "Impaired sensory processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder towards better phenotyping and cellular models" (2017-2023), led by S. Begeer. No formal advisees listed in available records.
Labs and Teams: Collaborates with Nederlands Autisme Register (NAR) and interdisciplinary teams including Begeer, Scheeren, and international neuroscience experts across Molecular Autism and Scientific Reports publications.
