Aetiology of developmental disorders:

- Identification of pre-, peri-, and postnatal risk factors

Auditory development:

- Sound segregation

- Spatial hearing

- Bottom up vs. top-down modulation of auditory perception

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD):

- Relationship between ADHD and Auditory Processing Deficit (APD)

- Cortical characteristics of ADHD (subtypes)

- Error Processing

- Cross-modal inhibition performance and cortical correlates

- Influence of training and medication on cortical and behavioural parameters

Publications

Leirer, V., Wienbruch,C., Paul-Jordanov, I., Kolassa, S., Elbert, T. & Kolassa, I. Hippocampus activity during the transverse patterning task and age - a MEG study. in press BMC Neuroscience

Paul-Jordanov, I., Bechtold, M. & Gawrilow, C. Methylphenidate and if-then plans are comparable in modulating the P300 and increasing response inhibition in children with ADHD. (2010) ADHD, 2(3), 115-126

Lipp R., Kitterick P., Summerfield Q., Bailey P.J., Paul-Jordanov I. Concurrent sound segregation based on inharmonicity and onset asynchrony. (2010) Neuropsychologia, 48, 1417-1425

Keil J., Weisz N., Paul-Jordanov I., Wienbruch C. Localization of the magnetic equivalent of the ERN and induced oscillatory brain activity. (2010) Neuroimage, 51, 404-411

Meinzer, M., Paul, I., Wienbruch, C., Djundja, D., Rockstroh, B. Electromagnetic brain activity in higher frequency bands during automatic word processing indicates recovery of function in aphasia. (2009) European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 45(3), 369-378

Paul, I., Bott, C. Was bringen verschiedene Trainings bei LRS? (2008) Wortspiegel - Fachzeitschrift der LOS 01/02, 32-33

Paul, I., Bott, C. Der Einfluss von drei verschiedenen Trainingsprogrammen auf Lese-/Rechtschreibschwäche (2008). In: Trainingseffekte und Schriftspracherwerb. Herausgeber: trainmedia GmbH

Paul, I., Gawrilow, C., Zech, F., Odenthal, G., Gollwitzer, P., Rockstroh, B., Wienbruch, C. If-Then Planning modulates the P300 in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. (2007) NeuroReport, 18(7), 653-7

Paul, I., Bott, C., Heim, S., Wienbruch, C., Elbert, T. Ein Vergleich zwischen drei LRS-Trainingsprogrammen - eine Evaluation mittels Tests und MEG (2007). In: Legasthenie und Dyskalkulie: Aktuelle Entwicklungen in Wissenschaft, Schule und Gesellschaft. Herausgeber: Gerd Schulte-Körne, Bundesverband Legasthenie und Dyskalkulie e.V.

Paul, I., Bott, C., Heim, S., Wienbruch, C., Elbert, T. Phonological but not auditory discrimination is impaired in dyslexia. (2006) European Journal of Neuroscience, 24, 2945-53

Wienbruch, C., Paul, I., Weisz, N., Elbert, T., Roberts, L. Frequency organization of the 40-Hz auditory steady-state response in normal hearing and in tinnitus. (2006) Neuroimage, 33(1), 180-94

Paul, I., Bott, C., Wienbruch, C., Elbert, T. Word processing differences between dyslexic and control children (2006) BMC Psychiatry, 6, 5

Paul, I., Bott, C., Heim, S., Eulitz, C., Elbert, T. Reduced hemispheric asymmetry of the auditory N260m in dyslexia (2006) Neuropsychologia, 44(5), 785-94

Wienbruch, C., Paul, I., Bauer, S., Kivelitz, H. The influence of Methylphenidate on the power spectrum of ADHD children (2005), BMC Psychiatry, 5(1), 29

Paul, I. Cortical characteristics of children with developmental disorders - does treatment change the picture? (2005), PhD Thesis published online by the University of Konstanz

Paul, I. Neurotopographische Unterschiede bei der Verarbeitung komplexer Schallreize zwischen Legasthenikern und Kontrollpersonen. Neurotopograhical diffrences in the processing of speech and speech-like sounds between dyslexic adults and controls. (2002), Diploma Thesis published online by the University of Konstanz

Teaching

University of Konstanz

- 2009 Seminar "Verhaltenstherapie" (Cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy)

- 2009 Seminar "Behaviorale, kognitive und kortikale Aspekte von AHDS" (Behavioural, cognitive and cortical aspects of ADHD)

- 2008/2009 Seminar "Geistige und Lernbehinderungen" (Mental and learning disabilities)

- 2008/2009 Seminar "Lern- und Entwicklungsstörungen" (Learning and developmental disorders)

- 2008 Seminar "Verhaltenstherapie" (Cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy)

- 2008 Seminar "Behaviorale, kognitive und kortikale Aspekte von AHDS" (Behavioural, cognitive and cortical aspects of ADHD)

- 2007/2008 Seminar "Geistige und Lernbehinderungen" (Mental and learning disabilities)

- 2007/2008 Seminar "Lern- und Entwicklungsstörungen" (Learning and developmental disorders)

- 2007 Seminar "Verhaltenstherapie" (Cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy)

- 2007 Seminar "Behaviorale, kognitive und kortikale Aspekte von AHDS" (Behavioural, cognitive and cortical aspects of ADHD)

- 2004/2005 Seminar "Lern- und Entwicklungsstörungen" (Learning and developmental disabilities)

- 2005/2006 Seminar "Behaviorale, kognitive und kortikale Aspekte von AHDS" (Behavioural, cognitive and cortical aspects of ADHD)

University of York

1. -2006 Lecture "Learning and the brain" as part of the City of York's central summer school
   

Conference contributions

2009 Posters: "MPH and If-Then Planning are Comparable in Modulated the P300 in ADHD" and "Pro- and Anti-saccades elicited by visual and acoustic cues – a comparison between children with and without ADHD" - 2nd international congress on ADHD, Wien, Österreich

2008 Invited talks: "Understanding ADHD" and "Sound Segregation Deficits as the basis for ADHD?" at the International 4D User Group Meeting, Barcelona, Spain

2007 Session chair of Cognitive Roundtable at the 2nd International 4D User Group Meeting, Denver, USA

2007 Invited talk: "Sound segregation in children and adults" - British Psychological Society, York, UK

2007 Poster: "Neuro-magnetic Indices of Auditory-perceptual Segregation of Mistuned and Delayed Tones by Adults and Children" - Association for Research in Otolaryngology midwinter meeting, Denver, USA

2006 Poster: "Neuro-magnetic indices of perceptual segregation of components of harmonic complex tones" - British Society of Audiology, Cambridge, UK

2004 Poster: "Training-induced alterations of the mismatch field (MMF) in dyslexic children" - Human Brain Mapping, Toronto, Canada

2003 Talk: "Is a homogeneous sphere an appropriate volume conductor model for auditory signal analysis?" - Tinnitus workshop, Vancouver, Canada

2002 Poster: "Localization of epileptic spikes: realistic volume conductor vs. homogeneous sphere" - Biomag, Jena, Germany

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG):

"Behaviorale und hirnphysiologische Korrelate der Lautsegregation bei Kindern mit Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit- Hyperaktivitaetsstörung (ADHS)"

Zentrum für den Wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs (ZWN), University of Konstanz:

Mentorship-Program between Professor Quentin Summerfield (University of York, UK) and Isabella Paul

Ausschuss für Forschungsfragen (AFF), University of Konstanz

Collaborations

Prof. Quentin Summerfield, University of York

Dr. Peter Bailey, University of York

Dr. Silke Göbel, University of York

Prof. Caterina Gawrilow, University of Frankfurt

PD Dr. Peter Gessler, Klinikum Konstanz