Theses in Biological Psychology  

For literature reviews (BSc), please contact the department members whom you believe have the best thematic fit for your planned work.

Empirical theses (BSc, MSc) in our department, especially in the areas of modeling and web scraping, require the willingness and motivation to familiarize oneself with a programming environment (e.g., R, Python, Matlab). Empirical work can be conducted in the following thematic areas:

Learning and Decision Processes / Modeling:

Projects in this area may involve the extension or evaluation of existing computational models (e.g., Reinforcement Learning models, Discounting models, Sequential Sampling models).
Empirical investigation of influencing factors on human learning and decision processes.
Re-analysis or consolidation of existing datasets.
Contact Person: Prof. Dr. Jan Peters

Web Scraping / Gambling and Gambling-like Mechanisms:

Projects in this area may involve the investigation of user behavior on social media or internet platforms with relevance to (pathological) gambling or gambling-like mechanisms (e.g., in computer games).
Contact Persons: Dr. Elke Smith, Prof. Dr. Jan Peters

Biological and Neural Mechanisms of Decision Processes:

Projects in this area may investigate the role of dopamine and specific dietary supplements (e.g., Tyrosine) and physiological factors (e.g., Arousal) in the regulation of decision-making and learning processes.
Contact Person: Prof. Dr. Jan Peters