is a professor for research methods in psychology at the Department of Psychology at MSH Medical School in Hamburg, Germany. Dr. Ocklenburg obtained his doctorate from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and has worked at the Bergen fMRI Group at the University of Bergen in Norway. His research focuses broadly on hemispheric asymmetries in the language and motor systems, including handedness.
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