Mag. Dr. Dominik Heib, BSc.
Senior Scientist

Department of Psychology
Hellbrunner Strasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

Tel.: +43 662 8044 5148
E-Mail:

Consultation hour: on demand
Research group:  Laboratory for Sleep & Consciousness Research

Education:

•  2016-2019 BSc in Information Technology and Systems Management, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences
•  2011-2015 Doctorate in Natural Sciences (Dr.rer.nat.), University of Salzburg, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Austria
• 2005-2010 MSc in Psychology, University of Salzburg, Department of Psychology, Austria
• 2001-2004 High-School Diploma, Technisches Gymnasium Waiblingen, Germany

Academic Positions:

•  2016-Present Senior Scientist, Method Unit EEG at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg, Austria
• 2009-2015 Research Assistant, Department of Psychology University of Salzburg, Austria

Research:

• systems (memory) consolidation
• information processing during sleep
• new methods for sleep quantification

Key Publications:

• Hahn, M., Heib, D., Schabus, M., Hoedlmoser, K., & Helfrich, R.F. (2020).  Slow oscillation-spindle coupling predicts enhanced memory formation from childhood to adolescence. eLife, 9, e5373.
• Himmer, L., Schönauer, M., Heib, D.P.J., Schabus, M., & Gais, S. (2019).  Rehearsal initiates systems memory consolidation, sleep makes it last. Science Advances, 5(4), eaav1695.
• Schabus, M., Griessenberger, H., Gnjezda, M.-T., Heib, D. P. J., Wislowska, M., & Hoedlmoser, K. (2018).  Better than sham? A double-blind placebo-controlled neurofeedback study in primary insomnia. Brain, 140 (2), 1-12. 
• Heib, D.P.J., Hoedlmoser, K., Anderer, P., Gruber, G., Zeitlhofer, J., Schabus, M. (2013). Oscillatory Theta Activity during Memory Formation and Its Impact on Overnight Consolidation: A Missing Link? Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 27 (8), 1648-1658
• Heib, D.P.J., Hoedlmoser, K., Anderer, P., Zeitlhofer, J., Gruber, G., Klimesch, W., & Schabus, M. (2013).  Slow oscillation amplitudes and up-state lengths relate to memory improvement. PLoS ONE, 8(12), e82049.