Herr Ondrej Zika

Research topics
1) The role of uncertainty in cognition, and its impact on mental health
2) Impact of anxiety on learning and memory in clinical and non-clinical populations
3) Aversive learning and threat

Methods
Computational methods (RL, Bayesian models), neuroimaging (EEG, MRI), physiology, task gamification, on-line studies

Professional positions
2025 - present: Bielefeld University (ERC prep fellow, affiliated with Lonsdorf Lab)
2024 - present: Karolinska Institute, Sweden (Postdoc @ Månsson Lab)
2019 - 2024: Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Postdoc @ Schuck Lab)
2014 - 2015: Oxford University (Predoc @ Bishop lab)

Education
2015 - 2019: Oxford University, UK, DPhil in Clinical Neuroscience
2010 - 2014: Aberystwyth University, UK, BScEcon Psychology and Marketing

Contact
ondrej.zika@uni-bielfeld.de
https://www.ondrejzika.cz/
Bsky: @ondrejzika.bsky.social
Twitter: @OndrejZika