Franz is a psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist who is interested in the neural mechanisms of human decision making and their interactions with the external world.

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Franz is a psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist who is interested in the neural mechanisms of human decision making and their interactions with the external world.

Research

Franz his research is revolving around the topics of decision-making and learning. He is interested how we update our expectations and adapt our actions in changing environments, and the role that the neurotransmitters dopamine and noradrenaline play in the complex interaction between environment and individual.

To answer his questions about the nature of decision-making and learning he applies diverse methods and approaches including experimental manipulation, psychophysiology (e.g., EEG), pharmacology, non-invasive brain stimulation and computational modeling.

Short CV

Franz Wurm studied psychology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He obtained his PhD on the neural correlates of reinforcement learning and credit assignment in 2020 in Eichstätt. Afterwards Franz moved to the Netherlands to study the influence of noradrenaline on value-based decision making at Leiden University. Since 2023 Franz is an assistant professor in neuropsychology at the Health, Medical and Neuropsychology Unit at Leiden University.