I am a PostDoc working proportionally in the G+ Project (Gesture training in schizophrenia) and in a TAM subproject (exploring the possibilities of an algorithm for clinical use). I studied at the universities of Zurich and Marburg. In 2013 I completed my B.A. in Language and Communication, my M.A. in Clinical Linguistics followed in 2016 with a thesis inquiring about the neural processing of similes in language and gesture in patients with schizophrenia. In my Ph.D. project, I developed a standardized eight-hour multimodal speech-gesture training program (MSG training) and investigated changes in neural activation and the MSG training’s effects on social-cognitive abilities in patients with schizophrenia.
My research focuses on communication dysfunctions in psychiatric disorders. I am particularly interested in the phenomenon of concretism – the dysfunction of interpreting metaphors in an abstract way, which can be a symptom in different diseases. I appreciate this interdisciplinary work and look forward to advance my qualification in therapeutic and scientific methods.
Education:
| 2016 | M.A. | Clinical Linguistics, Philipps-University Marburg |
| 2013 | B.A. | Language and Communication, Philipps-University Marburg/University of Zurich |
Clinical/practical training/qualification:
| 2016 | Speech Therapist | Licensed therapist for speech, language, voice, hearing, and swallowing disorders |
| 2015 | additional professional training in Speech Science (4-year study program, Philipps-University Marburg) |
Research experiences:
| 2022 – | Postdoc | Translational Neuroimaging Lab Marburg. PI: Prof. Dr. Benjamin Straube |
| 2021 | Visiting scholar | Collaboration with CoSi Lab (Communication in Social Interaction Lab in Nijmegen). PI: Prof. Dr. Judith Holler |
| 2017-2022 | Doctoral student | Research project “G+“: Neural correlates of communicative processes in patients with schizophrenia and the effect of a specific speech-gesture intervention. PI: Prof. Dr. Benjamin Straube. |
| 2012-2014 | Research assistant | Student assistant in the research project “Linguistic Basic Categories” in the research center Deutscher Sprachatlas |
| 2011 | Tutor | Teaching in the lecture-accompanying tutorial “Linguistics of German II” (Philipps-University Marburg) |
Research projects:
ChangePDD: “Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) vs. Behavioral Activation (BA) in persistently depressed treatment-resistant inpatients: Efficacy, moderators, and mediators of change.”
TAM: “The Adaptive Mind.”
Tra&Co: “Translation and Cognition.”
G+: “The neural correlates of communicative processes in patients with schizophrenia and the effects of a specific speech-gesture intervention.”
LingBas: “Fundierung linguistischer Basiskategorien.”
Awards and honors:
| 2020 | Travel award | Mini-Grant from the Open Science Special Interest Group to attend the OHBM conference in Montreal (virtual). |
| 2019 | Travel award | Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Travel Award for participation in the OHBM Hackathon in Rome. |
| 2017 – 2022 | Ph.D. scholarship | Ph.D. scholarship of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. |
| 2011 – 2012 | ERASMUS | ERASMUS scholarship of the European Union for studying abroad. |
| 2010 – 2016 | Scholarship | Study scholarship of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. |
Research interests:
| Speech therapy interventions in social-communicative disorders | Multimodal speech processing |
| Communication disorders in mental diseases | Neurolinguistics |
| Mental disorders (especially schizophrenia and depression) |
Scientific expertise:
| fMRI | EEG | fMRIPrep | MRIQC | BIDSonym |
| Matlab | Python | R | Machine learning | docker/singularity |
| SPSS | SPM | Presentation® | OSF | GitHub |
Publications:
- Riedl, L., Nagels, A., Sammer, G., Choudhury, M., Nonnenmann, A., Sütterlin, A., Feise, C., Haslach, M., Bitsch, F., & Straube, B. (accepted). Multimodal Speech-Gesture Training in Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: Effects on Quality of Life and Neural Processing. Schizophrenia Research IF: 4.939
- Riedl, L., Nagels, A., Sammer, G., Choudhury, M., Nonnenmann, A., Sütterlin, A., … & Straube, B. (2021). Multimodal Speech-gesture Training in Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder: Effects on Quality of Life and Neural Processing. PsyArXiv, 6 Sept. 2021. Web. 10.31234/osf.io/a8wn4
- Choudhury, M., Steines, M., Nagels, A., Riedl, L., Kircher, T., & Straube, B. (2021). Neural basis of speech-gesture mismatch detection in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 47(6), 1761-1771. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbab059 IF: 7.958
- Gau, R., Noble, S., Heuer, K., Bottenhorn, K. L., Bilgin, I. P., Yang, Y. F., … Riedl, L., … & Marinazzo, D. (2021). Brainhack: Developing a culture of open, inclusive, community-driven neuroscience. Neuron, 109(11), 1769-1775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.04.001 IF: 14.403
- Riedl, L., Nagels, A., Sammer, G., & Straube, B. (2020). A multimodal speech-gesture training intervention for patients with schizophrenia and its neural underpinnings–the study protocol of a randomized controlled pilot trial. Frontiers in psychiatry, 11, 110. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00110 IF: 4.157
Translational Neuroimaging Marburg 