Dr Hong-Viet V Ngo-Dehning
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Email
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Location
4.721, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Hong-Viet Ngo-Dehning (or Hongi) studied Physics at the University of Kiel but then got captured by the field of Cognitive Neuroscience, in which he completed a PhD at the Universities of L眉beck and T眉bingen in 2014. Afterwards, he gathered research experience as a postdoc abroad in the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham (UK), was a Radboud Excellence Fellow at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (Radboudumc, NL) and returned as postdoc back to the Department of Psychology at his alma mater the University of L眉beck. Since July 2023, Hongi is as a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the 糖心Vlog. His research examines the causal role of brain rhythms on cognition with a main focus on the consolidation of memories during sleep. To this end, Hongi combines behavioural paradigms with different non-invasive brain stimulation techniques in real-time experiments and, of late, multivariate decoding techniques. As a stimulation aficionado, he is always on the lookout for new technical advances to nudge the brain and ameliorate the function of sleep in disorders or other clinical settings.
Qualifications
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PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience University of Lübeck, (2014)
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Diploma (M.Sc. equivalent) in Physics Kiel University, (2008)
Appointments
糖心Vlog
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Lecturer, Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog (3/7/2023 - present)
Other academic
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Lübeck (2020 - 2023)
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Radboud Excellence Fellow, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition & Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (2019 - 2020)
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Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham (2016 - 2019)
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Medical Psychology & Behavioural Neurobiology, University of Tübingen (2013 - 2016)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Sleep (Disorders)
Memory (Consolidation)
Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Enhancing employability and career planning (PS417)
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Statistical Models for Psychology (PS422)
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Psychology of Health (PS423)
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The Neuroscience of Human Nature (PS495)
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Special Topics in Psychology (PS933)
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Theory and Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology (PS949)
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Advanced Psychology of Health (PS951)
Publications
Journal articles (40)
Sayk, C., Koch, N., Stierand, J., Timpe, F., Ngo, H-VV., Wilhelm, I. and Junghanns, K., (2025). Imagery rehearsal therapy for the treatment of nightmares in individuals with borderline personality disorder 鈥� A pilot study. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 182, 34-41
Sayk, C., Saftien, S., Koch, N., Ngo, HV., Junghanns, K. and Wilhelm, I., (2024). Cortical hyperarousal in individuals with frequent nightmares. Journal of Sleep Research. 33 (2), e14003-
Dudysov谩, D., Jank暖, K., Pioreck媒, M., Hant谩kov谩, V., Orend谩膷ov谩, M., Pioreck谩, V., 艩trobl, J., Klikov谩, M., Ngo, HV. and Kop艡ivov谩, J., (2024). . Journal of Sleep Research. 33 (6), e14179-
Kurz, E-M., Schreiber, CM., K枚lle, K., Tuncel, Z., Meyer, PT., Ngo-Dehning, H-V., Conzelmann, A. and Prehn-Kristensen, A., (2024). Does sleep help children to generalize features like adults?. Journal of Sleep Research, e14432-
Ngo, HV., Oster, H., Andreou, C. and Obleser, J., (2023). Circadian rhythms in auditory hallucinations and psychosis. Acta Physiologica. 237 (4), e13944-
Esfahani, MJ., Farboud, S., Ngo, H-VV., Schneider, J., Weber, FD., Talamini, LM. and Dresler, M., (2023). . Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 153, 105379-105379
Antony, JW., Ngo, HV., Bergmann, TO. and Rasch, B., (2022). Real鈥恡ime, closed鈥恖oop, or open鈥恖oop stimulation? Navigating a terminological jungle. Journal of Sleep Research. 31 (6), e13755-
Ngo, HV., Antony, JW. and Rasch, B., (2022). Real鈥恡ime stimulation during sleep: prior findings, novel developments, and future perspectives. Journal of Sleep Research. 31 (6), e13735-
Weinhold, SL., Lechinger, J., Timm, N., Hansen, A., Ngo, HV. and G枚der, R., (2022). Auditory stimulation in鈥恜hase with slow oscillations to enhance overnight memory consolidation in patients with schizophrenia?. Journal of Sleep Research. 31 (6), e13636-
Ngo, H-VV. and Staresina, BP., (2022). Shaping overnight consolidation via slow-oscillation closed-loop targeted memory reactivation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119 (44), e2123428119-
Wang, J-Y., Heck, KL., Born, J., Diekelmann, S. and Ngo-Dehning, H-V., (2022). . Journal of Sleep Research. 31 (6), e13562-
Ngo-Dehning, H-V., Born, J. and Klinzing, JG., (2022). . STAR Protocols. 3 (3), 101505-101505
Harrington, MO., Ngo, H-VV. and Cairney, SA., (2021). No benefit of auditory closed-loop stimulation on memory for semantically-incongruent associations. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 183, 107482-107482
Harrington, MO., Ashton, JE., Ngo, H-VV. and Cairney, SA., (2021). Phase-locked auditory stimulation of theta oscillations during rapid eye movement sleep. Sleep. 44 (4), zsaa227-
Klinzing, JG., Tashiro, L., Ruf, S., Wolff, M., Born, J. and Ngo, H-VV., (2021). . Cell Reports Medicine. 2 (11), 100432-100432
Ngo, H-VV., Claassen, J. and Dresler, M., (2020). Sleep: Slow Wave Activity Predicts Amyloid-尾 Accumulation. Current Biology. 30 (22), R1371-R1373
Schneider, J., Lewis, PA., Koester, D., Born, J. and Ngo, H-VV., (2020). Susceptibility to auditory closed-loop stimulation of sleep slow oscillations changes with age. Sleep. 43 (12), zsaa111-
Bolinger, E., Ngo, H-VV., Kock, V., Wassen, DT., Matuz, T., Birbaumer, N., Born, J. and Zinke, K., (2020). Affective Cortical Asymmetry at the Early Developmental Emergence of Emotional Expression. eneuro. 7 (4), ENEURO.0042-20.2020
Prehn-Kristensen, A., Ngo, H-VV., Lentfer, L., Bergh盲user, J., Brandes, L., Schulze, L., G枚der, R., M枚lle, M. and Baving, L., (2020). Acoustic closed-loop stimulation during sleep improves consolidation of reward-related memory information in healthy children but not in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Sleep. 43 (8), zsaa017-
Ngo, H-V., Fell, J. and Staresina, B., (2020). Sleep spindles mediate hippocampal-neocortical coupling during long-duration ripples. eLife. 9, 1-18
Navarrete, M., Schneider, J., Ngo, H-VV., Valderrama, M., Casson, AJ. and Lewis, PA., (2020). Examining the optimal timing for closed-loop auditory stimulation of slow-wave sleep in young and older adults. Sleep. 43 (6), zsz315-
Ashton, JE., Harrington, MO., Langthorne, D., Ngo, H-VV. and Cairney, SA., (2020). Sleep deprivation induces fragmented memory loss. Learning & Memory. 27 (4), 130-135
Ngo, H-VV. and Born, J., (2019). Sleep and the Balance between Memory and Forgetting. Cell. 179 (2), 289-291
Ngo, H-VV., Seibold, M., Boche, DC., M枚lle, M. and Born, J., (2019). Insights on auditory closed-loop stimulation targeting sleep spindles in slow oscillation up-states. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 316, 117-124
Santiago, JCP., Ngo, H-V., Jickeli, C., Peter, A. and Hallschmid, M., (2019). Intensifying sleep slow oscillations does not improve metabolic control in healthy men. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 99, 1-7
Niethard, N., Ngo, H-VV., Ehrlich, I. and Born, J., (2018). Cortical circuit activity underlying sleep slow oscillations and spindles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (39), E9220-E9229
Ngo, H-VV. and Staresina, BP., (2017). Shifting memories. eLife. 6, e30774-
Latchoumane, C-FV., Ngo, H-VV., Born, J. and Shin, H-S., (2017). Thalamic Spindles Promote Memory Formation during Sleep through Triple Phase-Locking of Cortical, Thalamic, and Hippocampal Rhythms. Neuron. 95 (2), 424-435.e6
Besedovsky, L., Ngo, H-VV., Dimitrov, S., Gassenmaier, C., Lehmann, R. and Born, J., (2017). Auditory closed-loop stimulation of EEG slow oscillations strengthens sleep and signs of its immune-supportive function. Nature Communications. 8 (1), 1984-
Korf, EM., M枚lle, M., Born, J. and Ngo, H-VV., (2017). Blindfolding during wakefulness causes decrease in sleep slow wave activity. Physiological Reports. 5 (7), e13239-e13239
Dudysov谩, D., Fajnerov谩, I., Nekov谩艡ov谩, T., Ngo, HVV. and Kop艡ivov谩, J., (2016). Czech version of paired associative learning test - A pilot study. Psychiatrie. 20 (4), 174-177
Schellenberger Costa, M., Weigenand, A., Ngo, H-VV., Marshall, L., Born, J., Martinetz, T. and Claussen, JC., (2016). A Thalamocortical Neural Mass Model of the EEG during NREM Sleep and Its Response to Auditory Stimulation. PLOS Computational Biology. 12 (9), e1005022-e1005022
Barner, C., Ngo, H-VV., Diekelmann, S., Wee脽, H-G. and Schlarb, AA., (2016). Memory consolidation in fragmented sleep. Somnologie. 20 (1), 37-46
Ngo, H-VV., Miedema, A., Faude, I., Martinetz, T., M枚lle, M. and Born, J., (2015). Driving Sleep Slow Oscillations by Auditory Closed-Loop Stimulation鈥擜 Self-Limiting Process. The Journal of Neuroscience. 35 (17), 6630-6638
Weigenand, A., Schellenberger Costa, M., Ngo, H-VV., Claussen, JC. and Martinetz, T., (2014). Characterization of K-Complexes and Slow Wave Activity in a Neural Mass Model. PLoS Computational Biology. 10 (11), e1003923-e1003923
Ngo, H-VV., Martinetz, T., Born, J. and M枚lle, M., (2013). Auditory Closed-Loop Stimulation of the Sleep Slow Oscillation Enhances Memory. Neuron. 78 (3), 545-553
NGO, HV., CLAUSSEN, JC., BORN, JAN. and M脰LLE, M., (2013). Induction of slow oscillations by rhythmic acoustic stimulation. Journal of Sleep Research. 22 (1), 22-31
Mayer, J., Ngo, H-VV. and Schuster, HG., (2012). Dynamical Mean-Field Equations for a Neural Network with Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity. Journal of Statistical Physics. 148 (4), 677-686
Mayer, J., Schuster, HG., Ngo, H-VV., M枚lle, M. and Born, J., (2012). Differential influence of sinusoidal and noisy inputs on synaptic connections in a network with STDP. EPL (Europhysics Letters). 98 (4), 48005-48005
Ngo, H-VV., K枚hler, J., Mayer, J., Claussen, JC. and Schuster, HG., (2010). Triggering up states in all-to-all coupled neurons. EPL (Europhysics Letters). 89 (6), 68002-68002
Conferences (3)
Dudysova, DU., Janku, K., Piorecky, M., Hantakova, V., Orendacova, M., Piorecka, V., Strobl, J., Klikova, M., Ngo, H-V. and Koprivova, J., (2024). Insomnia and closed-loop auditory stimulation: Results of the first pilot study
Prehn-Kristensen, A., Ngo, H-VV., Lentfer, L., Bergh盲user, J., Brandes, L., Schulze, L., G枚der, R., M枚lle, M. and Baving, L., (2020). 5.30 THE EFFECT OF CLOSED-LOOPED ACOUSTIC STIMULATION DURING SLEEP IN CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT ADHD: ENHANCING THE CONSOLIDATION OF REWARDED MEMORIES BY INCREASING SLOW-WAVE ACTIVITY?
Feld, G., Ngo, H-V., Born, J. and Hallschmid, M., (2019). Mefloquine Impairs Sleep-Dependent Declarative Memory Consolidation in Humans
Grants and funding
2024
Abstraction of social and emotional gist during sleep in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Deutsch Forshungsgemeinschaft
When does auditory stimulation enhance the memory benefits of sleep?
The Royal Society
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