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In her research, Prof. Dorothea Hämmerer attempts to understand how age differences in the brain, particularly in neuromodulatory systems, influence age differences in cognitive functions, especially in attentional control, decision-making, and memory across the lifespan. Together with her collaboration partners, she develops cognitive paradigms as well as non-invasive imaging methods that can more precisely capture correlates of individual neuromodulatory systems (especially dopamine and noradrenaline). For reasons unknown so far, neuromodulatory systems are particularly vulnerable in old age and are among the earliest and most severely affected brain regions in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's dementia.