Dr. Danna Oomen

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C6.211
Fon +49.4131.677-1930, danna.oomen@leuphana.de
Academic counsellor, Professorship of Psychology, in particular Cognitive-, Social- and Economic Psychology

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Vita

Danna Oomen received her MSc in Clinical and Health Psychology in 2018 at Leiden University, the Netherlands. During her master’s, she completed her thesis and research internship under the supervision of Prof. Elaine Fox at the University of Oxford, UK. Her clinical internship was completed at the specialized outpatient clinic for anxiety disorders at PsyQ, The Hague, the Netherlands. Prior to this, during her bachelor’s studies, she worked at a dual-diagnosis inpatient unit at GGZ Westelijk Noord-Brabant and a residential care unit at GGZ Breburg. In 2023, she received her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Roeljan Wiersema and Prof. Marcel Brass at Ghent University, Belgium. Her research focuses on social perception, including the perception of biological motion, social interaction, and mimicry, as well as the similarities and differences in perception between individuals with and without autism. To study this, she uses behavioral and neurophysiological methods, including EEG (ERP, frequency tagging), skin conductance, and heart rate.

Twitter: @OomenDanna

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Using frequency tagging to investigate social processing in autism
    Danna Oomen (Author) , 2023 Ghent, Belgium , 155 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Dissertations › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. Evidence that non-social autism traits in the general population are correlated with spatial processing of biological motion
    Emiel Cracco (Author) , Danna Oomen (Author) , Jan R. Wiersema (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Visual Cognition, 33, 5 , p. 311-318 , 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. The Replication Database: Documenting the Replicability of Psychological Science
    Lukas Röseler (Author) , Leonard Kaiser (Author) , Christopher Doetsch (Author) , Noah Klett (Author) , Christian Seida (Author) , Astrid Schütz (Author) , Balazs Aczel (Author) , Nadia Adelina (Author) , Valeria Agostini (Author) , Samuel Alarie (Author) , Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir (Author) , Alaa Aldoh (Author) , Ali H. Al-Hoorie (Author) , Flavio Azevedo (Author) , Bradley J. Baker (Author) , Charlotte Lilian Barth (Author) , Julia Beitner (Author) , Cameron Brick (Author) , Subramanya Prasad Chandrashekar (Author) , Hilmar Brohmer (Author) , Kai Li Chung (Author) , Jamie P. Cockcroft (Author) , Jamie Cummins (Author) , Veronica Diveica (Author) , Tsvetomira Dumbalska (Author) , Emir Efendic (Author) , Mahmoud Elsherif (Author) , Thomas Evans (Author) , Gilad Feldman (Author) , Adrien Fillon (Author) , Nico Förster (Author) , Joris Frese (Author) , Oliver Genschow (Author) , Vaitsa Giannouli (Author) , Biljana Gjoneska (Author) , Timo Gnambs (Author) , Amélie Gourdon-Kanhukamwe (Author) , Christopher J. Graham (Author) , Helena Hartmann (Author) , Clove Haviva (Author) , Alina Herderich (Author) , Leon P. Hilbert (Author) , Darías Holgado (Author) , Ian Hussey (Author) , Zlatomira G. Ilchovska (Author) , Tamara Kalandadze (Author) , Veli-Matti Karhulahti (Author) , Leon Kasseckert (Author) , Maren Klingelhöfer-Jens (Author) , Danna Oomen (Author) , Alina Koppold (Author) , Max Korbmacher (Author) , 11.09.2024 , in: Journal of Open Psychology Data, 12, 1 , 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Possibilities of imitation
    Danna Oomen (Author) , Oliver Genschow (Author) , 01.09.2024 , in: Possibility studies & Society, 2, 3 , p. 345-356 , 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

  4. Top-down biological motion perception does not differ between adults scoring high versus low on autism traits
    Danna Oomen (Author) , Jan R. Wiersema (Author) , Guido Orgs (Author) , Emiel Cracco (Author) , 01.07.2024 , in: Biological Psychology, 190 , 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. Context matters: Why women are not worse negotiators than men
    Moritz Burmester (Author) , Yannik Andrea Escher (Author) , Danna Oomen (Author) , Hannes Petrowsky (Author) , 01.01.2024 , in: The In-Mind, 3/2024, 49

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Imitation as social influence
    Oliver Genschow (Author) , Danna Oomen (Author) , 28.02.2025 , p. 227-242 , 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

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Prizes

  1. Psychology Teaching Prize 2025
    Danna Oomen (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Education

  2. Student and Trainee award
    Danna Oomen (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  3. Best poster award
    Danna Oomen (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  4. Van de Geer-award
    Danna Oomen (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  5. Psychology awards 2018
    Danna Oomen (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

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Courses

Clinical Psychology (Group A)
Danna Oomen
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The seminar will cover common mental disorders. The learning objectives are to know the symptoms and diagnostic criteria of common mental disorders, to get to know risk and protection factors as well as model and theories of etiology and treatments, to know the basics of prevalence and course of disorders, to learn selected treatment approaches as well as to get an overview of a guideline conform treatment.
Next appointment:
Wednesday, 2026-04-29 at 14:15
Room: C 12.107 Seminarraum
Clinical Psychology (Group D)
Danna Oomen
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The seminar will cover common mental disorders. The learning objectives are to know the symptoms and diagnostic criteria of common mental disorders, to get to know risk and protection factors as well as model and theories of etiology and treatments, to know the basics of prevalence and course of disorders, to learn selected treatment approaches as well as to get an overview of a guideline conform treatment.
Next appointment:
Wednesday, 2026-04-29 at 12:15
Room: C 12.111 Seminarraum
Introduction to Psychology and Society: An Applied Perspective - Group C
Danna Oomen
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The module introduces students to key methods of conducting research in applied fields of psychology. It conveys influential, societally relevant empirical findings and underlying theories, and elaborates numerous key applications across the wide spectrum of societal fields in which psychology plays a role.
Next appointment:
Wednesday, 2026-04-29 at 10:15
Room: C 12.001 Seminarraum