Maxi Becker
Postdoc
Email: maxi.becker@duke.edu
Website: https://maxibecker.gitlab.io/
I’m a cognitive neuroscientist and philosopher of science by training. I work in the Mnemology Lab as a PostDoc, doing research on the intersection between memory and creativity using different techniques such as neuroimaging, eyetracking and behavioral online studies. My long-term goal is to demystify insight and creative cognition by uncovering their underlying neuro-cognitive mechanisms.
Publications
Becker, M., Schubert, T., Strobach, T., Gallinat, J., & Kühn, S. (2016). Simultaneous interpreters vs. Professional multilingual controls: Group differences in cognitive control as well as brain structure and function. NeuroImage, 134, 250–260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.03.079
Becker, M., Sommer, T., & Cabeza, R. (2025). Insight predicts subsequent memory via cortical representational change and hippocampal activity. Nature Communications, 16(1), 4341. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59355-4
Becker, M., & Cabeza, R. (2025). The neural basis of the insight memory advantage. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(3), 255-268. 10.1016/j.tics.2025.01.001