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Acknowledgments
This thesis was completed during my work as a doctoral student. However, the credit of this
work belongs to not only me but also many other people involved in making it possible.
First of all, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to my perfect advisor, Prof. Dr. -Ing.
Hermann Hinrichs for his encouragement and ongoing kind support. I am also greatly
indebted for his taking much effort and patience in mentoring me to become a qualified
researcher from the method researching to the paper writing. It is indeed his insight and wide
knowledge to guide me to finish the works of this thesis.
I sincerely thank Prof. Dr. -Ing. habil. Bernd Michaelis for being the referee and for his
important suggestions regarding my thesis.
I am indebted to Prof. Dr. med. Hans Jochen Heinze who is the head of the Clinic of
Neurology at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg for giving me this chance.
I thank all colleagues in the center of Advanced Imaging who educated me in the technique of
magnetic resonance imaging and in operating the MR scanner. Special thanks to Dr. rer. nat.
Claus Tempelmann for his support regarding imaging questions.
Special thanks also to Dr. Jochem Rieger who taught me EEG and ERP recording.
Finally, I am grateful to our university library for providing all the articles and books needed
for this thesis.
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