Research
I started my PhD in 2022. My research aims to longitudinally study the influence of early motor development in infants on later socio-cognitive development, along with the potential mediator role of neural development. For my research, I use various methods, namely, virtual reality, eye-tracking, EEG and resting state MRI.
Sayani Banerjee
Academic career
- since 2022 Research associate at the Chair of Developmental and Cognitive Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Regensburg
- 2019-2022 MSc Experimental and Clinical Neuroscience, University of Regensburg
- 2016-2019 BSc Zoology Hons, Grade A (First Class Honours), University of Calcutta
Scholarships and awards
2024: Travel grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to attend the International Congress of Infant Studies 2024 in Glasgow, United Kingdom
2020: Raj Mohini Economic Support Scholarship
Publications
Mendl, J., Banerjee, S., Fischer, R., Dreisbach, G. & Köster, M. (2024). Control in context: The theta rhythm provides evidence for reactive control but no evidence for proactive control. psychophysiology. doi. org/10.1111/psyp.14625 (external link, opens in a new window)
Sinha S., Banerjee S. (2019). Effect of Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Gene Polymorphism in Development of Febrile Seizure. International Journal of Scientific Research. doi.org/10.36106/ijsr (external link, opens in a new window)
Biswas R., Bhattacharya T., Mondal T., Banerjee S., Bandyopadhyay S. (2018). A study on clinical features, aetiology, outcomes and predictors of mortality and morbidity in children with acute encephalitis syndrome in eastern India. J. Evolution Med. Dent. Sci. doi.org/10.14260/jemds/2018/995 (external link, opens in a new window)
Lectures
Banerjee, S., Köster, M. The neural foundations of infant motor development and spatial cognition. Symposium on: Different Perspectives into the Action-Perception Link at Infancy. Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, Budapest, Hungary, January 2026.
Banerjee, S., Köster, M. Neural Underpinnings of Infant Motor & Cognitive Development. Symposium on: Building Concepts, Space and Memory in Early Brain Development. Conference Psychology and Brain, Würzburg, Germany, June 2025.
Banerjee, S., Köster, M. How does early motor system development promote spatial navigation? An infant MRI study. German Society for Psychology (DGPs) 2024, Vienna, Austria, July 2024.
Banerjee, S., Köster, M. How does early motor system development promote spatial navigation? An infant MRI study. Invited lecture at the Institute of Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, 2024.
Banerjee, S., Köster, M. (2024). How does early motor system development promote spatial navigation? An infant MRI study. 2024 Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP), Regensburg, Germany, March 2024.