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Thomas Z. Ramsøy

Research fellow , Ph.D.
Thomas Z. Ramsøy

Decision Neuroscience Research Group

Solbjerg Plads 3, C2.09
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Tel.: +45 3815 2198
Cell phone: +45 2181 1945
E-mail: tzramsoy@gmail.com



Link to this homepage: uk.cbs.dk/staff/thomas

Affiliated with Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre

Trained in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience, and received his PhD in cognitive neuroscience.
Research and teaching is focused on decision neuroscience, i.e. value-based decision making, with a special focus on neuroimaging methods (fMRI, PET, EEG)

Primary research areas

  • Neuroeconomics & decision neuroscience -- the brain basis of preferences and decision making
  • Neuromarketing & consumer neuroscience
  • Framing of behaviours and attitudes
  • Emotions & memory
  • Consciousness
  • Neuroethics


Administrative functions

Head of Decision Neuroscience Research Group
Head of decision making research group at the Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance , Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre
Affiliated with the Center for Integrative Molecular Biological Imaging


Selected publications

Ramsøy, T.Z. & Skov, M. (in press) How genes make up your mind: individual biological differences and value-based decisions. Journal of Economic Psychology.
Ramsøy, T.Z., Skimminge, A., Liptrot, M.G., Lund, T.E., Sidaros, K., Christensen, M.S., Baaré, W.F.C., Siebner H.R., Paulson, O.B., Jernigan, T.L. (in press) Healthy aging and specialization in the human medial temporal lobe. NeuroImage
Madsen KS, Hansen MV, Baaré WF, Skimminge A, Ejersbo LR, Ramsøy TZ, Gerlach C, Åkeson P, Paulson OB, Jernigan T. (in press) Response inhibition is associated with white matter microstructure in children. Neuropsychologia
Ramsøy TZ, Madsen KS, Madsen KH, Wegener JS, Knudsen GM, Jernigan TL, Skimminge A, Erritzøe D.(2009) Effects of recreational use of ecstasy and hallucinogens on the neural circuitry of emotion Society for Neuroscience 2009
Skov M, Christensen MS, Ramsøy TZ, Paulson OB. (2009) Aesthetic value and valence engage different neural processes Society for Neuroscience 2009
Ramsøy TZ, Liptrot MG, Skimminge A, Lund TE, Sidaros K, Christensen MS, Baaré W, Paulson OB, Jernigan TL (2009) Regional activation of the human medial temporal lobe during intentional encoding of objects and positions Neuroimage. 47(4): 1863-72
Overgaard, M., Gallagher, S., Ramsøy, T.Z. (2008). An integration of first-person methodologies in cognitive science (PDF prepub) Journal of Consciousness Studies, 15 (5), 100-120
Skov, M & Ramsøy, T.Z. (2008) Neuroetik: hjerneforskningens konsekvenser. In Bøgeskov, J & Ellemann, K. (eds) Hjernen - før, nu og i fremtiden Hjerneforum
Rowe, J.B., Sakai, K., Lund, T.E., Ramsøy, T.Z., Christensen, M.S., Baaré, W.F.C., Paulson, O.B., Passingham, R.E. (2007) Is the prefrontal cortex essential for establishing cognitive sets? (PDF) Journal of Neuroscience, 27 (48), 13303-10
Ramsøy, T.Z., Balslev, D., Paulson, O. (2007). Methods for observing the living brain. In Cognition, Brain and Consciousness — Introduction to cognitive neuroscience Edited by Baars and Gage. Elsevier Science
Ramsøy, T.Z. & Baars, B.J. (2007). Imaging the living brain. In Cognition, Brain and Consciousness - Introduction to cognitive neuroscience Edited by Baars and Gage. Elsevier Science
Ramsøy, T.Z. (2007) Vurdering, reaktion og kontrol: Emotionssystemets funktion. In: Følelser og kognition Edited by Skov, M. and Jensen, T.W. Museum Tusculanums
Ramsøy, T.Z. (2007) Is Theory of Mind dependent on episodic memory? Science & Consciousness Review
Ramsøy, T.Z. & Skov, M. (2007) Hjerneskan dine kunder. Kommunikationsforum
Ramsøy, T.Z. (2007) Neuromarketing v 2.0. Markedsføring
Christensen MS, Ramsøy T.Z., Lund TE, Madsen KH, Rowe JB. An fMRI study of the neural correlates of graded visual perception. (PDF) Neuroimage. 2006 Jul 15;31(4):1711-25.
Overgaard M, Rote J, Mouridsen K, Ramsøy T.Z. Is conscious perception gradual or dichotomous? A comparison of report methodologies during a visual task (PDF) Conscious Cogn. 2006 Dec;15(4):700-8.
Ramsøy, T.Z. (2006) How genes make up your mind. Science & Consciousness Review
Ramsøy, T.Z., Overgaard, M. (2004). Introspection and subliminal perception (PDF). Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 3, 1-23.
Baars, B.J., Ramsøy, T.Z., Laureys, S. (2003) Brain, conscious experience and the observing self (PDF) Trends in Neuroscience, 26 (12), 671 – 675


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