Oliver Bruton
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Oliver Bruton
Research Interests
- Biological foundation of general cognitive ability (g)
- Microstructural properties of the human brain
- Imaging neuroscience, specifically diffusion MRI
- Cellular and molecular neuroscience
- Comparative and evolutionary psychology
Academic positions
| Since April 2025 | Scientific Researcher at the Department of Psychology, Division for Psychological Methods and Statistics, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. |
08/2024 – 02/2025 | Visiting Researcher at the Microstructure Mapping (mic-map!) Lab at the University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (Supervised by Prof. Ileana Jelescu) . |
Since October 2024 | PhD Candidate at the Department of Psychology, Division of Psychological Methods and Statistics, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (Supervised by Prof. Dr. Andrea Hildebrandt & Prof. Dr. Christiane Thiel) |
Education
10/2020 – 08/2024 | Master of Science in Neurocognitive Psychology, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg |
07/2016 – 12/2019 | Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Private Hochschule Göttingen (PFH) |
Publications
Bruton, O. J. (2021). Is there a “g-neuron”? Establishing a systematic link between general intelligence (g) and the von Economo neuron. Intelligence, 86, 101540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2021.101540
Fuentealba-Villarroel, F. J., Renner, J., Hilbig, A., Bruton, O. J., & Rasia-Filho, A. A. (2022). Spindle-shaped neurons in the human posteromedial (precuneus) cortex. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, 13, 769228. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsyn.2021.769228