Multimodal neuroimaging of prefrontal cortex (dys)function: EEG, fNIRS, fNIRS-fMRI and Imaging Genetics approaches Dissertation zur Erlangung des naturwissenschaftlichen Doktorgrades der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg vorgelegt von Dipl.-Biol

of the " Promotionsordnung der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg " I hereby declare that my thesis entitled " Multimodal neuroimaging of prefrontal cortex (dys)function: EEG, fNIRS, fNIRS-fMRI and Imaging Genetics approaches " is the result of my own work. I did not receive any help or support from commercial consultants. All sources and / or materials applied are listed and specified in the thesis. Furthermore, I verify that this thesis has not yet been submitted as part of another examination process neither in identical nor in similar form. Tübingen …………………………………………………………………………… Meinen Eltern in Liebe und Dankbarkeit gewidmet. III Due to publisher rights the publications of this cumulative dissertation are not included in its electronic version. Please find the abstracts and full articles in the internet using the following URLs. Aging-related cortical reorganization of verbal fluency processing: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. Variability of (functional) hemodynamics as measured with simultaneous fNIRS and fMRI during intertemporal choice.