Alexander T. Sack (born 9 October 1972) is a German neuroscientist and cognitive psychologist. He is currently appointed as a full professor and chair of applied cognitive neuroscience at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience at Maastricht University. He is also co-founder and board member of the Dutch-Flemish Brain Stimulation Foundation, director of the International Clinical TMS Certification Course, co-director of the Center for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN) and the Scientific Director of the Transcranial Brain Stimulation Policlinic at Maastricht University Medical Centre. Sack's research interests mainly surround brain stimulation and applied cognitive neuroscience. He specializes in noninvasive brain stimulation, fundamental and applied cognitive neuroscience, and clinical brain research. Sack was Fellow of The German Academic Scholarship Foundation and a Fellow of the Alzheimer Research Initiative. He has been a member of The Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), and The Young Academy of Europe (YAE).
In this episode of Scientific Talks, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack talks about bridging cognitive research and clinical therapies.
In this episode of Scientific Talks, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack talks about lessons learned from combining TMS and neuroimaging.
In this episode of Scientific Talks, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack talks about the current trends and future perspectives of TMS in psychiatry.
In this episode of Scientific Talks, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack explores the application of TMS in psychiatry—from well-established protocols to the forefront of personalised, state-dependent therapies.
In this episode of Scientific Talks, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack discusses the evidence-based use of TMS in the treatment of mental disorders.
In this Interview series, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack speaks with the inventor of TMS, Prof. Dr. Anthony Barker from the University of Sheffield.
In this first part, Prof. Sack and Prof. Barker talk about the invention of TMS and how it all started.
In this Interview series, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack speaks with the inventor of TMS, Prof. Dr. Anthony Barker from the University of Sheffield.
In this second part, Prof. Sack and Prof. Barker talk about TMS as a research tool and how TMS was adopted by scientists to study the human brain.
In this Interview series, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack speaks with the inventor of TMS, Prof. Dr. Anthony Barker from the University of Sheffield.
In this third part, Prof. Sack and Prof. Barker talk about TMS as a non-pharmacological treatment alternative in neuropsychiatry.
In this episode of Scientific Talks, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack discusses different TMS protocols.
In this Tools and Tutorials video, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack explains how TMS can be applied for the treatment of fibromyalgia. He introduces two recommended treatment protocols that may seem surprising, based on the current knowledge of effective treatment protocols from other disorders.
