Dr. Christian J. Merz, Ph.D. is a Principal Investigator at the Ruhr University Bochum. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy at the Ruhr University Bochum. His Clinical Interests are Learning, Memory, Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Stress, Sex Differences, Psychophysiology, Stress Hormones, Fear Conditioning, Emotional Learning, and Episodic Memory.