Personal Details

Name:  Patricia Milz, Dr. phil.

E-Mail: patricia.milz@key.uzh.ch

Institutes:

The KEY Institute for Brain-Mind Research
University Hospital of Psychiatry 
Hegibachstrasse 30
CH-8032 Zurich

Memberships:

· Member of the Swiss Society for Neuroscience

· Member of the Federation of European Neurosciences

· Associate Member of the European Psychiatric Association

Research Interests

· EEG Analysis Methodology: Connectivity Analysis, Microstate Analysis, eLORETA source localization, functional Independent Component Analysis

· Integration of Mobile Technology in Longitudinal Data Assessment

· Brain Electric Intra- and Inter-Individual Variability with regard to Emotional and Cognitive Processing

· Brain Electric Characteristics of Psychiatric Disorders and Psychiatric Risk Groups

· Brain Electric Mechanisms of Meditation and Altered States of Consciousness

Previous Research

1. Theses

Doctoral Thesis

Milz, P. (2015). Brain electric mechanisms of modalities of thinking. Dr. phil. Thesis University of Zurich, April 2016. Print.

Master Thesis

Milz, P. (2010). Brain electric mechanisms of body- and mind-oriented attention - intracerebral functional connectivity and subjective experience. M.Sc. Thesis University of Zurich, May 2010. Print.

2. Original Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

2016-2 Milz, P., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Lehmann, D., & Faber, P.L. (2016). Modalities of thinking: state and trait effects on cross-frequency functional independent brain networks. Brain Topography, 29: 477-490

2016-1 Milz, P., Faber, P., Lehmann, D., Koenig, T., Kochi, K., & Pascual-Marqui, R.D. (2016). The functional significance of EEG microstates – associations with modalities of thinking. Neuroimage, 125: 643-656.

2014-4 Faber, P.L., Lehmann, D., Gianotti, L.R., Milz, P., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Held, M., & Kochi, K. (2014). Zazen meditation and no-task resting EEG compared with LORETA intracortical source localization. Cognitive Processing, 16: 87-96.

2014-3 Lehmann, D., Faber, P.L., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Milz, P., Herrmann, W.M., Koukkou, M., Sai-to, N., Winterer, G., & Kochi, K. (2014). Functionally aberrant electrophysiological cortical connectivities in first episode medication-naive schizophrenics from three psychiatry centers. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8: 635.

2014-2 Painold, A., Faber, P.L., Milz, P., Reininghaus, E.Z., Holl, A.K., Letmaier, M., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Reininghaus, B., Kapfhammer, H.-P., & Lehmann, D. (2014). Brain electrical source imaging in manic and depressive episodes of bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders, 16: 690-702.

2014-1 Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Lehmann, D., Kochi, K., & Pascual-Marqui, R.D. (2014). sLORETA intracortical lagged coherence during breath counting in meditation-naïve participants. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8: 303.

2012-3 Lehmann, D., Faber, P.L., Tei, S., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Milz, P., & Kochi, K. (2012). Reduced functional connectivity between cortical sources in five meditation traditions detected with lagged coherence using EEG tomography. Neuroimage, 60: 1574-1586.

2012-2 Cardeña, E., Lehmann, D., Faber, P.L., Jönsson, P., Milz, P., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., & Kochi, K. (2012). EEG sLORETA functional imaging during hypnotic arm levitation and voluntary arm lifting. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 60: 31-53.

2012-1 Schlegel, F., Lehmann, D., Faber, P.L., Milz, P., & Gianotti, L.R.R. (2012). EEG microstates during resting represent personality differences. Brain Topography, 25: 20-26.

3. Book Chapters

2015-1 Koukkou, M., Faber, P.L., & Milz, P. (2015). Sociocultural and scientific beliefs: interrelationships and the experience of well- or mal-being. In Soldatos, C., Dikeos, D., Ruiz, P., Bhugra, D., & Riba, M. (Eds.) Pluralism in psychiatry – II. Multidimensional considerations, (pp. 145-149). Pianoro, Italy: Medimond.

4. Other Relevant Publications

2016-2 Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Faber, P.L., Kinoshita, T., Kitaura, Y., Kochi, K., Milz, P., Nishida, K., & Yoshimura, M. (2016). The dual frequency RV-coupling coefficient: a novel measure for quantifying cross-frequency information transactions in the brain. arXiv: 1603.05343.

2016-1 Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Faber, P., Kinoshita, T., Kitaura, Y., Kochi, K., Milz, P. Nishida, K., & Yoshimura, M. (2016). The dual frequency RV-coupling coefficient: a novel measure for quantifying cross-frequency information transactions in the brain. arXiv: 1603.05343.

2015-1 Faber, P.L., Milz, P., & Lehmann, D. (2015). EEG of two persons during their roles as spiritual trance healer and as client – a pilot study. Human Cognitive Neurophysiology, 8: 23-29.

2014-1 Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Lehmann, D., Faber, P.L., Milz, P., Kochi K., Yoshimura, M., Nishida, K., Isotani, T., & Kinoshita, T. (2014). The resting microstate networks (RMN): cortical distributions, dynamics, and frequency specific information flow. arXiv: 1411.1949.

5. Abstracts of Presentations at Scientific Congresses

2016-1 Milz, P. (2016, March). KEYPY – an open source library for EEG microstate analysis. – Poster presented at the Congress of the European Psychiatric Association, Madrid, Spain (Abstract book, p. 618).

2015-2 Milz, P., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Lehmann, D., & Faber, P.L. (2015, October). Cross-frequency functional independent brain networks – associations with modalities of thinking. Human Cognitive Neurophysiology. – Oral presentation at the German EEG/EP Mapping Meeting, Giessen, Germany (Abstract book, p. 26).

2015-1 Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Lehmann, D., Kochi, K., & Pascual-Marqui, R.D. (2015, January). The four EEG microstate classes – associations with visual and verbal processing. – Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Neuroscience, Fribourg, Switzerland (Abstract book, p. 51).

2014-1 Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Kochi, K., & Lehmann, D. (2014, October). Verbalizing or visualizing thoughts correlates with hemispheric amplitude and latency of checkerboard ERP. Human Cognitive Neurophysiology 7(1): 39. – Poster presented at the German EEG/EP Mapping Meeting, Giessen, Germany (Abstract book, p. 26).

2013-3 Painold, A., Reininghaus, E.Z., Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Lackner, N., Bengesser, S., Letmaier, M., Holl, A.K., Lehmann, D., & Kapfhammer, H.P. (2013, November). Reduced bitemporal electrical activity during euthymia - source localization in bipolar disorder versus controls. – Poster presented at the DGPPN Congress, Berlin, Germany.

2013-2 Milz, P., Faber, P.L., & Lehmann, D. (2013, September). EEG spectral power affected by meditation: a longitudinal case study. – Poster presented at the Annual ZNZ Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland (Abstract book, p. 62).

2013-1 Painold, A., Reininghaus, E.Z., Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Lackner, N., Bengesser, S., Letmaier, M., Holl, A.K., Lehmann, D., & Kapfhammer, H.-P. (2013, September). Increased frontal theta during depression compared to mania – an intra-individual source localization study. – Poster presented at the Annual ZNZ Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland (Abstract book, p. 70).

2012-9 Painold, A., Milz, P., Kapfhammer, H.-P., Pieber, T., Lerchbaum, E., & Obermayer-Pietsch, B. (2012, September). Disturbed eating behavior and its influences on the quality of life in polycystic ovary syndrome. Journal für Klinische Endokrinologie und Stoffwechsel: 5(3): 94. – Poster presented at the Congress of the European Neuroendocrine Association, Vienna, Austria.

2012-8 Painold, A., Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Anderer, P., Letmaier, M., Holl, A.K., Saletu, B., Kapfhammer, H.P., Kochi, K., & Lehmann, D. (2012, June). Functional network disruption in Huntington's disease. – Poster presented at the International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, Dublin, Ireland.

2012-7 Faber, P.L., Painold, A., Milz, P., Kapfhammer, H.-P., & Lehmann, D. (2012, June). Increased frontal theta during depression compared to mania – an intra-individual source localization study. – Poster presented at the NCCR Neuro Concluding Symposium and the Annual ZNZ Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland (Abstract book, p. 109).

2012-6 Painold, A., P. Milz, Kapfhammer, H.-P., Pieber, T., Obermayer-Pietsch, B., & Lerchbaum, B. (2012, April). Correlates of foodcraving and quality of life in polycystic ovary syndrome. Journal für Klinische Endokrinologie und Stoffwechsel. Special issue 1. – Poster presented at the Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Endokrinologie und Stoffwechsel, Graz, Austria.

2012-5 Painold, A., Milz, P., Letmaier, M., Kapfhammer, H-P., Pieber, T., Lerchbaum, E., & Obermayer-Pietsch, B. (2012, April). Lebensqualität bei Polycystischem Ovar-Syndrom aus endokrinologisch-psychiatrischer Betrachtung. Journal für Klinische Endokrinologie und Stoffwechsel. Special issue 1. – Poster presented at the Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Endokrinologie und Stoffwechsel, Graz, Austria.

2012-4 Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Theodoropoulou, A., Tei, S., & Lehmann, D. (2012, April). Brain Electric Activity during Arithmetic – an EEG source localization study. – Poster presented at the Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Graz, Austria (Abstract book, p. 112).

2012-3 Lehmann, D., Faber, P.L., Tei, S., Pascual-Marqui, R. D., Milz, P., & Kochi, K. (2012, March). Reduced functional connectivity in meditation detected with lagged intracerebral coherence. – Poster presented at the Symposium “Behind and Beyond the Brain” (BIAL), Porto, Portugal.

2012-2 Painold, A., Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Anderer, P., Kapfhammer, H-P., Kochi, K., & Lehmann, D. (2012, March). Reduced intracortical functional connectivity in Huntington’s disease. – Poster presented at the European Congress of Psychiatry, Prague, Czech Republic.

2012-1 Lehmann, D., Faber, P.L., Tei, S., Pascual-Marquie, R.D., Milz, P., & Kochi, K. (2012, February). sLORETA lagged functional connectivity is reduced during meditation. – Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Neuroscience (SSN), Zurich, Switzerland.

2011-8 Milz, P., Theodoropoulou, A., Faber, P.L., Schlegel, F., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Kochi, K., & Lehmann, D. (2011, September). What happens in the brain during simple mental computation – an EEG sLORETA source localization study. – Poster presented at the Annual ZNZ Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland.

2011-7 Theodoropoulou, A., Tei, S., Lehmann, D., Faber, P.L., Schlegel, F., & Milz, P. (2011, March). EEG frequency band sLORETA sources during mental arithmetic compared to resting. European Psychiatry 26, Suppl. 1: 945.

2011-6 Faber, P.L., Lehmann, D., Milz, P., Tei, S., & Kochi, K. (2011, March). Dimensionality of multichannel EEG (Omega Complexity) during meditation in five traditions. European Psychiatry 26, Suppl. 1: 944.

2011-5 Milz, P., Theodoropoulou, A., Tei, S., Faber, P.L., Kochi, K., & Lehmann, D. (2011, March). Common EEG spectral power characteristics during meditation in five meditation traditions. European Psychiatry 26, Suppl. 1: 944.

2011-4 Theodoripoulou, A., Tei, S., Lehmann, D., Faber, P.L., Schlegel, F., & Milz, P. (2011, March). EEG frequency band sLORETA sources during mental arithmetic compared to resting. – Poster presented at the European Congress of Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria.

2011-3 Theodoropoulou, A., Milz, P., Lehmann, D. Faber, P.L., Schlegel, F., Pascual-Marquie, R.D., & Kochi, K. (2011, January). EEG sLORETA source localization during arithmetic compared to no-task resting. – Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Biological Psychiatry (SSBP), Lausanne, Switzerland.

2011-2 Faber, P.L., Lehmann, D, Milz, P., Tei, S., & Kochi, K. (2011, January). Multichannel EEG dimensionality (Omega Complexity) during meditation in five meditation traditions. – Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Biological Psychiatry (SSBP), Lausanne, Switzerland.

2011-1 Milz, P., Faber, P., Pascual-Marqui, R., Kieko, K., & Lehmann, D. (2011, January). Comparing EEG coherence: head-surface, intracerebral and lagged. – Poster presented at the Union of Swiss Societies for Experimental Biology Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland.

2010-10 Lehmann, D., Cardeña, E., Faber, P.L., Jönsson, P., Milz, P., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., & Kochi, K. (2010, October). Functional sLORETA tomography of EEG during hypnotic and voluntary arm lifting. – Poster presented at the German EEG/EP Mapping Meeting, Giessen, Germany.

2010-9 Schlegel, F., Lehmann, D., Faber, P., Milz, P., & Kochi, K. (2010, October). The syntax of EEG microstates is sequence-inverted in skeptics and believers of paranormal phenomena. – Poster presented at the German EEG/EP Mapping Meeting, Giessen, Germany.

2010-8 Faber, P.L., Milz, P., Schlegel, F., & Lehmann, D. (2010, October). qEEG during trance healing: simultaneous results from healer and client. – Poster presented at the German EEG/EP Mapping Meeting, Giessen, Germany.

2010-7 Schlegel, F., Faber, P., Milz, P., Kochi, K., & Lehmann, D. (2010, September). Believers in paranormal phenomena show opposite temporal pattern than skeptics in the syntax of EEG microstates. – Poster presented at the Annual ZNZ Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland.

2010-6 Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Kochi, K., & Lehmann, D. (2010, September). Subjectively experienced quality of breath counting and EEG LORETA lagged coherence. – Poster presented at the Annual ZNZ Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland.

2010-5 Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Kochi, K., & Lehmann, D. (2010, June). sLORETA-EEG lagged coherence during breath counting varies with subject-rated performance. – Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Barcelona, Spain.

2010-4 Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Kochi, K., & Lehmann, D. (2010, June). Differences between EEG coherence measures of functional connectivity. – Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Barcelona, Spain.

2010-3 Milz, P., Faber, P. L., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., & Lehmann, D. (2010, March). Intracerebral functional (LORETA) connectivity during attention to bodily and mental processes and resting. – Poster presented at the European Congress of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.

2010-2 Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., & Lehmann, D. (2010, March). sLORETA EEG lagged coherence during resting and during bodily and mental attention. – Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Neuroscience (SSN), Lausanne, Switzerland (Abstract book, p. 33).

2010-1 Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., Kochi, K., & Lehmann, D. (2010, March). Functional Connectivity between brain regions during bodily and mental attention. – Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Biological Psychiatry (SSBP), Zurich, Switzerland.

2009-1 Milz, P., Faber, P.L., Pascual-Marqui, R.D., & Lehmann, D. (2009, October). EEG-LORETA lagged coherence during resting, attention to calculation and attention to breathing. – Oral presentation at the German EEG/EP Mapping Meeting, Giessen, Germany.