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Upcoming Events
<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Megan Entwistle (Université Grenoble Alpes) <br><b>TBA</b>
<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Monika Dunin-Kozicka (Lublin)<br><b>An Experiential Account of Pretense</b>
<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Daniel Burnston (Tulane University) & Tomas J. Ryan (Trinity College Dublin/CIFAR)<br><b>An Alternative to Encoding for Thinking About Neural Representation</b>
<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Jakub Rudnicki (RUB) <br><b>TBA</b>
<i>Psychology</i> <br>Mats Dombrowe (RUB) <br><b>Tau pathology disrupts neural navigation codes in the human medial temporal lobe</b>
<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Stephan Pohl (NYU) & Wej Ji Ma (NYU)<br><b>Clarifying the Conceptual Dimensions of Representation in Neuroscience</b>
Relevant Publications
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The effects of pre-extinction stress vs. physical exercise on contextual retrieval and generalization
Selective spatial attention to competing speakers in azimuth and depth: Evidence from real and virtual environments
Stress, path integration, and the entorhinal cortex
Reading media and multitasking: effects on comprehension and metacomprehension when reading multiple texts
A computationally efficient music processing algorithm for cochlear implants based on an auditory adaptation model
Selective spatial attention to competing speakers in azimuth and depth: Evidence from real and virtual environments
The impact of contingency awareness on the neurocircuitry underlying pain-related fear and safety learning
Representational dynamics during extinction of fear memories in the human brain
Learning What to Remember: Semantic Attention in Generative Episodic Memory Model. In Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN).
Fayyaz, Z., Rathjens, J., Cheng, S., & Wiskott, L.. (2026). Learning What to Remember: Semantic Attention in Generative Episodic Memory Model. In Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN).
From Gut Feeling to Gray Matter: Mapping Defecation Urgency in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Costly pain avoidance and its impact on the modulation and extinction of visceral pain-related fear
Abstract Along the gut-brain axis, visceral pain demonstrably evokes emotional learning and memory processes shaping behavior in clinically relevant ways. Avoidance motivated by learned fear may constitute a major obstacle to treatment success in extinction-based interventions. However, the effects of …
The multidimensional profile methodology (MPM) for comparative cognition: towards a universal strategy of understanding animal minds
Abstract How can we develop an adequate scientific understanding of the minds of nonhuman animals? We argue for a methodology based on multi-dimensional profile accounts. Such accounts are already used for the comparative study of norm cognition, consciousness, empathy and …
The Relationship Between Vividness of Positive Future-Oriented Mental Imagery, Anhedonia, and Positive Affect
The vividness with which people can imagine positive events happening in their future has been linked to a number of different aspects of psychopathology and wellbeing. These relationships are hypothesised to arise from the role of mental imagery in thinking …
Representational dynamics during extinction of fear memories in the human brain
Abstract Extinction learning—the suppression of a previously acquired fear response—is critical for adaptive behaviour and core for understanding the aetiology and treatment of anxiety disorders. Electrophysiological studies in rodents have revealed critical roles of theta (4–12 Hz) oscillations in amygdala and …
Opposing serial effects of stimulus and choice in speech perception scale with context variability
Prediction error processing and sharpening of expected information across the face-processing hierarchy
Posttraining noradrenergic stimulation maintains hippocampal engram reactivation and episodic-like specificity of remote memory
Abstract Recent findings indicate that noradrenergic arousal maintains long-term episodic-like specificity of memory. However, the neural mechanism of how norepinephrine can alter the temporal dynamics of systems consolidation to maintain hippocampus dependency of remote memory is currently unknown. Memories are …
When is learning “effortful”? Scrutinizing the concept of mental effort in cognitively-oriented research from a motivational perspective
Positive mental health predicts amelioration of suicidal ideation in patients undergoing cognitive behavioral therapy
Background Positive mental health has been shown to confer resilience against suicidal ideation and behavior. Yet, studies on treatment seeking populations are rare. The aim of the present study was to investigate, whether PMH predicts the amelioration of suicidal ideation …

