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Relevant Publications

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Remembering without (representational) memory: a neuro-computational study on regaining categoricity and compositionality from minimal traces

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Fayyaz, Z., Righetti, F., Wiskott, L., & Werning, M. (2025). Remembering without (representational) memory: a neuro-computational study on regaining categoricity and compositionality from minimal traces. Philosophical Psychology, 1–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2025.2522966

Extinction context is learned by pigeons, not given by the environment

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Peschken, J., Hahn, L. A., Pusch, R., & Rose, J. (2025). Extinction context is learned by pigeons, not given by the environment. Communications Psychology, 3(1), 83. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00261-2

Prior knowledge activation as preparation prior to instruction: does the coverage of relevant prior knowledge affect learning?

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Brand, C., Loibl, K., & Rummel, N. (2025). Prior knowledge activation as preparation prior to instruction: does the coverage of relevant prior knowledge affect learning? Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-025-09727-6

The Mix Matters: Exploring the Interplay Between Epistemic and Zetetic Norms in Scientific Disagreement

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Justin, M., Šešelja, D., Straßer, C., & Trpin, B. (2025). The Mix Matters: Exploring the Interplay Between Epistemic and Zetetic Norms in Scientific Disagreement. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 737742. https://doi.org/10.1086/737742

The Relationship Between Vividness of Positive Future-Oriented Mental Imagery, Anhedonia, and Positive Affect

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Blackwell, S. E., Westermann, K., Margraf, J., & Woud, M. L. (2025). The Relationship Between Vividness of Positive Future-Oriented Mental Imagery, Anhedonia, and Positive Affect. Psychological Reports, 00332941251335587. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251335587

A neural signature of touch aversion and interpersonal problems in Borderline Personality Disorder

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An Experimental Investigation of the Causal Role of Mental Imagery in the Experience of Involuntary Memories

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Bagheri, M., Woud, M., Fachri Oglou, I., Fachri Oglou, F., Ratzkowski, J., Margraf, J., & Blackwell, S. (2025). An Experimental Investigation of the Causal Role of Mental Imagery in the Experience of Involuntary Memories. Journal of Emotion and Psychopathology, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.55913/joep.v1i2.48

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Regional prefrontal and hippocampal differences in gray matter volume are linked to the propensity for renewal in extinction learning

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Interindividual Variability in Memory Performance Is Related to Corticothalamic Networks during Memory Encoding and Retrieval

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