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Relevant Publications

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Opposing serial effects of stimulus and choice in speech perception scale with context variability

Blank, 2024 Ufer, C. & Blank, H. (2024) Opposing serial effects of stimulus and choice in speech perception scale with context variability. iScience:110611.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110611

Deceptive XAI: Typology, Creation and Detection

Meske, 2024 Schneider, J., Meske, C. & Vlachos, M. (2024). Deceptive XAI: Typology, Creation and Detection. SN Computer Science 5, 81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-023-02401-z

Foundation Models – A New Paradigm for Artificial Intelligence

Meske, 2024 Schneider, J., Meske, C. and Kuss, P. (2024). Foundation Models – A New Paradigm for Artificial Intelligence. Business & Information Systems Engineering 66, 221–231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12599-024-00851-0

Out of touch? How trauma shapes the experience of social touch – neural and endocrine pathways

Scheele, 2024 Stevens L., Bregulla M., Scheele D. (2024). Out of touch? How trauma shapes the experience of social touch – neural and endocrine pathways. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (in press)

Prediction error processing and sharpening of expected information across the face-processing hierarchy

Blank, 2024 Garlichs, A. & Blank, H. (2024). Prediction error processing and sharpening of expected information across the face-processing hierarchy. Nature Communications, 15, 3407.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47749-9

When is learning “effortful”? Scrutinizing the concept of mental effort in cognitively-oriented research from a motivational perspective

Roelle, 2024 Grund, A., Fries, S., Nückles, M., Renkl, A., & Roelle, J. (2024). When is learning “effortful”? Scrutinizing the concept of mental effort in cognitively-oriented research from a motivational perspective. Educational Psychology Review, 36, Article...

Out of touch? How trauma shapes the experience of social touch – neural and endocrine pathways

Scheele, 2024 Stevens L., Bregulla M., Scheele D. (2024). Out of touch? How trauma shapes the experience of social touch – neural and endocrine pathways. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (in press)

Opposing serial effects of stimulus and choice in speech perception scale with context variability

Blank, 2024 Ufer, C. & Blank, H. (2024) Opposing serial effects of stimulus and choice in speech perception scale with context variability. iScience:110611.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110611

Modeling the function of episodic memory in spatial learning

Wiskott, 2023 Zeng, X., Diekmann, N., Wiskott, L., & Cheng, S. (2023). Modeling the function of episodic memory in spatial learning. Frontiers in psychology, 14, 1160648. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1160648

The ALARM theory of consciousness: A two-level theory of phenomenal consciousness

Newen, 2023 Newen, A., & Montemayor, C. (2023). The ALARM theory of consciousness: A two-level theory of phenomenal consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 30(3-4), 84–105. https://doi.org/10.53765/20512201.30.3.084

Profiles of animal consciousness: A species-sensitive, two-tier account to quality and distribution.

Newen, 2023 Dung, L., & Newen, A. (2023). Profiles of animal consciousness: A species-sensitive, two-tier account to quality and distribution. Cognition, 235, 105409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105409

Dynamical Systems Approaches to Cognition

Schöner, 2022 Schöner, G. (in press). Dynamical Systems Approaches to Cognition. In Sun, R (ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press.

A Model of Semantic Completion in Generative Episodic Memory

Cheng, 2022 Fayyaz, Z., Altamimi, A., Zoellner, C., Klein, N., Wolf, O. T., Cheng, S., & Wiskott, L. (2022). A Model of Semantic Completion in Generative Episodic Memory. Neural Computation, 34(9), 1841–1870.

Mechanistic flexibility of the Retrosplenial Cortex enables its contribution to spatial cognition

Manahan-Vaughan, 2022 Stacho M, Manahan-Vaughan D (2022) Mechanistic flexibility of the Retrosplenial Cortex enables its contribution to spatial cognition. Trends Neurosci. 45:284- 296. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2022.01.007

Quo Vadis Psychiatry? Why It Is Time to Endorse Evolutionary Theory

Brüne, 2022 Brüne, M., Palanza, P., Parmigiani, S., & Troisi, A. (2022). Quo Vadis Psychiatry? Why It Is Time to Endorse Evolutionary Theory. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 210(4), 235-245.

Minds, Brains, and Deep Learning: The Development of Cognitive Science Through the Lens of Kant’s Approach to Cognition

Schlicht, 2022 Schlicht, T. (2022). 1 Minds, Brains, and Deep Learning: The Development of Cognitive Science Through the Lens of Kant’s Approach to Cognition. Kant and Artificial Intelligence.

Constructing a wider view on memory – Beyond the dichotomy of field and observer perspectives

Peters, Cosentino & Werning, 2022 Peeters, A., Cosentino, E., & Werning, M. (2022). Constructing a wider view on memory – Beyond the dichotomy of field and observer perspectives. In A. Berninger & Í. V. Ferran (eds.), Memory and Imagination (pp. 165–190)....

Development of a Novice-Friendly Representation of Camouflaged Boolean Networks

Elson, 2021 Hamadache, S., & Elson, M. (2021). Development of a Novice-Friendly Representation of Camouflaged Boolean Networks. In A. Moallem (Hrsg.), HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust (S. 41–49). Springer International Publishing....

Death anxiety and depression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients and their primary caregivers

Tegenthoff, 2018 Grabler, M. R., Weyen, U., Juckel, G., Tegenthoff, M., & Mavrogiorgou-Juckel, P. (2018). Death Anxiety and Depression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients and Their Primary Caregivers. Frontiers in Neurology, 9, 1035....

Factivity variation in episodic memory reports

Liefke & Werning, 2022 Liefke, K., & Werning, M. (in press). Factivity variation in episodic memory reports. In Y. Katsutoshi, T. Yasufumi, & K. Mineshima (Eds.), New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Heidelberg:...

Retaliation or selfishness? An rTMS investigation of the role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in prosocial motives

Brüne, 2018 Müller-Leinß, J.-M., Enzi, B., Flasbeck, V., & Brüne, M. (2018). Retaliation or selfishness? An rTMS investigation of the role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in prosocial motives. Social Neuroscience, 13(6), 701–709....

When is learning “effortful”? Scrutinizing the concept of mental effort in cognitively-oriented research from a motivational perspective

Roelle, 2024 Grund, A., Fries, S., Nückles, M., Renkl, A., & Roelle, J. (2024). When is learning “effortful”? Scrutinizing the concept of mental effort in cognitively-oriented research from a motivational perspective. Educational Psychology Review, 36, Article...

Understanding another person’s emotions – an interdisciplinary research approach

Brüne, 2018 Juckel, G., Heinisch, C., Welpinghus, A., & Brüne, M. (2018). Understanding Another Person’s Emotions-An Interdisciplinary Research Approach. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 414. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00414

Drohen mit dem Einsatz von Künstlicher Intelligenz neue Menschenwürdeverletzungen?

Weber-Guskar, 2021 Weber-Guskar, E. (2021). Drohen mit dem Einsatz von Künstlicher Intelligenz neue Menschenwürdeverletzungen? In R. Kipke, N. Röttger, J. Wagner, & A. K. v. Wedelstaedt (Hrsg.), ZusammenDenken: Festschrift für Ralf Stoecker (S. 227–247). Springer...

Avian navigation: Head direction cells in the quail hippocampus

Rose, 2021 Apostel, A., & Rose, J. (2021). Avian navigation: Head direction cells in the quail hippocampus. Current Biology, 31(12), R781–R783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.071

The ALARM theory of consciousness: A two-level theory of phenomenal consciousness

Newen, 2023 Newen, A., & Montemayor, C. (2023). The ALARM theory of consciousness: A two-level theory of phenomenal consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 30(3-4), 84–105. https://doi.org/10.53765/20512201.30.3.084