publications – BAND Lab

Cognition through the lens of a body-brain dynamic system

July 15, 2022January 15, 2024antocris95

Stepping back from Descartes’ and Newton’s reductionist principles, accumulating evidence shows that body signals (e.g., respiratory and heart rhythms) modulate neural activity and influence cognitive functions.

The body-brain dynamic system (BBDS) provides a dynamic and holistic perspective on the body–brain interface, and aims to explain how such intricate interactions enable individuals to efficiently act in and adapt to a dynamically changing environment.

Find our opinion piece on Trends in Neurosciences.

New paper: Cerebellar circuitry and auditory verbal hallucinations: An integrative synthesis and perspective

October 7, 2020January 15, 2024Pia Brinkmann

New paper from our lab in collaboation with Ana P. Pinheiro, Michael Schwartze and Sonja A. Kotz!

Why do some people hear voices? In the review, the authors propose that auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are associated to changes in the cerebellar cicuitry in the forward model. In short, the reviewed evidence suggests that erratic predictions of sound and voice production are linked to impaired cerebellar function.

Curious? Read the full paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763420305224

New paper: Distinct cortical rhythms in speech and language processing and some more

June 19, 2020January 15, 2024katerinakandylaki

New paper from our lab by Katerina Kandylaki and Sonja Kotz!

Screenshot_2020-06-19 Distinct cortical rhythms in speech and language processing and some more a commentary on Meyer, Sun,[...]

In our commentary to Meyer et al. (2019) we draw attention to three main points to consider in any proposal/theory of neural oscillations for language:

1. Language in context

2. Neurobiological processing of continuous signals

3. Argument structure processing

To read the commentary: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23273798.2020.1757729

Opening up the dialogue, we’d be happy to connect and discuss, so please feel free to contact us!

New paper: ERP mismatch response to phonological and temporal regularities in speech

June 19, 2020January 15, 2024Alexandra Emmendorfer

We are excited to share our new publication “ERP mismatch response to phonological and temporal regularities in speech”, fresh off the press at Scientific Reports! In collaboration with the M-BIC Brain and Language Lab, our PhD candidate Alex Emmendorfer uses a passive oddball paradigm to investigate how our brain makes use of regularities in the phonological and temporal structure of speech.