Manuel Schabus

Talking Brains: Neonatal Aperiodic Activity in Resting State EEG Relates to Later Communicative Abilities

This study finds that neonatal resting-state EEG aperiodic activity relates to 12-month communicative abilities in typically developing infants, showing an inverted U-shaped relationship.

From Variability to Synchrony: Non-linear Development of Auditory Neural Responses During the First Year of Life

This study tracks auditory neural development in infants using hdEEG, showing increased neural synchrony and reduced variability over the first year, with a nonlinear pattern of phase synchronization.

Sleep Preserves, Wake Differentiates: Strength-Dependent Forgetting of Declarative Memories Across the Retention Interval

This study shows sleep preserves declarative memories regardless of initial strength, while wakefulness selectively impairs weak memories.

Fetal Dehydroepiandrosterone from Hair Samples at Birth Predicts Language Development

This study finds that fetal DHEA levels measured in newborn hair predict lower language scores at six months, while testosterone and cognitive abilities are not associated.

Maternal characteristics and their relation to early mother-child interaction and cognitive development in toddlers

The paper examines how maternal personality traits and mental health relate to early child cognitive development and mother-child interaction patterns in toddlers.

FEATURE-SPECIFIC ANTICIPATORY PROCESSING FADES DURING HUMAN SLEEP

This paper investigates predictive processing during sleep by analyzing neural responses to predictable and random tones using EEG and MEG, finding that predictive patterns fade as sleep progresses.

Non-guided, Mobile, CBT-I-based Sleep Training in War-torn Ukraine: A Feasibility Study

This study evaluates a mobile, unguided CBT-I sleep intervention in Ukraine, showing high feasibility and significant reductions in sleep and mental health symptoms.

Neural speech tracking in newborns: prenatal learning and contributing factors

The paper investigates prenatal language learning in newborns using EEG, finding evidence of discrimination between familiar and unfamiliar rhymes, prosodic learning, and correlations between maternal depression, fetal stress, and later language development.

The Temporal Dynamics of Aperiodic Neural Activity Track Changes in Sleep Architecture

This study examines aperiodic neural activity across broader frequency ranges during sleep, finding that complex models with knee features capture sleep-stage differences and temporal dynamics.

Slow oscillation-spindle coupling strength predicts real-life gross-motor learning in adolescents and adults

The paper shows that stronger coupling between slow oscillations and spindles during sleep predicts better motor learning in adolescents and adults.

The brain tunes to unfamiliar voices during sleeping

This study investigates how the sleeping brain responds to familiar and unfamiliar voices, finding that unfamiliar voices elicit stronger neural responses, particularly through K-complexes and oscillatory activity.

Actigraphy in brain-injured patients - A valid measurement for assessing circadian rhythms?

This study assesses whether circadian rhythms in brain-injured patients can be accurately measured using actigraphy after correcting for passive movements.

On the development of sleep states in the first weeks of life

This study uses machine learning to analyze EEG complexity and sleep stages in newborns, showing rapid developmental changes in NREM and REM sleep.

Standing Sentinel during Human Sleep: Continued Evaluation of Environmental Stimuli in the Absence of Consciousness

The paper evaluates how environmental stimuli are processed during different sleep stages, finding that voice familiarity assessment continues during sleep and that sleep spindles and slow oscillations modulate stimulus processing based on salience.