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Tamás Spisák
Essen University HospitalORCID 0000-0002-2942-0821Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
Biology Disciplines
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2019-2026 · peak 5/yrCo-Author Collaboration Network
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- BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Reinforcement Learning via Brain Feedback for real-time fMRI-based adaptive stimulus generation
Giuseppe Gallitto, Robert Englert, Bálint Kincses…·Tamás Spisák
This paper introduces RLBF, a framework for real-time fMRI-based adaptive stimulus generation using reinforcement learning, validated in a study optimizing visual stimuli to enhance V1 responses.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.08.743648 - NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
Layer-specific cortical processing dissociates sensory and cognitive influences on pain
Bálint Kincses, Viktor Pfaffenrot, Katharina Puchner…·Ulrike Bingel
The paper uses high-resolution fMRI to show that sensory and cognitive influences on pain are processed in distinct cortical layers, linking circuit organization to behavioral outcomes.
- NeuroscienceNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Predicting individual differences of fear and cognitive learning and extinction
Carlos Alexandre Gomes, Dominik R. Bach, Adeel Razi…·Nikolai Axmacher
The paper predicts individual differences in fear and cognitive learning and extinction using multimodal neural connectivity patterns from a large dataset.
- NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
Cerebellar activation in human placebo analgesia: Bridging findings from mice to humans
Zhaoxing Wei, Tamás Spisák, Dagmar Timmann…·Tor Dessart Wager
This study identifies cerebellar and pontine brain regions involved in human placebo analgesia, linking findings from animal models to human neuroimaging data.
- NeuroscienceCommunications BiologyPeer-reviewed
On the replicability of diffusion weighted MRI-based brain-behavior models
Raviteja Kotikalapudi, Bálint Kincses, Giuseppe Gallitto…·Tamás Spisák
This paper evaluates the replicability of diffusion-weighted MRI-based brain-behavior models and finds moderate replicability with small sample sizes, but higher replicability for trait-like phenotypes.
- NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
Meta-analytic evidence for distinct neural correlates of conditioned vs. verbally induced placebo analgesia
Tamás Spisák, Helena Hartmann, Matthias Zunhammer…·Ulrike Bingel
This study compares neural mechanisms of placebo analgesia induced by verbal suggestions and conditioning, finding distinct brain activity patterns and enhanced analgesia when combined.
- NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
Common and distinct neural mechanisms of aversive and appetitive pain-related learning
Jialin Li, Katharina Schmidt, Lea Busch…·Ulrike Bingel
This study compares neural mechanisms of appetitive and aversive pain-related learning using fMRI, finding shared and distinct brain activity patterns during acquisition and extinction.
- BioinformaticsGigaSciencePeer-reviewed
External validation of machine learning models - registered models and adaptive sample splitting
Giuseppe Gallitto, Robert Englert, Bálint Kincses…·Tamás Spisák
The paper proposes an adaptive splitting method for external validation of machine learning models to improve generalizability and replicability in predictive modeling studies.
45 citationstop 1% - NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
Functional Connectivity-based Attractor Dynamics in Rest, Task, and Disease
Robert Englert, Bálint Kincses, Raviteja Kotikalapudi…·Tamás Spisák
This paper introduces fcANNs, a model of brain dynamics based on functional connectivity, showing it can reconstruct and predict brain activity in rest, tasks, and disease states.
2 citations - NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
Replicable multivariate BWAS with moderate sample sizes
Tamás Spisák, Ulrike Bingel, Tor Dessart Wager
This paper challenges claims that multivariate BWAS require large sample sizes, showing they can be replicable with smaller samples when using proper methodology.
23 citations - NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
Gray matter cortical thickness predicts individual pain sensitivity: a multi-center machine learning approach
Raviteja Kotikalapudi, Bálint Kincses, Matthias Zunhammer…·Tamás Spisák
This study develops a multi-center machine learning model using gray matter cortical thickness to predict individual pain sensitivity, achieving a moderate predictive performance.
- NeuroscienceScientific ReportsPeer-reviewed
Deciphering the scopolamine challenge rat model by preclinical functional MRI
Gergely Somogyi, Dávid Hlatky, Tamás Spisák…·András Czurkó
This study uses functional MRI in rats to investigate the effects of scopolamine and butylscopolamine on brain activation, revealing central and peripheral effects under different anesthetic conditions.
- NeuroscienceNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Pain-free resting-state functional brain connectivity predicts individual pain sensitivity
Tamás Spisák, Bálint Kincses, Frederik Schlitt…·Ulrike Bingel
The paper identifies a resting-state brain connectivity pattern predictive of individual pain sensitivity without painful stimulation.
- BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Optimal choice of parameters in functional connectome-based predictive modelling might be biased by motion: comment on Dadi et al.
Tamás Spisák, Bálint Kincses, Ulrike Bingel
The paper examines how motion artifacts may bias parameter choices in functional connectome-based predictive models, suggesting the need for careful consideration of sparsity and non-neural confounds.
3 citations - NeuroscienceScientific ReportsPeer-reviewed
Purkinje cell number-correlated cerebrocerebellar circuit anomaly in the valproate model of autism
Tamás Spisák, Viktor Román, Edit Papp…·András Czurkó
The paper investigates cerebrocerebellar circuit anomalies in a prenatal valproate model of autism using MRI and immunohistology, finding altered BOLD responses and reduced Purkinje cell numbers.