Marcel Braß

Parallel control of conjunctive and compositional representations supports dynamic task preparation

The paper investigates how neural task representations adapt to task uncertainty using fMRI, finding dissociable modulations of conjunctive and compositional representations in the frontoparietal network.

Interpersonal Synchrony and Implicit Identification

The paper examines how synchronous movement affects implicit self-concept and self-other blurring using the IAT and IOS scale, finding increased self-other blurring and altered semantic associations with synchronous group images.

Shared Rhythm to Shared Vision: Synchronous Marching increases Conformity on Perceptual Decision making

This study finds that synchronous marching increases conformity in perceptual decision-making tasks under low stimulus conditions.

Concurrent response and action effect representations across the somatomotor cortices during novel task preparation.

The paper investigates how instructions pre-activate motor and perceptual neural states in somatomotor cortices during novel task preparation, finding pre-activation of response-related templates in action control regions.

Coordinated social interactions are supported by integrated neural representations

The paper investigates how humans coordinate joint actions through neural representations, finding that integrated motor plans emerge during synchronized interactions but not during independent ones.

Hebbian learning of stimulus-response associations using transcranial magnetic stimulation

This study shows that pairing visual stimuli with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the motor cortex can create stimulus-response associations that influence behavior, with effects dependent on TMS intensity and timing.

Effects of experiencing CS-US pairings on instructed fear reversal

The paper investigates whether verbal instructions about fear reversal can override memory traces of prior CS-US pairings in brain regions using fMRI and representational similarity analysis.

Adaptive coding of stimulus information in human fronto-parietal cortex during visual classification

This study uses fMRI and RSA to show that frontoparietal cortex encodes exemplar-level stimulus information during visual classification, contrary to expectations that such coding would be restricted to posterior regions.

EEG frequency tagging evidence of intact social interaction recognition in adults with autism

The paper investigates neural responses to third-party social interactions in adults with and without autism using EEG frequency tagging, finding no difference in social interaction recognition between groups.

Theta-phase connectivity between medial prefrontal and posterior areas underlies novel instructions implementation

The paper shows that theta-phase connectivity between medial prefrontal and posterior brain areas increases during the implementation of novel instructions compared to their maintenance, supporting a role for theta oscillations in task execution.

Metacognitive awareness of difficulty in action selection: the role of the cingulo-opercular network

The paper investigates brain circuits involved in metacognitive awareness of difficulty during action selection, finding increased activity in the rostral cingulate zone and anterior insula during subjective difficulty ratings.

Implicit agency is related to gamma power changes in an automatic imitation task

The paper examines neural oscillations during an automatic imitation task and finds that gamma power changes correlate with implicit agency.

Neural oscillations track the maintenance and proceduralization of novel instructions

The paper investigates how neural oscillations track the proceduralization of novel instructions through EEG recordings and time-frequency analysis, finding distinct theta, mu, and beta activity patterns during implementation versus maintenance.

Frontoparietal action-oriented codes support novel instruction implementation

This study uses fMRI to show that frontoparietal brain regions contain both procedural and declarative representations of novel instructions, with procedural activation predicting behavioral performance.

Faster model updating in autism during early sensory processing

This study investigates whether autism is characterized by faster or slower model updating during early sensory processing by comparing mismatch negativity (MMN) responses in autism and control groups.

Outcome contingency selectively affects the neural coding of outcomes but not of tasks

The paper examines how outcome contingency affects neural coding of rewards and tasks using fMRI, finding enhanced reward coding but no task coding differences under contingency.

Defining the neural correlates of spontaneous theory of mind (ToM): An fMRI mega-analytic investigation

This study investigates the neural correlates of spontaneous theory of mind using fMRI mega-analysis, finding activation in posterior parietal cortex and visuospatial regions, but not medial prefrontal cortex.

I believe, therefore I am: Effects of self-control beliefs on behavioral and electrophysiological markers of inhibitory and emotional attention control

This study investigates how expectations about self-control, induced by a placebo/nocebo procedure, affect behavioral and electrophysiological markers of inhibitory and emotional attention control.

Spontaneous mentalizing after early interpersonal trauma: Evidence for hypoactivation of the temporoparietal junction

This fMRI study finds that early interpersonal trauma reduces right temporoparietal junction activation during mentalizing tasks, with PTSS influencing neural effects.

Representing Multiple Observed Actions in the Motor System

This study shows the motor system can represent multiple observed actions through fMRI, revealing a mechanism for processing social interactions.