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New Perspective paper in Neuron by Waschke et al.
We are excited to share that former Obleserlab PhD student Leo Waschke, together with his new (Doug Garrett, Niels Kloosterman) and old (Jonas Obleser) lab has published an in-depth perspective piece in Neuron, with the provocative title “Behavior need neural variability”. … Continue reading
New paper in Schizophrenia Bulletin Open: Erb et al., Aberrant perceptual judgements on speech-relevant acoustic features in hallucination-prone individuals
Hallucinations – percepts in the absence of an external stimulus – constitute an intriguing model of how percepts are generated and how perception can fail. They can occur in psychotic disorders, but also in the general population. Healthy adults varying … Continue reading
New paper in press in Neuropsychologia
Wöstmann, Lui, Friese, Kreitewolf, Naujokat and Obleser demonstrate that the vulnerability of working memory to auditory distraction is rhythmic. Previous research has shown that the attentional sampling of target stimuli is rhythmic at ~3–8 Hz (e.g. Fiebelkorn et al. 2013; Landau & … Continue reading
New members in the Obleser lab
In the Obleser lab, we welcome new members and PhD students Martin Orf and Troby Lui. Martin did his MSc in Audiology Technology here at the University of Lübeck. He is now joining us for PhD project funded generously by … Continue reading
New paper in press in elife: Waschke et al.
Obleserlab senior PhD student Leo Waschke, alongside co-authors Sarah Tune and Jonas Obleser, has a new paper in eLife. The processing of sensory information from our environment is not constant but rather varies with changes in ongoing brain activity, or … Continue reading
Mohsen Alavash and Sarah Tune win science award
Congratulations to AC postdocs Mohsen Alavash and Sarah Tune for receiving the science award of the University of Lübeck. Each year the university honors an outstanding scientific publication with this award. We are proud that Sarah and Mohsen were awarded … Continue reading