Publications of the Institute

Hahn, A.; Brielmann, A.; Tabandeh, N.; Spitschan, M.: Regulation of eye movements and pupil size in natural scenes. Vision Research 244, 108801 (2026)

Zhaoping, L.: Conduction velocity of intracortical axons in monkey primary visual cortex grows with distance: Implications for computation. Vision Research 244, 108824 (2026)

Bosch, D.; Solomakha, G.; Glang, F.; Freudensprung, M.; Avdievich, N.; Scheffler, K.: Coaxial Dipole Array with Switching Transmit Sensitivities for ultrahigh field MRI. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 95 (6), pp. 3608 - 3615 (2026)

Lazar, R.; Fazlali, F.; Dourte, M.; Epple, C.; Stefani, O.; Spitschan, M.; Cajochen, C.: Afternoon to early evening bright light exposure reduces later melatonin production in adolescents. NPJ Biological Timing and Sleep 2 (1), 25 (2026)

Thalji, S.; Spitschan, M.: dlmoR: An open-source R package for the dim-light melatonin onset (DLMO) hockey-stick method. Journal of Biological Rhythms 41 (3), pp. 301 - 323 (2026)

Glang, F.; Solomakha, G.; Bosch, D.; Scheffler, K.; Avdievich, N.: Time-Division Multiplexing for Parallel Transmission at Ultra-High Field With Limited RF Channels. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 95 (5), pp. 2580 - 2593 (2026)

Psarou, E.; Katsanevaki, C.; Maris, E.; Fries, P.: Would you agree if N is three? On statistical inference for small N. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 38 (5), pp. 1078 - 1088 (2026)

Basgol, H.; Raab, F.; Dayan, P.; Franz, V.: Modality-general sensitivity of pupil responses to regularity violations. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience Epub ahead (2026)

Beier, E.; Breska, A.; Miller, L.; Oganian, Y.; Mangun, G.; Swaab, T.: Testing the role of temporal attention in speech: Pre-target alpha predicts memory encoding rather than effects of linguistic focus. The Journal of Neuroscience Epub ahead, e2099252026 (2026)

Buergi, N.; Aydogan, G.; Konovalov, A.; Ruff, C.: A neural signature of adaptive mentalization. Nature Neuroscience 29 (4), pp. 934 - 944 (2026)

Klein, F.; Vasilev, D.; Iwai, R.; Watanabe, M.; Totah, N.: Aberrant prefrontal activity and arousal level correlate with action initiation and response vigor in rats. iScience Epub ahead (2026)

Lu, Y.; Wang, Q.; Liu, C.; Solomakha, G.; Glybovski, S.; Ren, Z.; Zhang, X.; Gao, Y.: Large-Angle Leaky-Wave Antenna for Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 7T. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters Epub ahead (2026)

Moebus, L.; Spitschan, M.; Ehrlenspiel, F.: Lower breathing frequencies in personalized slow-paced breathing enhance relaxation and reduce arousal. iScience Epub ahead (2026)

Safavi, S.; Rolland, D.; Sterzer, P.; Jardri, R.; Leptourgos, P.: Perceptual multistability: a multifaceted window into brain dysfunctions. Trends in Cognitive Sciences Epub ahead (2026)

Tian, R.; Uecker, M.; Zaitsev, M.; Scheffler, K.: Overlap-Kernel EPI: Estimating MRI Shot-to-Shot Phase Variations by Shifted-Kernel Extraction From Overlap Regions at Arbitrary k-Space Locations. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 29 (4), pp. 2131 - 2152 (2026)

Becker, S.; Modirshanechi, A.; Gerstner, W.: Representational similarity modulates neural and behavioral signatures of novelty. Neuron Epub ahead (2026)

Biller, A.; Zauner, J.; Cajochen, C.; Gerle, M.; Kalavally, V.; Mohamed, A.; Rottländer, L.; Seah, M.-Y.; Stefani, O.; Spitschan, M.: Physiologically-relevant light exposure and light behaviour in Switzerland and Malaysia. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 36 (2), pp. 409 - 422 (2026)

Birk, F.; Tesh, H.; Aghaeifar, A.; Klinkowski, S.; Iyyappan Valsala, P.; Mueller, S.; Brodt, S.; Scheffler, K.; Heule, R.: Field Strength-Dependent White Matter R1 and R2 Anisotropy of Phase-Cycled Balanced Steady-State Free Precession Relaxometry. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 95 (5), pp. 2873 - 2891 (2026)

Blume, C.; Dauphin, M.; Niedernhuber, M.; Spitschan, M.; Meyer, M.; Cajochen, C.; Bekinschtein, T.; Canales-Johnson, A.: Delayed, Reduced and Redundant: Information Processing of Prediction Errors during Human Sleep. The Journal of Neuroscience 46 (11), e1648252026 (2026)

International Brain Laboratory; Bayer, H.; Chapuis, C.; DeWitt, E.; Freitas-Silva, L.; Langdon, C.; Laranjeira, I.; Lau, P.; Paninski, L.; Picard, S. et al.; Tessereau, C.; Urai, A.; Whiteway, M.; Winter, O.: 20 lessons in team science: Learning from the experience of the International Brain Laboratory. Neuron 114 (6), pp. 980 - 984 (2026)