Simon M. Hofmann
@smnhfmnn.bsky.social
Research in XAI @ Max Plack Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) | in the cinema @ Berlinale Generation
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Trying to build an experiment in Unity and slowly losing your patience?
Spoiler: that’s completely normal!
Meet EDIA - a modular framework for building studies in Unity.
🧩 Reusable modules
📊 Data sync
🕶️ Multi-headset support
And yes, a “Find Waldo” demo is included - because science should be fun!
Spoiler: that’s completely normal!
Meet EDIA - a modular framework for building studies in Unity.
🧩 Reusable modules
📊 Data sync
🕶️ Multi-headset support
And yes, a “Find Waldo” demo is included - because science should be fun!
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Trying to build an experiment in Unity and slowly losing your patience?
Spoiler: that’s completely normal!
Meet EDIA - a modular framework for building studies in Unity.
🧩 Reusable modules
📊 Data sync
🕶️ Multi-headset support
And yes, a “Find Waldo” demo is included - because science should be fun!
Spoiler: that’s completely normal!
Meet EDIA - a modular framework for building studies in Unity.
🧩 Reusable modules
📊 Data sync
🕶️ Multi-headset support
And yes, a “Find Waldo” demo is included - because science should be fun!
Reposted by Simon M. Hofmann
Es ist Montag und wieder Zeit für die #Klimaschutz #Ringvorlesung an der @tuberlin.bsky.social. Heute geht es um Finanzielle Bildung und Bildung für nachhaltigen Konsum. Es referiert Prof. Ulf Schrader, Fachg. Arbeitslehre, Ökonomie und nachhaltiger Konsum. Mehr Infos: www.tu.berlin/aloenk/studi...
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Es ist Montag und wieder Zeit für die #Klimaschutz #Ringvorlesung an der @tuberlin.bsky.social. Heute geht es um Finanzielle Bildung und Bildung für nachhaltigen Konsum. Es referiert Prof. Ulf Schrader, Fachg. Arbeitslehre, Ökonomie und nachhaltiger Konsum. Mehr Infos: www.tu.berlin/aloenk/studi...
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How does subthalamic activity relate to Parkinson’s disease symptoms?
In a truly collaborative effort across #DBS centers, we aggregated a diverse dataset of invasive recordings from 119 patients.
Full article: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Main findings 🧵⬇️
In a truly collaborative effort across #DBS centers, we aggregated a diverse dataset of invasive recordings from 119 patients.
Full article: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Main findings 🧵⬇️
May 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
How does subthalamic activity relate to Parkinson’s disease symptoms?
In a truly collaborative effort across #DBS centers, we aggregated a diverse dataset of invasive recordings from 119 patients.
Full article: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Main findings 🧵⬇️
In a truly collaborative effort across #DBS centers, we aggregated a diverse dataset of invasive recordings from 119 patients.
Full article: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Main findings 🧵⬇️
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Nick (@willenjoy.bsky.social) is obsessed with signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). And for good reason! It could explain many results. Our simulation toolbox meegsim enables setting up SNR of individual sources as well as SNR of all signal sources with respect to all noise sources.
meegsim.readthedocs.io
meegsim.readthedocs.io
October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Nick (@willenjoy.bsky.social) is obsessed with signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). And for good reason! It could explain many results. Our simulation toolbox meegsim enables setting up SNR of individual sources as well as SNR of all signal sources with respect to all noise sources.
meegsim.readthedocs.io
meegsim.readthedocs.io
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Nice things for the
**13th #MindBrainBody Symposium 2026**
happening under the hood 😊
Save the date: 📆 March 9-11, 2026 (Berlin and virtual)
Stay tuned for the call and announcement!
(For info about the last 12 MBBSymposia: mindbrainbody.de)
#interoception #neuroskyence
**13th #MindBrainBody Symposium 2026**
happening under the hood 😊
Save the date: 📆 March 9-11, 2026 (Berlin and virtual)
Stay tuned for the call and announcement!
(For info about the last 12 MBBSymposia: mindbrainbody.de)
#interoception #neuroskyence
October 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Nice things for the
**13th #MindBrainBody Symposium 2026**
happening under the hood 😊
Save the date: 📆 March 9-11, 2026 (Berlin and virtual)
Stay tuned for the call and announcement!
(For info about the last 12 MBBSymposia: mindbrainbody.de)
#interoception #neuroskyence
**13th #MindBrainBody Symposium 2026**
happening under the hood 😊
Save the date: 📆 March 9-11, 2026 (Berlin and virtual)
Stay tuned for the call and announcement!
(For info about the last 12 MBBSymposia: mindbrainbody.de)
#interoception #neuroskyence
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We're seeking the next Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics! Lead cutting-edge research in language & cognition. Nominations (incl. self) due 19 Dec 2025.
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max
October 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
We're seeking the next Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics! Lead cutting-edge research in language & cognition. Nominations (incl. self) due 19 Dec 2025.
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max
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🔍 Have we solved the replication crisis?
Join us for an IGOR panel discussion on the state of Open Science in biological psychology more than a decade after the crisis first hit.
📅 Friday, 10 Oct | 10:00–11:00 CET
💻 Online (contact us for the link)
#OpenScience #neuroskyence #academicsky
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Join us for an IGOR panel discussion on the state of Open Science in biological psychology more than a decade after the crisis first hit.
📅 Friday, 10 Oct | 10:00–11:00 CET
💻 Online (contact us for the link)
#OpenScience #neuroskyence #academicsky
[1/3]
September 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🔍 Have we solved the replication crisis?
Join us for an IGOR panel discussion on the state of Open Science in biological psychology more than a decade after the crisis first hit.
📅 Friday, 10 Oct | 10:00–11:00 CET
💻 Online (contact us for the link)
#OpenScience #neuroskyence #academicsky
[1/3]
Join us for an IGOR panel discussion on the state of Open Science in biological psychology more than a decade after the crisis first hit.
📅 Friday, 10 Oct | 10:00–11:00 CET
💻 Online (contact us for the link)
#OpenScience #neuroskyence #academicsky
[1/3]
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In some way, it's trivial:
The #brain & the rest of the #body (e.g. the #heart) are coupled.
Yet, we spelled it out
w/ A. Villringer & V. Nikulin for current scientists (below)
w/ @martager.bsky.social @agatapatyczek.bsky.social @el-rei.bsky.social for future scientists bsky.app/profile/mart...
The #brain & the rest of the #body (e.g. the #heart) are coupled.
Yet, we spelled it out
w/ A. Villringer & V. Nikulin for current scientists (below)
w/ @martager.bsky.social @agatapatyczek.bsky.social @el-rei.bsky.social for future scientists bsky.app/profile/mart...
'Brain–body states as a link between cardiovascular and mental health'
by Arno Villringer, Vadim Nikulin & Michael Gaebler @mbe-lab.bsky.social @michaelgaebler.com @mpicbs.bsky.social sky.social
www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
by Arno Villringer, Vadim Nikulin & Michael Gaebler @mbe-lab.bsky.social @michaelgaebler.com @mpicbs.bsky.social sky.social
www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
September 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
In some way, it's trivial:
The #brain & the rest of the #body (e.g. the #heart) are coupled.
Yet, we spelled it out
w/ A. Villringer & V. Nikulin for current scientists (below)
w/ @martager.bsky.social @agatapatyczek.bsky.social @el-rei.bsky.social for future scientists bsky.app/profile/mart...
The #brain & the rest of the #body (e.g. the #heart) are coupled.
Yet, we spelled it out
w/ A. Villringer & V. Nikulin for current scientists (below)
w/ @martager.bsky.social @agatapatyczek.bsky.social @el-rei.bsky.social for future scientists bsky.app/profile/mart...
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📢Our peer-reviewed article about the AffectTracker is finally out! 😲🕹️📈
Traditional methods for rating emotion often miss the dynamic, moment-to-moment nature of feelings. We designed a tool to capture this continuous affective experience in real-time during dynamic emotional stimulation.
Traditional methods for rating emotion often miss the dynamic, moment-to-moment nature of feelings. We designed a tool to capture this continuous affective experience in real-time during dynamic emotional stimulation.
Frontiers | AffectTracker: real-time continuous rating of affective experience in immersive virtual reality
Subjective experience is key to understanding affective states, characterized by valence and arousal. Traditional experiments using post-stimulus summary rat...
doi.org
September 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📢Our peer-reviewed article about the AffectTracker is finally out! 😲🕹️📈
Traditional methods for rating emotion often miss the dynamic, moment-to-moment nature of feelings. We designed a tool to capture this continuous affective experience in real-time during dynamic emotional stimulation.
Traditional methods for rating emotion often miss the dynamic, moment-to-moment nature of feelings. We designed a tool to capture this continuous affective experience in real-time during dynamic emotional stimulation.
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I am excited to share our latest research published in the EJEP! We used GAMMs to apply Rose’s theoretical work to prevention strategies targeting social isolation. Our results indicate that population strategies are more promising than individualized interventions.
September 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I am excited to share our latest research published in the EJEP! We used GAMMs to apply Rose’s theoretical work to prevention strategies targeting social isolation. Our results indicate that population strategies are more promising than individualized interventions.
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We want to hear *your voice* on taboos in women's and gender diverse health! 💬🧠Your perspective will directly inform priorities in research and a women's health resource platform. Find survey link at our website: www.cbs.mpg.de/cbs/en/resea...
Cognitive Neuroendocrinology - Get Involved!
www.cbs.mpg.de
August 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We want to hear *your voice* on taboos in women's and gender diverse health! 💬🧠Your perspective will directly inform priorities in research and a women's health resource platform. Find survey link at our website: www.cbs.mpg.de/cbs/en/resea...
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The rumors are true! #CCN2026 will be held at NYU. @toddgureckis.bsky.social and I will be executive-chairing. Get in touch if you want to be involved!
August 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The rumors are true! #CCN2026 will be held at NYU. @toddgureckis.bsky.social and I will be executive-chairing. Get in touch if you want to be involved!
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📢 Call for Papers: NeurReps 2025 ‼️‼️‼️
🧠 Submit your research on symmetry, geometry, and topology in artificial and biological neural networks.
Two tracks: Proceedings (9 pages) and Extended Abstract (4 pages).
Deadline: Aug 22, 2025.
www.neurreps.org/call-for-pap...
🧠 Submit your research on symmetry, geometry, and topology in artificial and biological neural networks.
Two tracks: Proceedings (9 pages) and Extended Abstract (4 pages).
Deadline: Aug 22, 2025.
www.neurreps.org/call-for-pap...
NeurReps Workshop - Call for Papers
Call for Papers
www.neurreps.org
July 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
📢 Call for Papers: NeurReps 2025 ‼️‼️‼️
🧠 Submit your research on symmetry, geometry, and topology in artificial and biological neural networks.
Two tracks: Proceedings (9 pages) and Extended Abstract (4 pages).
Deadline: Aug 22, 2025.
www.neurreps.org/call-for-pap...
🧠 Submit your research on symmetry, geometry, and topology in artificial and biological neural networks.
Two tracks: Proceedings (9 pages) and Extended Abstract (4 pages).
Deadline: Aug 22, 2025.
www.neurreps.org/call-for-pap...
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🚨 We’re running a short self-report study on how BREATHING interacts with your daily life 🫁🌍
We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.
👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc
🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!
We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.
👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc
🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!
Breathing Through Your Day: A Brief Reflection Survey
You move, interact, speak, listen, think, and feel. Life unfolds through a rich variety of experiences and tasks.
test.uib.es
July 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🚨 We’re running a short self-report study on how BREATHING interacts with your daily life 🫁🌍
We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.
👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc
🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!
We're struggling to find participants and would truly appreciate your help; it only takes a few minutes.
👉 You can participate here: shorturl.at/rwwXc
🙏 Feel free to share the link with others. Thank you!
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Serious concerns about a new cortical biomarker for pain sensitivity
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We (with @tspisak.bsky.social, @christianbuchel.bsky.social) published a commentary on Chowdhury, Bi et al. (2025, JAMA Neurology) raising serious concerns about their reported results.
👇 1/13
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We (with @tspisak.bsky.social, @christianbuchel.bsky.social) published a commentary on Chowdhury, Bi et al. (2025, JAMA Neurology) raising serious concerns about their reported results.
👇 1/13
Concern About Predictive Performance of a Pain Sensitivity Biomarker
To the Editor Chowdhury et al1 evaluated a biomarker for pain sensitivity, combining peak alpha frequency and corticomotor excitability. The authors report outstanding performance (validation set area...
jamanetwork.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Serious concerns about a new cortical biomarker for pain sensitivity
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We (with @tspisak.bsky.social, @christianbuchel.bsky.social) published a commentary on Chowdhury, Bi et al. (2025, JAMA Neurology) raising serious concerns about their reported results.
👇 1/13
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We (with @tspisak.bsky.social, @christianbuchel.bsky.social) published a commentary on Chowdhury, Bi et al. (2025, JAMA Neurology) raising serious concerns about their reported results.
👇 1/13
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Werner Reichardt, credited with discovering the neural circuitry for motion detection in the retina in the 1950s, did so on borrowed time.
July 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Werner Reichardt, credited with discovering the neural circuitry for motion detection in the retina in the 1950s, did so on borrowed time.
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Hilft künstliche Intelligenz bei der #Demenz - Diagnose? Simon Hofmann @mpicbs.bsky.social erklärt im neuen #AchMensch Podcast, wie sich Ärzte in Zukunft durch #KI unterstützen lassen können und woran der Einsatz bislang scheitert detektor.fm/wissen/ach-m... #Medizin #Gehirn @detektorfm.bsky.social
Kann KI in der Medizin Leben retten, Simon Hofmann?
Der Neurowissenschaftler Simon Hofmann untersucht, wie künstliche Intelligenz in der Medizin zum Einsatz kommen kann.
detektor.fm
July 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Hilft künstliche Intelligenz bei der #Demenz - Diagnose? Simon Hofmann @mpicbs.bsky.social erklärt im neuen #AchMensch Podcast, wie sich Ärzte in Zukunft durch #KI unterstützen lassen können und woran der Einsatz bislang scheitert detektor.fm/wissen/ach-m... #Medizin #Gehirn @detektorfm.bsky.social
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If you found out a paper with striking results,
You should start with the critical point of view.
But it's not for the reason of lacking of trust.
What you know is unlike from what authors may knew.
When you have a critic of substantial length,
You can make it a paper and publish yourself.
You should start with the critical point of view.
But it's not for the reason of lacking of trust.
What you know is unlike from what authors may knew.
When you have a critic of substantial length,
You can make it a paper and publish yourself.
July 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If you found out a paper with striking results,
You should start with the critical point of view.
But it's not for the reason of lacking of trust.
What you know is unlike from what authors may knew.
When you have a critic of substantial length,
You can make it a paper and publish yourself.
You should start with the critical point of view.
But it's not for the reason of lacking of trust.
What you know is unlike from what authors may knew.
When you have a critic of substantial length,
You can make it a paper and publish yourself.
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What makes humans similar or different to AI? In a paper out in @natmachintell.nature.com led by @florianmahner.bsky.social & @lukasmut.bsky.social, w/ Umut Güclü, we took a deep look at the factors underlying their representational alignment, with surprising results.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Dimensions underlying the representational alignment of deep neural networks with humans - Nature Machine Intelligence
An interpretability framework that compares how humans and deep neural networks process images has been presented. Their findings reveal that, unlike humans, deep neural networks focus more on visual ...
www.nature.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
What makes humans similar or different to AI? In a paper out in @natmachintell.nature.com led by @florianmahner.bsky.social & @lukasmut.bsky.social, w/ Umut Güclü, we took a deep look at the factors underlying their representational alignment, with surprising results.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Check out my published PhD work including links to analysis code and EEG data (n=83): www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Big thank you to my co-authors, the editor and the reviewers.
Big thank you to my co-authors, the editor and the reviewers.
Pre-stimulus beta power mediates explicit and implicit perceptual biases in distinct cortical areas - Communications Psychology
Two EEG studies in healthy human adults suggest that choice history and stimulus probability-induced biases in somatosensory perception are reflected in distinct prestimulus beta power modulations acr...
www.nature.com
June 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Check out my published PhD work including links to analysis code and EEG data (n=83): www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Big thank you to my co-authors, the editor and the reviewers.
Big thank you to my co-authors, the editor and the reviewers.
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We're happy to announce the Berlin Consciousness Symposium, an in-person event bringing together expert speakers to discuss new trends in the neuroscience of consciousness.
Date: 3rd of July 2025 at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @ccnberlin.bsky.social
www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/en/psycholog...
Date: 3rd of July 2025 at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @ccnberlin.bsky.social
www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/en/psycholog...
Berlin Consciousness Symposium: New Trends in the Neuroscience of Consciousness
www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de
June 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We're happy to announce the Berlin Consciousness Symposium, an in-person event bringing together expert speakers to discuss new trends in the neuroscience of consciousness.
Date: 3rd of July 2025 at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @ccnberlin.bsky.social
www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/en/psycholog...
Date: 3rd of July 2025 at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @ccnberlin.bsky.social
www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/en/psycholog...
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Excited to share this project specifying a research direction I think will be particularly fruitful for theory-driven cognitive science that aims to explain natural behavior!
We're calling this direction "Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science"
We're calling this direction "Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science"
June 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Excited to share this project specifying a research direction I think will be particularly fruitful for theory-driven cognitive science that aims to explain natural behavior!
We're calling this direction "Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science"
We're calling this direction "Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science"
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So happy to see such a rich and big repertoire of events at the MPIB for Long Night of Science!
Wir öffnen unsere Türen zur Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften! ✨
Vielfältiges Programm für Groß & Klein – kommt vorbei!
📍 Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin (Lentzeallee 94)
📆 28. Juni 2025
💸 Jubiläumstickets online: nur 5 €
🔗 Programm: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2047157/prog...
Vielfältiges Programm für Groß & Klein – kommt vorbei!
📍 Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin (Lentzeallee 94)
📆 28. Juni 2025
💸 Jubiläumstickets online: nur 5 €
🔗 Programm: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2047157/prog...
June 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So happy to see such a rich and big repertoire of events at the MPIB for Long Night of Science!
Reposted by Simon M. Hofmann
How does subthalamic nucleus activity relate to Parkinson’s disease symptoms?
My last 5 years of Parkinson’s disease research summarized in 5 minutes at the DGKN Congress 2025 :)
youtu.be/M9alDh836oU ⬇️
Full preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#Parkinsonsdisease #Parkinsons #DeepBrainStimulation
My last 5 years of Parkinson’s disease research summarized in 5 minutes at the DGKN Congress 2025 :)
youtu.be/M9alDh836oU ⬇️
Full preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#Parkinsonsdisease #Parkinsons #DeepBrainStimulation
Beyond beta rhythms - Moritz Gerster at DGKN Congress 2025
YouTube video by Moritz Gerster
youtu.be
June 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
How does subthalamic nucleus activity relate to Parkinson’s disease symptoms?
My last 5 years of Parkinson’s disease research summarized in 5 minutes at the DGKN Congress 2025 :)
youtu.be/M9alDh836oU ⬇️
Full preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#Parkinsonsdisease #Parkinsons #DeepBrainStimulation
My last 5 years of Parkinson’s disease research summarized in 5 minutes at the DGKN Congress 2025 :)
youtu.be/M9alDh836oU ⬇️
Full preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#Parkinsonsdisease #Parkinsons #DeepBrainStimulation
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Are you sure that your Heartbeat Evoked Potential (HEP) effect is real?
In our new paper, we show that task-evoked activity can overlap with HEPs, creating false positive effects - unless you correct for it.
In our new paper, we show that task-evoked activity can overlap with HEPs, creating false positive effects - unless you correct for it.
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Paul Steinfath, Arno Villringer, et al:
Validating genuine changes in heartbeat-evoked potentials using pseudotrials and surrogate procedures
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Validating genuine changes in heartbeat-evoked potentials using pseudotrials and surrogate procedures
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
June 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Are you sure that your Heartbeat Evoked Potential (HEP) effect is real?
In our new paper, we show that task-evoked activity can overlap with HEPs, creating false positive effects - unless you correct for it.
In our new paper, we show that task-evoked activity can overlap with HEPs, creating false positive effects - unless you correct for it.