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Petrovic, Predrag and Sterzer, Philipp (2023) ‘Resolving the Delusion Paradox’, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 49(6), pp. 1425–1436. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbad084.

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Seymour K, Sterzer P and Soto N (2022) ‘Believing is seeing: The link between paranormal beliefs and perceiving signal in noise’, Consciousness and Cognition, 106, p. 103418. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2022.103418.

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Weilnhammer V., Chikermane M. and Sterzer P. (2021) ‘Bistable perception alternates between internal and external modes of sensory processing’, iScience, 24(3). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102234.

Rothkirch M, Wieser M and Sterzer P (2021) ‘Associations with monetary values do not influence access to awareness for faces’, PeerJ, 9, p. e10875. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10875.

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Guggenmos M, Sterzer P and Cichy RM (2018) ‘Corrigendum to ‘Multivariate pattern analysis for MEG: A comparison of dissimilarity measures’ [NeuroImage 173 (2018) 434-447].’, NeuroImage, 181, p. 845. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.07.012.

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Köhler S and Sterzer P (2018) ‘Study supports augmentation with a non-antidepressant agent over combining or switching antidepressants in unipolar depression.’, BMJ evidence-based medicine, 23(4), pp. 152–153. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2017-110836.

Guggenmos M, Sterzer P and Cichy RM (2018) ‘Multivariate pattern analysis for MEG: A comparison of dissimilarity measures.’, NeuroImage, 173, pp. 434–447. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.02.044.

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Wilbertz G. and Sterzer P. (2018) ‘Differentiating aversive conditioning in bistable perception: Avoidance of a percept vs. salience of a stimulus’, Consciousness and Cognition, 61, pp. 38–48. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2018.03.010.

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