Prof. Dr. med. Philipp Sterzer

Weilnhammer, Veith, Rothkirch, Marcus, Yilmaz, Deniz, Fritsch, Merve, Ptasczynski, Lena Esther, Reichenbach, Katrin, Rödiger, Lukas, Corlett, Philip, & Sterzer, Philipp. (2025). N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor hypofunction causes recurrent and transient failures of perceptual inference [Journal-article]. Brain, 148(5), 1531–1539. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaf011

Ollrogge, Karen, Schulze, Daniel, Sterzer, Philipp, Köhler, Stephan, Friedel, Eva, Romanczuk-Seiferth, Nina, Siegerist, Anna-Lena, Brakemeier, Eva-Lotta, & Guhn, Anne. (2025). Cognitive behavioural therapy plus Kiesler Circle Training (CBT+) versus CBT only for patients with interpersonal problems: study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial [Journal-article]. BMJ open, 15(2), e098466. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098466

Keller, Georg B., & Sterzer, Philipp. (2024). Predictive Processing: A Circuit Approach to Psychosis [Journal-article]. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 47(1), 85–101. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-neuro-100223-121214

Sterzer, Philipp, & Keller, Georg B. (2024). Predictive processing: Layer-specific prediction error signals in human cortex. Current Biology, 34(10), R496–R498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.031

Hauke, Daniel J., Wobmann, Michelle, Andreou, Christina, Mackintosh, Amatya J., DE BOCK, Renate, Karvelis, Povilas, Adams, Rick A., Sterzer, Philipp, Borgwardt, Stefan, Roth, Volker, & Diaconescu, Andreea O. (2024). Altered Perception of Environmental Volatility During Social Learning in Emerging Psychosis. Computational Psychiatry, 8(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.5334/cpsy.95

Sapey-Triomphe, Laurie-Anne, Pattyn, Lauren, Weilnhammer, Veith, Sterzer, Philipp, & Wagemans, Johan. (2023). Neural correlates of hierarchical predictive processes in autistic adults. Nature Communications, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38580-9

Weilnhammer, Veith, Stuke, Heiner, Standvoss, Kai, & Sterzer, Philipp. (2023). Sensory processing in humans and mice fluctuates between external and internal modes. PLoS Biology, 21(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002410

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

Fritsch, Merve, Weilnhammer, Veith, Thiele, Paul, Heinz, Andreas, & Sterzer, Philipp. (2023). Sensory and environmental uncertainty in perceptual decision-making. iScience, 26(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106412

Eckert AL, Gounitski Y, Guggenmos M, & Sterzer P. (2023). Cross-Modality Evidence for Reduced Choice History Biases in Psychosis-Prone Individuals. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 49(2), 397–406. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbac168

Handschack, Juliane, Rothkirch, Marcus, Sterzer, Philipp, & Hesselmann, Guido. (2023). No effect of attentional modulation by spatial cueing in a masked numerical priming paradigm using continuous flash suppression (CFS) [Journal-article]. PeerJ, 11, e14607. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14607

Schefft, Cora, Heinitz, Christian, Guhn, Anne, Brakemeier, Eva-Lotta, Sterzer, Philipp, & Köhler, Stephan. (2023). Efficacy and acceptability of third-wave psychotherapies in the treatment of depression: a network meta-analysis of controlled trials. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1189970

Schlagenhauf, Florian, & Sterzer, Philipp. (2023). Psychotic Disorders (“Schizophrenia”). In Psychoneuroscience: Vol. null (pp. 263–282). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65774-4_11

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

Balter LJT, Matheson GJ, Sundelin T, Sterzer P, Petrovic P, & Axelsson J. (2022). Experimental Sleep Deprivation Results in Diminished Perceptual Stability Independently of Psychosis Proneness. Brain Sciences, 12(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12101338

Ptasczynski LE, Steinecker I, Sterzer P, & Guggenmos M. (2022). The value of confidence: Confidence prediction errors drive value-based learning in the absence of external feedback. PLoS Computational Biology, 18(10), e1010580. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010580

Guhn, Anne, Merkel, Lydia, Heim, Christine, Klawitter, Heiko, Teich, Paula, Betzler, Felix, Sterzer, Philipp, & Köhler, Stephan. (2022). Impaired empathic functioning in chronic depression: Behavioral evidence for the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) model. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 152, 79–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.06.020

Handschack J, Rothkirch M, Sterzer P, & Hesselmann G. (2022). Probing the attentional modulation of unconscious processing under interocular suppression in a spatial cueing paradigm. Cortex, 153, 32–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2022.04.010

Caporuscio C, Fink SB, Sterzer P, & Martin JM. (2022). When seeing is not believing: A mechanistic basis for predictive divergence. Consciousness and Cognition, 102, 103334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2022.103334

Köhler, Stephan, Weilnhammer, Veith Andreas, Walter, Henrik, Erk, Susanne, Sterzer, Philipp, & Guhn, Anne. (2022). Autobiographical Script-Driven Imagery Has No Detectable Effect on Emotion Regulation in Healthy Individuals. Neuropsychobiology, 81(2), 141–148. https://doi.org/10.1159/000518996

van Kemenade BM, Wilbertz G, Müller A, & Sterzer P. (2022). Non-stimulated regions in early visual cortex encode the contents of conscious visual perception. Human Brain Mapping, 43(4), 1394–1402. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25731

Guhn, Anne, Köhler, Stephan, & Sterzer, Philipp. (2022). CHRONIC DEPRESSION AND AUTISM - A CASE REPORT. Verhaltenstherapie Und Verhaltensmedizin, 43, 294–313.

Buspavanich P, Adli M, Himmerich H, Berger M, Busche M, Schlattmann P, Bopp S, Bschor T, Richter C, Steinacher B, Stoppel C, Hindinger C, Meyer S, Hoffmann K, Stamm T, Gabriel A, Merkl A, Goerke-Arndt F, Köhler S, et al. (2021). Faster speed of onset of the depressive episode is associated with lower cytokine serum levels (IL-2, -4, -6, -10, TNF-α and IFN-γ) in patients with major depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 141, 287–292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.06.033

Martin JM, Solms M, & Sterzer P. (2021). Useful misrepresentation: perception as embodied proactive inference. Trends in Neurosciences, 44(8), 619–628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2021.04.007

Weilnhammer V, Fritsch M, Chikermane M, Eckert AL, Kanthak K, Stuke H, Kaminski J, & Sterzer P. (2021). An active role of inferior frontal cortex in conscious experience. Current Biology, 31(13), 2868–2880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.043

Stuke H, Kress E, Weilnhammer VA, Sterzer P, & Schmack K. (2021). Overly Strong Priors for Socially Meaningful Visual Signals Are Linked to Psychosis Proneness in Healthy Individuals. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 583637. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.583637

Guhn, Anne, Köhler, Stephan, Brakemeier, Eva-Lotta, & Sterzer, Philipp. (2021). Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy for inpatients with persistent depressive disorder: a naturalistic trial on a general acute psychiatric unit. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 271(3), 495–505. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-019-01038-5

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

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

Guhn, Anne, Schön, David, Zische, Yvonne, Sterzer, Philipp, & Köhler, Stephan. (2021). Interpersonal Change During Inpatient CBASP Treatment: Focus on Group Therapy. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.620037

Bollmann, Simon, Köhler, Stephan, Guhn, Anne, Schamong, Isabel, Sterzer, Philipp, & Brakemeier, Eva-Lotta. (2021). Differential Formation of the Relationship in Behavioral Therapy: On the Road to an Evidence- Based Personalized Shaping of the Therapeutic Relationship. Verhaltenstherapie, 31, 267–284. https://doi.org/10.1159/000511640

Menks WM, Fehlbaum LV, Borbás R, Sterzer P, Stadler C, & Raschle NM. (2021). Eye gaze patterns and functional brain responses during emotional face processing in adolescents with conduct disorder. NeuroImage: Clinical, 29, 102519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102519

Guggenmos M, Schmack K, Veer IM, Lett T, Sekutowicz M, Sebold M, Garbusow M, Sommer C, Wittchen HU, Zimmermann US, Smolka MN, Walter H, Heinz A, & Sterzer P. (2020). A multimodal neuroimaging classifier for alcohol dependence. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 298. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56923-9

Guhn, Anne, Merkel, Lydia, Hübner, Laura, Dziobek, Isabel, Sterzer, Philipp, & Köhler, Stephan. (2020). Understanding versus feeling the emotions of others: How persistent and recurrent depression affect empathy. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 130, 120–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.06.023

Henssler J, Brandt L, Müller M, Liu S, Montag C, Sterzer P, & Heinz A. (2020). Correction to: Migration and schizophrenia: meta-analysis and explanatory framework. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 270(6), 787. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-020-01136-9

Gayet S, Guggenmos M, Christophel TB, Haynes JD, Paffen CLE, Sterzer P, & Van der Stigchel S. (2020). No evidence for mnemonic modulation of interocularly suppressed visual input. NeuroImage, 215, 116801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116801

Varrier RS, Rothkirch M, Stuke H, Guggenmos M, & Sterzer P. (2020). Unreliable feedback deteriorates information processing in primary visual cortex. NeuroImage, 214, 116701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116701

Weilnhammer V, Röd L, Eckert AL, Stuke H, Heinz A, & Sterzer P. (2020). Psychotic experiences in schizophrenia and sensitivity to sensory evidence. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 46(4), 927–936. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbaa003

Henssler J, Brandt L, Müller M, Liu S, Montag C, Sterzer P, & Heinz A. (2020). Migration and schizophrenia: meta-analysis and explanatory framework. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 270(3), 325–335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-019-01028-7

Kaliuzhna M, Stein T, Sterzer P, & Seymour KJ. (2020). Examining motion speed processing in schizophrenia using the flash lag illusion. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 19, 100165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scog.2019.100165

Schad DJ, Rapp MA, Garbusow M, Nebe S, Sebold M, Obst E, Sommer C, Deserno L, Rabovsky M, Friedel E, Romanczuk-Seiferth N, Wittchen HU, Zimmermann US, Walter H, Sterzer P, Smolka MN, Schlagenhauf F, Heinz A, Dayan P, & Huys QJM. (2020). Dissociating neural learning signals in human sign- and goal-trackers. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(2), 201–214. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0765-5

Sekutowicz M, Guggenmos M, Kuitunen-Paul S, Garbusow M, Sebold M, Pelz P, Priller J, Wittchen HU, Smolka MN, Zimmermann US, Heinz A, Sterzer P, & Schmack K. (2019). Neural Response Patterns During Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer Predict Alcohol Relapse and Young Adult Drinking. Biological Psychiatry, 86(11), 857–863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.06.028

Varrier RS, Stuke H, Guggenmos M, & Sterzer P. (2019). Sustained effects of corrupted feedback on perceptual inference. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 5537. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41954-z

Heinz A, Murray GK, Schlagenhauf F, Sterzer P, Grace AA, & Waltz JA. (2019). Towards a Unifying Cognitive, Neurophysiological, and Computational Neuroscience Account of Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 45(5), 1092–1100. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sby154

Kaliuzhna M, Stein T, Rusch T, Sekutowicz M, Sterzer P, & Seymour KJ. (2019). No evidence for abnormal priors in early vision in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 210, 245–254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2018.12.027

Kaminski JA, Sterzer P, & Mishara AL. (2019). “Seeing Rain”: Integrating phenomenological and Bayesian predictive coding approaches to visual hallucinations and self-disturbances (Ichstörungen) in schizophrenia. Consciousness and Cognition, 73, 102757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2019.05.005

Schmack K, & Sterzer P. (2019). Delusions: Sticking with conclusions (Patent No. 6). Brain, 142(6), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz092

Sterzer P, Voss M, Schlagenhauf F, & Heinz A. (2019). Decision-making in schizophrenia: A predictive-coding perspective. NeuroImage, 190, 133–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.05.074

Madipakkam AR, Rothkirch M, Dziobek I, & Sterzer P. (2019). Access to awareness of direct gaze is related to autistic traits. Psychological Medicine, 49(6), 980–986. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718001630

Moors P, Gayet S, Hedger N, Stein T, Sterzer P, van Ee R, Wagemans J, & Hesselmann G. (2019). Three Criteria for Evaluating High-Level Processing in Continuous Flash Suppression (Patent No. 4). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 23(4), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2019.01.008

Schad DJ, Garbusow M, Friedel E, Sommer C, Sebold M, Hägele C, Bernhardt N, Nebe S, Kuitunen-Paul S, Liu S, Eichmann U, Beck A, Wittchen HU, Walter H, Sterzer P, Zimmermann US, Smolka MN, Schlagenhauf F, Huys QJM, et al. (2019). Neural correlates of instrumental responding in the context of alcohol-related cues index disorder severity and relapse risk. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 269(3), 295–308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-017-0860-4

Schefft, C., Guhn, A., Brakemeier, E.-L., Sterzer, P., & Köhler, S. (2019). Efficacy of inpatient psychotherapy for major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis of controlled trials. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 139(4), 322–335. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12995

Darcy N, Sterzer P, & Hesselmann G. (2019). Category-selective processing in the two visual pathways as a function of stimulus degradation by noise. NeuroImage, 188, 785–793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.12.036

Guhn, Anne, Steinacher, Bruno, Merkl, Angela, Sterzer, Philipp, & Köhler, Stephan. (2019). Correction: Negative mood induction: Affective reactivity in recurrent, but not persistent depression (PLoS ONE (2019) 14: 1 (e0208616) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208616). PLoS ONE, 14(3), e0213761. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213761

Bopp SK, Heilbronner U, Schlattmann P, Mühleisen TW, Bschor T, Richter C, Steinacher B, Stamm TJ, Merkl A, Herms S, Köhler S, Sterzer P, Hellweg R, Heinz A, Cichon S, Lang UE, Schulze TG, Adli M, & Ricken R. (2019). Leptin gene polymorphisms are associated with weight gain during lithium augmentation in patients with major depression. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 29(2), 211–221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.12.006

Guhn, Anne, Steinacher, Bruno, Merkl, Angela, Sterzer, Philipp, & Köhler, Stephan. (2019). Negative mood induction: Affective reactivity in recurrent, but not persistent depression. PLoS ONE, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208616

Köhler, Stephan, Chrysanthou, Sophia, Guhn, Anne, & Sterzer, Philipp. (2019). Differences between chronic and nonchronic depression: Systematic review and implications for treatment. Depression and Anxiety, 36(1), 18–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22835

Stuke H, Weilnhammer VA, Sterzer P, & Schmack K. (2019). Delusion Proneness is Linked to a Reduced Usage of Prior Beliefs in Perceptual Decisions. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 45(1), 80–86. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbx189

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

Hesselmann G, Darcy N, Rothkirch M, & Sterzer P. (2018). Investigating masked priming along the “Vision-for-Perception” and “Vision-for-Action” dimensions of unconscious processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147(11), 1641–1659. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000420

Sterzer P, Adams RA, Fletcher P, Frith C, Lawrie SM, Muckli L, Petrovic P, Uhlhaas P, Voss M, & Corlett PR. (2018). The Predictive Coding Account of Psychosis. Biological Psychiatry, 84(9), 634–643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.05.015

Fehlbaum LV, Raschle NM, Menks WM, Prätzlich M, Flemming E, Wyss L, Euler F, Sheridan M, Sterzer P, & Stadler C. (2018). Altered neuronal responses during an affective stroop task in adolescents with conduct disorder. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(OCT), 1961. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01961

Seymour KJ, Stein T, Clifford CWG, & Sterzer P. (2018). Cortical suppression in human primary visual cortex predicts individual differences in illusory tilt perception. Journal of Vision, 18(11), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1167/18.11.3

Köhler S, & 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), 152–153. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2017-110836

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

Weilnhammer VA, Stuke H, Sterzer P, & Schmack K. (2018). The neural correlates of hierarchical predictions for perceptual decisions. Journal of Neuroscience, 38(21), 5008–5021. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2901-17.2018

Wilbertz G, Ketkar M, Guggenmos M, & Sterzer P. (2018). Combined fMRI- and eye movement-based decoding of bistable plaid motion perception. NeuroImage, 171, 190–198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.094

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

Guhn, Anne, Sterzer, Philipp, Haack, Friderike H., & Köhler, Stephan. (2018). Affective and cognitive reactivity to mood induction in chronic depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 229, 275–281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.12.090

Guggenmos M., Scheel M., Sekutowicz M., Garbusow M., Sebold M., Sommer C., Charlet K., Beck A., Wittchen H.-U., Zimmermann U.S., Smolka M.N., Heinz A., Sterzer P., & Schmack K. (2018). Decoding diagnosis and lifetime consumption in alcohol dependence from grey-matter pattern information. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 137(3), 252–262. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12848

Held-Poschardt D, Sterzer P, Schlagenhauf F, Pehrs C, Wittmann A, Stoy M, Hägele C, Knutson B, Heinz A, & Ströhle A. (2018). Reward and loss anticipation in panic disorder: An fMRI study. Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging, 271, 111–117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2017.11.005

Brascamp J., Sterzer P., Blake R., & Knapen T. (2018). Multistable Perception and the Role of the Frontoparietal Cortex in Perceptual Inference. Annual Review of Psychology, 69, 77–103. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010417-085944

Guggenmos M, Schmack K, Sekutowicz M, Garbusow M, Sebold M, Sommer C, Smolka MN, Wittchen HU, Zimmermann US, Heinz A, & Sterzer P. (2017). Quantitative neurobiological evidence for accelerated brain aging in alcohol dependence. Translational Psychiatry, 7(12), 1279. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-017-0037-y

Kerr JA, Hesselmann G, Räling R, Wartenburger I, & Sterzer P. (2017). Choice of analysis pathway dramatically affects statistical outcomes in breaking continuous flash suppression. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 3002. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03396-3

Madipakkam A.R., Rothkirch M., Dziobek I., & Sterzer P. (2017). Unconscious avoidance of eye contact in autism spectrum disorder. Scientific Reports, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13945-5

Köhler, Stephan, Guhn, Anne, Betzler, Felix, Stiglmayr, Christian, Brakemeier, Eva-Lotta, & Sterzer, Philipp. (2017). Therapeutic self-disclosure within DBT, schema therapy, and CBASP: Opportunities and challenges. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(NOV). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02073

Albert S, Schmack K, Sterzer P, & Schneider G. (2017). A hierarchical stochastic model for bistable perception. PLoS Computational Biology, 13(11), e1005856. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005856

Betzler F, Stöver LA, Sterzer P, & Köhler S. (2017). Mixed states in bipolar disorder–changes in DSM-5 and current treatment recommendations. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 21(4), 244–258. https://doi.org/10.1080/13651501.2017.1311921

Raschle NM, Fehlbaum LV, Menks WM, Euler F, Sterzer P, & Stadler C. (2017). Investigating the neural correlates of emotion-cognition interaction using an affective stroop task. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(SEP), 1489. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01489

Weilnhammer V., Stuke H., Hesselmann G., Sterzer P., & Schmack K. (2017). A predictive coding account of bistable perception - a model-based fMRI study. PLoS Computational Biology, 13(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005536

Rothkirch M, Tonn J, Köhler S, & Sterzer P. (2017). Neural mechanisms of reinforcement learning in unmedicated patients with major depressive disorder. Brain, 140(4), 1147–1157. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awx025

Schmack K, Rothkirch M, Priller J, & Sterzer P. (2017). Enhanced predictive signalling in schizophrenia. Human Brain Mapping, 38(4), 1767–1779. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23480

Kochs A, Köhler S, Merz H, & Sterzer P. (2017). Effects of self and familiarity on change detection in patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 248, 140–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.12.030

Gayet S, Guggenmos M, Christophel TB, Haynes JD, Paffen CLE, Van der Stigchel S, & Sterzer P. (2017). Visual working memory enhances the neural response to matching visual input. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(28), 6638–6647. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3418-16.2017

Ricken, Roland, Bopp, Sandra, Schlattmann, Peter, Himmerich, Hubertus, Bschor, Tom, Richter, Christoph, Elstner, Samuel, Stamm, Thomas J., Schulz-Ratei, Brigitte, Lingesleben, Alexandra, Reischies, Friedel M., Sterzer, Philipp, Borgwardt, Stefan, Bauer, Michael, Heinz, Andreas, Hellweg, Rainer, Lang, Undine E., & Adli, Mazda. (2017). Ghrelin Serum Concentrations Are Associated with Treatment Response During Lithium Augmentation of Antidepressants. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 20(9), 692–697. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyw082

Wilbertz G, van Kemenade BM, Schmack K, & Sterzer P. (2017). fMRI-based decoding of reward effects in binocular rivalry. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2017(1), nix013. https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/nix013

Madipakkam AR, Rothkirch M, Wilbertz G, & Sterzer P. (2016). Probing the influence of unconscious fear-conditioned visual stimuli on eye movements. Consciousness and Cognition, 46, 60–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2016.09.016

Sekutowicz M, Schmack K, Steimke R, Paschke L, Sterzer P, Walter H, & Stelzel C. (2016). Striatal activation as a neural link between cognitive and perceptual flexibility. NeuroImage, 141, 393–398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.07.046

Sterzer P, Mishara AL, Voss M, & Heinz A. (2016). Thought insertion as a self-disturbance: An integration of predictive coding and phenomenological approaches. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10(OCT2016), 502. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00502

Ludwig K, Sterzer P, Kathmann N, & Hesselmann G. (2016). Differential modulation of visual object processing in dorsal and ventral stream by stimulus visibility. Cortex, 83, 113–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2016.07.002

Jardri R, Hugdahl K, Hughes M, Brunelin J, Waters F, Alderson-Day B, Smailes D, Sterzer P, Corlett PR, Leptourgos P, Debbané M, Cachia A, & Denève S. (2016). Are hallucinations due to an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory influences on the brain? Schizophrenia Bulletin, 42(5), 1124–1134. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbw075

Schmack K, Burk J, Haynes JD, & Sterzer P. (2016). Predicting Subjective Affective Salience from Cortical Responses to Invisible Object Stimuli. Cerebral Cortex, 26(8), 3453–3460. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhv174

Weilnhammer VA, Sterzer P, & Hesselmann G. (2016). Perceptual stability of the Lissajous figure is modulated by the speed of illusory rotation. PLoS ONE, 11(8), e0160772. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160772

Köhler S, Sterzer P, Normann C, Berger M, & Brakemeier EL. (2016). [Overcoming treatment resistance in chronic depression : The role of inpatient psychotherapy]. Der Nervenarzt, 87(7), 7–701. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-015-0034-4

Hägele C, Friedel E, Schlagenhauf F, Sterzer P, Beck A, Bermpohl F, Stoy M, Held-Poschardt D, Wittmann A, Ströhle A, & Heinz A. (2016). Affective responses across psychiatric disorders-A dimensional approach. Neuroscience Letters, 623, 71–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2016.04.037

Schmack K, Weilnhammer V, Heinzle J, Stephan KE, & Sterzer P. (2016). Learning what to see in a changing world. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10(MAY2016), 263. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00263

Sterzer P. (2016). Moving forward in perceptual decision making (Patent No. 21). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(21), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1605619113

Garbusow M, Schad DJ, Sebold M, Friedel E, Bernhardt N, Koch SP, Steinacher B, Kathmann N, Geurts DE, Sommer C, Müller DK, Nebe S, Paul S, Wittchen HU, Zimmermann US, Walter H, Smolka MN, Sterzer P, Rapp MA, et al. (2016). Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer effects in the nucleus accumbens relate to relapse in alcohol dependence. Addiction Biology, 21(3), 719–731. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.12243

Guggenmos M, Wilbertz G, Hebart MN, & Sterzer P. (2016). Mesolimbic confidence signals guide perceptual learning in the absence of external feedback. eLife, 5(MARCH2016). https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.13388

Hesselmann G, Darcy N, Ludwig K, & Sterzer P. (2016). Priming in a shape task but not in a category task under continuous flash suppression. Journal of Vision, 16(3), 17. https://doi.org/10.1167/16.3.17