Publications

2009

D. Rotermund, K. Taylor, U. Ernst, A. K. Kreiter, and K. Pawelzik, Attention Improves Object Representation in Visual Cortical Field Potentials, Journal of Neuroscience 29, 10120-10130 (2009).

2008

F. Hermens, M. Herzog, G. Luksys, W. Gerstner, and U. Ernst, Modeling spatial and temporal aspects of visual backward masking, Psychological Review 115, 83-100 (2008).

2007

	Udo Ernst, David Rotermund, and Klaus Pawelzik, Efficient computation based on stochastic spikes, Neural Computation 19 (5), 1313-1343 (2007).
	F. Patzelt, M. Riegel, U. Ernst, and K. Pawelzik, Self-Organised Critical Noise Amplification in Human Closed Loop Control, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 1:4 (2007).

2006

David Rotermund, Udo Ernst, and Klaus Pawelzik, Towards on-line adaptation of neuro-prosthesis with neuronal evaluation signals, Biological Cybernetics 95 (3), 243-257 (2006).

2005

	Nadja Schinkel, Klaus R. Pawelzik, and Udo A. Ernst, Optimal contour integration: When additive algorithms fail, submitted to Neurocomputing (2005).
	Nadja Schinkel, Klaus R. Pawelzik, and Udo A. Ernst, Robust integration and detection of noisy contours in a probabilistic neural model, Neurocomputing 65-66C, 211-217 (2005).

2004

Udo A. Ernst, Sunita Mandon, Klaus R. Pawelzik, and Andreas K. Kreiter, How ideally do macaque monkeys integrate contours?, Neurocomputing 58-60, 971-977 (2004).

2003

	U. A. Ernst and C. W. Eurich, Cortical population dynamics and psychophysics, in: The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, 2nd edition, M. A. Arbib (ed.), MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 294-300 (2003).
	U. A. Ernst, A. Etzold, M. H. Herzog, and C. W. Eurich, Dynamics of Wilson-Cowan type systems account for psychophysical masking effects, Neurocomputing 52-54, 747-753 (2003).
	M. H. Herzog, U. Ernst, A. Etzold, and C. W. Eurich, Local interactions in neural networks explain global effects in the masking of visual stimuli, Neural Computation 15, 2091-2113 (2003).
	M.H. Herzog, M. Harms, U.A. Ernst, C.W. Eurich, S.H. Mahmud, and M. Fahle, Extracting the shine-through effect to classical masking paradigms, Vision Research 43, 2659-2667 (2003).
	Michael H. Herzog, Udo Ernst, and Christian W. Eurich, Getting the picture, Scientific American Mind, 12-13 (2003).

2002

	R. D. Henkel, U. A. Ernst, and K. R. Pawelzik, Synchronizing assemblies perform magnitude-invariant pattern detection, Neurocomputing 44-46, 429-433 (2002).
	M. H. Herzog, U. Ernst, and C. W. Eurich, Objekterkennung: Ein Kamel Ist Keine Palme, Spektrum der Wissenschaft: Gehirn und Geist 1, 11-13 (2002).
	U. A. Ernst, A. Etzold, M. H. Herzog, and C. W. Eurich, Object representation through transient neural dynamics, in: Dynamic Perception, R. P. W. Würtz and M. Lappe (eds.), Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 71-76 (2002).
	C. W. Eurich, J. M. Herrmann, and U. A. Ernst, Finite-size effects of avalanche dynamics, Phys. Rev. E 66, 066137 (2002).

2001

	U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and M. Tsodyks, Emergence of feature selectivity from lateral interactions in the visual cortex, in: Handbook of Biological Physics 4, F. Moss and S. Gielen (eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 969-1000 (2001).
	U. A. Ernst, K. R. Pawelzik, C. Sahar-Pikielny, and M. Tsodyks, Intracortical origin of visual maps, Nature Neuroscience 4, 431-436 (2001).

2000

C. W. Eurich, K. Pawelzik, U. Ernst, A. Thiel, J. D. Cowan, and J. G. Milton, Delay adaptation in the nervous system, Neurocomputing 32-33, 741-748 (2000).

1999

	U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, M. Tsodyks, and T. Sejnowski, Relation between retinotopic and orientation maps in visual cortex, Neural Computation 11, 375-379 (1999).
	U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, F. Wolf, and T. Geisel, Theory of non-classical receptive field phenomena in the visual cortex, Neurocomputing 26-27, 367-374 (1999).
	C. W. Eurich, K. Pawelzik, U. Ernst, J. D. Cowan, and J. G. Milton, Dynamics of self-organized delay adaptation, Physical Review Letters 82 (7), 1594-1597 (1999).

1998

	U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and T. Geisel, Delay-induced multistable synchronization of biological oscillators, Physical Review E 57, 2150-2162 (1998).
	J. Lin, K. Pawelzik, U. Ernst, and T. Sejnowski, Irregular synchronous activity in stochastically-coupled networks of integrate-and-fire neurons, Network 9, 1-12 (1998).

1995

U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and T. Geisel, Synchronization induced by temporal delays in pulse-coupled oscillators, Physical Review Letters 74 (9), 1570-1573 (1995).

2009

	D. Rotermund, S. D. Neitzel, K. Taylor, U. Ernst, S. Mandon, K. Pawelzik, and A. K. Kreiter, Phase differences in local field potentials from macaque monkey area V4 predict attentional state in single trials with 99.6% accuracy, in: Berlin Brain Computer Interface (BBCI) 2009 - Advances in Neurotechnology (2009).
	M. Schipper, U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and M. Fahle, Influence of prior expectations on contour integration: Psychophysics and modelling, in: 18th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS 2009), Berlin (2009).
	D. Rotermund and U. Ernst, Enhancing information processing by synchronization, (abstract 2009-S-15580-SfN), in: Neuroscience 2009, Chicago (2009).
	D. Rotermund, U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, S. Mandon, K. Taylor, A. Kreiter, and S. D. Neitzel, Phase differences in local field potentials from macaque monkey area V4 predict attentional state in single trials with 99.6% accuracy, in: 18th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS 2009), Berlin (2009).
	D. Rotermund and U. Ernst, Enhancing information processing by synchronization, in: 18th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS 2009), Berlin (2009).
	M. Schipper, U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and M. Fahle, Interactions between top-down and stimulus-driven processes in visual feature integration, in: Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience (BCCN2009), Frankfurt/Main, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Conference Abstracts (2009).
	M. Bornschlegl, O. Arévalo Acosta, U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and M. Fahle, Learning of Visuomotor Adaptation: Insights from Experiments and Simulations, in: Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience (BCCN2009), Frankfurt/Main, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Conference Abstracts (2009).
	D. Rotermund, S. Neitzel, U. Ernst, S. Mandon, K. Taylor, Y. Smiyukha, K. Pawelzik, and A. K. Kreiter, Field potentials from macaque area V4 predict attention in single trials with ~100%, in: Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience (BCCN2009), Frankfurt/Main, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Conference Abstracts (2009).
	U. Ernst and D. Rotermund, Enhancing information processing by synchronization, in: Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience (BCCN2009), Frankfurt/Main, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Conference Abstracts (2009).
	D. Rotermund, S. D. Neitzel, K. Taylor, U. Ernst, S. Mandon, K. Pawelzik, and  A. K. Kreiter, Phase differences in local field potentials from macaque monkey area V4, predict attentional state in single trials with 99.6% accuracy, in: German-Japanese workshop 2009 (2009).
	D. Rotermund, S. Neitzel, K. Taylor, U. Ernst, S. Mandon, K. Pawelzik, and  A. K. Kreiter, Phase differences in local field potentials from macaque monkey area V4 predict attentional state in single trials with 99.6% accuracy, in: 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society / 32nd Göttingen Neurobiology Conference, T26-13A (2009).
	M. Schipper, U. Ernst, and M. Fahle, Electrophysiological correlates of contour integration and the influence of prior expectations on contour processing, in: 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society / 32nd Göttingen Neurobiology Conference (2009).

2008

	O. Arévalo Acosta, L. Hochstein, M. Bornschlegl, U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and M. Fahle, Spatial Transfer in Prism Adaptation, in: Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Conference Abstract: Bernstein Symposium 2008, doi:10.3389/conf.neuro.10.2008.01.026 (2008).
	K. Pawelzik, K. Taylor, D. Rotermund, S. D. Neitzel, S. Mandon, U. Ernst, and A. K. Kreiter, Phase differences in local field potentials from macaque monkey area V4 predict attentional state in single trials with 99.6% accuracy, in: Neuroscience 2008, 590.20/TT72 (2008).
	O. Arévalo Acosta, L. Hochstein, M. Bornschlegl, U. Ernst, and M. Fahle, Spatial Transfer in Prism Adaptation, in: International Workshop - Aspects of Adaptive Cortex Dynamics, Delmenhorst 04.-07.09.2008 (2008).
	M. Schipper, U. Ernst, and M. Fahle, Investigating the interactions between top-down and bottom-up visual processing: The influence of prior expectations on contour integration, in: Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Conference Abstract: Bernstein Symposium 2008, doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.10.2008.01.108 (2008).
	N. Schinkel-Bielefeld, U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, S. D. Neitzel, S. Mandon, A. K. Kreiter, and R. Rosenholz, Human contour integration is optimized for natural images, in: Neuroscience 2008, 568.25/KK34 (2008).
	S. Deneve and U. Ernst, Finding the underlying causes of the visual input with spiking neurons and shunting inhibition, in: Neuroscience 2008, 394.17/JJ26 (2008).
	U. Ernst and S. Deneve, Extra-classical receptive field properties from natural image statistics, in: Neuroscience 2008, 768.4 (2008).
	Felix Patzelt, Markus Riegel, Udo Ernst, and Klaus Pawelzik, Self-organized critical control in human behavior, in: Proc. DPG spring meeting Berlin 2008 DY 5.3 (2008).
	F. Patzelt, M. Riegel, U. Ernst, and K. Pawelzik, Self-organised critical control in human behaviour, in: International Workshop - Aspects of Adaptive Cortex Dynamics, HWK Delmenhorst (2008).

2007

	D. Rotermund, K. Taylor, U.A. Ernst, K.R. Pawelzik, and A.K. Kreiter, Attention in monkey area V4 is modulated by task demand, in: Neuroscience Meeting Planner 2006, 176.1/II22 (2007).
	David Rotermund, Katja Taylor, Udo Ernst, Andreas Kreiter, and Klaus Pawelzik, Attention improves object representation in monkey area V4, in: Proceedings of the 7th Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society/31th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference, T32-1A (2007).
	F. Patzelt, M. Schaumlöffel, M. Riegel, U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and M. Fahle, Temporal factors in figure-ground segregation, object representation, and closed loop eye-hand coordination, in: Midterm Evaluation of the German National Network for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin 03.-04.12.2007 (2007).
	U. Ernst, S. Deneve, and G. Meinhardt, Detection of gabor patch arrangements is explained by natural image statistics, in: Sixteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS*2007, Toronto, Canada, BMC Neuroscience 8(Suppl 2):P154doi:10.1186/1471-2202-8-S2-P154 (2007).
	N. Schinkel-Bielefeld, U. Ernst, S. Mandon, S. D. Neitzel, A. K. Kreiter, and K. Pawelzik, Structure of the neuronal interactions underlying human contour integration, in: Sixteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS*2007, Toronto, Canada, BMC Neuroscience 2007, 8(Suppl 2):P77doi:10.1186/1471-2202-8-S2-P77 (2007).
	F. Patzelt, M. Riegel, U. Ernst, and K. Pawelzik, Self-organised critical noise amplification in human closed loop control, in: Noise in Life 2007: Stochastic Dynamics in the Neurosciences - International workshop, MPIPKS Dresden (2007).

2006

	U. Ernst, S. Neitzel, N. Schinkel, S. Mandon, A. K. Kreiter, and K. R. Pawelzik, Modeling systematic errors of human contour detection reveals new mechanisms of contour integration, in: submitted to Neuroscience (2006).
	Klaus Pawelzik, Udo Ernst, and David Rotermund, On-line adaptation of neuro-prostheses with neuronal evaluation signals, in: Proceedings ESANN'06, Michel Verleysen (ed.), d-side, Evere, Belgium, 53-58 (2006).
	U. Ernst, S. Neitzel, N. Schinkel, S. Mandon, A.K. Kreiter, and K.R. Pawelzik, Modeling systematic errors of human contour detection reveals new mechanisms of contour integration, in: 2006 Neuroscience Meeting Planner, 604.1 (2006).
	K. Pawelzik, D. Rotermund, K. Taylor, U. Ernst, and A. Kreiter, Attention improves object encoding in monkey area V4, in: FENS 2006, 9915010554 (2006).
	K. Pawelzik, D. Rotermund, and U. Ernst, Towards on-line adaptation of neuro-prostheses with neuronal evaluation signals, in: Neuroscience Meeting Planner 2006, 13.13 (2006).
	David Rotermund, Katja Taylor, Udo Ernst, Klaus Pawelzik, and Andreas Kreiter, Attention improves object discriminability in monkey area V4, in: CNS, S2 (2006).

2005

	David Rotermund, Udo Ernst, and Klaus Pawelzik, Processing natural images with single spikes, in: Proceedings of the 6th Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society/30th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference, 445A (2005).
	David Rotermund, Katja Taylor, Udo Ernst, Klaus Pawelzik, and Andreas Kreiter, Attention improves object encoding in monkey area V4, in: Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 31, 591.6 (2005).
	Sunita Mandon, Udo A. Ernst, Simon Neitzel, Nadja Schinkel, Klaus R. Pawelzik, and Andreas K. Kreiter, Neuronal mechanisms of contour integration investigated by combining psychophysical experiments with probabilistic modeling, in: Proceedings of the 30th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference, Supplement to Neuroforum, H. Zimmermann and K. Krieglstein (eds.), 434A (2005).
	Nadja Schinkel, Udo A. Ernst, Sunita Mandon, Simon Neitzel, Andreas K. Kreiter, and Klaus R. Pawelzik, Systematic erros of contour detection in computational models of contour integration and human psychophysics, in: Society of Neuroscience Abstracts, 618:12 (2005).

2004

	Udo A. Ernst, David Rotermund, and Klaus R. Pawelzik, An algorithm for fast pattern recognition with random spikes, in: 26th DAGM Symposium Proceedings, Rasmussen, C.E. et al. (ed.), Springer-Verlag, 399-406 (2004).
	K. Pawelzik, U. Ernst, and D. Rotermund, Computing spike-by-spike, in: Dynamic Perception Workshop, Uwe J. Ilg, Heinrich H. Bülthoff, and Hanspeter A. Mallot (eds.), IOS Press, 145-150 (2004).
	Udo Ernst, Sunita Mandon, Nadja Schinkel, Klaus Pawelzik, and Andreas Kreiter, Mechanisms and principles of contour integration revealed by combining psychophysical experiments with probabilistic modeling, in: Dynamic Perception Workshop, Uwe J. Ilg, Heinrich H. Bülthoff, and Hanspeter A. Mallot (eds.), IOS Press, 211-216 (2004).

2003

	U. A. Ernst, S. Mandon, N. Schinkel, A. K. Kreiter, and K. R. Pawelzik, Rapid contour integration of macaque monkeys and spiking neural networks, in: Society of Neuroscience Abstracts 2003, New Orleans, 767.10 (2003).
	K. R. Pawelzik, D. Rotermund, and U. A. Ernst, Building representations spike by spike, in: Proceedings of the 29th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference, N. Elsner and H. Zimmermann (eds.), Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, 1041 (2003).

2002

	U. A. Ernst, A. Etzold, M. H. Herzog, and C. W. Eurich, Transient activation of neural populations in a cortical model accounts for the transient visibility of masked stimuli, in: Society for Neuroscience Meeting 2002, Orlando, Florida, 161.10 (2002).
	J.-D. Haynes, U. A. Ernst, H.-J. Heinze, and K. R. Pawelzik, Spectral and nonspectral analysis of brain state coherency, in: FENS 2002: Paris, 074.10 (2002).
	K. R. Pawelzik, U. A. Ernst, D. Trenner, and D. Rotermund, Building representations spike by spike, in: Society of Neuroscience Conference 2002, Orlando, 557.12 (2002).

2001

U. Ernst and K. Pawelzik, Asymmetric surround suppression coincides with structures of orientation preference map, in: Proceedings of the 28th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 2001, N. Elsner and G. W. Kreutzberg (eds.), Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, 248 (2001).

1999

	U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, M. Tsodyks, T. Sejnowski, and T. Geisel, Relationships between cortical maps and receptive fields are determined by lateral cortical feedback, in: Proceedings of the 27th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 1999, N. Elsner and U. Eysel (eds.), Georg Thieme Verlag, 168 (1999).
	C. W. Eurich and U. Ernst, Avalanches of activity in a network of integrate-and-fire neurons with stochastic input, in: ICANN '99: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, D. Willshaw and A. Murray (eds.), University of Edinburg, 545-550 (1999).
	M. V. Tsodyks, U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and C. Sahar-Pikielny, Intracortical origin of visual cortical maps, in: Neuroscience 1999, Miami, 531.8 (1999).

1998

	U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, F. Wolf, and T. Geisel, Orientation contrast enhancement modulated by differential long-range interaction in visual cortex, in: CNS '97 Proceedings, Plenum Press, 361-366 (1998).
	C. Eurich, U. Ernst, and K. Pawelzik, Continuous dynamics of neuronal delay adaptation, in: ICANN '98: Perspectives in Neural Computing, L. Niklasson, M. Boden, and T. Ziemke (eds.), Springer, London, 355-360 (1998).
	U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and T. Geisel, Analysing the context dependence of receptive fields in visual cortex, in: ICANN '98: Perspectives in Neural Computing, L. Niklasson, M. Boden, and T. Ziemke (eds.), Springer, London, 343-348 (1998).
	K. Pawelzik, U. Ernst, F. Wolf, and T. Geisel, Orientation preference geometry modulates nonclassical receptive field properties, in: Proceedings of the 26th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 1998: New Neuroethology on the Move -, N. Elsner and R. Wehner (eds.), Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart/New York, 759 (1998).

1997

	U. Ernst, A. Kreiter, and K. Pawelzik, Identifying oscillatory and stochastic neuronal behavior with high temporal precision in macaque monkey visual cortex, in: CNS '96: Computational Neuroscience, J. Bower (ed.), Plenum Press, New York, 293-298 (1997).
	K. Pawelzik, U. Ernst, F. Wolf, and T. Geisel, Geometry of orientation preference map determines nonclassical receptive field properties, in: ICANN '97: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1327: Artificial Neural Networks, W. Gerstner, A. Germond, M. Hasler, and J.-D. Nicoud (eds.), Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 231-236 (1997).
	K. Pawelzik, U. Ernst, F. Wolf, and T. Geisel, Orientation contrast sensitivity from long-range interactions in visual cortex, in: NIPS '96: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 9, M. C. Moser, M. I. Jordan, and T. Petsche (eds.), MIT Press, 90-96 (1997).
	K. Pawelzik, U. Ernst, F. Wolf, and T. Geisel, Orientation contrast sensitivity from long-range interactions in visual cortex, in: Proceedings of the 25th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference: From Membrane to Mind, N. Elsner and H. Wässle (eds.), Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart/New York, 61 (1997).

1996

U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and T. Geisel, Komplexe räumliche Dynamik und Phasenclustering in strukturierten pulsgekoppelten neuronalen Netzen, in: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft 5 (31), 1339 (1996).

1995

	U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and T. Geisel, Phasendichtedynamik pulsgekoppelter Oszillatoren mit Delay, in: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft 5 (30), 1107 (1995).
	U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and T. Geisel, Multistable feature binding with noisy integrate-and-fire neurons, in: ICANN '95 Proceedings 1, F. Fogelman-Soulie and P. Galinari (eds.), EC2 & Cie, Paris, 549-554 (1995).
	U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and T. Geisel, Using the neuronal time structure for information processing: multistability in pulse coupled neurons with delay, in: Proceedings of the 23rd Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 1995, N. Elsner and R. Menzel (eds.), Georg Thieme Verlag, 500 (1995).
	K. Pawelzik, U. Ernst, and T. Geisel, Multistable phase-clustering in networks of spiking neurons, in: CNS '94: The Neurobiology of Computation, J. M. Bower (ed.), Kluwer, 293-298 (1995).

1994

	U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and T. Geisel, Synchronisation, Desynchronisation und Gruppenbildung pulsgekoppelter Oszillatoren mit verzögerter Wechselwirkung, in: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft 5 (29), 955 (1994).
	U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, and T. Geisel, Multiple phase clustering of globally pulse coupled neurons with delay, in: ICANN '94 Proceedings, M. Marinaro and P. G. Morasso (eds.), Springer Verlag, 1063-1070 (1994).

2003

K. R. Pawelzik, D. Rotermund, and U. A. Ernst, Building representations spike by spike, Neural Information and Coding Workshop, Snowbird (2003).

2002

A. Etzold, U. A. Ernst, M. H. Herzog, and C. W. Eurich, Bunsen-Roscoe-Bloch's law holds for visibility of stimuli in neural populations whose activity obeys a Wilson-Cowan dynamics, NeuroNord Conference on Cognitive and Emotional Neuroscience, Delmenhorst (2002).

2001

	A. Etzold, C. W. Eurich, M. H. Herzog, and U. A. Ernst, Shine-through - dynamical effects, Dynamics and adaptivity of neuronal Systems - integrative approaches to analyzing cognitive functions (Symposium), K. Pawelzik and A. K. Kreiter (eds.), VolkswagenStiftung (2001).
	C. W. Eurich and U. A. Ernst, Analytical approach to avalanches of spike activity in neural networks, 265th WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Synchronization in physics and neurosciences (2001).

2000

U. Ernst, K. Pawelzik, M. V. Tsodyks, and C. Sahar-Pikielny, Lateral intracortical interactions and random inhomogeneities: A key to the spontaneous emergence of cortical maps in V1 without visual experience, FENS 2000: Brighton, UK, 126 (2000).