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Overview

Niko A. Busch is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with a total of 100 publications contributing to this area. Within Neuroscience, they have a pronounced focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, supplemented by contributions to Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Sensory Systems, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work covers a range of key topics including Neural dynamics and brain function, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Visual Attention and Saliency Detection, and Face Recognition and Perception.

Niko A. Busch has published extensively, with notable recent papers such as:

  • "Spontaneous Brain Oscillations and Perceptual Decision-Making" (2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences)
  • "#EEGManyLabs: Investigating the replicability of influential EEG experiments" (2021, Cortex)
  • "Rhythms in cognition: The evidence revisited" (2022, European Journal of Neuroscience)
  • "Distinct contributions of alpha and theta rhythms to perceptual and attentional sampling" (2021, European Journal of Neuroscience)
  • "Terms of debate: Consensus definitions to guide the scientific discourse on visual distraction" (2024, Attention Perception & Psychophysics)

The venues where Busch has frequently published include the Journal of Vision, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Journal of Neuroscience, Attention Perception & Psychophysics, and Psychophysiology. These journals have been consistent platforms for dissemination of Busch's research findings.

Collaborative work is a significant component of Busch's research activity. Frequent co-authors include Elio Balestrieri, René Michel, Laura Dugué, Svea C. Y. Schroeder, and Nico Broers. Partnerships with these researchers have resulted in multiple joint publications, reflecting a sustained collaborative network.

Best Publications

  • The phase of ongoing EEG oscillations predicts visual perception

    Niko Busch;Julien Dubois;Rufin VanRullen

  • A practical guide to the selection of independent components of the electroencephalogram for artifact correction

    Maximilien Chaumon;Dorothy V.M. Bishop;Niko A. Busch

  • Spontaneous EEG oscillations reveal periodic sampling of visual attention

    Niko A. Busch;Rufin VanRullen

  • Food-pics: an image database for experimental research on eating and appetite.

    Jens Blechert;Adrian Meule;Adrian Meule;Niko A. Busch;Niko A. Busch;Kathrin Ohla

  • Spontaneous Neural Oscillations Bias Perception by Modulating Baseline Excitability.

    Luca Iemi;Maximilien Chaumon;Sébastien M. Crouzet;Niko A. Busch;Niko A. Busch

  • Size matters: effects of stimulus size, duration and eccentricity on the visual gamma-band response

    Niko A Busch;Stefan Debener;Cornelia Kranczioch;Andreas K Engel

  • Ongoing EEG Phase as a Trial-by-Trial Predictor of Perceptual and Attentional Variability.

    Rufin VanRullen;Niko Busch;Niko Busch;Jan Drewes;Julien Dubois;Julien Dubois

  • Gamma amplitudes are coupled to theta phase in human EEG during visual perception.

    Tamer Demiralp;Zubeyir Bayraktaroglu;Daniel Lenz;Stefanie Junge

  • EEG oscillations and wavelet analysis

    Christoph S. Herrmann;Maren Grigutsch;Niko A. Busch

  • Food-Pics_Extended-An Image Database for Experimental Research on Eating and Appetite: Additional Images, Normative Ratings and an Updated Review.

    Jens Blechert;Anja Lender;Sarah Polk;Niko A. Busch

  • Spontaneous Brain Oscillations and Perceptual Decision-Making.

    Jason Samaha;Luca Iemi;Saskia Haegens;Saskia Haegens;Niko A. Busch

  • Memory-matches evoke human gamma-responses.

    Christoph S Herrmann;Christoph S Herrmann;Daniel Lenz;Stefanie Junge;Niko A Busch;Niko A Busch

  • Multiple mechanisms link prestimulus neural oscillations to sensory responses.

    Luca Iemi;Luca Iemi;Luca Iemi;Niko A Busch;Annamaria Laudini;Saskia Haegens;Saskia Haegens

  • The best of both worlds: phase-reset of human EEG alpha activity and additive power contribute to ERP generation.

    Byoung Kyong Min;Niko A. Busch;Stefan Debener;Cornelia Kranczioch

  • A cross-laboratory study of event-related gamma activity in a standard object recognition paradigm

    Niko A. Busch;Christoph S. Herrmann;Matthias M. Müller;Daniel Lenz

  • Prestimulus neural oscillations inhibit visual perception via modulation of response gain

    Maximilien Chaumon;Niko A. Busch;Niko A. Busch

  • #EEGManyLabs : investigating the replicability of influential EEG experiments

    Yuri G. Pavlov;Nika Adamian;Stefan Appelhoff;Mahnaz Arvaneh

  • Object-load and feature-load modulate EEG in a short-term memory task

    Niko A. Busch;Christoph S. Herrmann

  • Taste Quality Decoding Parallels Taste Sensations

    Sébastien M. Crouzet;Niko A. Busch;Niko A. Busch;Kathrin Ohla

  • Moment-to-Moment Fluctuations in Neuronal Excitability Bias Subjective Perception Rather than Strategic Decision-Making.

    Luca Iemi;Niko A Busch

  • Time-frequency analysis of target detection reveals an early interface between bottom-up and top-down processes in the gamma-band

    Niko A. Busch;Jeanette Schadow;Ingo Fründ;Christoph S. Herrmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Herrmann
Christoph Herrmann Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Arno Villringer
Arno Villringer Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Rufin VanRullen
Rufin VanRullen Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Morten Overgaard
Morten Overgaard Aarhus University
Burkhard Maess
Burkhard Maess Max Planck Society
Vadim V. Nikulin
Vadim V. Nikulin Max Planck Society
Johan N. Lundström
Johan N. Lundström Karolinska Institute
Daniel Senkowski
Daniel Senkowski Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Axel Mecklinger
Axel Mecklinger Saarland University
Anna Schubö
Anna Schubö Philipp University of Marburg

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