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Overview

Thomas Gruber is affiliated with Osnabrück University in Germany and specializes primarily in neuroscience and computer science. Their research encompasses both main fields with a notable focus on cognitive neuroscience as a subfield, as well as contributions to computer vision and pattern recognition, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of areas related to brain function and perception. These include visual perception and processing mechanisms, neural and behavioral psychology studies, neural dynamics and brain function, visual attention and saliency detection, virtual reality applications and impacts, face recognition and perception, and memory processes and influences.

Recent publications by Thomas Gruber include:

  • "Virtual reality experiences promote autobiographical retrieval mechanisms: Electrophysiological correlates of laboratory and virtual experiences" (2020, Psychological Research)
  • "The reality of virtual reality" (2023, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • "Library for universal virtual reality experiments (luVRe): A standardized immersive 3D/360° picture and video database for VR based research" (2021, Current Psychology)
  • "Rhythms of human attention and memory: An embedded process perspective" (2022, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)
  • "SHAP value-based ERP analysis (SHERPA): Increasing the sensitivity of EEG signals with explainable AI methods" (2024, Behavior Research Methods)

Frequent co-authors with Thomas Gruber include Benjamin Schöne, Joanna Kisker, Marike Johnsdorf, Merle Sagehorn, and Jan Laukemann. This collaboration network shows ongoing partnerships across a variety of projects.

Thomas Gruber has published frequently in various venues. Among the most common are Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Frontiers in Psychology, Experimental Brain Research, Virtual Reality, and the European Journal of Neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Sustained division of the attentional spotlight

    M. M. Müller;P. Malinowski;T. Gruber;S. A. Hillyard

  • Effects of emotional arousal in the cerebral hemispheres: a study of oscillatory brain activity and event-related potentials.

    Andreas Keil;Matthias M Müller;Thomas Gruber;Christian Wienbruch

  • Human gamma band activity and perception of a gestalt.

    Andreas Keil;Matthias M. Müller;William J. Ray;Thomas Gruber

  • Regular, brief mindfulness meditation practice improves electrophysiological markers of attentional control

    Adam W Moore;Thomas Gruber;Jennifer Derose;Peter Malinowski

  • Selective visual-spatial attention alters induced gamma band responses in the human EEG

    Thomas Gruber;Matthias M. Müller;Andreas Keil;Thomas Elbert

  • Processing of affective pictures modulates right-hemispheric gamma band EEG activity.

    Matthias M. Müller;Andreas Keil;Thomas Gruber;Thomas Elbert

  • Oscillatory Brain Activity Dissociates between Associative Stimulus Content in a Repetition Priming Task in the Human EEG

    Thomas Gruber;Matthias M Müller

  • Modulation of induced gamma band activity in the human EEG by attention and visual information processing.

    Matthias M Müller;Thomas Gruber;Andreas Keil

  • Successful memory encoding is associated with increased cross-frequency coupling between frontal theta and posterior gamma oscillations in human scalp-recorded EEG.

    Uwe Friese;Uwe Friese;Moritz Köster;Uwe Hassler;Ulla Martens

  • Early modulation of visual perception by emotional arousal: evidence from steady-state visual evoked brain potentials.

    Andreas Keil;Thomas Gruber;Matthias M. Müller;Stephan Moratti

  • Induced gamma band responses: an early marker of memory encoding and retrieval.

    Thomas Gruber;Dimitris Tsivilis;Daniela Montaldi;Matthias M. Müller

  • Modulation of Induced Gamma Band Responses in a Perceptual Learning Task in the Human EEG

    Thomas Gruber;Matthias M. Müller;Andreas Keil

  • Gamma abnormalities during perception of illusory figures in autism.

    Caroline Brown;Thomas Gruber;Jill Boucher;Gina Rippon

  • Phase-Amplitude Coupling and Long-Range Phase Synchronization Reveal Frontotemporal Interactions during Visual Working Memory.

    Jonathan Daume;Thomas Gruber;Andreas K. Engel;Uwe Friese

  • Directed cortical information flow during human object recognition: Analyzing induced EEG gamma-band responses in brain's source space

    Gernot G. Supp;Gernot G. Supp;Alois Schlögl;Nelson Trujillo-Barreto;Matthias M. Müller

  • Neuronal Mechanisms of Repetition Priming in Occipitotemporal Cortex: Spatiotemporal Evidence from Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Electroencephalography

    Christian J. Fiebach;Thomas Gruber;Gernot G. Supp

  • Glutamatergic correlates of gamma-band oscillatory activity during cognition: a concurrent ER-MRS and EEG study.

    Níall Lally;Paul G. Mullins;Mark V. Roberts;Darren Price;Darren Price

  • Induced electroencephalogram oscillations during source memory: Familiarity is reflected in the gamma band, recollection in the theta band

    Thomas Gruber;Dimitris Tsivilis;Claire-Marie Giabbiconi;Matthias M. Müller

  • Effects of picture repetition on induced gamma band responses, evoked potentials, and phase synchrony in the human EEG

    Thomas Gruber;Matthias M. Müller

  • Mindful Aging: The Effects of Regular Brief Mindfulness Practice on Electrophysiological Markers of Cognitive and Affective Processing in Older Adults

    Peter Malinowski;Adam W. Moore;Bethan R. Mead;Thomas Gruber

  • Modulation of induced gamma band responses and phase synchrony in a paired associate learning task in the human EEG

    Thomas Gruber;Andreas Keil;Matthias M. Müller

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias M. Müller
Matthias M. Müller Leipzig University
Andreas Keil
Andreas Keil University of Florida
Thomas Elbert
Thomas Elbert University of Konstanz
Silja Vocks
Silja Vocks Osnabrück University
Christoph Herrmann
Christoph Herrmann Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Christian Wienbruch
Christian Wienbruch University of Konstanz
Niko A. Busch
Niko A. Busch University of Münster
Erich Schröger
Erich Schröger Leipzig University
Andreas K. Engel
Andreas K. Engel Universität Hamburg
Andreas Widmann
Andreas Widmann Leipzig University

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