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Tobias H. Donner

Tobias H. Donner

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Neuroscience

D-Index
53
Citations
15639
World Ranking
5021
National Ranking
423

Overview

Tobias H. Donner is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their main field of study is Neuroscience, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience. Donner's research engages deeply with neural dynamics and brain function, exploring functional brain connectivity and visual perception mechanisms, among other topics.

Their work spans several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Sensory Systems, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. The primary topics covered in their research include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Tobias H. Donner include:

  • "Pupil-linked phasic arousal predicts a reduction of choice bias across species and decision domains", 2020, eLife
  • "Reinforcement biases subsequent perceptual decisions when confidence is low, a widespread behavioral phenomenon", 2020, eLife
  • "Coupling of pupil- and neuronal population dynamics reveals diverse influences of arousal on cortical processing", 2022, eLife
  • "Adaptive circuit dynamics across human cortex during evidence accumulation in changing environments", 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Circuit mechanisms for the chemical modulation of cortex-wide network interactions and behavioral variability", 2021, Science Advances

Throughout their career, Tobias H. Donner has published extensively in various scientific journals and venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports

Tobias H. Donner has collaborated with multiple researchers over time. Among the most frequent co-authors are:

  • Jan Willem de Gee
  • Peter R. Murphy
  • Anke Braun
  • Konstantinos Tsetsos
  • Ayelet Arazi

Best Publications

  • Spectral fingerprints of large-scale neuronal interactions

    Markus Siegel;Tobias H. Donner;Andreas K. Engel

  • Slow cortical dynamics and the accumulation of information over long timescales

    Christopher J. Honey;Thomas Thesen;Tobias H. Donner;Lauren J. Silbert

  • Neuronal Synchronization along the Dorsal Visual Pathway Reflects the Focus of Spatial Attention

    Markus Siegel;Markus Siegel;Markus Siegel;Tobias H. Donner;Tobias H. Donner;Tobias H. Donner;Robert Oostenveld;Pascal Fries

  • Buildup of Choice-Predictive Activity in Human Motor Cortex during Perceptual Decision Making

    Tobias H. Donner;Tobias H. Donner;Tobias H. Donner;Markus Siegel;Markus Siegel;Markus Siegel;Pascal Fries;Andreas K. Engel

  • A framework for local cortical oscillation patterns

    Tobias H. Donner;Markus Siegel;Markus Siegel

  • Midfrontal conflict-related theta-band power reflects neural oscillations that predict behavior.

    Michael X Cohen;Tobias H. Donner;Tobias H. Donner

  • Pupil-linked arousal is driven by decision uncertainty and alters serial choice bias

    Anne E. Urai;Anke Braun;Tobias H. Donner;Tobias H. Donner

  • Decision-related pupil dilation reflects upcoming choice and individual bias.

    Jan Willem de Gee;Tomas Knapen;Tomas Knapen;Tobias H. Donner;Tobias H. Donner

  • Dynamic modulation of decision biases by brainstem arousal systems

    Jan Willem de Gee;Jan Willem de Gee;Olympia Colizoli;Olympia Colizoli;Niels A Kloosterman;Niels A Kloosterman;Tomas Knapen

  • Prestimulus oscillatory activity over motor cortex reflects perceptual expectations.

    F.P. de Lange;D.A. Rahnev;D.A. Rahnev;T.H. Donner;H. Lau;H. Lau

  • A Physiological Correlate of the "Zoom Lens" of Visual Attention

    Notger G. Müller;Oliver A. Bartelt;Tobias H. Donner;Arno Villringer

  • Choice history biases subsequent evidence accumulation

    Anne E Urai;Anne E Urai;Jan Willem de Gee;Jan Willem de Gee;Konstantinos Tsetsos;Tobias H Donner;Tobias H Donner

  • GABA shapes the dynamics of bistable perception

    Anouk M. van Loon;Tomas Knapen;H. Steven Scholte;Elexa St. John-Saaltink;Elexa St. John-Saaltink

  • Visual feature and conjunction searches of equal difficulty engage only partially overlapping frontoparietal networks.

    Tobias H. Donner;Andreas Kettermann;Eugen Diesch;Florian Ostendorf

  • Cortical network dynamics of perceptual decision-making in the human brain.

    Markus Siegel;Markus Siegel;Andreas K. Engel;Tobias H. Donner

  • The Timescale of Perceptual Evidence Integration Can Be Adapted to the Environment

    Ori Ossmy;Rani Moran;Thomas Pfeffer;Thomas Pfeffer;Konstantinos Tsetsos

  • Population activity in the human dorsal pathway predicts the accuracy of visual motion detection.

    Tobias Hinrich Donner;Markus Siegel;Robert Oostenveld;Pascal Fries

  • Pupil size tracks perceptual content and surprise

    Niels A. Kloosterman;Thomas Meindertsma;Thomas Meindertsma;Anouk M. van Loon;Anouk M. van Loon;Victor A. F. Lamme

  • Adaptive History Biases Result from Confidence-Weighted Accumulation of past Choices.

    Anke Braun;Anne E. Urai;Tobias H. Donner;Tobias H. Donner

  • High-frequency activity in human visual cortex is modulated by visual motion strength

    Markus Siegel;Markus Siegel;Tobias H. Donner;Tobias H. Donner;Robert Oostenveld;Robert Oostenveld;Pascal Fries;Pascal Fries

  • Involvement of the human frontal eye field and multiple parietal areas in covert visual selection during conjunction search.

    Tobias Donner;Andreas Kettermann;Eugen Diesch;Florian Ostendorf

  • Confirmation Bias through Selective Overweighting of Choice-Consistent Evidence.

    Bharath Chandra Talluri;Anne E. Urai;Anne E. Urai;Konstantinos Tsetsos;Marius Usher

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Siegel
Markus Siegel University of Tübingen
Andreas K. Engel
Andreas K. Engel Universität Hamburg
Sander Nieuwenhuis
Sander Nieuwenhuis Leiden University
David A. McCormick
David A. McCormick University of Oregon
David J. Heeger
David J. Heeger New York University
Marius Usher
Marius Usher Tel Aviv University
Pascal Fries
Pascal Fries Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience
Arno Villringer
Arno Villringer Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Tom Verguts
Tom Verguts Ghent University
Lars Schwabe
Lars Schwabe Universität Hamburg

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