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Welcome Hannah!

A very warm welcome to Hannah McDermott! We’re delighted to have you on board and look forward to working with you.

Oct 9, 2026
Many congratulations to Dr. Janika Becker on successfully defending her thesis!

All the best for your next steps - we will miss you!

Sep 30, 2026
Predictive Processing Network Symposium, Bochum, 6-8 October

We are delighted to confirm that our Predictive Processing Network Symposium will take place in Bochum from the 6th to the 8th of October. This event is funded by a DFG network grant: Research network for the Interdisciplinary Study of Predictive Processing in Memory and Perception (PPiMP) – jointly with Andrea Greve from Cambridge – We are looking forward to great talks and stimulating discussions! https://predcommlab.github.io/symposium-2026/

Jul 20, 2026
Conference Summer
  • Carina will be at the CCN in NYC this August: Come and find her to discuss “The Role of Prior Precision and Prior Probability in Voice Perception” Poster Session B, Tue Aug 4, 2:00-3:45 pm
  • Carina will also give a talk at the Voice ID
  • Henrik will give a talk on “Adaptive Information Sampling Under Uncertainty: A Multi-Level Investigation of Predictive Gaze Control” at the European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 2026)
  • Helen was at the PUG in Heidelberg
Jul 10, 2026
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Latest Publications

The precision hierarchy hypothesis: A unifying framework to explain opposing serial effects
Carina Ufer, Helen Blank
PsyArXiv2026Preprint
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Supporting herpes zoster vaccination through augmented communication: A randomized controlled trial
Marcel Wilhelm, Justine Schmidt, Helen Blank, Phillip Aß, Felix Dellori, Hana Rohn, Sven Benson, Johanna Reinold
Health Psychology2026
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Hierarchical neural adaptation supports flexible speech perception across rates
Jérémy Giroud, Lucy Jane MacGregor, Máté Aller, Saskia Helbling, Helen Blank, Manuel Mercier, Agnès Trébuchon, Benjamin Morillon, Matthew H. Davis
PsyArXiv2026Preprint
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Pupil dilation reflects prediction errors in learning about others' personality traits
Sihui Zhang, Helen Blank, Ioannis Terzidis, Gabriela Rosenblau, Christoph W. Korn
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, nsag0602026
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The Influence of Prior Precision on the Inference of Hidden Causes
Carina Ufer, Fabian Schneider, Helen Blank
bioRxiv2026Preprint
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