Publications

The Precision Hierarchy Hypothesis: A Unifying Framework to Explain Opposing Serial Effects
Carina Ufer, Helen Blank
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience2026
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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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Sequential prioritization of expected and unexpected information in visual processing
Arjen Alink, Janika Becker, Helen Blank
bioRxiv2026Preprint
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Sensory sharpening and semantic prediction errors unify competing models of predictive processing in human speech comprehension
Fabian Schneider, Helen Blank
PLOS Biology, 24(1), e30035882026
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Protocol to study how expectations guide predictive eye movements and information sampling in humans
Annika Garlichs, Mark Lustig, Matthias Gamer, Helen Blank
STAR Protocols, 6(2), 1037372025
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Loneliness and social conformity: A predictive processing perspective
Naem Haihambo, Dayo-Marie Layiwola, Helen Blank, René Hurlemann, Dirk Scheele
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1547(1), 5-172025
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Multivariate analysis of brain activity patterns as a tool to understand predictive processes in speech perception
Carina Ufer, Helen Blank
Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 39(9), 1117-11332024
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Expectations guide predictive eye movements and information sampling during face recognition
Annika Garlichs, Mark Lustig, Matthias Gamer, Helen Blank
iScience, 27(10), 1109202024
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Opposing serial effects of stimulus and choice in speech perception scale with context variability
Carina Ufer, Helen Blank
iScience, 27(9), 1106112024
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The pupil dilation response as an indicator of visual cue uncertainty and auditory outcome surprise
Janika Becker, Marvin Viertler, Christoph W. Korn, Helen Blank
European Journal of Neuroscience, 59(10), 2686-27012024
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Prediction error processing and sharpening of expected information across the face-processing hierarchy
Annika Garlichs, Helen Blank
Nature Communications, 15(1), 34072024
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Pupil diameter as an indicator of sound pair familiarity after statistically structured auditory sequence
Janika Becker, Christoph W. Korn, Helen Blank
Scientific Reports, 14(1), 87392024
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Multivariate functional neuroimaging analyses reveal that strength-dependent face expectations are represented in higher-level face-identity areas
Helen Blank, Arjen Alink, Christian Büchel
Communications Biology, 6(1), 1352023
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Functional imaging analyses reveal prototype and exemplar representations in a perceptual single-category task
Helen Blank, Janine Bayer
Communications Biology, 5(1), 8962022
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Differential auditory and visual phase-locking are observed during audio-visual benefit and silent lip-reading for speech perception
Máté Aller, Heidi Solberg Økland, Lucy J. MacGregor, Helen Blank, Matthew H. Davis
The Journal of Neuroscience, 42(31), 6108-61202022
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Influence of voice properties on vowel perception depends on speaker context
Julius Krumbiegel, Carina Ufer, Helen Blank
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 152(2), 820-8342022
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Can expectation suppression be explained by reduced attention to predictable stimuli?
Arjen Alink, Helen Blank
NeuroImage, 231, 1178242021
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Altered subcortical emotional salience processing differentiates Parkinson's patients with and without psychotic symptoms
Franziska Knolle, S. Garofalo, R. Viviani, A. Justicia, A. O. Ermakova, Helen Blank, G. B. Williams, G. Arrondo, P. Ramachandra, C. Tudor-Sfetea, N. Bunzeck, E. Duezel, T. W. Robbins, R. A. Barker, G. K. Murray
NeuroImage: Clinical, 27, 1022772020
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Reduced structural connectivity between left auditory thalamus and the motion-sensitive planum temporale in developmental dyslexia
Nadja Tschentscher, Anja Ruisinger, Helen Blank, Begoña Díaz, Katharina von Kriegstein
The Journal of Neuroscience, 39(9), 1720-17322019
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Task-dependent modulation of the visual sensory thalamus assists visual-speech recognition
Begoña Díaz, Helen Blank, Katharina von Kriegstein
NeuroImage, 178, 721-7342018
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Neural Prediction Errors Distinguish Perception and Misperception of Speech
Helen Blank, Marlene Spangenberg, Matthew H. Davis
The Journal of Neuroscience, 38(27), 6076-60892018
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Prediction errors but not sharpened signals simulate multivoxel fMRI patterns during speech perception
Helen Blank, Matthew H. Davis
PLOS Biology, 14(11), e10025772016
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How the human brain exchanges information across sensory modalities to recognize other people
Helen Blank, Stefan J. Kiebel, Katharina von Kriegstein
Human Brain Mapping, 36(1), 324-3392015
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Person recognition and the brain: Merging evidence from patients and healthy individuals
Helen Blank, Nuri Wieland, Katharina von Kriegstein
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 47, 717-7342014
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Temporal characteristics of the influence of punishment on perceptual decision making in the human brain
Helen Blank, Guido Biele, Hauke R. Heekeren, Marios G. Philiastides
The Journal of Neuroscience, 33(9), 3939-39522013
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Mechanisms of enhancing visual-speech recognition by prior auditory information
Helen Blank, Katharina von Kriegstein
NeuroImage, 65, 109-1182013
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Direct structural connections between voice- and face-recognition areas
Helen Blank, Alfred Anwander, Katharina von Kriegstein
The Journal of Neuroscience, 31(36), 12906-129152011
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Rule-based item design of statistical word problems: A review and first implementation
H. Holling, Helen Blank, K. Kuchenbacker, J. T. Kuhn
Psychology Science Quarterly, 50(3), 3632008