Univ.-Prof. Dr. Frank Scharnowski, MSc
T: +43-1-4277-47120
Winter term 2026
200142 SE Advanced Seminar: Mind and Brain
200185 SE Master's Thesis Seminar (A)
540010 SE Seminar for Doctoral Students
Summer term 2026
200020 VO Statistics I
200113 SE Advanced Seminar: Mind and Brain
200142 SE Master's Thesis Seminar (A)
540007 SE Seminar for Doctoral Students
Winter term 2025
200142 SE Advanced Seminar: Mind and Brain
200185 SE Master's Thesis Seminar (A)
540007 SE Seminar for Doctoral Students
Lodrant, K., Van De Ville, D., Scharnowski, F., & Kostorz, K. (2026). Interbrain synchrony analysis for fNIRS – a signal processing primer. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/b2w75_v1
Pegler, D., Jäkel, F., Steyrl, D., Scharnowski, F., & Melinšcak, F. (2026). Unpacking Interpretability: Human-Centered Criteria for Optimal Combinatorial Solutions.
Geretsegger, M., Meling, H. M. K., Savinova, A., Aßmus, J., Dy, C. L., Mydland, T. S., Dybdahl, K., Johansen, B., Kölsch, S., Malerbakken, A., Sommerbakk, M., Tuastad, L., Erga, A. H., Hetland, J., Karshikoff, B., Svendsen, T. S., Lien, L., Roer, G. E., Røste, H.-A., ... Gold, C. (2026). Fighting Addictions, improving Lives through COmprehensive drug rehabilitation with music (FALCO): Protocol for an international randomised controlled trial. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.19.26346573
Lieberman, J. M., Lanius, R. A., Théberge, J., Frey, B. N., Frewen, P. A., Scharnowski, F., Steyrl, D., Ros, T., Densmore, M., Tassinari, E., Matic, V., Hosseini-Kamkar, N., Narikuzhy, S., Hosseiny, F., Jetly, R., & Nicholson, A. A. (2025). Study protocol for a multi-session randomized sham-controlled trial of PCC- and amygdala-targeted neurofeedback for the treatment of PTSD. BMC Psychiatry, 25(1), Article 698. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-07050-5
Lieberman, J. M., Lanius, R. A., Densmore, M., Théberge, J., Rabellino, D., Frewen, P. A., Scharnowski, F., Jetly, R., Frey, B. N., Hosseiny, F., Ros, T., & Nicholson, A. A. (2025). Contributions of the default mode and central executive networks during posterior cingulate cortex-targeted fMRI neurofeedback in PTSD. NeuroImage: Clinical, 48, Article 103891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2025.103891
Zhang, M., Pegler, D., Karner, A., Scharnowski, F., & Melinšcak, F. (2025). Mapping mental representations of fear-relevant stimuli through similarity modeling. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/j8epm_v3
Pegler, D., Steyrl, D., Zhang, M., Karner, A., Arato, J., Scharnowski, F., & Melinscak, F. (2025). SpiderNets: Vision Models Predict Human Fear From Aversive Images. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.04889
Buchanan, E. M., Cuccolo, K., Heyman, T., van Berkel, N., Coles, N. A., Iyer, A., Peters, K., van ’t Veer, A. E., Montefinese, M., Maxwell, N. P., Taylor, J. E., Valentine, K. D., Arriaga, P., Barzykowski, K., Boucher, L., Collins, W. M., Vaidis, D. C., Aczel, B., Al-Hoorie, A. H., ... Lewis, S. C. (2025). Measuring the semantic priming effect across many languages. Nature Human Behaviour, 10(1), 182-201. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02254-x
Pamplona, G. S. P., Zweerings, J., Lor, C. S., deErney, L., Roecher, E., Taebi, A., Hellrung, L., Amano, K., Scheinost, D., Krause, F., Rosenberg, M. D., Ionta, S., Brem, S., Hermans, E. J., Mathiak, K., & Scharnowski, F. (2025). Neural Mechanisms of Feedback Processing and Regulation Recalibration During Neurofeedback Training. Human Brain Mapping, 46(10), Article e70279. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70279
Kostorz, K., Nguyen, T., Pan, Y., Melinscak, F., Steyrl, D., Hu, Y., Sorger, B., Hoehl, S., & Scharnowski, F. (2025). Investigating short windows of interbrain synchrony: A step toward fNIRS-based hyperfeedback. Imaging Neuroscience, 3, Article IMAG.a.43. https://doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a.43
Lor, C. S., Steyrl, D., Karner, A., Götzendorfer, S. J., Klimesch, A., Eder, S. J., Renz, F. M., Rother, J., Scharnowski, F., & Melinscak, F. (2025). SpiderPhy dataset: A multimodal dataset of Physiological, Psychometric and Behavioral Responses to fear stimuli. Scientific Data, 12(1), Article 599. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04908-x
Zhang, M., Karner, A., Kostorz, K., Shea, S., Steyrl, D., Melinscak, F., Sladky, R., Lor, C. S., & Scharnowski, F. (2025). SpiDa-MRI behavioral and (f)MRI data of adults with fear of spiders. Scientific Data, 12(1), Article 284. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04569-w
Spee, B. T. M., Leder, H., Mikuni, J., Scharnowski, F., Pelowski, M., & Steyrl, D. (2024). Using Machine Learning to Predict Judgments on Western Visual Art Along Content-Representational and Formal-Perceptual Attributes. PLoS ONE, 19(9), Article e0304285. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304285
Mikuni, J., Spee, B. T. M., Forlani, G., Leder, H., Scharnowski, F., Nakamura, K., Watanabe, K., Kawabata, H., Pelowski, M., & Steyrl, D. (2024). Cross-Cultural Comparison of Beauty Judgments in Visual Art Using Machine Learning Analysis of Art Attribute Predictors Among Japanese and German Speakers. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 15948. https://doi.org/10.1038/S41598-024-65088-Z
Karner, A., Obenaus, L., Zhang, M., Lor, C., Kostorz, K., Pegler, D., Leopold, M.-L., Melinšcak, F., Steyrl, D., & Scharnowski, F. (2024). Visual attributes of spiders associated with aversiveness in spider-fearful individuals: A machine learning analysis. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ht2pr
Popovova, J., Mazloum, R., Macauda, G., Stämpfli, P., Vuilleumier, P., Frühholz, S., Scharnowski, F., Menon, V., & Michels, L. (2024). Enhanced attention-related alertness following right anterior insular cortex neurofeedback training. iScience, 27(2), 108915. Article 108915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.108915
Zhang, M., Karner, A., Kostorz, K., Shea, S., Steyrl, D., Melinšcak, F., Sladky, R., Lor, C., & Scharnowski, F. (2024). SpiDa-MRI, behavioral and (f)MRI data of adults with fear of spiders. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.07.578564
Karner, A., Zhang, M., Lor, C. S., Steyrl, D., Götzendorfer, S. J., Weidt, S., Melinscak, F., & Scharnowski, F. (2024). The "SpiDa" dataset: self-report questionnaires and ratings of spider images from spider-fearful individuals. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Article 1327367. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1327367
Kostorz, K., Nguyen, T., Pan, Y., Melinšcak, F., Steyrl, D., Hu, Y., Sorger, B., Hoehl, S., & Scharnowski, F. (2023). Towards fNIRS Hyperfeedback: A Feasibility Study on Real-Time Interbrain Synchrony. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.11.570765
Park, A. H., Patel, H., Mirabelli, J., Eder, S. J., Steyrl, D., Lueger-Schuster, B., Scharnowski, F., O'Connor, C., Martin, P., Lanius, R. A., McKinnon, M. C., & Nicholson, A. (2023). Machine learning models predict PTSD severity and functional impairment: A personalized medicine approach for uncovering complex associations among heterogeneous symptom profiles. Psychological Trauma, 17(2), 372-386. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001602
Interpretable machine learning for hypothesis
Steyrl, D. (Speaker), Karner, A. (Speaker), Spee, B. T. M. (Speaker) & Scharnowski, F. (Speaker)
16 Sept 2024 → 24 Sept 2024
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology
Head
Liebiggasse 5
1010 Wien
Room: O3.41
T: +43-1-4277-47120