Univ.-Prof. Dr. Frank Scharnowski, MSc
T: +43-1-4277-47120
Wintersemester 2026
200142 SE Vertiefungsseminar: Geist und Gehirn - Clinical and scientific applications of neurofeedback
200145 SE Anwendungsseminar: Geist und Gehirn - Exposure Therapy between Psychology, Neuroscience and Technology
200185 SE Masterarbeitsseminar
Sommersemester 2026
200020 VO Statistik I
200113 SE Vertiefungsseminar: Geist und Gehirn - Mechanisms of exposure therapy as a dynamic feedback system
200142 SE Masterarbeitsseminar
540007 SE DissertantInnen-Seminar - Trends in cognitive and affective neuroscience
Wintersemester 2025
200142 SE Vertiefungsseminar: Geist und Gehirn - Clinical and scientific applications of neurofeedback
200145 SE Anwendungsseminar: Geist und Gehirn - Mechanisms of exposure therapy as a dynamic feedback system
200185 SE Masterarbeitsseminar
540007 SE DissertantInnen-Seminar - Trends in cognitive and affective neuroscience - Planetary Health
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), Artikel 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, Artikel 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), Artikel 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, Artikel 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), Artikel 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), Artikel 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), Artikel 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), Artikel 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. Artikel 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, Artikel 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. (Vortragende*r), Karner, A. (Vortragende*r), Spee, B. T. M. (Vortragende*r) & Scharnowski, F. (Vortragende*r)
16 Sept. 2024 → 24 Sept. 2024
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science
Institut für Psychologie der Kognition, Emotion und Methoden
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