Dr. Filip Melinšcak, BSc MSc
T: +43-1-4277-47122
Pegler, D., Jäkel, F., Steyrl, D., Scharnowski, F., & Melinšcak, F. (2026). Unpacking Interpretability: Human-Centered Criteria for Optimal Combinatorial Solutions.
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
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
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
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
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