Prof. Dr Thomas Reber

Vice-doyen Direction des filières du Bachelor germanophone et du Master germanophone en Psychologie Professeur extraordinaire

Documents

Curriculum vitae

Thomas Reber a obtenu son doctorat en psychologie en 2012 à l'Université de Berne, en Suisse. En 2013, il a rejoint le département d'épileptologie de l'Université de Bonn, en Allemagne, en tant que chercheur financé par le Fonds national suisse. En 2018, il a rejoint UniDistance Suisse. Depuis 2022, il occupe le poste de professeur extraordinaire à UniDistance Suisse. Ses recherches portent sur les corrélats neuronaux et les mécanismes de la mémoire, de la perception et de la conscience, avec un accent particulier sur le lobe temporal médian humain. À cette fin, il utilise l'EEG intracrânien, l'activité cellulaire humaine, ainsi que l'EEG de surface et l'IRMf.

Actualités

Psychologie

Un nouvel article de Prof. Thomas Reber a été publié dans Nature Communications

Psychologie

Méthodes du futur – outils pédagogiques numériques Rentrée scolaire en Suisse : UniDistance Suisse dans les médias.

Axes de recherche

Les travaux de recherche de Thomas Reber portent sur les corrélats neuronaux de la perception, de la mémoire, de l'attention et de la conscience. Il développe des expériences cognitives destinées à des sujets sains, des amnésiques et des patients épileptiques. L'activité cérébrale est mesurée chez l'homme au moyen de l'imagerie par résonance magnétique fonctionnelle (IRMf), de l'électroencéphalographie intracrânienne (EEG) et des dérivations de cellules individuelles extracellulaires. À UniDistance Suisse, Thomas Reber intègre les résultats de la recherche fondamentale dans la recherche appliquée sur l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et de la communication pour soutenir les processus d'apprentissage.

Projets de recherche

The role of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Education

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Reber Thomas // Liechti Tobias

Statut: En cours

Début: 01.08.2026

Fin: 31.07.2029

Psychologie

The role of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Education

Reber Thomas // Liechti Tobias

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Statut: En cours

Début: 01.08.2026

Fin: 31.07.2029

Psychologie

Assessment and Refinement of a Literacy-Course in AI and Neuroscience to Sup-port Learning and Teaching at UniDistance Suisse

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Reber Thomas // Carbonel Henrietta // Belardi Angelo // Prosvirnieva Maria

Début: 01.02.2026

Psychologie

Assessment and Refinement of a Literacy-Course in AI and Neuroscience to Sup-port Learning and Teaching at UniDistance Suisse

Reber Thomas // Carbonel Henrietta // Belardi Angelo // Prosvirnieva Maria

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Début: 01.02.2026

Psychologie

Effects of fluency on higher-order cognitive judgements

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Reber Thomas // Schütze Julia // BIBERGER Thomas

Début: 01.08.2025

Psychologie

Effects of fluency on higher-order cognitive judgements

Reber Thomas // Schütze Julia // BIBERGER Thomas

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Début: 01.08.2025

Psychologie

Psychophysics of Binaural Beats

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Reber Thomas // Schütze Julia

Début: 01.08.2025

Psychologie

Psychophysics of Binaural Beats

Reber Thomas // Schütze Julia

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Début: 01.08.2025

Psychologie

Modélisation de l'adaptation neuronale dans le lobe temporal médian

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Schéma de financement: UniDistance Suisse | FernUni Schweiz

Voigt Matthias // Reber Thomas // Bartolini Diletta

Statut: En cours

Début: 01.10.2023

Fin: 30.09.2026

Mathématiqu…

Modélisation de l'adaptation neuronale dans le lobe temporal médian

Voigt Matthias // Reber Thomas // Bartolini Diletta

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Schéma de financement: UniDistance Suisse | FernUni Schweiz

Statut: En cours

Début: 01.10.2023

Fin: 30.09.2026

Mathématiqu…

Do human concept cells encode novel associations that support transitive inference?

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Reber Thomas // Ruch Simon // MORMANN Florian // KUNZ Lukas

Début: 01.01.2023

Psychologie

Do human concept cells encode novel associations that support transitive inference?

Reber Thomas // Ruch Simon // MORMANN Florian // KUNZ Lukas

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Début: 01.01.2023

Psychologie

Concept learning in the human brain

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Ruch Simon // Reber Thomas // Blanco-Cuaresma Sergi // MORMANN Florian // KUNZ Lukas

Début: 01.01.2023

Psychologie

Concept learning in the human brain

Ruch Simon // Reber Thomas // Blanco-Cuaresma Sergi // MORMANN Florian // KUNZ Lukas

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Début: 01.01.2023

Psychologie

Charge de travail et comportements d’apprentissage des étudiant-e-s à distance

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Schéma de financement: UniDistance Suisse | FernUni Schweiz

Belardi Angelo // Reber Thomas // Rothen Nicolas // Martarelli Corinna

Début: 01.01.2023

Psychologie

EDUDL+

Charge de travail et comportements d’apprentissage des étudiant-e-s à distance

Belardi Angelo // Reber Thomas // Rothen Nicolas // Martarelli Corinna

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Schéma de financement: UniDistance Suisse | FernUni Schweiz

Début: 01.01.2023

Psychologie

EDUDL+

School of Tomorrow

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Rothen Nicolas // Reber Thomas // Ziogas Anastasios // Ruch Simon // SKIERESZ Nicole // MARCA Sandy C.

Statut: Terminé

Début: 01.10.2019

Fin: 30.09.2022

Psychologie

School of Tomorrow

Rothen Nicolas // Reber Thomas // Ziogas Anastasios // Ruch Simon // SKIERESZ Nicole // MARCA Sandy C.

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Statut: Terminé

Début: 01.10.2019

Fin: 30.09.2022

Psychologie

Oxytocin and percetual thresholds of emotional expressions

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Reber Thomas // HURLEMANN René // SCHEELE Dirk // MORMANN Florian // Ziogas Anastasios

Début: 01.01.2016

Psychologie

Oxytocin and percetual thresholds of emotional expressions

Reber Thomas // HURLEMANN René // SCHEELE Dirk // MORMANN Florian // Ziogas Anastasios

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Début: 01.01.2016

Psychologie

Perceptual thresholds of object recognition with backward masking

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Reber Thomas // MORMANN Florian // Ziogas Anastasios

Début: 01.01.2013

Psychologie

Perceptual thresholds of object recognition with backward masking

Reber Thomas // MORMANN Florian // Ziogas Anastasios

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Début: 01.01.2013

Psychologie

Cognitive capacity in the presence of a smartphone

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Rothen Nicolas // Reber Thomas // Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Martarelli Corinna

Statut: Terminé

Début: 01.08.2018

Fin: 30.06.2019

Psychologie

Cognitive capacity in the presence of a smartphone

Rothen Nicolas // Reber Thomas // Maalouli-Hartmann Matthias // Martarelli Corinna

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Statut: Terminé

Début: 01.08.2018

Fin: 30.06.2019

Psychologie

Groupes de recherche

Neurophysiologie cognitive

Faculté de psychologie

Brain Network Differences in Second Language Learning Depend on Individual Competencies

2026-09 | Imaging Neuroscience

DOI: 10.1162/IMAG.a.1379

Nicole H. Skieresz
Sandy C. Marca
Micah M. Murray
Thomas P. Reber
Nicolas Rothen

Journal article

Single‐Unit Activity in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe Reflects Reduced Error Monitoring During Mind Wandering

2026-09 | Hippocampus

DOI: 10.1002/hipo.70125

Thomas P. Reber
Leila Chaieb
Marlene Derner
Valeri Borger
Rainer Surges
Florian Mormann
Juergen Fell

Journal article

Human neuron activity during an 83-minute movie from 2,286 neurons and 29 patients

2026-07 | Scientific Data

DOI: 10.1038/s41597-026-07955-0

Alana Darcher
Franziska Gerken
Johannes Niediek
Marcel S. Kehl
Thomas P. Reber
Stefanie Liebe
Laura Nett
Attila Racz
Lukas Kunz
Bernhard Staresina
Rachel Rapp
Pedro J. Gonçalves
Ismail Elezi
Valeri Borger
Rainer Surges
Laura Leal-Taixé
Jakob H. Macke
Florian Mormann

Journal article

Test-retest reliability analysis of resting-state EEG measures and their association with long-term memory in children and adults

2026-04 | Imaging Neuroscience

DOI: 10.1162/IMAG.a.1224

Anastasios Ziogas
Simon Ruch
Nicole H. Skieresz
Sandy C. Marca
Nicolas Rothen
Thomas P. Reber

Journal article

Sleep ripples drive single-neuron reactivation for human memory consolidation

2026-03

DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.27.714528

Marcel S. Kehl
Thomas P. Reber
Valeri Borger
Rainer Surges
Florian Mormann
Bernhard P. Staresina

preprint

Distinct neuronal populations in the human brain combine content and context

2026-02 | Nature

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09910-2

Marcel Bausch
Johannes Niediek
Thomas P. Reber
Sina Mackay
Jan Boström
Christian E. Elger
Florian Mormann

Journal article

Subliminal messages

2025-12

DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/pravq_v2

Simon Ruch
Thomas Peter Reber

preprint

Proficiency-Dependent and Dynamic Reorganization of Brain Networks During Children’s Second Language Learning

2025-12

DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.10.693259

Nicole H. Skieresz
Sandy C. Marca
Micah M. Murray
Nicolas Rothen
Thomas P. Reber

preprint

Semantic Tuning of Single Neurons in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe

2025-10

DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.21.682935

Katharina Karkowski
Marcel S. Kehl
Yingjie Qin
Alana Darcher
Philipp Karkowski
Valeri Borger
Rainer Surges
Martin N. Hebart
Thomas P. Reber
Stanislas Dehaene
Yair Lakretz
Florian Mormann

preprint

Brain Network Differences in Second Language Learning Depend on Individual Competencies

2025-09

DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.28.679014

Nicole H. Skieresz
Sandy C. Marca
Micah M. Murray
Thomas P. Reber
Nicolas Rothen

preprint

Decoding movie content from neuronal population activity in the human medial temporal lobe

2025-08

DOI: 10.7554/eLife.106758

Franziska Gerken
Alana Darcher
Pedro J Gonçalves
Rachel Rapp
Ismail Elezi
Johannes Niediek
Marcel S Kehl
Thomas P Reber
Stefanie Liebe
Jakob H Macke
Florian Mormann
Laura Leal-Taixé

preprint

Test-Retest Reliability Analysis of Resting-state EEG Measures and Their Association with Long-Term Memory in Children and Adults

2025-08

DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.04.668389

Anastasios Ziogas
Simon Ruch
Nicole H. Skieresz
Sandy C. Marca
Nicolas Rothen
Thomas P. Reber

preprint

Correction: Spacing, feedback, and testing boost vocabulary learning in a web application.

2025-07 | Frontiers in psychology

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1629682

Belardi A
Pedrett S
Rothen N
Reber TP

Journal article

Phase of firing does not reflect temporal order in sequence memory of humans and recurrent neural networks.

2025-03 | Nature neuroscience

DOI: 10.1038/s41593-025-01893-7

Liebe S
Niediek J
Pals M
Reber TP
Faber J
Boström J
Elger CE
Macke JH
Mormann F

Journal article

Subliminal messages

2024-09

DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/pravq

Simon Ruch
Thomas Peter Reber

preprint

Effects of 5 Hz Auditory Beat Stimulation on Mind Wandering and Sustained Attention in an Online Experiment

2024-01 | Journal of Cognitive Enhancement

DOI: 10.1007/s41465-024-00290-5

Belardi, A.
Chaieb, L.
Fell, J.
Rothen, N.
Reber, T.P.

Journal article

Revue par les pairs

Concept and location neurons in the human brain provide the ‘what’ and ‘where’ in memory formation

2024-01 | Nature Communications

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52295-5

Mackay, S.
Reber, T.P.
Bausch, M.
Boström, J.
Elger, C.E.
Mormann, F.

Journal article

Side effects of monaural beat stimulation during sustained mental work on mind wandering and performance measures

2024-01 | Frontiers in Psychology

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1375717

Schmidt, L.M.
Chaieb, L.
Derner, M.
Reber, T.P.
Fell, J.

Journal article

Correlates of implicit semantic processing as revealed by representational similarity analysis applied to EEG

2024-01 | iScience

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.111149

Weber, V.
Ruch, S.
Skieresz, N.H.
Rothen, N.
Reber, T.P.

Journal article

Modulating prospective memory and attentional control with high-definition transcranial current stimulation: Study protocol of a randomized, double-blind, and sham-controlled trial in healthy older adults

2023-08 | PLOS ONE

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289532

Nadine Schmidt
Marta Menéndez-Granda
Ronya Münger
Thomas P. Reber
Ute J. Bayen
Fabian E. Gümüsdagli
Alexandra Hering
Emilie Joly-Burra
Matthias Kliegel
Jessica Peter

Journal article

A key role of the hippocampal P3 in the attentional blink

2023-05 | NeuroImage

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120028

T. P. Reber
Marlene Derner
Jennifer Faber
Rainer Surges
Florian Mormann
Juergen Fell

Journal article

Single-neuron mechanisms of neural adaptation in the human temporal lobe

2023-04 | Nature Communications

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38190-5

Thomas P. Reber
Sina Mackay
Marcel Bausch
Marcel S. Kehl
Valeri Borger
Rainer Surges
Florian Mormann

Journal article

A Meta-Analysis on Mobile-Assisted Language Learning Applications: Benefits and Risks

2022-09 | Psychologica Belgica

DOI: 10.5334/pb.1146

Mariela Mihaylova
Simon Gorin
Thomas P. Reber
Nicolas Rothen

Journal article

Revue par les pairs

A key role of the hippocampal P3 in the attentional blink

2022-08

DOI: 10.1101/2022.08.08.502473

M Derner
TP Reber
J Faber
R Surges
F Mormann
J Fell

preprint

Modulation of Mind Wandering Using Monaural Beat Stimulation in Subjects With High Trait-Level Mind Wandering

2022-06 | Frontiers in Psychology

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.815442

Leila Chaieb
Sofie Krakau
Thomas P. Reber
Juergen Fell

Journal article

On the relationship between mind wandering and mindfulness

2022-05 | Scientific Reports

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11594-x

Angelo Belardi
Leila Chaieb
Alodie Rey-Mermet
Florian Mormann
Nicolas Rothen
Juergen Fell
Thomas P. Reber

Journal article

Revue par les pairs

Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for the Modulation of Mind Wandering

2022-01 | New Perspectives on Mind-Wandering

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-06955-0_8

Leila Chaieb
Thomas P. Reber
Sofie Krakau
Juergen Fell

Book chapter

Standardized database of 400 complex abstract fractals

2021-12 | Behavior Research Methods

DOI: 10.3758/s13428-021-01726-y

Rebecca Ovalle-Fresa
Sarah V Di Pietro
Thomas P Reber
Eleonora Balbi
Nicolas Rothen

Journal article

Revue par les pairs

Spacing, Feedback, and Testing Boost Vocabulary Learning in a Web Application

2021-11 | Frontiers in Psychology

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.757262

Angelo Belardi
Salome Pedrett
Nicolas Rothen
Thomas P. Reber

Journal article

Revue par les pairs

Concept neurons in the human medial temporal lobe flexibly represent abstract relations between concepts

2021-10 | Nature Communications

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26327-3

Marcel Bausch
Johannes Niediek
Thomas P. Reber
Sina Mackay
Jan Boström
Christian E. Elger
Florian Mormann

Journal article

Auditory beat stimulation modulates memory-related single-neuron activity in the human medial temporal lobe

2021-01 | Brain Sciences

DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11030364

Derner, M.
Chaieb, L.
Dehnen, G.
Reber, T.P.
Borger, V.
Surges, R.
Staresina, B.P.
Mormann, F.
Fell, J.

Journal article

Does a smartphone on the desk drain our brain? No evidence of cognitive costs due to smartphone presence in a short-term and prospective memory task

2020-11 | Consciousness and Cognition

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2020.103033

Journal article

Standardized database of 400 complex abstract fractals

2020-09

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/uy9hk

Rebecca Ovalle-Fresa
Sarah Valérie Di Pietro
Thomas Peter Reber
Eleonora Balbi
Nicolas Rothen

preprint

Auditory beat stimulation modulates memory-related single-neuron activity in the human medial temporal lobe

2020-08

DOI: 10.1101/2020.08.27.268045

M Derner
L Chaieb
G Dehnen
TP Reber
V Borger
R Surges
BP Staresina
F Mormann
J Fell

preprint

A Meta-Analysis on Mobile-Assisted Language Learning Applications: Benefits and Risks

2020-08

DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/ux93y

Mariela Mihaylova
Simon Gorin
Thomas Peter Reber
Nicolas Rothen

preprint

Patterns of single-neuron activity during associative recognition memory in the human medial temporal lobe.

2020-08 | NeuroImage

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117214

Journal article

Spacing, Feedback, and Testing Boost Vocabulary Learning in a Web Application

2020-06

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/yqsrx

Angelo Belardi
Salome Pedrett
Nicolas Rothen
Thomas Peter Reber

preprint

Erratum: Representation of abstract semantic knowledge in populations of human single neurons in the medial temporal lobe (PLoS Biol (2019) 17:6 (e3000290) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000290)

2020-01 | PLoS Biology

DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PBIO.3000753

Reber, T.P.
Bausch, M.
MacKay, S.
Boström, J.
Elger, C.E.
Mormann, F.

Journal article

Recollection in the human hippocampal-entorhinal cell circuitry

2019-12 | Nature Communications

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09558-3

Journal article

Representation of abstract semantic knowledge in populations of human single neurons in the medial temporal lobe

2019-06 | PLOS Biology

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000290

T. P. Reber
Marcel Bausch
Sina Mackay
Jan Boström
Christian E. Elger
Florian Mormann

Journal article

TV vs. YouTube: TV Advertisements Capture More Visual Attention, Create More Positive Emotions and Have a Stronger Impact on Implicit Long-Term Memory

2019-03 | Frontiers in Psychology

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00626

Journal article

Educational App-Development needs to be informed by the Cognitive Neurosciences of Learning & Memory

2018-12 | npj Science of Learning

DOI: 10.1038/s41539-018-0039-4

Journal article

Cue discriminability predicts instrumental conditioning

2018-05 | Consciousness and Cognition

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2018.03.013

Thomas P. Reber
Bita Samimizad
Florian Mormann

Journal article

Mind wandering simultaneously prolongs reactions and promotes creative incubation

2017-08 | Scientific Reports

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10616-3

Marcin Leszczynski
Leila Chaieb
Thomas P. Reber
Marlene Derner
Nikolai Axmacher
Juergen Fell

Journal article

Memory, Consciousness & the Hippocampus

2017-04 | Before Consciousness

Book chapter

Single-Neuron Correlates of Conscious Perception in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe

2017-01 | Current Biology

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.025

Reber, T.P.
Faber, J.
Niediek, J.
Boström, J.
Elger, C.E.
Mormann, F.

Journal article

Intracranial EEG correlates of implicit relational inference within the hippocampus

2016-01 | Hippocampus

DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22490

Reber, T.P.
Do Lam, A.T.A.
Axmacher, N.
Elger, C.E.
Helmstaedter, C.
Henke, K.
Fell, J.

Journal article

Auditory Beat Stimulation and its Effects on Cognition and Mood States

2015-05 | Frontiers in Psychiatry

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00070

Journal article

Hippocampus is place of interaction between unconscious and conscious memories

2015-01 | PLoS ONE

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122459

Züst, M.A.
Colella, P.
Reber, T.P.
Vuilleumier, P.
Hauf, M.
Ruch, S.
Henke, K.

Journal article

Detecting analogies unconsciously

2014-01 | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00009

Reber, T.P.
Luechinger, R.
Boesiger, P.
Henke, K.

Journal article

Unconscious relational encoding depends on hippocampus

2014-01 | Brain

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu270

Duss, S.B.
Reber, T.P.
Hänggi, J.
Schwab, S.
Wiest, R.
Müri, R.M.
Brugger, P.
Gutbrod, K.
Henke, K.

Journal article

Integrating events across levels of consciousness

2013-01 | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00068

Henke, K.
Reber, T.P.
Duss, S.B.

Journal article

Sleep stage II contributes to the consolidation of declarative memories

2012-08 | Neuropsychologia

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.06.008

Journal article

Integrating unseen events over time

2012-01 | Consciousness and Cognition

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.02.013

Reber, T.P.
Henke, K.

Journal article

Unconscious relational inference recruits the hippocampus

2012-01 | Journal of Neuroscience

DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5639-11.2012

Henke, K.
Reber, T.P.
Luechinger, R.
Boesiger, P.

Journal article

Formation of semantic associations between subliminally presented face-word pairs

2011-01 | Consciousness and Cognition

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.03.018

Duss, S.B.
Oggier, S.
Reber, T.P.
Henke, K.

Journal article

Rapid formation and flexible expression of memories of subliminal word pairs

2011-01 | Frontiers in Psychology

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00343

Reber, T.P.
Henke, K.

Journal article

The Impact of Communication Modality on Perceived Credibility of Panel Members

2010-03 | Electronic News

DOI: 10.1177/1931243110361584

Journal article

Enseignement dispensé

K2	Messung und Modellierung neuronaler Mechanismen kognitiver Prozesse Master of Science in Psychology
M08	Methoden III: Experimentelle Übungen Bachelor of Science in Psychology
M4	Online-Studien implementieren Master of Science in Psychology