60 https://www.uni-bremen.de/theoretische-bio-und-neurophysik/team/dr-udo-a-ernst Dr. Udo A. Ernst de Universität Bremen Sun, 10 May 2026 17:05:49 +0200 Sun, 10 May 2026 17:05:49 +0200 Universität Bremen content-519141 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:11:31 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/theoretische-bio-und-neurophysik/team/dr-udo-a-ernst#c519141 <h3>2020</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Chen, X. and Bohnenkamp, L. and Galashan, F. and Wegener, D. (2020) <b><a href="http://10.1101/2020.06.19.161414">A simple canonical circuitry for non-stationary normalization by inhibition to explain and predict change detection in monkey area MT</a></b> <i>bioRxiv</i></td></tr><tr><td>Lisitsyn, D. and Grothe, I. and Kreiter, A. and Ernst, U. A. (2020) <b><a href="http://10.1523/jneurosci.0689-20.2020">Visual stimulus content in V4 is conveyed by gamma-rhythmic information packages</a></b> The Journal of Neuroscience</td></tr></table> <h3>2019</h3> <table><tr><td>Capparelli, F. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. (2019) <b><a href="http://10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007370">Constrained inference in sparse coding reproduces contextual effects and predicts laminar neural dynamics</a></b> <i>PLOS</i> Computational Biology</td></tr><tr><td>Lisitsyn, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2019) <b><a href="http://10.3389/fncom.2019.00007">Causally investigating cortical dynamics and signal processing by targeting natural system attractors with precisely timed (electrical) stimulation</a></b> frontiers in Computational Neuroscience</td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2019) <b><a href="http://10.1016/j.ohx.2019.e00078">Open Hardware for neuro-prosthesis research: A study about a closed-loop multi-channel system for electrical surface stimulations and measurements</a></b> <i>HardwareX</i></td></tr><tr><td>Tömen, N. and Ernst, U. A. (2019) <b>The role of criticality in flexible visual information processing</b> Springer Series on Bio- and Neurosystems</td></tr></table> <h3>2018</h3> <table><tr><td>Grothe, I. and Rotermund, D. and Neitzel, S. D. and Mandon, S. and Ernst, U. A. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2018) <b><a href="http://10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2221-17.2018">Attention selectively gates afferent signal transmission to area V4</a></b> The Journal of Neuroscience</td></tr></table> <h3>2017</h3> <table><tr><td>Grzymisch, A. and Grimsen, C. and Ernst, U. A. (2017) <b><a href="http://10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01501">Contour integration in dynamic scenes: Impaired detection performance in extended presentations</a></b> frontiers in Psychology</td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2017) <b><a href="http://10.1101/141184">Open hardware for neuro-prosthesis research: A study about a closed-loop multi-channel system for electrical surface stimulations and measurements</a></b> <i>HardwareX</i></td></tr></table> <h3>2016</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Schiffer, A. and Persike, M. and Meinhardt, G. (2016) <b><a href="http://10.3389/fnsys.2016.00078">Contextual interactions in grating plaid configurations are explained by natural image statistics and neural modeling</a></b> Front. Syst. Neurosci.</td></tr></table> <h3>2015</h3> <table><tr><td>Grothe, I. and Rotermund, D. and Neitzel, S. D. and Mandon, S. and Ernst, U. A. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2015) <b><a href="http://10.1101/019547">Attention selectively gates afferent signal transmission to area V4</a></b> The Journal of Neuroscience</td></tr><tr><td>Harnack, D. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2015) <b><a href="http://10.1152/jn.01038.2014">A model for attentional information routing through coherence predicts biased competition and multistable perception</a></b> Journal of Neurophysiology</td></tr></table> <h3>2014</h3> <table><tr><td>Tömen, N. and Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2014) <b><a href="http://10.3389/fnsys.2014.00151">Marginally subcritical dynamics explain enhanced stimulus discriminability under attention</a></b> Front Syst Neurosci. 2014 Aug 25</td></tr><tr><td>van Humbeeck, N. and Schmitt, N. and Hermens, F. and Wagemans, J. and Ernst, U. A. (2014) <b><a href="http://10.1167/13.14.5">The role of eye movements in a contour detection task</a></b> Journal of Vision</td></tr></table> <h3>2013</h3> <table><tr><td>Arevalo Acosta, O. and Bornschlegl, M. and Eberhardt, S. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Fahle, M. (2013) <b><a href="http://10.1371/journal.pone.0076601">Dynamics of Dual Prism Adaptation: Relating Novel Experimental Results to a Minimalistic Neural Model</a></b> <i>PLOS</i> <i>ONE</i></td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. and Mandon, S. and Taylor, K. and Smiyukha, Y. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2013) <b><a href="http://10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4225-12.2013">Toward high performance, weakly invasive Brain Computer Interfaces using selective visual attention</a></b> The Journal of Neuroscience</td></tr></table> <h3>2012</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Mandon, S. and Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Neitzel, S. D. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2012) <b>Optimality of human contour integration</b> <i>PLOS</i> Computational Biology</td></tr><tr><td>Lochmann, T. and Ernst, U. A. and Deneve, S. (2012) <b><a href="http://10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0817-11.2012">Perceptual inference predicts contextual modulations of sensory responses</a></b> J. Neurosci.</td></tr></table> <h3>2011</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2011) <b><a href="http://10.1126/science.1216483">Sensible Balance</a></b> Science</td></tr></table> <h3>2009</h3> <table><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. and Taylor, K. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Kreiter, A. (2009) <b><a href="http://10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5508-08.2009">Attention Improves Object Representation in Visual Cortical Field Potentials</a></b> Journal of Neuroscience</td></tr></table> <h3>2007</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Rotermund, D. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2007) <b>Efficient computation based on stochastic spikes</b> Neural Computation</td></tr><tr><td>Hermens, F. and Ernst, U. A. (2007) <b><a href="http://10.2478/v10053-008-0017-0">Modeling spatial and temporal aspects of visual backward masking</a></b> Advances in Cognitive Psychology</td></tr><tr><td>Levina, A. and Ernst, U. A. and Herrmann, M. (2007) <b><a href="http://10.1016/j.neucom.2006.10.056">Criticality of Avalanche Dynamics in Adaptive Recurrent Networks</a></b> Neurocomputing</td></tr><tr><td>Patzelt, F. and Riegel, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2007) <b><a href="http://10.3389/neuro.10.004.2007">Self-Organised Critical Noise Amplification in Human Closed Loop Control</a></b> Noise in Life 2007: Stochastic Dynamics in the Neurosciences - International workshop, <i>MPIPKS</i> Dresden</td></tr></table> <h3>2006</h3> <table><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2006) <b><a href="http://10.1007/s00422-006-0083-7">Towards on-line adaptation of neuro-prosthesis with neuronal evaluation signals</a></b> Biological Cybernetics</td></tr><tr><td>Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2006) <b><a href="http://10.1016/j.neucom.2005.12.095">Optimal contour integration: When additive algorithms fail</a></b> Neurocomputing</td></tr></table> <h3>2003</h3> <table><tr><td>Herzog, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Etzold, A. and Eurich, C. (2003) <b><a href="http://10.1162/089976603322297304">Local interactions in neural networks explain global effects in the masking of visual stimuli</a></b> Neural Computation</td></tr><tr><td>Herzog, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Eurich, C. (2003) <b>Getting the picture</b> Scientific American Mind</td></tr><tr><td>Herzog, M. and Harms, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Eurich, C. and Mahmud, S. H. and Fahle, M. (2003) <b><a href="http://10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00461-9">Extending the shine-through effect to classical masking paradigms</a></b> Vision Research</td></tr></table> <h3>2002</h3> <table><tr><td>Eurich, C. and Herrmann, M. and Ernst, U. A. (2002) <b><a href="http://10.1103/PhysRevE.66.066137">Finite-size effects of avalanche dynamics</a></b> Phys. Rev. E</td></tr><tr><td>Herzog, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Eurich, C. (2002) <b>Objekterkennung: Ein Kamel Ist keine Palme</b> Gehirn und Geist</td></tr></table> <h3>2001</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Sahar-Pikielny, C. and Tsodyks, M. (2001) <b><a href="http://10.1038/86089">Intracortical origin of visual maps</a></b> Nature Neuroscience</td></tr></table> <h3>1999</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Tsodyks, M. and Sejnowski, T. (1999) <b><a href="http://10.1162/089976699300016692">Relation between retinotopic and orientation maps in visual cortex</a></b> Neural Computation</td></tr><tr><td>Eurich, C. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. and Cowan, J. and Milton, J. (1999) <b><a href="http://10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.1594">Dynamics of self-organized delay adaptation</a></b> Physical Review Letters</td></tr></table> <h3>1998</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Geisel, T. (1998) <b><a href="http://10.1103/PhysRevE.57.2150">Delay-induced multistable synchronization of biological oscillators</a></b> Physical Review E</td></tr><tr><td>Lin, J. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. and Sejnowski, T. (1998) <b><a href="http://10.1088/0954-898X_9_3_004">Irregular synchronous activity in stochastically-coupled networks of integrate-and-fire neurons</a></b> Network</td></tr></table> <h3>1996</h3> <table><tr><td>Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. and Wolf, F. and Geisel, T. (1996) <b>Orientation contrast sensitivity from long-range interactions in visual cortex</b> Proceedings of the 25th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference</td></tr></table> <h3>1995</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Geisel, T. (1995) <b><a href="http://10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.1570">Synchronization induced by temporal delays in pulse-coupled oscillators</a></b> Physical Review Letters</td></tr></table> Content content-519142 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:11:31 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/theoretische-bio-und-neurophysik/team/dr-udo-a-ernst#c519142 <h3>2019</h3> <table><tr><td>Chen, X. and Bohnenkamp, L. and Wegener, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2019) <b><a href="http://10.1177/0301006619863862">A structurally simple model explains MT transients under variable stimulus and behavioral conditions</a></b> </td></tr><tr><td>Schünemann, M. and Keßeböhmer, M. and Ernst, U. A. (2019) <b>Exact avalance distributions for inhomogenous networks of non-leaky integrate and fire neurons</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Schünemann, M. and Rausch, L. and Drebitz, E. and Harnack, D. and Ernst, U. A. and Kreiter, A. (2019) <b><a href="http://10.12751/nncn.bc2019.0060">Unexpectedly strong attentional modulation of V1/V2 activity implements a robust, contrastinvariant control mechanism for selective information processing</a></b> Bernstein Conference</td></tr><tr><td>Schiffer, A. and Ernst, U. A. and Persike, M. (2019) <b><a href="http://10.1177/0301006619863862">Thinking around the corner: How to process sharp bends in contour integration</a></b> </td></tr><tr><td>Tömen, N. and Herrmann, M. and Ernst, U. A. (2019) <b>The functional role of critical dynamics in neural systems</b> Springer</td></tr></table> <h3>2018</h3> <table><tr><td>Capparelli, F. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2018) <b>Generative model of visual cortex with short- and long-range recurrent interactions</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Schünemann, M. and Tömen, N. and Ernst, U. A. (2018) <b>Cortical information integration with critical subnetworks: Large capacity, high accuracy, and rapid detection</b> </td></tr></table> <h3>2017</h3> <table><tr><td>Capparelli, F. and Rotermund, D. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. (2017) <b>Generative models of visual cortex with short and long range horizontal interactions</b> Bernstein Conference 2017</td></tr><tr><td>Harnack, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2017) <b>Performance-optimization guided distribution of attentional resources</b> <i>BMC</i> Neuroscience 2017</td></tr><tr><td>Lisitsyn, D. and Drebitz, E. and Grothe, I. and Kreiter, A. and Ernst, U. A. (2017) <b>Dissecting gamma phase and amplitude-specific information routing in V4 of macaque during selective attention</b> <i>BMC</i> Neuroscience 2017</td></tr><tr><td>Schünemann, M. and Tömen, N. and Ernst, U. A. (2017) <b>Critical subnetworks for feature integration</b> Bernstein Conference 2017</td></tr><tr><td>Schiffer, A. and Grzymisch, A. and Persike, M. and Ernst, U. A. (2017) <b>Integration of orientation and spatial frequency in a model of visual cortex</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Tömen, N. and Ernst, U. A. (2017) <b>Selective feature integration with critical dynamics in cortical subnetworks</b> <i>BMC</i> Neuroscience 2017</td></tr></table> <h3>2016</h3> <table><tr><td>Bohnenkamp, L. and Wegener, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2016) <b>Modelling transient dynamics and attentional modulation in MT cells in a structurally simple model</b> Bernstein Conference 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Schiffer, A. and Persike, M. and Meinhardt, G. (2016) <b>Contextual interactions in grating plaid configurations are explained by natural image statistics and neural modeling</b> <i>BCCN</i> Berlin</td></tr><tr><td>Harnack, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2016) <b>Self-organization and control of flexible information routing in cortical networks</b> Bernstein Conference 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Lisitsyn, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2016) <b>Model-based inferences into attention and bistability information routing control via precisely-timed perturbations</b> Bernstein Conference 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Rothe, H. and Stemmann, H. and Schander, A. and Lisitsyn, D. and Kreiter, A. and Lang, W. and Ernst, U. A. (2016) <b>Analysis of neural signals for chronically implanted, novel multi-channel floating probes</b> Bernstein Conference 2016</td></tr></table> <h3>2015</h3> <table><tr><td>Bohnenkamp, L. and Wegener, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2015) <b>Attentional spreading over feature attributes and feature dimensions: Distributed top-down modulation or joint neural coding?</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Grzymisch, A. and Grimsen, C. and Ernst, U. A. (2015) <b><a href="http://10.1167/15.12.326">Attentional effects in contour integration in dynamic scenes</a></b> </td></tr><tr><td>Harnack, D. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. (2015) <b>A simplified model for oscillatory population dynamics in visual cortex</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Lisitsyn, D. and Harnack, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2015) <b>Probing communicationa through coherence via phase-dependent analysis</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Lisitsyn, D. and Harnack, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2015) <b>Probing information routing mechanisms by precisely-timed electrical stimulation pulses: a modelling study</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Tömen, N. and Ernst, U. A. (2015) <b>Optimal feature integration in critical, balanced network</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Tömen, N. and Ernst, U. A. (2015) <b>Optimal feature integration in critical, balanced networks</b> </td></tr></table> <h3>2014</h3> <table><tr><td>Grzymisch, A. and Grimsen, C. and Ernst, U. A. (2014) <b>Contour integration in dynamic scenes and selective attention</b> Pion</td></tr><tr><td>Harnack, D. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. (2014) <b>Multistable network dynamics through lateral inhibition: an efficient mechanism for selective information routing</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Lisitsyn, D. and Harnack, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2014) <b><a href="http://10.12751/nncn.bc2014.003">Guiding attention: phase-response curve analysis of a communication through coherence model</a></b> Bernstein Conference 2014, Frontiers</td></tr><tr><td>Tömen, N. and Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2014) <b><a href="http://10.12751/nncn.bc2014.0036">Marginally subcritical dynamics explain enhanced stimulus discriminability under attention</a></b> Front Syst Neurosci. 2014 Aug 25</td></tr></table> <h3>2013</h3> <table><tr><td>Grothe, I. and Rotermund, D. and Neitzel, S. D. and Mandon, S. and Ernst, U. A. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2013) <b>The neuronal input channel switched by attention reflects routing by coherence</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Grothe, I. and Rotermund, D. and Neitzel, S. D. and Mandon, S. and Ernst, U. A. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2013) <b>Selective synchronization explains transfer characteristics of attention-dependent routing for broad-band flicker signals to monkey area V4</b> Pion Ltd.</td></tr><tr><td>Harnack, D. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2013) <b>A dynamic model for selective visual attention predicts information routing</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Harnack, D. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2013) <b><a href="http://10.1186/1471-2202-14-S1-P310">A model for selective visual attention predicts information routing</a></b> </td></tr><tr><td>Harnack, D. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. (2013) <b><a href="http://10.12751/nncn.bc2013.0062">A model for selective visual attention predicts information gating and biased competition</a></b> </td></tr><tr><td>Harnack, D. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. (2013) <b>A model of selective visual attention predicts biased competition and information routing</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Tömen, N. and Ernst, U. A. (2013) <b>Attention improves information processing by tuning cortical networks towards critical states</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Tömen, N. and Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2013) <b>Attention improves information processing</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Tömen, N. and Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2013) <b>Improved information processing under attention is explained by phase transitions in cortical dynamics</b> </td></tr></table> <h3>2012</h3> <table><tr><td>Grothe, I. and Neitzel, S. D. and Rotermund, D. and Mandon, S. and Linke, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Kreiter, A. (2012) <b>Interareal gamma-band synchronization in primate ventral visual pathway underlies signal routing during selective attention</b> Society for Neuroscience</td></tr><tr><td>Harnack, D. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2012) <b>A model for selective visual attention predicts information routing through coherence</b> </td></tr></table> <h3>2011</h3> <table><tr><td>Heyken, P. and Traschütz, A. and Harnack, D. and Habekost, B. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. and Wegener, D. (2011) <b><a href="doi: 10.3389/conf.fncom.2011.53.00054">Transient activation of MT neurons to stimulus velocity changes: experiments and modelling</a></b> Front. Comput. Neurosci.</td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Grothe, I. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Neitzel, S. D. and Mandon, S. and Kreiter, A. (2011) <b>Gating of visual processing by selective attention as observed in LFP data of monkey area V4</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Linke, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Grothe, I. and Neitzel, S. D. and Mandon, S. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Kreiter, A. (2011) <b><a href="http://10.3389/conf.fncom.2011.53.00055">Routing of information flow by selective visual attention in LFPs of monkey area V4</a></b> Computational Neuroscience & Neurotechnology Bernstein Conference & Neurex Annual Meeting</td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Schipper, M. and Fahle, M. and Ernst, U. A. (2011) <b><a href="http://10.1186/1471-2202-12-S1-P94">High-performance classification of contour percepts from EEG recordings</a></b> 20th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting <i>CNS</i></td></tr><tr><td>Schipper, M. and Fahle, M. and Stecher, H. and Ernst, U. A. (2011) <b>Human contour integration is independently biased by global stimulus shape and behavioural task: Evidence from Psychophysics and Electrophysiology</b> 34th European Conference on Visual Perception <i>ECVP</i></td></tr></table> <h3>2010</h3> <table><tr><td>Arevalo Acosta, O. and Bornschlegl, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Fahle, M. (2010) <b><a href="http://10.3389/conf.fncom.2010.51.00036">Predicting the dynamics of dual prism adaptation with a biophysically plausible neural model</a></b> Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience</td></tr><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Rotermund, D. and Taylor, K. and Smiyukha, Y. and Neitzel, S. D. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2010) <b>Discriminability of direction of attention with and without stimuli based on V4 epidural recordings: A perspective for high-performance brain-computer interfaces</b> <i>SfN</i> International Neuroscience Meeting 2010</td></tr><tr><td>Neitzel, S. D. and Rotermund, D. and Mandon, S. and Ernst, U. A. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2010) <b><a href="doi: 10.3389/conf.fncom.2010.51.00103">Highly selective processing of temporal information from attended stimuli in macaque’s visual area V4</a></b> Front. Comput. Neurosci.</td></tr><tr><td>Schipper, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Fahle, M. (2010) <b>A Horizontal Bias in Contour Integration: Evidence from Psychophysics and Electrophysiology</b> Perception, <i>ECVP</i> Conference</td></tr><tr><td>Schipper, M. and Teiwes, V. and Fahle, M. and Ernst, U. A. (2010) <b><a href="http://10.3389/conf.fncom.2010.51.00108">Local contour integration depends on alignment and orientation of global shapes</a></b> Front. Comput. Neurosci.</td></tr></table> <h3>2009</h3> <table><tr><td>Bornschlegl, M. and Arevalo Acosta, O. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Fahle, M. (2009) <b><a href="http://10.3389/conf.neuro.10.2009.14.001">Learning of Visuomotor Adaptation: Insights from Experiments and Simulations</a></b> Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience (<i>BCCN</i>2009)</td></tr><tr><td>Johnson, D. H. and Jung, R. and Ernst, U. A. (2009) <b><a href="http://10.1186/1471-2202-10-S1-I1">Computational Neuroscience</a></b> 18th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (<i>CNS</i> 2009)</td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2009) <b><a href="http://10.1186/1471-2202-10-S1-P268">Enhancing information processing by synchronization</a></b> <i>BMC</i> Neuroscience</td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Neitzel, S. D. and Ernst, U. A. and Mandon, S. and Taylor, K. and Smiyukha, Y. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2009) <b><a href="http://10.3389/conf.neuro.10.2009.14.068">Field potentials from macaque area V4 predict attention in single trials with 100\%</a></b> Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience</td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Neitzel, S. D. and Taylor, K. and Ernst, U. A. and Mandon, S. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Kreiter, A. (2009) <b>Phase differences in local field potentials from macaque monkey area V4, predict attentional state in single trials with 99.6\% accuracy</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Neitzel, S. D. and Mandon, S. and Kreiter, A. and Rosenholtz, R. (2009) <b><a href="http://10.1186/1471-2202-10-S1-P360">Can reduced contour detection performance in the periphery be explained by larger integration fields</a></b> 18th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (<i>CNS</i> 2009)</td></tr><tr><td>Schipper, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Fahle, M. (2009) <b>How do prior expectations shape contour integration?</b> 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society / 32nd Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 2009</td></tr><tr><td>Schipper, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Fahle, M. (2009) <b><a href="http://10.1186/1471-2202-10-S1-P12">Influence of prior expectations on contour integration: Psychophysics and modelling</a></b> 18th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (<i>CNS</i> 2009)</td></tr><tr><td>Schipper, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Fahle, M. (2009) <b><a href="http://10.3389/conf.neuro.10.2009.14.158">Interactions between top-down and stimulus-driven processes in visual feature integration</a></b> Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience (<i>BCCN</i>2009)</td></tr></table> <h3>2008</h3> <table><tr><td>Arevalo Acosta, O. and Hochstein, L. and Bornschlegl, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Fahle, M. (2008) <b><a href="http://10.3389/conf.neuro.10.2008.01.026">Spatial Transfer in Prism Adaptation</a></b> Bernstein Symposium 2008</td></tr><tr><td>Deneve, S. and Lochmann, T. and Ernst, U. A. (2008) <b>Dynamic, context-dependant spike responses of visual neurons reflects inference and learning in natural movies</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Patzelt, F. and Riegel, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2008) <b>Self-organized critical control in human behavior</b> Proc. <i>DPG</i> spring meeting Berlin 2008 <i>DY</i> 5.3</td></tr><tr><td>Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Neitzel, S. D. and Mandon, S. and Kreiter, A. and Rosenholtz, R. (2008) <b>Human contour integration is optimized for natural images</b> <i>SfN</i> International Neuroscience Meeting 2008</td></tr><tr><td>Schipper, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Fahle, M. (2008) <b><a href="http://10.3389/conf.neuro.10.2008.01.108">Investigating the interactions between top-down and bottom-up visual processing: The influence of prior expectations on contour integration</a></b> Bernstein Symposium 2008</td></tr></table> <h3>2007</h3> <table><tr><td>Deneve, S. and Ernst, U. A. (2007) <b>Finding the underlying causes of the visual input with spiking neurons and shunting inhibition</b> <i>SfN</i> International Neuroscience Meeting 2007</td></tr><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Deneve, S. (2007) <b>Extra-classical receptive field properties from natural image statistics</b> <i>SfN</i> International Neuroscience Meeting 2007</td></tr><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Deneve, S. and Meinhardt, G. (2007) <b><a href="http://10.1186/1471-2202-8-S2-P154">Detection of gabor patch arrangements is explained by natural image statistics</a></b> Sixteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: <i>CNS</i>*2007</td></tr><tr><td>Patzelt, F. and Riegel, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2007) <b>Self-organised critical noise amplification in human closed loop control</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Patzelt, F. and Schaumloeffel, M. and Riegel, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Fahle, M. (2007) <b>Temporal factors in figure-ground segregation, object representation, and closed loop eye-hand coordination</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. and Taylor, K. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Kreiter, A. (2007) <b>Attention in monkey area V4 is modulated by task demand</b> <i>SfN</i> International Neuroscience Meeting 2007</td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Taylor, K. and Ernst, U. A. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2007) <b>Attention improves object representation in monkey area V4</b> Goettingen Neurobiology Conference</td></tr><tr><td>Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Ernst, U. A. and Mandon, S. and Neitzel, S. D. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2007) <b><a href="http://10.1186/1471-2202-8-S2-P77">Structure of the neuronal interactions underlying human contour integration</a></b> Sixteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: <i>CNS</i>*2007</td></tr></table> <h3>2006</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Neitzel, S. D. and Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Mandon, S. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2006) <b>Modeling systematic errors of human contour detection reveals new mechanisms of contour integration</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Mandon, S. and Neitzel, S. D. and Kreiter, A. (2006) <b>Contour detection from quasi-ideal contour integration</b> <i>CNS</i> - Computational Neuroscience Conference</td></tr><tr><td>Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. and Rotermund, D. (2006) <b>Towards on-line adaptation of neuro-prostheses with neuronal evaluation signals</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Taylor, K. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Kreiter, A. (2006) <b>Attention improves object discriminability in monkey area V4</b> <i>CNS</i> - Computational Neuroscience Conference</td></tr></table> <h3>2005</h3> <table><tr><td>Mandon, S. and Ernst, U. A. and Neitzel, S. D. and Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Kreiter, A. (2005) <b>Neuronal mechanisms of contour integration investigated by combining psychophysical experiments with probabilistic modeling</b> Proceedings of the 30th Götingen Neurobiology Conference</td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2005) <b>Processing natural images with single spikes</b> Proceedings of the 30th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference</td></tr><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Taylor, K. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Kreiter, A. (2005) <b>Attention improves object encoding in monkey area V4</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Mandon, S. and Neitzel, S. D. and Kreiter, A. (2005) <b>Systematic errors of contour detection are predicted by computational mechanisms for contour integration: Theory and Experiments</b> </td></tr></table> <h3>2004</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2004) <b>Large tuning width can improve contour detection performance in a neural model for robust contour integration</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. and Mandon, S. and Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Kreiter, A. (2004) <b>Mechanisms and principles of contour integration revealed by combining psychophysical experiments with probabilistic modelling</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Pawelzik, K. R. and Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2004) <b>A novel framework for universal adaptive computation in a cortex model with stochastic spikes</b> </td></tr></table> <h3>2003</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Mandon, S. and Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2003) <b>Rapid contour integration of macaque monkeys and spiking neural networks</b> <i>SfN</i> International Neuroscience Meeting 2003</td></tr><tr><td>Pawelzik, K. R. and Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. (2003) <b>Building representations spike by spike</b> Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart</td></tr></table> <h3>2002</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Etzold, A. and Eurich, C. and Herzog, M. (2002) <b>Transiente Merkmalsbindung und raumzeitliche Aktivitätsdynamik in einem Modell des visuellen Kortex</b> Frühjahrstagung: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft (<i>DPG</i>)</td></tr><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Etzold, A. and Herzog, M. and Eurich, C. (2002) <b>Transient activation of neural populations in a cortical model accounts for the transient visibility of masked stimuli</b> Society for Neuroscience Meeting 2002</td></tr><tr><td>Haynes, J. and Ernst, U. A. and Heinze, H. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2002) <b>Spectral and nonspectral analysis of brain state coherency</b> <i>FENS</i> 2002</td></tr></table> <h3>2001</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2001) <b>Asymmetric surround suppression coincides with structures of orientation preference map</b> Proceedings of the 28th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 2001</td></tr></table> <h3>2000</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Tsodyks, M. and Sahar-Pikielny, C. (2000) <b>Lateral intracortical interactions and random inhomogeneities: A key to the spontaneous emergence of cortical maps in V1 without visual experience</b> <i>FENS</i> 2000</td></tr></table> <h3>1999</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Tsodyks, M. and Sejnowski, T. and Geisel, T. (1999) <b>Relationships between cortical maps and receptive fields are determined by lateral cortical feedback</b> Proceedings of the 27th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 1999</td></tr><tr><td>Tsodyks, M. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Sahar-Pikielny, C. (1999) <b>Intracortical origin of visual cortical maps</b> </td></tr></table> <h3>1998</h3> <table><tr><td>Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. and Wolf, F. and Geisel, T. (1998) <b>Orientation preference geometry modulates nonclassical receptive field properties</b> Proceedings of the 26th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 1998</td></tr></table> <h3>1997</h3> <table><tr><td>Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. and Wolf, F. and Geisel, T. (1997) <b>Orientation contrast sensitivity from long-range interactions in visual cortex</b> Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart/New York</td></tr></table> <h3>1996</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Geisel, T. (1996) <b>Komplexe räumliche Dynamik und Phasenclustering in strukturierten pulsgekoppelten neuronalen Netzen</b> </td></tr></table> <h3>1995</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Geisel, T. (1995) <b>Phasendichtedynamik pulsgekoppelter Oszillatoren mit Delay</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Geisel, T. (1995) <b>Using the neuronal time structure for information processing: multistability in pulse coupled neurons with delay</b> Proceedings of the 23rd Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 1995</td></tr></table> <h3>1994</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Geisel, T. (1994) <b>Synchronisation, Desynchronisation und Gruppenbildung pulsgekoppelter Oszillatoren mit verzögerter Wechselwirkung</b> </td></tr></table> Content content-519143 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:11:31 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/theoretische-bio-und-neurophysik/team/dr-udo-a-ernst#c519143 <h3>2014</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. (2014) <b><a href="http://10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_569-1">Computational role of center-surround processing</a></b> Springer</td></tr></table> <h3>2013</h3> <table><tr><td>Kretzberg, J. and Ernst, U. A. (2013) <b><a href="http://DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-10769-6_18">Neurosciences - From Molecule to Behavior: A University Textbook</a></b> Section: 18, Vision</td></tr></table> <h3>2006</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Neitzel, S. D. and Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Mandon, S. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2006) <b>Modeling systematic errors of human contour detection reveals new mechanisms of contour integration</b> </td></tr><tr><td>Pawelzik, K. R. and Rotermund, D. and Taylor, K. and Ernst, U. A. and Kreiter, A. (2006) <b>Attention improves object encoding in monkey area V4</b> </td></tr></table> <h3>2002</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Eurich, C. (2002) <b>Cortical population dynamics and psychophysics</b> The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, 2nd edition</td></tr></table> <h3>2001</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Tsodyks, M. (2001) <b>Emergence of feature selectivity from lateral interactions in the visual cortex</b> Handbook of Biological Physics</td></tr></table> Content content-519144 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:11:31 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/theoretische-bio-und-neurophysik/team/dr-udo-a-ernst#c519144 <h3>2016</h3> <table><tr><td>Capparelli, F. and Rotermund, D. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2016) <b>Ongoing activity in a spiking network of visual cortical columns representing local optimal inference modules</b> Bernstein Conference 2016</td></tr></table> <h3>2009</h3> <table><tr><td>Rotermund, D. and Neitzel, S. D. and Taylor, K. and Ernst, U. A. and Mandon, S. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Kreiter, A. (2009) <b><a href="http://10.1186/1471-2202-10-S1-P230">Phase differences in local field potentials from macaque monkey area V4 predict attentional state in single trials with 99.6\% accuracy</a></b> </td></tr></table> <h3>2006</h3> <table><tr><td>Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. and Rotermund, D. (2006) <b>On-line adaptation of neuro-prostheses with neuronal evaluation signals</b> Proceedings <i>ESANN</i>’06</td></tr></table> <h3>2005</h3> <table><tr><td>Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. (2005) <b>Robust integration and detection of noisy contours in a probabilistic neural model</b> Neurocomputing</td></tr></table> <h3>2004</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Mandon, S. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Kreiter, A. (2004) <b>How ideally do macaque monkeys integrate contours?</b> Neurocomputing</td></tr><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Mandon, S. and Schinkel-Bielefeld, N. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Kreiter, A. (2004) <b>Mechanisms and principles of contour integration revealed by combining psychophysical experiments with probabilistic modeling</b> Dynamic Perception Workshop</td></tr><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Rotermund, D. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2004) <b>An algorithm for fast pattern recognition with random spikes</b> 26th <i>DAGM</i> Symposium</td></tr><tr><td>Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. and Rotermund, D. (2004) <b>Computing spike-by-spike</b> Edition: U.J. Ilg, H.H. Bülthoff and H.A. Mallot</td></tr></table> <h3>2003</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Etzold, A. and Herzog, M. and Eurich, C. (2003) <b>Dynamics of neuronal populations modeled by Wilson-Cowan system account for the transient visibility of masked stimuli</b> Neurocomputing</td></tr></table> <h3>2002</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Etzold, A. and Herzog, M. and Eurich, C. (2002) <b>Object representation through transient neural dynamics</b> Dynamic Perception (Workshop of <i>GI</i> section 1.0.4.)</td></tr><tr><td>Henkel, R. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (2002) <b>Synchronizing assemblies perform magnitude-invariant pattern detection</b> Neurocomputing</td></tr></table> <h3>2000</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Tsodyks, M. and Sahar-Pikielny, C. (2000) <b>Spontaneous emergence of orientation preference and direction selectivity through lateral intracortical interactions</b> <i>CNS</i> 2000</td></tr><tr><td>Eurich, C. and Herrmann, M. and Ernst, U. A. (2000) <b>Avalanches of activity in neural networks: finite size effects</b> Bielefeld</td></tr><tr><td>Eurich, C. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. and Thiel, A. and Cowan, J. and Milton, J. (2000) <b>Delay adaptation in the nervous system</b> Neurocomputing</td></tr></table> <h3>1999</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Wolf, F. and Geisel, T. (1999) <b>Theory of non-classical receptive field phenomena in the visual cortex</b> Neurocomputing</td></tr><tr><td>Eurich, C. and Ernst, U. A. (1999) <b>Avalanches of activity in a network of integrate-and-fire neurons with stochastic input</b> <i>ICANN</i> 1999</td></tr></table> <h3>1998</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Geisel, T. (1998) <b>Analysing the context dependence of receptive fields in visual cortex</b> <i>ICANN</i> 1998 Perspectives in Neural Computing</td></tr><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Wolf, F. and Geisel, T. (1998) <b>Orientation contrast enhancement modulated by differential long-range interaction in visual cortex</b> <i>CNS</i> 1997</td></tr><tr><td>Eurich, C. and Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (1998) <b>Continuous dynamics of neuronal delay adaptation</b> <i>ICANN</i> 1998 Perspectives in Neural Computing</td></tr></table> <h3>1997</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Kreiter, A. and Pawelzik, K. R. (1997) <b>Identifying oscillatory and stochastic neuronal behavior with high temporal precision in macaque monkey visual cortex</b> <i>CNS</i> 1996 Proceedings of the Conference on Computational Neuroscience</td></tr><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Wolf, F. and Geisel, T. (1997) <b><a href="http://10.1007/BFb0020161">Geometry of orientation preference map determines nonclassical receptive field properties</a></b> <i>ICANN</i> 1997 Artificial Neural Networks</td></tr></table> <h3>1995</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Geisel, T. (1995) <b>Multistable feature binding with noisy integrate-and-fire neurons</b> <i>ICANN</i> 1995 Proceedings of the International Conference on Articifical Neural Networks</td></tr><tr><td>Pawelzik, K. R. and Ernst, U. A. and Geisel, T. (1995) <b>Multistable phase-clustering in networks of spiking neurons</b> Kluwer Academic Publishers</td></tr></table> <h3>1994</h3> <table><tr><td>Ernst, U. A. and Pawelzik, K. R. and Geisel, T. (1994) <b>Multiple phase clustering of globally pulse coupled neurons with delay</b> <i>ICANN</i> 1994 Proceedings of the International Conference on Articifical Neural Networks</td></tr></table> Content content-519145 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:11:31 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/theoretische-bio-und-neurophysik/team/dr-udo-a-ernst#c519145 <h3>2002</h3> <table><tr><td>Etzold, A. and Ernst, U. A. and Herzog, M. and Eurich, C. (2002) <b>Bunsen-Roscoe-Bloch\textbackslash s law holds for visibility of stimuli in neural populations whose activity obeys a Wilson-Cowan dynamics</b> </td></tr></table> <h3>2001</h3> <table><tr><td>Etzold, A. and Eurich, C. and Herzog, M. and Ernst, U. A. (2001) <b>Shine-through – dynamical effects</b> <i>VolkswagenStiftung</i></td></tr><tr><td>Eurich, C. and Ernst, U. A. (2001) <b>Analytical approach to avalanches of spike activity in neural networks</b> </td></tr></table> Content