Fell Workgroup - Cortical Oscillations

We investigate the neural correlates of memory, sleep and consciousness. Current research projects, for example, address memory consolidation during sleep and waking state, so-called mind wandering and the modulation of cognitive processes by auditory beat stimulation.

Lab members:

• Leila Chaieb, Ph.D.
• Marlene Derner, Ph.D.
• Lucy Schmidt, cand. med.

Guest Scientist:

• Prof. Martin O. Mendez, Ph.D. (Univ. San Luis Potosi, Mexico)

Current publications (selected):

• Fell J, Chaieb L, Hoppe C (2023) Mind wandering in anxiety disorders: a status report. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 155: 105432.
• Derner M, Reber TP, Faber J, Surges R, Mormann F, Fell J (2023) A key role of the hippocampal P3 in the attentional blink. NeuroImage 271:120028.
• Chaieb L, Krakau S, Reber TP, Fell J (2022) Modulation of mind wandering using monaural beat stimulation in subjects with high trait-level mind wandering. Front Psychol 13: 815442.
• Chaieb L, Hoppe C, Fell J (2022) Mind wandering and depression: a status report. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 133: 104505.
• Derner M, Dehnen G, Chaieb L, Reber TP, Borger V, Surges R, Staresina BP, Mormann F, Fell  J (2020) Patterns of single-neuron activity during associative recognition memory in the human medial temporal lobe. Neuroimage 221:117214.
• Cox R, Rüber T, Staresina BP, Fell J (2020) Phase-based coordination of hippocampal and neocortical oscillations during human sleep. Commun Biol 3:176.
• Cox R, Fell J (2020) Analyzing human sleep EEG: A methodological primer with code implementation. Sleep Med Rev 54:101353.

PubMed-listed publications: here

Google Scholar-listed publications: here

Current funding/grants:

• Modulation of mind wandering using auditory beat stimulation (DFG, since April 2023)
• Memory consolidation during sleep and waking state at the level of single neurons in the human medial temporal lobe (DFG/SFB1089, since 2021)
• Interrelation between intracranial EEG, local field potentials and action potentials during memory encoding and retrieval in the medial temporal lobe (DFG/SFB1089, 2017-2021)
• Mediotemporal cross-frequency coupling during sleep and its relevance for memory consolidation (DFG, 2017-2020)

Collaborative Research Consortia/ Scientific Co-operations:

• Collaborative Research Center SFB1089 (Synaptic Micronetworks)