Ausgewählte Publikationen
Shahidi N, Ahmed Z, Badayeva Y, Lacal I, Gail A (2026) Freely foraging macaques value information in ambiguous terrains. Scientific Reports, 16:881 DOI: s41598-025-32879-x
Bothe R, Chen X, Isbaner S, Kagan I, Gail A, Mani N (2026) Little scientists & social apprentices: Active word learning in dynamic social contexts using a transparent dyadic interaction platform. Social Development, 35:e70046 DOI: 10.1111/sode.70046
Ferrea E, Morel P, Gail A (2025) Frontal and parietal planning signals encode adapted motor commands when learning to control a brain-computer interface. PLoS Biology 23(9):3003408. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003408
Schneider F, Calapai A, Mundry R, Gail A, Kagan I, Treue S (2025) Confidence over competence: Real-time integration of social information in human continuous perceptual decision-making. eLife 13:RP101021 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.101021.2
Isbaner S, Bäez-Mendoza R, Bothe R, Eiteljoerge S, Fischer A, Gail A, Gläscher J, Lüschen H, Möller S, Penke L, Priesemann V, Ruß J, Schacht A, Schneider F, Shahidi N, Treue S, Wibral M, Ziereis A, Fischer J, Kagan I, Mani N (2025) Dyadic Interaction Platform: A novel tool to study transparent social interactions. eLife 14:RP106757 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.106757.1
Pfefferle D, Talbot SR, Kahnau P, Cassidy L, Brockhausen RR, Jaap A, Deikun V, Yurt P, Gail A, Treue S, Lewejohann (2025). Advancing Preference Testing in Humans and Animal. Behavioral Research Methods 57:193. DOI: 10.3758/s13428-025-02668-5
Lewen D, Ivanov V, Dehning J, Russ J, Fischer A, Penke L, Schacht A, Gail A, Priesemann V*, Kagan I* (2025), Continuous dynamics of cooperation and competition in social decision-making. Communications Psychology 3:170. DOI: 10.1038/s44271-025-00348-w
Vogg R, Lüddecke T, Henrich J, Dey S, Nuske M, Hassler V, Murphy D, Fischer J, Ostner J, Schülke O, Kappeler PM, Fichtel C, Gail A, Treue S, Scherberger H, Wörgötter F, Ecker AS (2025) Computer Vision for Primate Behavior Analysis in the Wild. Nature Methods 22:1154-1166. DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02653-y
Amann LK, Casasnovas V, Gail A (2025) Visual target and task-critical feedback uncertainty impair different stages of reach planning in motor cortex. Nature Communications, 16, 3372 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58738-x
Lindner E, Schöberl T, Desantis A, Gail A (2025) Temporal action-effect prediction does not affect perceived loudness, but the sense of agency. Consciousness and Cognition 130: 103837 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2025.103837
Guo H, Kuang S, Gail A (2025) Sensorimotor environment but not task rule reconfigures population dynamics in rhesus monkey posterior parietal cortex. Nature Communications 16, 1116 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56360-5
Casasnovas V, Amann LK, Haas GL, Gail A (2024) Task-relevant visual feedback uncertainty attenuates visuomotor adaptation. Journal of Neurophysiology 132: 879-889 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00180.2024
Amann L, Casasnovas V, Hainke J, Gail A (2024) Optimality of multisensory integration while compensating for uncertain visual target information with artificial vibrotactile cues during reach planning. Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation 21:155 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-024-01448-0
Lindner E, Desantis, A, Pei-Hsin Cheng, F, Gail A (2024) Violation of identity-specific action-effect prediction increases pupil size and attenuates auditory event-related potentials at P2 latencies when action-effects are behaviorally relevant. NeuroImage 297:120717 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120717
Braun JM†, Fauth M†, Berger M, Huang NS, Simeoni E, Gaeta E, Rodrigues do Carmo R, Garcìa-Betances R, Arredondo Waldmeyer MT, Gail A, Larsen JC, Manoonpong P, Tetzlaff T‡, Wörgötter F‡ (2024) A Brain Machine Interface Framework for Exploring Proactive Control of Smart Environments. Nature Scientific Reports 14:11054 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60280-7
Cassidy L, Treue S, Gail A, Pfefferle D (2024) Choice-based Severity Scale (CSS): Assessing the relative severity of procedures from a laboratory animal’s perspective.
PeerJ 12:e17300 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17300
Taghizadeh B, Fortmann O, Gail A (2024) Position- and scale-invariant object-centered spatial localization in monkey frontoparietal cortex dynamically adapts to cognitive demand. Nature Communications 15:3357 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47554-4
Ulbrich P, Gail A (2023) Deciding while acting - Mid-movement decisions are more strongly affected by action probability than reward amount. eNeuro, 10(4):0240-22.2023 DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0240-22.2023
Hansmeyer L, Yurt P, Agha N, Trunk A, Berger M, Calapai A, Treue S*, Gail A* (2023) Home-enclosure based behavioral and wireless neural recording setup for unrestrained rhesus macaques. eNeuro 10(1):0285-22.2022 DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0285-22.2022
Möller S, Unakafov AM, Fischer J, Gail A*, Treue S*, Kagan I* (2023) Human and macaque pairs employ different coordination strategies in a transparent decision game. eLife, 12:e81641 DOI 10.7554/eLife.81641
Gail A (2022) Collaborative Research Center SFB 1528 “Cognition of Interaction” Neuroforum 28(4):247-248 DOI: 10.1515/nf-2022-0020
Gail A (2022) Turning decisions into actions. PLOS Biology, 20(12), e3001927 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001927
Ferrea F, Morel P, Gail A (2022) BCImat: a Matlab-based framework for Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces and their simulation with an artificial spiking neural network. Journal of Open Source Software 7(75): 3956 DOI: 10.21105/joss.03956
Ahmed Z, Agah N, Trunk A, Berger M, Gail A (2022) Universal guide for skull extraction and custom-fitting of implants to continuous and discontinuous skulls. eNeuro 9(3):0028-22.2022 DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0028-22.2022
Ferrea E, Morel P, Franke J, Gail A (2022) Statistical determinants of visuomotor adaptation in a virtual reality three-dimensional environment. Scientific Reports, 12: 10198. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-13866-y
Ulbrich P, Gail A (2021) The Cone Method: Inferring Decision Times from Single-Trial 3D Movement Trajectories in Choice Behavior. Behavior Research Methods 53:2456–2472 DOI: 10.3758/s13428-021-01579-5
Silva N, Zhang D, Kulvicius T, Gail A, Barreiros C, Lindstaedt S, Kraft M, Bölte S, Poustka L, Nielsen-Saines K, Wörgötter F, Einspieler C, Marschik PB (2021) The future of General Movement Assessment: The role of computer vision and machine learning – A scoping review. Research in Developmental Disabilities 110: 103854 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2021.103854
Tremblay S, […], Fortuna MG, […], Hueer J, […], Gail A, […], Scherberger H, […], Treue S, […], Platt ML (2020) An open resource for non-human primate optogenetics. Neuron 108(6): 1075-1090 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.027
Aman M, Bergmeister KD, Festin C, Sporer M, Russold MF, Gstoettner C, Podesser BK, Gail A, Farina D, Cederna P & Aszmann OC (2020) Experimental testing of bionic nerve and muscle interfaces: animal model considerations. Frontiers in Neuroscience 13: 1442 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.01442
Fortuna MG, Hüer J, Guo H, Gruber J, Gruber-Dujardin E, Staiger JF, Scherberger H, Treue S, Gail A (2020) Histological assessment of optogenetic tools to study the fronto-visual and fronto-parietal cortical networks in the rhesus macaque. Scientific Reports 10: 11051 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67752-6
Berger M, Agha N, Gail A (2020) Wireless recording from unrestrained monkeys reveals motor goal encoding beyond immediate reach in frontoparietal cortex. eLife 9: e51322 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.51322
Unakafov A, Schultze T, Gail A, Moeller S, Kagan I, Eule S & Wolf F (2020) Emergence and suppression of cooperation by action visibility in transparent games. PLoS Comput Biol 16(1): e1007588 DOI:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007588
Suriya-Arunroj L & Gail A (2019) Complementary encoding of priors in monkey frontoparietal network supports a dual process of decision-making. eLife 8: e47581 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.47581
Unakafova V, Gail A (2019) Comparing open-source toolboxes for processing and analysis of spike and local field potentials data. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics 13, 57 DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2019.00057
Berger M, Neumann P & Gail A (2019) Peri-hand space expands beyond reach in the context of walk-and-reach movements. Scientific Reports 9: 3013 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39520-8
Unakafov AM, Schultze T, Kagan I, Moeller S, Gail A, Treue S, Eule S & Wolf F (2019) Evolutionary successful strategies in a transparent iterated prisoner’s dilemma. In: Kaufmann P., Castillo P. (eds) Applications of Evolutionary Computation. EvoApplications 2019: LNCS 11454 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-16692-2
Unakafov A, Möller S, Kagan I, Gail A, Treue S, Wolf F (2018) Using imaging photoplethysmography for heart rate estimation in non-human primates. PLOS One 13(8): e0202581 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202581
Martinez-Vazquez P, Gail A (2018) Directed interaction between monkey premotor and posterior parietal cortex during motor-goal retrieval from working memory. Cerebral Cortex 28(5): 1866-1881 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy035
Ferrea E, Suriya-Arunroj L, Hoehl D, Thomas U, Gail A (2018) Implantable computer-controlled adaptive multi-electrode positioning system (AMEP). Journal of Neurophysiology 119(4): 1471-1484 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00504.2017
Berger M, Calapai A, Stephan V, Niessing M, Burchardt L, Gail A, Treue S (2018) Standardized automated training of rhesus monkeys for neuroscience research in their housing environment. Journal of Neurophysiology 119(3), 796-807 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00614.2017
Pfefferle D, Plümer S, Burchardt L, Treue S, Gail A (2018) Assessment of stress responses in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) to daily routine procedures in system neuroscience based on salivary cortisol concentrations. PLoS One 13(1) e0190190 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190190
Morel P, Ulbrich P, Gail A (2017) What makes a reach movement effortful? – Physical effort discounting supports common minimization principles in decision making and motor control. PLoS Biol 15(6) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001323
Calapai A, Berger M, Niessing M, Heisig K, Brockhausen R, Treue S, Gail A (2017) A cage-based training, cognitive testing and enrichment system optimized for Rhesus Macaques in neuroscience research. Behavior Research Methods 49(1): 35–45 DOI: 10.3758/s13428-016-0707-3
Morel P, Ferrea E, Taghizadeh-Sarshouri B, Cardona Audí JM, Ruff R, Hoffmann K-P, Lewis S, Russold M, Dietl H, Abu-Saleh L, Schroeder D, Krautschneider W, Meiners T, Gail A (2016) Long-term decoding of movement force and direction with a wireless myoelectric implant. Journal of Neural Engineering 13(1): 016002 DOI: 10.1088/1747-2560/13/1/016002
Kuang S, Morel P, Gail A (2016) Planning movements in visual and physical space in monkey posterior parietal cortex. Cerebral Cortex 26(2): 731-747 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu312
Suriya-Arunroj L, Gail A (2015) I plan therefore I choose: Free-choice bias due to prior action-probability but not action-value. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 9: 315 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00315
Westendorff S, Kuang S, Taghizadeh B, Donchin O, Gail A (2015) Asymmetric generalization in adaptation to target displacement errors in humans and in a neural network model. Journal of Neurophysiology 113(7): 2360-2375 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00483.2014
Kuang S, Gail A (2015) When adaptive control fails: Slow recovery of reduced rapid online control during reaching under reversed vision. Vision Research 110: 155-165 DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2014.08.021
Chakrabarti S, Vazquez P, Gail A (2014) Synchronization patterns suggest different functional organization in parietal reach region and the dorsal premotor cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology 112(12): 3138-3153 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00621.2013
Taghizadeh B, Gail A (2014) Spatial task context makes short-latency reaches prone to induced Roelofs illusion. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8: 673 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00673
Lewis S, Russold M, Dietl H, Westendorff S, Gail A, Ruff R, Dörge T, Hoffmann KP, Meiners T, Abu-Saleh L, Schröder D, Krautschneider W, Kaniusas E (2013) Fully implantable multi-channel measurement system for acquisition of muscle activity. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement 62(7): 1972-1981 DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2013.2253992
Rafflenbeul L, Werthschützky R, Gail A (2012) Integrated wireless neural recording and electrode positioning system. Procedia Engineering 47: 1097-1100 DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.09.342
Klaes C, Schneegans S, Schöner G, Gail A (2012) Sensorimotor learning biases choice behavior: A learning neural field model for decision making. PLOS Computational Biology 8(11): e1002774 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002774
Chakrabarti S, Hebert P, Wolf MT, Campos M, Burdick JW, Gail A (2012) Expert-like performance of an autonomous spike tracking algorithm in isolating and maintaining single units in the macaque cortex. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 205: 72-85 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.12.018
Klaes C, Westendorff S, Chakrabarti S, Gail A (2011) Choosing goals, not rules: Deciding among rule-based action plans. Neuron 70:536-548 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.02.053
Westendorff S, Gail A (2011) What is 'anti' about anti-reaches? - How reference frames affect reach reaction times. Experimental Brain Research 208(2):287-296 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2481-2
Westendorff S, Klaes C, Gail A. (2010) The cortical timeline for deciding on reach motor-goals. Journal of Neuroscience 30 (15):5426-5436 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4628-09.2010
Gail A, Klaes C, Westendorff S. (2009) Implementation of spatial transformation rules for goal-directed reaching via gain modulation in monkey parietal and premotor cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 29 (30): 9490-9499 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1095-09.2009
Brozovic M*, Gail A*, Andersen, RA (2007) Gain mechanisms for contextually guided visuomotor transformations. Journal of Neuroscience 27 (39): 10588-10596 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2685-07.2007
Teichert T, Wachtler T, Michler F, Gail A, Eckhorn R (2007) Scale-invariance of receptive field properties in primary visual cortex. BMC Neuroscience 8:38 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-8-38
Gail A, Andersen RA (2006) Neural Dynamics in Monkey Parietal Reach Region Reflect Context-Specific Sensorimotor Transformations. Journal of Neuroscience 26 (37): 9376-9384 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1570-06.2006
Gail A, Brinksmeyer H-J, Eckhorn R (2004) Perception-related modulations of local field potential power and coherence in primary visual cortex of awake monkey during binocular rivalry. Cerebral Cortex 14 (3):300-313 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhg129
Eckhorn R, Gail A, Bruns A, Gabriel A, Al-Shaikhly B, Saam M (2004) Different types of signal coupling in the visual cortex related to neural mechanisms of associative processing and perception. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks 15(5):1039-1052 DOI: 10.1109/TNN.2004.833130
Eckhorn R, Gail A, Bruns A, Gabriel A, Al-Shaikhly B, Saam M (2004) Neural mechanisms of visual associative processing. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis 64(2):239-252 DOI: 10.55782/ane-2004-1509
Gail A, Brinksmeyer H-J, Eckhorn R (2003) Simultaneous mapping of binocular and monocular receptive fields in awake monkeys for calibrating eye alignment in a dichoptical setup. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 126:41-56 DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(03)00067-0
Eckhorn R, Bruns A, Saam M, Gail A, Gabriel A, Brinksmeyer HJ (2001) Flexible cortical gamma-band correlations suggest neural principles of visual processing. Visual Cognition 8(3-5):519-530 DOI: 10.1080/13506280143000098
Gail A, Brinksmeyer H-J, Eckhorn R (2000) Contour decouples gamma activity across texture representation in monkey striate cortex. Cerebral Cortex 10 (9):840-850 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/10.9.840
Articles from Lab members with SMG affiliation
Lacal I, Das A, Logiaco L, Molano‐Mazón M, Schwaner MJ, Trach JE (2024) Emerging perspectives for the study of the neural basis of motor behaviour. European Journal of Neuroscience 60(9):6342-56 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16553
Ivanov V, Manenti GL, Plewe SS, Kagan I, Schwiedrzik CM (2024) Decision-making processes in perceptual learning depend on effectors. Nature Scientific Reports 7:14(1), 5644 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-55508-5
Shahidi N, Parajuli A, Franch M, Schrater P, Wright A, Pitkow X, Dragoi V (2024) Population coding of strategic variables during foraging in freely-moving macaques. Nature Neuroscience, 27 (4): 772-781 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-024-01575-w
Novembre G, Lacal I, Benusiglio D, Quarta E, Schito A, Grasso S, Caratelli L, Caminiti R, Mayer AB, Iannetti GD (2024) A Cortical Mechanism Linking Saliency Detection and Motor Reactivity in Rhesus Monkeys. Journal of Neuroscience 44(1): e0422232023 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0422-23.2023
Fortuna MG, Kügler S, Hülsmann S (2019) Probing the function of glycinergic neurons in the mouse respiratory network using optogenetics. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 265: 141-152 DOI:10.1016/j.resp.2018.10.008
Morel P (2018) Gramm: grammar of graphics plotting in Matlab. Journal of Open Source Software 3(23): 568 DOI: 10.21105/joss.00568
Vecsei Z, Knakker B, Juhász P, Thuróczy G, Trunk A & Hernadi I (2018) Short-term radiofrequency exposure from new generation mobile phones reduces EEG alpha power with no effects on cognitive performance. Scientific Reports 8(1): 18010 DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-36353-9
Mazurek KA, Berger M, Bollu T, Chowdhury RH, Elangovan N, Kuling IA, and Hongchul Sohn M (2018) Highlights from the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement. Journal of Neurophysiology 120(4): 1671-1679 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00475.2018
Hülsmann S, Oke Y, Mesuret G, Latal AT, Fortuna MG, Niebert M, Hirrlinger J, Fischer J, Hammerschmidt K (2018) The postnatal development of ultrasonic vocalization‐associated breathing is altered in glycine transporter 2‐deficient mice. Journal of Physiology 597(1): 173-191 DOI: 10.1113/JP276976
Pielecka-Fortuna J, Kalogeraki E, Fortuna MG, Löwel S (2015) Optimal level activity of matrix metalloproteinases is critical for adult visual plasticity in the healthy and stroke-affected brain. eLIFE 26(4) DOI: 10.7554/eLife.11290
Cesca F, Satapathy A, Ferrea E, Nieus T, Benfenati F, Scholz-Starke J (2015) Functional Interaction between the Scaffold Protein Kidins220/ARMS and Neuronal Voltage-Gated Na+ Channels. Journal of Biological Chemistry 290(29):18045-55 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M115.654699
Articles (German)
Gail A (2007) Movement plans in the cortex -- Control parameters for cognitive neuroprosthetic devices. [German: Bewegungsplanung in der Großhirnrinde – Signale zur Steuerung von kognitiven Neuroprothesen] e-Neuroforum, 13:1, 12-21 DOI: 10.1515/nf-2007-0103