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Dr. Marieke Schölvinck, head of Havenith & Schölvinck Lab – Ernst Struengmann Institute for Neuroscience ESI Frankfurt

Dr. Marieke Schölvinck

Havenith & Schölvinck Lab · Group Leader

marieke.scholvinck[at]esi-frankfurt.de
Deutschordenstr. 46
60528 Frankfurt am Main Germany
+49 69 96769 360
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Research Statement

Neural activity is not only driven by external factors such as sensory stimuli, but to a large extent generated spontaneously. This spontaneous brain activity displays a coherent spatio-temporal structure and interacts with stimulus-driven activity in complex ways. 

I study spontaneous brain activity and its effect on stimulus-evoked responses using a variety of techniques, ranging from fMRI to in vivo electrophysiology.

Key Publications

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Tlaie A, Shapcott K, Van der Plas T, Rowland J, Lees R, Keeling J, Packer A, Tiesinga P, Schölvinck M, Havenith M (2025). What does the mean mean? A simple test for neuroscience. PLOS Computational Biology.
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Jedlicka P, Havenith M (2025). Religious and spiritual experiences from a neuroscientific and complex systems perspective. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews.
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Tlaie A, Abd El Hay M, Berkutay M, Taylor R, Ferracci P, Shapcott K, Glukhova M, Pillow J, Havenith M, Schölvinck M (2025). Inferring internal states across mice and monkeys using facial features. Nature Communications.
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Shapcott K, Weigand M, Glukhova M, Havenith M, Schölvinck M (2025). DomeVR: Immersive virtual reality for primates and rodents. PLOS ONE, 20: e0308848.
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Mina Glukhova, Alejandro Tlaie, Raul Muresan, Robert Taylor, Pierre-Antoine Ferracci, Katharine Shapcott, Olga Arne, Andrei Ciuparu, Martha N Havenith, Marieke L Schölvinck (2024). Sharing the Spotlight: Uncovering common attentional dynamics across species. bioRxiv.
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Psarou E, Patel S, Schölvinck M (2024). Vision: Running into differences. eLife, 13: e101013.
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Schröder T, Taylor R, Abd El Hay M, Nemri A, França A, Battaglia F, Tiesinga P, Havenith M, Schölvinck M (2024). The DREAM implant: A lightweight, modular, and cost-effective implant system for chronic electrophysiology in head-fixed and freely behaving mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 209: e66867.
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van Heukelum S, Mars R, Guthrie M, Buitelaar J, Beckmann C, Tiesinga P, Vogt B, Glennon J, Havenith M (2020). Where is Cingulate Cortex? A Cross-Species View. Trends in Neurosciences, 43(5).
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In the media

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