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Prof. Dr. Wolf Singer, head of Singer-Lab – Ernst Struengmann Institute for Neuroscience ESI Frankfurt

Prof. Dr. Wolf Singer

Singer Lab · Departement Director

wolf.singer[at]esi-frankfurt.de
Deutschordenstr. 46
60528 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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Key Publications

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Singer W (2025). The Mind-Matter Dichotomy: A Persistent Challenge for Neuroscientific and Philosophical Theories. European Journal of Neuroscience, 61(10): e70143.
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Singer W, Effenberger F (2025). Oscillations in Natural Neuronal Networks; An Epiphenomenon or a Fundamental Computational Mechanism? springer nature: Human arenas.
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Effenberger F, Carvalho P, Dubinin I, Singer W (2025). The functional role of oscillatory dynamics in neocortical circuits: A computational perspective. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(4): e2412830122.
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Yiling Y, Klon-Lipok J, Shapcott K, Lazar A, Singer W (2024). Dynamic fading memory and expectancy effects in the monkey primary visual cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(8): e2314855121.
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Yiling Y, Klon-Lipok J, Singer W (2024). Joint encoding of stimulus and decision in monkey primary visual cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 34(1): bhad420.
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Yiling Y, Shapcott K, Peter A, Klon-Lipok J, Xuhui H, Lazar A, Singer W (2023). Robust encoding of natural stimuli by neuronal response sequences in monkey visual cortex. Nature Communications, 14: 3021.
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Lu Y, Singer W (2023). Dynamic signatures of the Eureka effect: an EEG study. Cerebral Cortex: bhad150.
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Singer W (2021). Recurrent dynamics in the cerebral cortex: Integration of sensory evidence with stored knowledge. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(33): e2101043118.
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Singer W (2019). A naturalistic approach to the hard problem of consciousness. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 13: 58.
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Bányai M, Lazar A, Klein L, Klon-Lipok J, Stippinger M, Singer W, Orbán G (2019). Stimulus complexity shapes response correlations in primary visual cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(7).
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Singer W (2018). Neuronal oscillations: unavoidable and useful? European Journal of Neuroscience, 48(7).
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Singer W, Lazar A (2016). Does the cerebral cortex exploit high-dimensional, non-linear dynamics for information processing? Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience , 10: 99.
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Singer W (2013). Cortical dynamics revisited. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17(12).
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In the media

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Wie optische Täuschungen entstehen und warum sie für die Forschung wichtig sind
July 21, 2025 mdr Wissen
Gehirne versus Computer – gleiche Prinzipien?
July 9, 2025 Spektrum.de
SPRIND Podcast: #101 Wolf Singer und Felix Effenberger (5.5.2025)
May 5, 2025 SPRIND Podcast
Neuroleadership: Alles echt?
June 30, 2023 Neues Lernen
Gibt es einen freien Willen?
April 12, 2023 Der Standard
Über den Kosmos im Kopf kann man nie genug wissen
March 9, 2023 FAZ
Es schwingt in unserem Kopf
March 8, 2023 Die Zeit
Ein Treffen mit Wolf Singer
January 7, 2023 Spektrum.de
Kann das Gehirn das Gehirn verstehen?
March 22, 2022 philosophies
Das demokratische Gehirn
September 17, 2021 Gutes aufs Ohr - Reportagen und Gespräche der Hertie-Stiftung
"Mit Biontech entsteht wieder ein eigenständiger Pharmakonzern in Deutschland"
September 16, 2021 manager Magazin
Wie intelligent ist die künstliche Intelligenz?
November 13, 2020 hpd - Humanistischer Pressedienst
Wie entsteht Kreativität im Gehirn?
July 23, 2020 SCHIRN MAG
Wie ist unser Gehirn gestrickt?
March 2, 2020 Hemholtz
Computer von Intelligenz "himmelweit weg"
February 14, 2020 Wiener Zeitung
Interview mit Wolf Singer: „Erziehung ist das Wichtigste“
November 4, 2018 Frankfurter Neue Presse
Neues "Kluge-Köpfe"-Motiv zeigt Hirnforscher Wolf Singer
October 12, 2018 HORIZONT
Hirnforscher Wolf Singer erklärt, was kluge Köpfe ausmacht
October 12, 2018 FAZ
Tierethik in der Grundlagenforschung
January 24, 2017 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft auf Youtube
Grundsatzerklärung zu Tierversuchen
January 13, 2017 MT im Dialog
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