Publications

2019

M. Krala, B. van Kemenade, B. Straube, T. Kircher, F. Bremmer (in press)
Predictive coding in a multisensory path integration task: an fMRI study.
Journal of Vision.

S. Dowiasch, P. Wolf, F. Bremmer (2019)
Quantitative comparison of a mobile and a stationary video-based eye-tracker.
Behavior Research Methods. 

2018

J. Churan, D.I. Braun, K.R. Gegenfurtner, F. Bremmer (2018)
Comparison of the precision of smooth pursuit in humans and head unrestrained monkeys.
Journal of Eye Movement Research 11(4):6,1-15. doi: 10.16910/jemr.11.4.6

J. Churan, A. von Hopffgarten, F. Bremmer (2018)
Eye movements during path integration.
Physiological Reports 6(22):e13921. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13921

C. Schmitt, S. Klingenhöfer, F. Bremmer (2018)
Preattentive and Predictive Processing of Visual Motion.
Scientific Reports 8:12399 (2018). doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30832-9

2017

F. Bremmer, J. Churan & M. Lappe (2017)
Heading representations in primates are compressed by saccades. Nature Communications 8:920 (2017). doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01021-5

J. Churan, J. Paul, S. Klingenhoefer, & F. Bremmer (2017)
Integration of visual and tactile information in reproduction of traveled distance. J Neurophysiol. 118:1650-63, 2017. doi:10.1152/jn.00342.2017

L. Melo-Thomas, K.A. Engelhardt, U. Thomas, D. Hoehl, S. Thomas, M. Wöhr, B. Werner, F. Bremmer & R.K.W. Schwarting
A wireless, bidirectional interface for in vivo recording and stimulation of neural activity in freely behaving rats.
J. Vis Exp., 2017 Nov 7;(129). doi:10.3791/56299.

P.N. Hesse, C. Schmitt, S. Klingenhoefer, F. Bremmer (2017)
Preattentive Processing of Numerical Visual Information. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 2017 11:70. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00070

P.N. Hesse, F. Bremmer (2017)
The SNARC Effect in Two Dimensions: Evidence for a Frontoparallel Mental Number Plane.
Vision Res. 2017 Jan; 130:85-96. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2016.10.007.

2016

F. Bremmer, A. Kaminiarz, S. Klingenhoefer & J. Churan (2016)
Decoding target distance and saccade amplitude from population activity in the macaque lateral intraparietal area (LIP) Front. Integr. Neurosci. DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2016.00030

S. Dowiasch, G. Blohm & F. Bremmer (2016)
Neural correlate of spatial (mis-)localization during smooth pursuit eye-movements
Eur. J. Neurosci. 44(2):1846-55. DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13276

Eckart Zimmerman & Frank Bremmer (2016)
Visual Neuroscience: The Puzzle of Perceptual Stability
Curr. Biol., 26(5):R199-201. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.050.

A.P. Morris, F. Bremmer, B. Krekelberg (2016)
The dorsal visual system predicts future and remembers past eye position.
Front Syst Neurosci, 10:9. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2016.00009.

M.W. Greenlee, S.M. Frank, M. Kaliuzhna, O. Blanke, F. Bremmer, J. Churan, L.F. Cuturi, P.R. MacNeilage, & A.T. Smith(2016)
Multisensory integration in self-motion perception.
Multisensory Research, 29:525-556. doi: 10.1163/22134808-00002527

P.N. Hesse, K. Fiehler, F. Bremmer (2016)
SNARC effect in different effectors
Perception, 45:180-195 doi: 10.1177/0301006615614453

S. Dowiasch, B. Backasch, W. Einhäuser, D. Leube, T. Kircher & F. Bremmer (2016)
Eye movements of patients with schizophrenia in a natural environment
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 266(1):43-54. doi: 10.1007/s00406-014-0567-8

2015

F.M. Paulus, S. Krach, M. Blanke, C. Roth, M. Belke, J. Sommer, L. Müller-Pinzler, K. Menzler, A. Jansen, F. Rosenow, F. Bremmer, W. Einhäuser, S. Knake (2015)
Fronto-insula network activity explains emotional dysfunctions in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: combined evidence from pupillometry and fMRI.
Cortex. 65:219-231., doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2015.01.018

S. Dowiasch, S. Marx, W. Einhäuser & F. Bremmer (2015)
Effects of aging on eye movements in the real world.
Front Hum Neurosci., 9:46. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00046

2014

M. Lich & F. Bremmer (2014)
Self-Motion Perception in the Elderly.
Front Hum Neurosci., 8:681. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00681

A. Kaminiarz, A. Schlack, K.–P. Hoffmann, M. Lappe & F. Bremmer (2014)
Visual selectivity for heading in the macaque ventral intraparietal area.
J. Neurophysiol., 112(10):2470-80. doi: 10.1152/jn.00410.2014

K. Lukasova, J. Sommer, M. P. Nucci-da-Silva, G. Vieira, M. Blanke, F. Bremmer, J.R. Sato, T. Kircher, E. Amaro. (2014)
Test-retest reliability of fMRI activation generated by different saccade tasks.
J. Magn. Reson. Imaging, 40(1): 37-46 doi: 10.1002/jmri.24369

2013

A.P. Morris, F. Bremmer & B. Krekelberg (2013)
Eye-position signals in the dorsal visual system are accurate and precise short time-scales.
J. Neurosci., 33: 12395-12406 doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0576-13.2013

J. Knöll, M.C. Morrone & F. Bremmer (2013)
Spatio-temporal topography of saccadic overestimation of time.
Vision Res., 83:56-65 doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2013.02.013

F. Bremmer, A. Schlack, A. Kaminiarz & K.-P. Hoffmann (2013)
Encoding of movement in near extrapersonal space in primate area VIP.
Front. Behav. Neurosci., 7:8. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00008

2012

S. Marx, G. Respondek, M. Stamelou, S. Dowiasch S, J. Stoll, F. Bremmer, W.H. Oertel, G.U. Höglinger & W. Einhäuser (2012)
Validation of mobile eye tracking as novel and efficient means for differentiating progressive supranuclear palsy from Parkinson’s disease.
Front. Behav. Neurosci., 6:88. doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00088

P. Binda, M.C. Morrone & F. Bremmer (2012)
Saccadic compression of symbolic numerical magnitude.
PLoS ONE, 7(11): e49587. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049587

A.P. Morris, M. Kubischik, K.-P. Hoffmann, B. Krekelberg & F. Bremmer (2012)
Dynamics of eye-position signals in the dorsal visual system.
Curr Biol., 22(3):173-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.12.032
See also the dispatch by J. Schlag: Visuo-Motor Control: When the Brain Loses Track of the Eyes.
Curr Biol., 22(4): R132-133. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.01.015

2011

J. Knöll, P. Binda, M.C. Morrone & F. Bremmer (2011)
Spatio-temporal profile of peri-saccadic contrast sensitivity.
J Vis., 11(14),15: 1-12. doi: 10.1167/11.14.15

J. Billino, D.I. Braun, F. Bremmer & K.R. Gegenfurtner (2011)
Challenges to normal neural functioning provide insights into separability of motion processing mechanisms.
Neuropsychologia, 49(12):3151-63. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.07.009

T. Hartmann, F. Bremmer, T. Albright & B. Krekelberg (2011)
Receptive Field Positions in area MT during Slow Eye Movements.
J Neurosci., 31(29):10437-10444. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5590-10.2011

A. von Hopffgarten & F. Bremmer (2011)
Self-motion reproduction can be affected by associated auditory cues.
Seeing Perceiving., 24(3): 203–222. doi: 10.1163/187847511X571005

S. Klingenhöfer & F.Bremmer (2011)
Saccadic suppression of displacement in face of saccade adaptation.
Vision Res., 51(8):881-9. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.12.006

S. Klauke, M. Goertz, S. Rein, D. Höhl, U. Thomas, R. Eckhorn, F.Bremmer & T. Wachtler (2011)
Stimulation with a wireless intraocular epiretinal implant elicits visual percepts in blind humans: Results from stimulation tests during the EPIRET3 prospective clinical trial.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci., 52(1):449-55. doi: 10.1167/iovs.09-4410

2010

K. Gegenfurtner, F.Bremmer, K. Fiehler, D. Henriques, R. Krautzlis (2010)
Vision Research special issue on "Perception and action".
Vision Res., 50(24):2617. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.11.001

M. Blanke, L. Harsch, J. Knoell & F.Bremmer (2010)
Spatial perception during pursuit initiation.
Vision Res., 50(24):2714-20. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.08.037

F. Bremmer (2010)
Multisensory space: From eye-movements to self motion.
J. Physiol., 589(4):815-823. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.195537

K. Koenigs & F. Bremmer (2010)
Localization of visual and auditory stimuli during smooth pursuit eye movements.
J Vis., 10(8):8. doi: 10.1167/10.8.8

T. Teichert, S. Klingenhoefer, T. Wachtler & F. Bremmer (2010)
Perisaccadic shift as optimal percept.
J Vis., 10(8):19. doi: 10.1167/10.8.19

F. Bremmer, M. Kubishik, M. Pekel, K.P. Hoffmann & M. Lappe (2010)
Visual selectivity for heading in monkey area MST.
Exp Brain Res., 200(1):51-60. doi: 10.1007/s00221-009-1990-3

2009

A. Kaminiarz, K. Königs & F. Bremmer (2009)
Task influences on the dynamic properties of fast eye movements.
J Vis., 9(13):1, 1-11. doi: 10.1167/9.13.1

F. Bremmer, M. Kubischik, K.-P. Hoffmann & B. Krekelberg (2009)
Neural dynamics of saccadic suppression.
J Neurosci., 29(40):12374-83. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2908-09.2009

R. Kleiser, C.S. Konen, R.J. Seitz & F. Bremmer (2009)
I know where you will look: An fMRI study of oculomotor intention and a change of motor plan.
Behav. Brain Funct., 5:27. doi: 10.1186/1744-9081-5-27

S. Klingenhoefer & F. Bremmer (2009)
Perisaccadic localization of auditory stimuli.
Exp Brain Res., 198(2-3):411-23. doi: 10.1007/s00221-009-1869-3

J. Billino, D. I. Braun, K.-D. Böhm, F. Bremmer & K. R. Gegenfurtner (2009)
Cortical Networks for Motion Processing: Effects of Focal Brain Lesions on Perception of Different Motion Types.
Neuropsychologia, 47(10): 2133–44. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.04.005

A. Kaminiarz, K. Koenigs & F. Bremmer (2009)
The main sequence of human optokinetic afternystagmus (OKAN).
J Neurophysiol., 101: 2889-2897. doi: 10.1152/jn.00114.2009

K.-P. Hoffmann, F. Bremmer & C. Distler (2009)
Visual response properties of neurons in cortical areas MT and MST projecting to the dorsolateral pontine nucleus or the nucleus of the optic tract in macaque monkeys
Eur J Neurosci., 29(2): 411-423. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06585.x

2008

T. Teichert, S. Klingenhoefer, T. Wachtler & F. Bremmer (2008)
Depth perception during saccades J Vis., 8(14): 27.1-13. doi: 10.1167/8.14.27

M. Wittenberg, F. Bremmer & T. Wachtler (2008)
Perceptual evidence for saccadic updating of color stimuli J Vis., 8(14):9, 1-9. doi: 10.1167/8.14.9

J. Billino, F. Bremmer & K. R. Gegenfurtner (2008)
Motion Processing at Low Light Levels: Differential Effects on the Perception of Specific Motion Types
J Vis., 8(3):14.1-10. doi: 10.1167/8.3.14

J. Billino, F. Bremmer & K. R. Gegenfurtner (2008)
Differential Aging of Motion Processing Mechanisms: Evidence Against General Perceptual Decline
Vision Res., 48(10):1254-61. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.02.014

F. Bremmer (2008)
Visual Neuroscience: The Brains Interest in Natural Flow
Curr Biol., 18(6):R263-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.023

A. Kaminiarz, B. Krekelberg & F. Bremmer (2008)
Expansion of visual space during optokinetic afternystagmus (OKAN)
J Neurophysiol., 99(5):2470-8. doi: 10.1152/jn.00017.2008

2007

Teichert T., Wachtler T., Gail A., Eckhorn R. (2007)
Scale-invariance of receptive field properties in primary visual cortex. BMC Neurosci., 8(1):38. doi:10.1186/1471-2202-8-38

Wachtler T., Doi E., Lee T.-W., Sejnowski T.J. (2007)
Cone selectivity derived from the responses of the cone mosaic to natural scenes.
J Vis., 7(8):6, 1-14.  doi=10.1167/7.8.6

Kaminiarz, A., Krekelberg, B. & Bremmer, F. (2007)
Localization of visual targets during optokinetic eye movements
Vision Res., 47: 869-878. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2006.10.015

Königs K., Knöll J. and Bremmer F. (2007)
Localisation of auditory targets during optokinetic nystagmus
Perception, 36(10): 1507 - 12.

Konen C. S., Kleiser R., Bremmer F. & Seitz R. J. (2007)
Different cortical activations during visuospatial attention and the intention to perform a saccade
Exp Brain Res., 182(3):333-41.

Al-Shaikhli B., Wachtler T., Eckhorn R. (2007)
Inhomogeneous retino-cortical mapping is supported and stabilized with correlation-learning during self-motion.
Biosystems, 89(1-3):264-72. doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.04.024

Zwickel T., Wachtler T., Eckhorn R. (2007)
Coding the presence of visual objects in a recurrent neural network model of visual cortex.
Biosystems, 89(1-3):216-26. doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.04.019

2006

2005

A. Schlack, S. Sterbing d'Angelo, K. Hartung, K.-P. Hoffmann & F. Bremmer (2005)
Multisensory Space Representations in the Macaque Ventral Intraparietal Area (VIP)
J Neurosci., 25(18): 4616 – 25. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0455-05.2005

F. Bremmer (2005)
Navigation in space – The role of the macaque ventral intraparietal area (VIP)
J Physiol., 566: 29 - 35. DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.082552

C.S. Konen, R. Kleiser, H.-J. Wittsack, F. Bremmer & R.J. Seitz (2005)
An fMRI study of optokinetic nystagmus and smooth pursuit eye movements in humans
Exp. Brain Res., 165(2): 203 – 216.

F. Bremmer (2005)
What's next - Sequential movement encoding in primary motor cortex
Neuron, 45(6): 819 - 821.

T. Wachtler (2005)
Interindividual variation in human color categories: Evidence against strong influence of language.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28(4):510.

2004

C.S. Konen, R. Kleiser, H. J. Wittsack, F. Bremmer & R.J. Seitz (2004)
The encoding of saccadic eye movements within human posterior parietal cortex
Neuroimage, 22(1): 304 - 314

F. Bremmer, A. Schlack, W. Graf & J.R. Duhamel (2004)
Multisensory self-motion encoding in parietal cortex
Visual Cognition, 11: 161 - 172.

T. Wachtler, U. Dohrmann, R. Hertel (2004)
Modeling color percepts of dichromats
Vision Res., 44(24):2843-55.

O. Schwartz, J.R. Movellan, T. Wachtler, T.D. Albright, T.J. Sejnowski (2004)
Spike count distributions, factorizability, and contextual effects in area V1
Neurocomputing, 58-60:893-900

2003

B. Krekelberg, S. Dannenberg, K.P.-Hoffmann, F. Bremmer & J.Ross (2003)
Neural correlates of implied motion
Nature, 424(6949): 674-7.

A. Schlack, K.-P. Hoffmann & F. Bremmer (2003)
Selectivity of macaque ventral intraparietal area (area VIP) for smooth pursuit eye movements
J Physiol., 551: 551-61

H. Frenz, F. Bremmer & M. Lappe (2003)
Discrimination of travel distances from ’situated’ optic flow
Vision Res., 43(20): 2173-83.

F. Bremmer & B. Krekelberg (2003)
Seeing and acting at the same time: challenges for brain (and) research
Neuron, 38(3): 367-70.

B. Krekelberg, M. Kubischik, K.-P. Hoffmann & F. Bremmer (2003)
Neural correlates of visual localization and perisaccadic mislocalization
Neuron, 37(3):537 - 45.

T. Wachtler, T.J. Sejnowski & T.D. Albright (2003)
Representation of color stimuli in awake macaque primary visual cortex
Neuron, 37(4):681-91.

J.R. Movellan, T. Wachtler, T.D. Albright, T. Sejnowski (2003)
Morton-style factorial coding of color in primary visual cortex NIPS, 15:205-212.

Doi E, Inui T, Lee T-W, Wachtler T, Sejnowski TJ (2003)
Spatio-chromatic receptive field properties derived from information-theoretic analyses of cone mosaic responses to natural scenes
Neural Comput., 15(2):397-417.

2002

F. Bremmer, J.-R. Duhamel, S. Ben Hamed & W. Graf (2002)
Heading encoding in the macaque ventral intraparietal area (VIP)
Eur J Neurosci., 16(8):1554-68.

F. Bremmer, S. Ben Hamed, J.-R. Duhamel & W. Graf (2002)
Visual-vestibular interactive responses in the macaque ventral intraparietal area (VIP)
Eur J Neurosci., 16(8):1569-86.

K.-P. Hoffmann, F. Bremmer, A. Thiele, & C. Distler (2002)
Directional asymmetry of neurons in cortical areas MT and MST projecting to the NOT-DTN in macaques
J.Neurophysiol. 87(4): 2113-23.

T.-W. Lee, T. Wachtler, T.J. Sejnowski (2002)
Color opponency is an efficient representation of spectral properties in natural scenes
Vision Res., 42(17):2095-103.

2001

S. Ben Hamed, F. Bremmer, W. Graf & J.-R. Duhamel (2001)
The visual representation in the lateral intraparietal area LIP of macaque monkeys: a quantitative receptive field analysis
Exp Brain Res., 140(2): 127-144.

F. Bremmer (2001)
Perception of inferred action
Neuron, 31(1): 6-7.

B. Krekelberg, M. Paolini, F. Bremmer, M. Lappe & K.-P. Hoffmann (2001)
Deconstructing the receptive field: information coding in macaque area MST
Neurocomputing, 38:249-254.

F. Bremmer, A. Schlack, J.-R. Duhamel, W. Graf , G.R. Fink (2001)
Space coding in primate posterior parietal cortex
NeuroImage, 14: 46-51.

F. Bremmer, A. Schlack, N.J. Shah, O. Zafiris, M. Kubischik, K.-P. Hoffmann, K. Zilles, G.R. Fink (2001)
Polymodal motion processing in posterior parietal and premotor cortex: a human fMRI study strongly implies equivalencies between humans and monkeys
Neuron, 29(1): 287-96.

T. Wachtler, T.D. Albright, T.J. Sejnowski (2001)
Nonlocal interactions in color perception: Nonlinear processing of chromatic signals from remote inducers
Vision Res., 41(12):1535-46.

Lee T-W, Wachtler T, Sejnowski TJ (2001)
Color opponency constitutes a sparse representation for the chromatic structure of natural scenes
NIPS, 13:866-72.

T. Wachtler, T.-W. Lee , T.J. Sejnowski (2001)
Chromatic structure of natural scenes
Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 18:65-77.

2000

M. Paolini, C. Distler, F. Bremmer, M. Lappe and K.-P. Hoffmann (2000)
Responses to continuously changing optic flow in area MST
J Neurophysiol., 84(2): 730 – 784.

F. Bremmer (2000)
Eye position effects in macaque area V4
NeuroReport, 11(6): 1277-83.

F. Bremmer, JR Duhamel, S. Ben Hamed, W. Graf (2000)
Stages of self-motion processing in primate posterior parietal cortex.
Int Rev Neuriobiol., 44: 173-98.

1999

M. Lappe, F. Bremmer, A.V. van den Berg (1999)
Reply to Harris and Rogers.
Trends Cogn Sci. 3(12): 450.

F. Bremmer, D. Boussaoud (1999)
Gaze effects in the cerebral cortex: reference frames for space coding and action.
Exp Brain Res. 128(1-2): 170-80.

M. Lappe, F. Bremmer, A.V. van den Berg (1999)
Perception of self-motion from visual flow.
Trends Cogn Sci. 3(9): 329-336.

F. Bremmer, M. Lappe (1999)
The use of optical velocities for distance discrimination and reproduction during visually simulated self motion.
Exp Brain Res. 127(1): 33-42.

F. Bremmer, M. Kubischik, M. Pekel, M. Lappe, K.P. Hoffmann (1999)
Linear vestibular self-motion signals in monkey medial superior temporal area.
Ann N Y Acad Sci 28: 272-81.

F. Bremmer, W. Graf, S. Ben Hamed, J.R. Duhamel (1999)
Eye position encoding in the macaque ventral intraparietal area (VIP).
Neuroreport 10(4): 873-8.

1998

F. Bremmer, A. Pouget, K.P. Hoffmann (1998)
Eye position encoding in the macaque posterior parietal cortex.
Eur J Neurosci 10(1): 153-60.

D. Boussaoud, C. Jouffrais, F. Bremmer (1998)
Eye position effects on the neuronal activity of dorsal premotor cortex in the macaque monkey.
J Neurophysiol. 80(3): 1132-50.

1997

J.R. Duhamel, F. Bremmer, S. Ben Hamed, W. Graf (1997)
Spatial invariance of visual receptive fields in parietal cortex neurons.
Nature 389(6653): 845-8.

A. Thiele, F. Bremmer, U.J. Ilg, K.P. Hoffmann (1997)
Visual responses of neurons from areas V1 and MT in a monkey with late onset strabismus: a case study.
Vision Res. 37(7): 853-63.

F. Bremmer, C. Distler, K.P. Hoffmann (1997)
Eye position effects in monkey cortex. II. Pursuit- and fixation-related activity in posterior parietal areas LIP and 7A.
J Neurophysiol. 77(2): 962-77.

F. Bremmer, U.J. Ilg, A. Thiele, C. Distler, K.P. Hoffmann (1997)
Eye position effects in monkey cortex. I. Visual and pursuit-related activity in extrastriate areas MT and MST.
J Neurophysiol. 77(2): 944-61.

1996

M. Lappe, F. Bremmer, M. Pekel, A. Thiele, K.P. Hoffmann (1996)
Optic flow processing in monkey STS: a theoretical and experimental approach.
J Neurosci. 16(19): 6265-85.

M. Pekel, M. Lappe, F. Bremmer, A. Thiele, K.P. Hoffmann (1996)
Neuronal responses in the motion pathway of the macaque monkey to natural optic flow stimuli.
Neuroreport 7(4): 884-8.

L. Schlykowa, K.P. Hoffmann, F. Bremmer, A. Thiele, W.H. Ehrenstein (1996)
Monkey saccadic latency and pursuit velocity show a preference for upward directions of target motion.
Neuroreport 7(2): 409-12.

1993

U.J. Ilg, F. Bremmer, K.P. Hoffmann (1993)
Optokinetic and pursuit system: a case report.
Behav Brain Res. 57(1): 21-9.

Books

J. Müsseler, A.H.C. van der Heijden, D. Kerzel
Visual Space Perception and Action - Multisensory Self-Motion Encoding in Parietal Cortex
Psychology Press, 2004

F. Bremmer, W. Graf, S. Ben Hamed &. J. - R. Duhamel
Stages of optic flow processing in the primate visual cortex
Int Rev Neurobiol., 44: 173-193.