Straube, B. (2026). How Do Expectations Shape Actions? Trends Open, Vol. 1, No. 2. https://www.cell.com/trends-open/fulltext/S3117-3470(26)00053-2 How do expectations shape what we do? This review introduces the Expectations Shape Action framework, which links predictive processes across perception, motivation, action, agency, and learning. By integrating evidence from neuroscience, psychology, motor control, and psychiatry, Expectations Shape Action provides … More Now online: How Do Expectations Shape Actions? Trends Open, Vol. 1, No. 2.

Congratulations Lina: Paper accepted in iPerception. Eicke-Kanani, L., Tatai, F., Rosenberger, L., Schmitter, C., Straube, B., & Wallis, T. S. (accepted). Predictive visual uncertainty around moving trajectories influences causality judgments in launching displays. iPerception See preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.06.704483v1 Abstract Michotte’s “launching displays” are animations of collision-like interactions between two objects that elicit a stable and robust … More Paper accepted: Predictive visual uncertainty around moving trajectories influences causality judgments in launching displays

From Expectation to Learning: A Mediational Model of Exposure Therapy Outcome in Anxiety Disorders Benjamin Straube, Lukas Kirchner, Gina L. Haccou, Isabelle C. Ridderbusch, Ingmar Heinig, JanRichter, Ulrike Lueken, Paul Pauli, Jürgen Deckert, Katharina Domschke, Peter Neudeck,Katja Koelkebeck, Udo Dannlowski, Volker Arolt, Thomas Fydrich, Andreas Ströhle, JürgenMargraf, Silvia Schneider, Jürgen Hoyer, Alfons O. Hamm, Hans-Ulrich … More Paper accepted @Psychotherapy and psychosomatics!!! From Expectation to Learning: A Mediational Model of Treatment Response in Anxiety Disorders

Schmitter, C.V. & Straube, B. (accepted). Altered Neural Processing in Middle Frontal Gyrus and Cerebellum During Temporal Recalibration of Action-Outcome Predictions in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders. Schizophrenia. Abstract: A key function of the perceptual system is to predict the (multi)sensory outcomes of actions and recalibrate these predictions in response to changing conditions. In schizophrenia spectrum disorders … More Paper accepted in Schizophrenia about “Altered Neural Processing in Middle Frontal Gyrus and Cerebellum During Temporal Recalibration of Action-Outcome Predictions in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders”

Titel: Characterizing Neurobiological and Cognitive-Emotional Adaptation in Anxiety Disorders: Insights from Fear Extinction Learning and Facial Affective Recognition See: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38938460/ Summary: Adaptation is essential for survival, enabling organisms to respond appropriately to dynamic environmental challenges. In anxiety disorders (ADs), maladaptive responses—such as persistent fear and attentional biases—impede this process and contribute to clinical dysfunction. This … More Congratulations Zirong Qian for the successful defense today!!!

Schmitter, C.V., Pazen, M., Uhlmann, U., van Kemenade, B.M., Kircher, T., & Straube, B. (accepted). Predictive neural processing of self-generated hand and tool actions in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and healthy individuals. Translational Psychiatry Abstract: Schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) have been linked to dysfunctions in the predictive neural suppression of sensory input elicited by … More New paper about “Predictive neural processing of self-generated hand and tool actions in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders” has been accepted for publication in Translational Psychiatry! Congratulations Christina

Kirchner, L., Kube, T., Berg, M., Eckert, A.-L., Straube, B., Endres, D., Rief, W. (2024). Social expectations in depression. Nat. Rev. Psychol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-024-00386-x

Check it out here: https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2215-0366(24)00291-8

Qian, Z., Yang, Y., Domschke, K., Gerlach, A.L., Hamm, A.O., Richter, J., Herrmann, M.J., Deckert, J., Arolt, V., Zwanzger, P., Lotze, M., Pfleiderer, B., Wittchen, H.-U., Lang, T., Ströhle, A., Konrad, C., Rief, W., Suslow, T., Jansen, A., Kircher, Ti., Straube, B., (accepted) Elevated Accuracy in Recognition of Subliminal Happy Facial Expressions in Patients with … More Paper accepted!!! Elevated Accuracy in Recognition of Subliminal Happy Facial Expressions in Patients with Panic Disorder after Psychotherapy! Congratulations Zirong

Topic: The Electrophysiological Correlates of Processing Self- and Externally-Generated Sensations To interact effectively with the world, the brain must distinguish between self-generated sensations and external ones. This is achieved through an efference copy-based forward model, which sends a copy of the motor command to sensory cortices with a predicted action outcome. Studies show that self-initiated … More Congratulations Edward Ody for the successful defense today!!!