Understanding the role of oscillations in the brain

A key question for cognitive neuroscience is the role of oscillations in the brain. My research in this area has particularly focussed on the role of oscillations in the encoding and retrieval of episodic memories. This has led to the development of the Synch/deSynch model of memory encoding,

Parish, G., Hanslmayr, S., & Bowman, H. (2018). The sync/desync model: How a synchronized hippocampus and a desynchronized neocortex code memories. Journal of Neuroscience, 38(14), 3428-3440.

Hanslmayr, S., Staresina, B. P., & Bowman, H. (2016). Oscillations and episodic memory: addressing the synchronization/desynchronization conundrum. Trends in neurosciences, 39(1), 16-25.

I have also worked on decoding the memory retrieval of dynamic media, using a phase-based temporal code.

Michelmann, S., Bowman, H., & Hanslmayr, S. (2016). The temporal signature of memories: identification of a general mechanism for dynamic memory replay in humans. PLoS biology, 14(8), e1002528.

Michelmann, S., Staresina, B. P., Bowman, H., & Hanslmayr, S. (2019). Speed of time-compressed forward replay flexibly changes in human episodic memory. Nature Human Behaviour, 3(2), 143-154.