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+44 (0)1865 271444
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Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging
Research Centre
Matthias Schurz
Erwin-Schrödinger Postdoctoral Fellow
I am currently working as an Erwin-Schrödinger Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Experimental Psychology (sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund), using functional and structural MRI to study human social cognition and Theory of Mind. Currently, my main interest lies in understanding how fMRI activity for different mentalizing tasks is related to structural brain connectivity.
Before that, I did a PhD and my first Post-Doc at the University of Salzburg, Austria. During my Post-Doc work under the supervision of Josef Perner, I specialized on the neurocognitive basis of human Theory of Mind by using brain imaging methods, with a focus on functional MRI.
For my current project I am working in the lab of Jerome Sallet, and I am collaborating with Rogier Mars. For more details, CV and full publication list please visit my personal homepage.
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Key publications
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Measuring visual perspective taking in the brain with avatars and arrows: Which question are we asking?
Journal article
Schurz M. et al, (2018), NeuroImage, 181, 814 - 817
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Specifying the brain anatomy underlying temporo-parietal junction activations for theory of mind: A review using probabilistic atlases from different imaging modalities
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Schurz M. et al, (2017), Human Brain Mapping, 38, 4788 - 4805
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Abnormal Brain Activation During Theory of Mind Tasks in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis
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Kronbichler L. et al, (2017), Schizophrenia Bulletin, 43, 1240 - 1250
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The rTPJ’s overarching cognitive function in networks for attention and theory of mind
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Schuwerk T. et al, (2017), Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12, 157 - 168
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Clarifying the role of theory of mind areas during visual perspective taking: Issues of spontaneity and domain-specificity
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Schurz M. et al, (2015), NeuroImage, 117, 386 - 396
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An evaluation of neurocognitive models of theory of mind
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Schurz M. and Perner J., Frontiers in Psychology, 6
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Fractionating theory of mind: A meta-analysis of functional brain imaging studies
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Schurz M. et al, (2014), Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 42, 9 - 34