Main Focus
Head of Research Area Neurocognitive Foundations of Adaptive Rationality
- Decision making
- Memory processes
- Numerical cognition
- Neural oscillations
Curriculum Vitae
since 2018 Research Scientist at ARC, MPIB Berlin
2016-2017 Research Fellow, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
2013-2015 DFG Principal Investigator, Freie Universität Berlin
Selected Publications
Luyckx, F., Nili, H., Spitzer, B.*, Summerfield, C.*, (2019). Neural structure mapping in human probabilistic reward learning. eLife e42816 doi: 10.7554/eLife.42816
Spitzer, B., Waschke, L., Summerfield, C. (2017). Selective overweighting of larger magnitudes during noisy numerical comparison. Nature Human Behaviour, 0145 (2017).
Spitzer, B. & Haegens, S. (2017). Beyond the Status Quo: A Role for Beta Oscillations in Endogenous Content (Re-) Activation. eNeuro, 0170-17.2017
Spitzer, B., Blankenburg, F., Summerfield, C. (2016). Rhythmic gain control during supramodal integration of approximate number. Neuroimage, 129, 470-479.
Spitzer, B., Fleck, S., Blankenburg, F. (2014). Parametric alpha- and beta-band signatures of supramodal numerosity information in human working memory. Journal of Neuroscience, 34, 4293-4302.