Research Interests

• Neural network communication through oscillations 
• Neural oscillations as substrates of perception, attention, working memory and thought
• Temporal dynamics of perception and coginition
• Mental capacity limits
• Abstraction by categories and concepts

Selected publications

• Wutz A, Loonis R, Roy JE, Donoghue JA, Miller EK (2018). Different levels of category abstraction by different dynamics in different prefrontal areas. Neuron, 97, 716-726.
• Wutz A, Melcher D, Samaha J (2018). Frequency modulation of neural oscillations according to visual task demands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 201713318.
• Wutz A, Muschter E, van Köningsbruggen M, Weisz N, Melcher D (2016). Temporal integration windows in neural processing and perception aligned to saccadic eye movements. Current Biology, 26(13), 1659-1668.
• Drewes, J., Zhu, W., Wutz, A., & Melcher, D. (2015). Dense sampling reveals behavioral oscillations in rapid visual categorization. Scientific Reports, 5.  
• Wutz A, Weisz N, Braun C, Melcher D (2014). Temporal windows in visual processing: ‘Pre-stimulus brain state’ and ‘post-stimulus phase reset’ segregate visual transients on different temporal scales. The Journal of Neuroscience. 34(4). 1554-1565.