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PUBLICATIONS

    upcoming

  • Töllner, T., Conci, M., & Müller, H.J. (under revision). Stimulus context modulates the speed of visual attention in illusory figure localization.

  • Töllner, T., Rangelov, D., & Müller, H.J. (under revision). How the speed of motor response decisions, but not focal-attentional selection, differs as a function of task set and target prevalence.

  • Töllner, T., Strobach, T., Schubert, T., & Müller, H.J. (under revision). The effect of task order predictability in audio-visual dual task performance: Just a central capacity limitation?

  • Töllner, T., Wang, Y., Müller, H.J., Makeig, S., Gramann, K. (in prep). Theta oscillations in the medial frontal cortex index conflict processing in the Simon task.

 

    2011

  • 15. Conci, M., Töllner, T., Leszczynski, M., & Müller, H.J. (2011). The time-course of global and local attentional guidance in Kanizsa figure detection. Neuropsychologia, 49(9), 2456-2464. [pdf]

  • 14. Töllner, T., Müller, H.J., & Zehetleitner, M. (in press). Top-down dimensional weight set determines the capture of visual attention: Evidence from the PCN component. Cerebral Cortex. [pdf]

  • 13. Töllner, T., Zehetleitner, M., Gramann, K., & Müller, H.J. (2011). Stimulus saliency modulates pre-attentive processing speed in human visual cortex. PLoS ONE 6(1): e16276. [pdf]

  • 12. Töllner, T., Zehetleitner, M., Krummenacher, J., Müller, H.J. (2011). Perceptual basis of redundancy gains in visual pop-out search. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Vol. 23(1), 137-150. [pdf]

 

    2010

  • 11. Gramann, K., Töllner, T., & Müller, H.J. (2010). Dimension-based attention modulates early visual processing. Psychophysiology, 47 (5), 968-978. [pdf]

  • 10. Müller, H.J., Töllner, T., Zehetleitner, M., Geyer, T., Rangelov, D., & Krummenacher, J. (2010). Dimension-based attention modulates feed-forward visual processing: A reply to Theeuwes (2010). Acta Psychologica, 135, 117-122. [pdf]

  • 9. Töllner, T., Zehetleitner, M., Gramann, K., & Müller, H.J. (2010). Top-down weighting of visual dimensions: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. Vision Research, 50 (14), 1372-1381. [pdf]

 

    2009

  • 8. Töllner, T., Gramann, K., Müller, H.J., & Eimer, M. (2009). The anterior N1 component as an index of modality shifting. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Vol. 21(9), 1653-1669. [pdf]

  • 7. Wulf, G., Landers, M., Lewthwaite, R., & Töllner, T. (2009). External focus instructions reduce postural instability during standing in individuals with Parkinson disease. Physical Therapy, 89, 162-168. [pdf]

  • 6. Wulf, G., Lewthwaite, R., Landers, M., & Töllner, T. (2009). The power of external focus instructions to enhance performance and learning: Author response to Meg Morris' commentary. Physical Therapy, 89, 170-172. [pdf]

 

    2008

  • 5. Töllner, T., Gramann, K., Kiss, M., Müller, H.J., & Eimer, M. (2008). Electrophysiological markers of visual dimension changes and response changes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 34 (3), 531-542. [pdf]

  • 4. Töllner, T. (2008). Weighting Mechanisms Within and Across Modalities: Evidence from Event-related Brain Potentials. Dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty for Psychology and Pedagogy, urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-87275.

 

    2007

  • 3. Gramann, K., Töllner, T., Krummenacher, J., Eimer, M., & Müller, H.J. (2007). Brain electrical correlates of dimensional weighting: An ERP study. Psychophysiology, 44, 277-292. [pdf]

  • 2. Wulf, G., Töllner, T., & Shea, C. (2007). Attentional focus effects as a function of task difficulty. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Vol. 78 (3), 257-264. [pdf]

   

    2004

  • 1. Vance, J., Wulf, G., Töllner, T., McNevin, N.H., & Mercer, J. (2004). EMG activity as a function of the performer’s focus of attention. Journal of Motor Behavior, 36, 450-459. [pdf]

 

INVITED TALKS/WORKSHOPS
  • 6. Töllner, T. (2011). Dimension-based attention modulates pre-attentive saliency computations: Insights from PCN and LRP acitvations. Invited talk at the Department of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Rolf Ulrich). 07/14/2011. Tübingen.

  • 5. Töllner, T. (2011). Introduction to the Event-related Potential Analysis. Invited workshop by the graduate school 'Processes of Human Perception', Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg (Joe Krummenacher). 04/08/2011, Fribourg, Switzerland.

  • 4. Töllner, T. (2010).The time-course of perceptual and response-related processing as a function of (visual search) task set. Invited talk at the Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Hermann J. Müller). 06/23/2010, Munich.

  • 3. Töllner, T. (2010). Dimension-based attention modulates pre-attentive saliency computations: Insights from lateralized brain potentials. Invited talk at the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Center for Learning and Memory Research (Jens-Max Hopf). 04/28/2010, Magdeburg.

  • 2. Töllner, T. (2009). Electro-cortical dissociation of perceptual and response-related processing (in visual pop-out search). Invited talk by the graduate school 'Processes of Human Perception', Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg (Joe Krummenacher), 11/19/2009, Fribourg, Switzerland.

  • 1. Töllner, T. (2008). Neural signatures of the 'dimension-weighting account'. Invited talk at the Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, Institute for Neural Computation, University of California San Diego. (Scott Makeig). 08/2008, San Diego, CA, USA.

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

   2012

  • 37. Kilian, B.U., Töllner, T., Finke, K., Müller, H.J., Engel, R.R., Möller, H.-J., & Henning-Fast, K. (2012). ADHD adults show enhanced frontal activity during processing of go and stop stimuli in a stop-signal task. Poster at the annual meeting of the 'Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (Teap)', April 1-4, Mannheim.

  • 36. Wiegand, I., Finke, K., Müller, H.J., & Töllner, T. (2012). Adult age differences in visual search from perception to response: Evidence from lateralized event-related potentials. Poster at the annual meeting of the 'Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (Teap)', April 1-4, Mannheim.

 

   2011

  • 35. Rangelov, D., Töllner, T., Zehetleitner, M., & Müller, H.J. (2011). Fractionating task-switch costs: A multi-component model of task switching. Poster at the Twenty-ninth European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology, January, 23-28, Bressanone, Italy.

  • 34. Rangelov, D., Töllner, T., Zehetleitner, M., & Müller, H.J. (2011). Fractionating task-switch costs: A multi-component model of task switching. Poster at the XI International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON), September, 25-29, Palma, Mallorca, Spain.

  • 33. Starman, K., Shi, Z., Müller, H.J., & Töllner, T. (2011). Shifting between hand and foot responses in the human motor system: a LRP study. Poster at the Munich Multisensory Perception Symposium (MMPS), June 24-26, Holzhausen am Ammersee, Munich, Germany.

  • 32. Strobach, T., Töllner, T., Schubert, T., & Müller, H.J. (2011). The effect of task order uncertainty in audio-visual dual task performance. Poster at the Munich Multisensory Perception Symposium (MMPS), June 24-26, Holzhausen am Ammersee, Munich, Germany.

  • 31. Töllner, T., Rangelov, D., & Müller, H.J. (2011). Detecting, localizing, and identifying feature singletons in visual search: Does task set influence the speed of pre-attentive processing? Poster at the annual meeting of the Vision Science Society (VSS), Mai 6-11, Naples, FL, USA.

  • 30. Töllner, T., Rangelov, D., & Müller, H.J. (2011). Detecting, localizing, and identifying feature singletons in visual search: How postselective, but not pre-attentive, processing differs as a function of task set. Poster at the XI International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON), September, 25-29, Palma, Mallorca, Spain.

  • 29. Wiegand, I., Finke, K., Müller, H.J., & Töllner, T. (2011). Altersbedingte Verlangsamung perzeptueller und antwortbezogener Prozesse in Visueller Suche: Eine neuro-chronometrische Analyse. Poster at the annual meeting of the 'Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (Teap)', March 13-16, Halle (Saale).

  • 28. Wiegand, I., Töllner, T., Müller, H.J., & Finke, K. (2011). Event-related potentials differentiate perceptual and short-term memory-related theory of visual attention (TVA) parameters. XI International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON), September, 25-29, Palma, Mallorca, Spain.

 

2010

  • 27. Ansorge, U. & Töllner, T. (2010). Elektrophysiologische Untersuchungen visueller Aufmerksamkeit. Symposium at the annual meeting of the 'Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (Teap)', March 22-24, Saarbrücken.

  • 26. Krummenacher, J., Grubert, A., Töllner, T., & Eimer, M. (2010). N2pc modulations by context-based redundancy gains. Poster presented at the European Conference on Visual Processing (ECVP), August, 22-26, Lausanne, Switzerland.

  • 25. Töllner, T. & Müller, H.J. (2010). Top-down dimensional set modulates feed-forward visual processing: Evidence from the PCN component. Talk at the  European Conference on Visual Processing (ECVP), August, 22-26, Lausanne, Switzerland.

  • 24. Töllner, T., Zehetleitner, M., Müller, H.J. (2010). Top-down Gewichtung von Dimensionen determiniert die Ausrichtung visueller Aufmerksamkeit. Talk at the annual meeting of the 'Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (Teap)', March 22-24, Saarbrücken.

 

    2009

  • 23. Andersen, S., & Töllner, T. (2009). Visuelle Aufmerksamkeit: Untersuchungen zum Einfluss von Merkmalen und Objekten. Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the German Society of Psychophysiology and its Applications (DGPA) - 35th APM: Psychology and Brain, June 11-13, Leipzig.

  • 22. Töllner, T., Zehetleitner, M., & Müller, H.J. (2009). Die PCN als Marker für prä-attentive Verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit. Talk at the Annual Meeting of the German Society of Psychophysiology and its Applications (DGPA) - 35th APM: Psychology and Brain, June 11-13, Leipzig.

  • 21. Töllner, T., Müller, H.J., Poizner, H., Makeig, S., & Gramann, K. (2009). Electroencephalographic Measurement of Manual Pointing in Visually Guided Compound Search. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Berlin.

  • 20. Wang, Y., Töllner, T., Gramann, K., & Makeig, S. (2009). Theta oscillations in the medial frontal cortex during response preparation. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, USA.

 

    2008

  • 19. Leszczynski, M., Conci, M., Töllner, T., & Müller, H. J. (2008). Electrophysiological correlates of global binding and local grouping in Kanizsa figure detection. Poster presented at the Second International Symposium on Visual Search and Selective Attention, July 16-19, Fribourg, Switzerland.

  • 18. Töllner, T., Zehetleitner, M., Gramann, K., & Müller, H.J. (2008). Top-down modulation of pre-attentive processing: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. Poster presented at the  Second International Symposium on Visual Search and Selective Attention, July 16-19, Fribourg, Switzerland.

  • 17. Töllner, T. & Zehetleitner, M. (2008). Gewichtungsprozesse in Perzeption, Regeln und Motorik. Symposium at the 50th Teap, In: Khader, P., Jost, K., Lachnit, H., & Rösler, F. (Hrsg.), Beiträge zur 50. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, 3. bis 5. März in Marburg, Pabst Science Publishers: Lengerich. 31.

  • 16. Töllner, T., Gramann, K., Müller, H.J., & Eimer, M. (2008). Elektrokortikale Spuren sensorischer Modalitätswechsel und motorischer Antwortwechsel. Talk at the 50th Teap, In: Khader, P., Jost, K., Lachnit, H., & Rösler, F. (Hrsg.), Beiträge zur 50. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, 3. bis 5. März in Marburg, Pabst Science Publishers: Lengerich. 34.

  • 15. Töllner, T., Zehetleitner, M., & Müller, H.J. (2008). Perceptual basis of redundancy gains in visual pop-out search. Poster presented at the Tagungsband Psychologie und Gehirn 2008. 15. bis 17. Mai in Magdeburg. S.133.

  • 14. Wulf, G., Landers, M.R., & Töllner, T. (2008). Postural instability in Parkinson's disease decreases with an external focus of attention. Poster presented at The 2nd International Congress on Gait & Mental Function: the interplay between walking, behavior, and cognition. February 1-3, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

  • 13. Wulf, G., Landers, M., Lewthwaite, R., & Töllner, T. (2008). Postural instability in Parkinson's disease decreases with an external focus of attention. Poster presented at Division of Health Sciences Interdisciplinary Research Scholarship Day, April 2008, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA.

 

    2007

  • 12. Töllner, T., Gramann, K., Müller, H.J., Kiss, M., & Eimer, M. (2007). Elektrophysiologische Korrelate visueller Dimensions- und Antwortwechsel. Talk at the 49th Teap. In: K.F. Wender, S. Mecklenbräukler, G.D. Rey & t. Wehr (Hrsg.), Experimentelle Psychologie: 49. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, 26.- 28. März 2007, Trier, Pabst Science Publishers: Lengerich, 129.

  • 11. Töllner, T., Gramann, K., Müller, H.J., & Eimer, M. (2007). The anterior N1 component as an index of modality switching. Talk at the Annual Meeting of the German Society of Psychophysiology and its Applications (DGPA) - 33rd APM: Psychology and Brain, June 07-09, Dortmund.

  • 10. Töllner, T., Gramann, K., & Müller, H.J. (2007). Dimensional Cueing and the first 110 ms of visual processing. Poster presented at the international DFG-research group's symposium 'Dynamics of attentional control'. July 15-17, Holzhausen am Ammersee.

 

    2006

  • 9. Töllner, T., Gramann, K., Müller, H.J., & Eimer, M. (2006). The N2pc as a marker of visual dimension weighting. Poster presented at the 32nd APM, Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the German Society of Psychophysiology and its Applications (DGPA) - 32nd APM: Psychology and Brain, Dresden, June 08-10, Journal of Psychophysiology, 20(2), 151.

  • 8. Töllner, T., Gramann, K., Müller, H.J., & Eimer, M. (2006). Electrophysiological correlates of modality changes in vision and touch. Poster presented at the 46th SPR, Abstracts of the Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Vancouver. Psychophysiology, 43, Suppl. 1, 98.

 

    2005

  • 7. Gramann, K., Töllner, T., Krummenacher, J. & Müller, H.J. (2005). Early and late processes of dimension weighting revealed by components of the event-related potential. Poster presented at the 45th SPR, Abstracts of the Forty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Lisbon. Psychophysiology, 42, Suppl. 1, 59.

  • 6. Gramann, K., Töllner, T., Krummenacher, J., & Müller, H.J. (2005). Electrocortical correlates of the Dimensional Weighting Account: Shifting the Weights. Poster presented at the 31st APM,  Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the German Society of Psychophysiology and its Applications (DGPA) - 31st APM: Psychology and Brain, Bochum, May 25-27. Journal of Psychophysiology, 19(2),119.

  • 5. Töllner, T., Gramann, K., & Müller, H. (2005). Der Einfluss von Dimension und Position in der visuellen Suche. Poster presented at the 47th Teap, In: K. Lange, K.-H Bäumle, M.W. Greenly, M. Hammerl & A. Zimmer  (Hrsg.), Experimentelle Psychologie: 47. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, 4.- 6. April 2005, Regensburg, Pabst Science Publishers: Lengerich.

 

    2004

  • 4. Vance, J., Wulf, G., Töllner, T., McNevin, N.H., & Mercer, J. (2004). EMG activity as a function of the performer’s focus of attention. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), June 2004, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

  • 3. Wulf, G., Landers, M., Mercer, J., Töllner, T., & Guadagnoli, M. (2004). Attentional focus effects on motor performance as a function of level of expertise. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), June 2004, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

  • 2. Weigelt. M, Töllner, T., & Kunde, W. (2004). Zielorientierte Koordination bimanueller Bewegungen. In: O. Stoll & A. Lau (Hrsg.), Belastung und Beanspruchung. asp-Kongress, 20.-22. Mai 2004 in Halle. Leipzig: Wills.

 

    2003

  • 1. Töllner, T., Weigelt, M., Rieger, M., Mechsner, F. (2003). Bimanuelle Bewegungen aus gleichen und unterschiedlichen Ausgangspositionen: Parametrisierung versus Zielkodierung. Poster presented at the 45th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Kiel. Pabst Science Publishers: Lengerich.

 

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