[HTML][HTML] The association of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and the hippocampal volumes in healthy humans: a joint meta-analysis of published and new data

F Harrisberger, K Spalek, R Smieskova… - Neuroscience & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphism (refSNP
Cluster Report: rs6265) is a common and functionally relevant single nucleotide …

A genetic variation of the noradrenergic system is related to differential amygdala activation during encoding of emotional memories

B Rasch, K Spalek, S Buholzer… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Emotionally arousing events are typically well remembered, but there is a large interindividual
variability for this phenomenon. We have recently shown that a functional deletion variant …

Epigenetic modification of the glucocorticoid receptor gene is linked to traumatic memory and post-traumatic stress disorder risk in genocide survivors

…, M Fastenrath, L Gschwind, K Spalek… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
… , was incubated overnight at 50C with proteinase K (lysis buffer: 30 mm Tris-Cl, 10 mm
EDTA, 1% SDS, pH∼8.0, 150 ng/μl proteinase K), agitated by gentle orbital shaking. Next, the …

Dynamic modulation of amygdala–hippocampal connectivity by emotional arousal

M Fastenrath, D Coynel, K Spalek, A Milnik… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
Positive and negative emotional events are better remembered than neutral events. Studies
in animals suggest that this phenomenon depends on the influence of the amygdala upon …

[HTML][HTML] The role of alternatives in language

S Repp, K Spalek - Frontiers in Communication, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In this review we provide a discussion of the concept of alternatives and its role in linguistic
and psycholinguistic theorizing in the context of the contributions that have appeared in the …

Cross-language effects of grammatical gender in bilingual word recognition and production

K Lemhöfer, K Spalek, H Schriefers - Journal of Memory and Language, 2008 - Elsevier
We investigated whether bilinguals recognizing or producing noun phrases in their second
language Dutch are influenced by the grammatical gender in their mother tongue German. …

The life and times of focus alternatives: Tracing the activation of alternatives to a focused constituent in language comprehension

N Gotzner, K Spalek - Language and Linguistics Compass, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… Katharina Spalek's main research area is psycholinguistics, with a focus on lexical retrieval
… Katharina Spalek is currently the principal investigator of an ERC grant on the processing of …

[PDF][PDF] Converging genetic and functional brain imaging evidence links neuronal excitability to working memory, psychiatric disease, and brain activity

…, M Pentzek, SG Riedel-Heller, S Ripke, K Spalek… - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
Working memory, the capacity of actively maintaining task-relevant information during a
cognitive task, is a heritable trait. Working memory deficits are characteristic for many psychiatric …

Human cerebellum and corticocerebellar connections involved in emotional memory enhancement

M Fastenrath, K Spalek, D Coynel… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Emotional information is better remembered than neutral information. Extensive evidence
indicates that the amygdala and its interactions with other cerebral regions play an important …

The impact of focus particles on the recognition and rejection of contrastive alternatives

N Gotzner, I Wartenburger, K Spalek - Language and Cognition, 2016 - cambridge.org
The semantics of focus particles like only requires a set of alternatives (Rooth, 1992). In two
experiments, we investigated the impact of such particles on the retrieval of alternatives that …