Research Areas
- Cognitive functions of the human motor system
- Neurocognition of prediction
- Neurocognition of action/object/person perception
- Timing and rhythm perception
- Serial learning
- Prediction error
Selected Publications
Kornysheva, K., Schiffer, A.-M. & Schubotz. R. I. (2011) Inhibitory stimulation of the ventral premotor cortex temporarily interferes with musical beat rate preference. Human Brain Mapping, 32(8): 1300-10.
Bubic, A., von Cramon, D. Y. & Schubotz, R. I. (2010) Prediction, cognition and the brain. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 4:1-15.
Schubotz, R. I., Anwander, A., Knösche, T. R., von Cramon, D. Y. & Tittgemeyer, M. (2010) Anatomical and functional parcellation of the human lateral premotor cortex. NeuroImage, 50(2): 396-408.
Schubotz, R. I. (2007) Prediction of external events with our motor system: towards a new framework. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 11(5): 211-218.
Friederici, A. D., Bahlmann, J., Heim, S., Schubotz, R. I. & Anwander A. (2006) The brain differentiates human and non-human grammars: Functional localization and structural connectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(7): 2458-2463.
Academic CV
| 1995 | M.A. Philosophy, Free University of Berlin |
| 1995-1998 | Research associate, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities |
| 1996-1999 | Research fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Department of Neuropsychology, Leipzig |
| 1998 | Ph. D. Cognitive Sciences, University of Potsdam |
| 1999-2007 | Research associate, Max Planck Institute of Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Department of Neurology, Leipzig |
| 2004 | Habilitation in Cognitive Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig |
| 2006-2007 | Visiting (Erxleben) Professor, Otto-Von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg |
| 2008-2012 | Head of Minerva Group (Associate Professor) “Motor Cognition” at the Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research, Cologne |
| since 2011 | Professor of Biological Psychology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
Honours and Special Recognitions
| 2004-2009 | Member of the Young Academy at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina |
| 2008 | Elected member of the International Neuropsychological Symposium |
| 2006-2007 | Dorothea-Erxleben-Professorship, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg |