PUBLICATIONS

Upcoming

Aczel, B.∗, Szaszi, B.∗, Clelland, H. T., ..., Plank, I. S., ..., Fox, N., Errington , T. and Nosek, B. A. (acc.). Investigating
the analytical robustness of the social and behavioural sciences. Nature.

Plank, I. S., Krasniqi, K., Pior, A., Nowak, J. & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (in rev.). No added cost: emotion recognition in
comorbid ADHD and ASD. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/htkve_v3.

Plank, I. S., Pior, A., Yurova, A., Nowak, J., Shi, Z. & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (in rev.). Revisiting the Bayesian Brain:
predictive processes of facial emotion recognition in autism. Molecular Autism, https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/zrhyw_v1.

Plank, I. S., Koehler, J. C., Eckelmann, J., Bierlich, A. M., Musil, R., Koutsouleris, N. & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (in rev.).
Highly scalable technology-assisted differential diagnostics of ASD. BMJ Mental Health, https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.17.25338146v1.

Plank, I. S. (in rev.). Facilitating better sharing quality of COVID-related headlines. Journal of Robustness Reports,
https://scipost.org/submissions/scipost_202508_00069v2/.

Plank, I. S., Yurova, A., Pior, A., Nowak, J., Shi, Z. & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (sub.). Bayesian Brain in ADHD: potential
catecholaminergic pathway of volatility estimation. OSF Preprint, https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/yajsb_v1.

Kunas, S. L., Grummt, M., Stuke, H., Plank, I. S., Drumev, V., Kanse, S. H., Ströhle, A., Wolfrath, B. & Bermpohl,
F. (in rev.) Supervised vigorous-intensity exercise intervention as add-on to group cognitive behavioral therapy in
smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Smoking Cessation.

2025

Plank, I. S., Yurova, A., Pior, A., Nowak, J., Bierlich, A. M., Papazov, B., Shi, Z. & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2025). Are
prediction error attenuations domain-specific in autism but domain-general in ADHD? Imaging Neuroscience, 3,
https://doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a.942.

Plank, I. S., Nowak, J., Pior A. & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2025). Comparison of face attention bias in adults with ASD,
ADHD, or comorbid ADHD+ASD. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsaf112.

Plank, I. S., Tepest, R., Vogeley, K. & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2025). The influence of interpersonal synchrony and autism
on impressions of dyadic interactions: a preregistered study. Molecular Autism, 16(34), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-025-00668-y.

Bierlich, A. M., Scheel, N. T., Koehler, J. C., Bloch, C., Plank, I. S.* & Falter-Wagner, C. M.* (2025). Attenuated
behavioral interpersonal synchrony in autistic adults is not explained by perception of timing. Scientific Reports, 15,
20157, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05395-1.
* shared last authorship.

Bierlich, A. M., Plank, I. S., Scheel, N. T., Keeser, D.* & Falter-Wagner, C. M.* (2025). Neural processing of social
reciprocity in autism. NeuroImage: Clinical, 46, 103793, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2025.103793.

2024

Bierlich, A.M., Scheel, N.T., Traiger, L.S., Keeser, D., Tepest, R., Georgescu, A.L., Koehler, J.C., Plank, I.S.* and Falter-Wagner, C.M.* (2024), Neural Mechanisms of Social Interaction Perception: Observing Interpersonal Synchrony Modulates Action Observation Network Activation and Is Spared in Autism. Hum Brain Mapp, 45: e70052. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70052
* shared last authorship.

Koehler, J. C., Dong, M. S., Bierlich, A. M., Fischer, S., Späth, J., Plank, I. S., ... & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2024). Machine learning classification of autism spectrum disorder based on reciprocity in naturalistic social interactions. Translational Psychiatry, 14(1), 76, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-024-02802-5.

2023

Plank, I. S., Koehler, J. C., Nelson, A. M., Koutsouleris, N. & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2023). Automated extraction of speech and turn-taking parameters in autism allows for diagnostic classification using a multivariable prediction model. Front. Psychiatry, 14, 1257569, doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1257569.
            
Plank, I. S., Traiger, L. S., Nelson, A., Köhler, J., Lang, S., Tepest, R., Vogeley, K, Georgescu, A. & Falter-Wagner, C. M. (2023). The role of interpersonal synchrony in forming impressions of autistic and non-autistic adults, Sci Rep, 13, 15306, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-42006-3.

2022

Plank, I. S., Christiansen, L.-N., Kunas, S. L., Dziobek, I. & Bermpohl, F. (2022). Mothers need more information to recognise associated emotions in child facial expressions. Cognition & Emotion, 1-14, https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2022.2105819.

Plank, I. S., Attar, C. H., Kunas, S., Bermpohl, F. & Dziobek, I. (2022). Increased child-evoked activation in the precuneus during facial affect recognition in mothers. Human Brain Mapping, 43(9), 2911-2922, https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25825.

Kunas, S. L., Stuke, H., Plank, I. S., Laing, E. M., Bermpohl, F. & Ströhle, A. (2022). Neurofunctional alterations of cognitive down-regulation of craving in quitting motivated smokers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000820

Plank, I. S., Hindi Attar, C., Kunas, S. L., Dziobek, I. & Bermpohl, F. (2022). Motherhood and theory of mind: increased activation in the posterior cingulate cortex and insulae. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 17(5), 470-481, https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsab109.

2021

Plank, I. S., Hindi Attar, C., Kunas, S. L., Dziobek, I. & Bermpohl, F. (2021). Increased activation in the bilateral anterior insulae in response to others in pain in mothers compared to non-mothers. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02162-w.

Plank I.S., von Thienen J.P.A. & Meinel C. (2021) The Neuroscience of Empathy: Research-Overview and Implications for Human-Centred Design. In: Meinel C., Leifer L. (eds) Design Thinking Research. Understanding Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76324-4_6.

Kunas, S., Bermpohl, F., Plank, I. S., Ströhle, A. & Stuke, H. (2022). Aversive drug cues reduce cigarette craving and increase prefrontal cortex activation during processing of cigarette cues in quitting motivated smokers. Addiction Biology, 27(1), e13091. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.13091.

von Thienen, J. P. A., Szymanski, C., Santuber, J., Plank, I. S., Rahman, S., Weinstein, T., Owoyele, B., Bauer, M. & Meinel, C. (2021). Neurodesign live. In H. Plattner, C. Meinel and L. Leifer (eds.), Design thinking research. Springer.

Neukel, C., Bermpohl, F., Kaess, M., Taubner, S., Boedeker, K., Williams, K., ... & Herpertz, S. C. (2021). Understanding and breaking the intergenerational cycle of abuse in families enrolled in routine mental health services: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial and two non-interventional trials investigating mechanisms of change within the UBICA II consortium. Trials, 22(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05653-3.