Marco Wittmann
MSc (Psychology), MSc (Neuroscience), DPhil (Neuroscience)
Postdoctoral Research Associate
I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate working in the Decision and Action Laboratory with Prof. Matthew Rushworth.
My research focuses on the computational and neural mechanisms involved in learning and social cognition. I am using human functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and computational modelling.
I did a MSc (Diploma) in Psychology at the Universities of Konstanz (Germany) and Nijmegen (Netherlands), as well as a MSc and DPhil in Neuroscience (University of Oxford) as part of a Wellcome Trust funded 1+3 programme in Neuroscience.
Recent publications
ctive disambiguation guides inferring controllability and cause in social interactions.
Journal article
Spiering L. et al, (2025), Nat Commun, 16
Low-intensity focused ultrasound to human amygdala reveals a causal role in ambiguous emotion processing and alters local and network-level activity
Preprint
Algermissen J. et al, (2025)
Basis functions for complex social decisions in dorsomedial frontal cortex.
Journal article
Wittmann MK. et al, (2025), Nature, 641, 707 - 717
Multiple predictions of others' actions in the human brain.
Other
Lin Y. and Wittmann MK., (2025), Trends Neurosci, 48, 3 - 4