Martin Schuermann

Contact

• workRoom B50 Psychology
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 84 67922
• martin.schuermann@nottingham.ac.uk
• http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/mxs

Research Summary

Areas of research interest

Crossmodal interaction and multisensory processing

Neurobiological basis of social perception (human mirror-neuron system)

Neurophysiology at systems level

Methods: MEG, EEG, and functional MRI

Recent Publications

• PREMKUMAR P, ESPÍRITO SANTO MG, ONWUMERE J, SCHÜRMANN M, KUMARI V, BLANCO S, BAKER J and KUIPERS E, 2019. Neural responses to criticism and praise vary with schizotypy and perceived emotional support International Journal of Psychophysiology. (In Press.)
• MCDOWELL T, HOLMES NP, SUNDERLAND A and SCHÜRMANN M, 2018. TMS over the supramarginal gyrus delays selection of appropriate grasp orientation during reaching and grasping tools for use Cortex. 103, 117-129
• YORDANOVA J, KOLEV V, VERLEGER R, HEIDE W, GRUMBT M and SCHÜRMANN M, 2017. Synchronization of fronto-parietal beta and theta networks as a signature of visual awareness in neglect. NeuroImage. 146, 341-354
• ESPÍRITO SANTO MG, MAXIM O and SCHÜRMANN M, 2017. N1 responses to images of hands in occipito-temporal event-related potentials Neuropsychologia. 106, 83-89

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• PREMKUMAR P, ESPÍRITO SANTO MG, ONWUMERE J, SCHÜRMANN M, KUMARI V, BLANCO S, BAKER J and KUIPERS E, 2019. Neural responses to criticism and praise vary with schizotypy and perceived emotional support International Journal of Psychophysiology. (In Press.)
• MCDOWELL T, HOLMES NP, SUNDERLAND A and SCHÜRMANN M, 2018. TMS over the supramarginal gyrus delays selection of appropriate grasp orientation during reaching and grasping tools for use Cortex. 103, 117-129
• YORDANOVA J, KOLEV V, VERLEGER R, HEIDE W, GRUMBT M and SCHÜRMANN M, 2017. Synchronization of fronto-parietal beta and theta networks as a signature of visual awareness in neglect. NeuroImage. 146, 341-354
• ESPÍRITO SANTO MG, MAXIM O and SCHÜRMANN M, 2017. N1 responses to images of hands in occipito-temporal event-related potentials Neuropsychologia. 106, 83-89
• ESPÍRITO SANTO MG, CHEN HY and SCHÜRMANN M, 2017. Lateralized occipito-temporal N1 responses to images of salient distorted finger postures Scientific Reports. 7, 14129
• HALKO ML, MÄKELÄ T, NUMMENMAA L, HLUSHCHUK Y and SCHÜRMANN M, 2015. Hedonic context modulates risky choices and reward responses in amygdala and dorsal striatum Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics. 8, 100-115
• MORAN, P.M., ROUSE, J.L., CROSS, B., CORCORAN, R. and SCHÜRMANN, M., 2012. Kamin blocking is associated with reduced medial-frontal gyrus activation: implications for prediction error abnormality in schizophrenia PLoS ONE. 7(8), e43905
• JACKSON, S.R., PARKINSON, A., KIM, S.Y., SCHÜERMANN M. and EICKHOFF, S.B., 2011. On the functional anatomy of the urge-for-action Cognitive Neuroscience. 2(3-4), 227-243
• SCHÜRMANN, M., HLUSHCHUK, Y. and HARI, R., 2011. Embodied visual perception of distorted finger postures Human Brain Mapping. 32(4), 612-623
• SCHÜRMANN, M, 2010. Multimodal interactions: Tactile-Auditory. In: GOLDSTEIN, EB, ed., Encyclopedia of Perception SAGE Publications. 592-593
• HALKO, M.L., HLUSHCHUK, Y., HARI, R. and SCHÜRMANN, M., 2009. Competing with peers:mentalizing-related brain activity reflects what is at stake Neuroimage. 46(2), 542-548
• SAARELA, M.V., HLUSHCHUK, Y., WILLIAMS, A.C., SCHÜRMANN, M., KALSO, E. and HARI, R., 2007. The compassionate brain: humans detect intensity of pain from another's face Cerebral Cortex. 17(1), 230-237
• SCHÜRMANN, M., JÄRVELÄINEN, J., AVIKAINEN, S., CANNON, T.D., LÖNNQVIST, J., HUTTUNEN, M. and HARI, R., 2007. Manifest disease and motor cortex reactivity in twins discordant for schizophrenia. British Journal of Psychiatry. 191, 178-179
• SCHÜRMANN, M., CAETANO, G., HLUSHCHUK, Y., JOUSMÄKI, V. and HARI, R., 2006. Touch activates human auditory cortex. NeuroImage. 30(4), 1325-1331
• MALINEN, S., SCHÜRMANN, M., HLUSHCHUK, Y., FORSS, N. and HARI, R., 2006. Improved differentiation of tactile activations in human secondary somatosensory cortex and thalamus using cardiac-triggered fMRI. Experimental Brain Research. 174, 297-303
• SCHÜRMANN, M., HESSE, M.D., STEPHAN, K.E., SAARELA, M., ZILLES, K., HARI, R. and FINK, G.R., 2005. Yearning to yawn: the neural basis of contagious yawning. NeuroImage. 24(4), 1260-1264
• SAKOWITZ, O., QUIAN QUIROGA, R.C., SCHÜRMANN, M. and BASAR, E., 2005. Spatio-temporal frequency characteristics of intersensory components in audio-visually evoked potentials. Cognitive Brain Research. 23, 316-326
• NISHITANI, N., SCHÜRMANN, M., AMUNTS, K. and HARI, R., 2005. Broca's Region:From Action to Language Physiology. 20, 60-69
• MÖTTÖNEN, R., SCHÜRMANN, M. and SAMS, M., 2004. Time course of multisensory interactions during audiovisual speech perception: A magnetoencephalographic study. Neuroscience Letters. 363, 112-115
• JÄRVELÄINEN, J., SCHÜRMANN, M. and HARI, R., 2004. Activation of the human primary motor cortex during observation of tool use. NeuroImage. 23(1), 187-192
• SCHÜRMANN, M., CAETANO, G., JOUSMÄKI, V. and HARI, R., 2004. Hands help hearing: facilitatory audiotactile interaction at low sound intensity levels. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.. 115(2), 830-832
• NUMMINEN J, SCHÜRMANN M, HILTUNEN J, JOENSUU R, JOUSMÄKI V, KOSKINEN SK, SALMELIN R and HARI R, 2004. Cortical Activation During A Spatiotemporal Tactile Comparison Task. Neuroimage. 22(2), 815-21
• GOBBELE, R., SCHÜRMANN, M., FORSS, N., JUOTTONEN, K., BUCHNER, H. and HARI, R., 2003. Activation of the human posterior parietal and temporoparietal cotices during audiotactile interaction. Neuroimage. 20, 503-511
• AVIKAINEN, S., LIUHANEN, S., SCHÜRMANN, M. and HARI, R., 2003. Enhanced extrastriatal activation during observation of distorted finger postures. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 15, 658-663
• SCHÜRMANN, M., GRUMBT, M., HEIDE, W. and VERLEGER, R., 2003. Effects of same and different-modality cues in a Posner task: extinction-type, spatial, and non-spatial deficits after right-hemisperic stroke. Cognitive Brain Research. 16, 350-360
• SCHÜRMANN, M., RAIJ, T., FUJIKI, N. and HARI, R., 2002. Mind's ear in a musician: where and when in the brain. NeuroImage. 16(2), 434-440
• YORDANOVA, J., KOLEV, V., ROSSO, O.A., SCHÜRMANN, M., SAKOWITZ, O.W., ÖZGÖREN, M. and BASAR, E., 2002. Wavelet entropy analysis of event-related potentials indicates modality-independent theta dominance. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 117, 99-109
• JÄRVELÄINEN, J. and SCHÜRMANN, M., 2002. The motor cortex ~20 Hz rhythm reacts differently to thumb and middle finger stimulation: an MEG study. NeuroReport. 13, 1243-1246
• SCHÜRMANN, M., KOLEV, V., MENZEL, K. and YORDANOVA, J., 2002. Spatial coincidence modulates interaction between visual and somatosensory evoked potentials. NeuroReport. 13, 779-783
• SCHÜRMANN, M., NIKOULINE, V., SOLJANLAHTI, S., OLLIKANEN, M., BASAR, E. and ILMONIEMI, R.J., 2001. EEG responses to combined somatosensory and transcranial magnetic stimulation Clinical Neurophysiology. 112, 19-24
• QUIAN QUIROGA, R., SAKOWITZ, O.W., BASAR, E. and SCHÜRMANN, M., 2001. Wavelet transform in the analysis of the frequency composition of evoked potentials. Brain Research Protocols. 8, 16-24
• SAKOWITZ, O.W., QUIAN QUIROGA, R., SCHÜRMANN, M. and BASAR, E., 2001. Bisensory stimulation increases gamma responses over multiple cortical regions. Cognitive Brain Research. 11, 267-279
• QUIAN QUIROGA, R., ROSSO, O.A., BASAR, E. and SCHÜRMANN, M., 2001. Wavelet-entropy in event-related potentials: a new method shows ordering of EEG-oscillations. Biological Cybernetics. 84, 291-299
• ROSSO, O.A., BLANCO, S., YORDANOVA, J., KOLEV, V., FIGLIOLA, A., SCHÜRMANN, M. and BASAR, E., 2001. Wavelet-entropy: a new tool for analysis of short duration brain electrical signals. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 105, 65-75
• JÄRVELÄINEN J, SCHÜRMANN M, AVIKAINEN S and HARI R, 2001. Stronger Reactivity Of The Human Primary Motor Cortex During Observation Of Live Rather Than Video Motor Acts. Neuroreport. 12(16), 3493-5