Publications
Pre-prints
Heffner, J., Frömer, R., Nassar, M. R., & FeldmanHall, O. (2024). Dissociable neural signals for reward and emotion prediction errors. bioRxiv, 2024.2001.2024.577042. doi:10.1101/2024.01.24.577042
Magelssen, C., Gilgien, M., Tajet, S. L., Losnegard, T., Haugen, P., Reid, R., & Frömer, R. (2024). Reinforcement learning enhances training and performance in skilled alpine skiers compared to traditional coaching instruction. bioRxiv, 2024.2004.2022.590558. doi:10.1101/2024.04.22.590558
Leng, X., Frömer, R., Summe, T., & Shenhav, A. (2023). Mutual inclusivity improves decision-making by smoothing out choice’s competitive edge. bioRxiv, 2023-05. [Article]
Ritz, H., Frömer, R., & Shenhav, A. (2023). Phantom controllers: Misspecified models create the false appearance of adaptive control during value-based choice. bioRxiv, 2023-01. [Article]
Frömer, R., Callaway, F., Griffiths, T., & Shenhav, A. (2022). Considering what we know and what we don't know: Expectations and confidence guide value integration in value-based decision-making. PsyArXiv [Article]
Baum, J., Frömer, R., & Rahman, R. A. (2022). Emotional content–not source credibility–determines the cognitive effort invested in processing social misinformation. PsyArXiv [Article]
Maier, M., Frömer, R., Rost, J., Sommer, W., & Rahman, R. A. (2020). Conceptual knowledge affects early stages of visual mental imagery and object perception. bioRxiv, 2020-01. [Article]
Frömer, R., & Shenhav, A. (2019). Spatiotemporally distinct neural mechanisms underlie our reactions to and comparison between value-based options. BioRxiv, 609198. [Article]
2024
Froemer, R., Nassar, M. R., Ehinger, B. V., & Shenhav, A. (2024). Common neural choice signals can emerge artifactually amidst multiple distinct value signals. Nature Human Behaviour [Article]
Baum, J., Frömer, R., & Abdel Rahman, R. (2024). Emotional content reduces the cognitive effort invested in processing the credibility of social (mis)information. Emotion [Article]
Froemer, R., & Nassar, M. R. (2024). Belief updates, learning and adaptive decision making. In Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology: Elsevier. [Preprint fulltext]
2023
Braem, S., Held, L., Shenhav, A., & Frömer, R. (2023). Learning how to reason and deciding when to decide. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, e115. [Article]
2022
Frömer, R., & Shenhav, A. (2022). Filling the gaps: Cognitive control as a critical lens for understanding mechanisms of value-based decision-making. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 134, 104483. [Article]
Grahek, I., Frömer, R., Prater Fahey, M., & Shenhav, A. (2022). Learning when effort matters: neural dynamics underlying updating and adaptation to changes in performance efficacy. Cerebral Cortex, 33(5), 2395-2411. [Article]
Kim, J.*, Frömer, R.*, Leng, X., & Shenhav, A. (2022). Confidently conflicted: The impact of value confidence on choice varies with choice context. In Proceedings of the 5th Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making. Providence, RI. [Article].
Leng, X., Frömer, R., & Shenhav, A. (2022). A theoretical and experimental investigation of the role of mutual inhibition in shaping choice. In Proceedings of the 5th Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making. Providence, RI. [Article].
Frömer, R., Gluth, S., & Shenhav, A (2022). Hidden knobs: Representations for flexible goal-directed decision-making. In Proceedings of the 5th Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making. Providence, RI. [Article].
2021
Frömer, R., Nassar, M. R., Bruckner, R., Stürmer, B., Sommer, W., & Yeung, N. (2021). Response-based outcome predictions and confidence regulate feedback processing and learning. elife, 10, e62825. [Article]
Frömer, R.*, Lin, H.*, Dean Wolf, C. K., Inzlicht, M., & Shenhav, A. (2021). Expectations of reward and efficacy guide cognitive control allocation. Nature communications, 12(1), 1030. [Article]
2020
Lai, L. Y., Frömer, R., Festa, E. K., & Heindel, W. C. (2020). Age-related changes in the neural dynamics of bottom-up and top-down processing during visual object recognition: an electrophysiological investigation. Neurobiology of Aging, 94, 38-49. [Article]
Ritz, H., Frömer, R., & Shenhav, A. (2020). Bridging Motor and Cognitive Control: It’s About Time!. Trends in cognitive sciences, 24(1), 6-8. [Article]
2019
Frömer, R., Dean Wolf, C. K., & Shenhav, A. (2019). Goal congruency dominates reward value in accounting for behavioral and neural correlates of value-based decision-making. Nature communications, 10(1), 4926. [Article]
2018
Frömer, R., Maier, M., & Abdel Rahman, R. (2018). Group-level EEG-processing pipeline for flexible single trial-based analyses including linear mixed models. Frontiers in neuroscience, 12, 48. [Article]
2017
Fröber, K., Stürmer, B., Frömer, R., & Dreisbach, G. (2017). The role of affective evaluation in conflict adaptation: An LRP study. Brain and Cognition, 116, 9-16. [Article]
2016
Frömer, R., Stürmer, B., & Sommer, W. (2016). Come to think of it: Contributions of reasoning abilities and training schedule to skill acquisition in a virtual throwing task. Acta Psychologica, 170, 58-65. [Article]
Frömer, R., Stürmer, B., & Sommer, W. (2016). (Don't) Mind the effort: Effects of contextual interference on ERP indicators of motor preparation. Psychophysiology, 53(10), 1577-1586. [Article]
Frömer, R., Stürmer, B., & Sommer, W. (2016). The better, the bigger: The effect of graded positive performance feedback on the reward positivity. Biological Psychology, 114, 61-68. [Article]
Frömer, R. (2016). Learning to throw: contributions of contextual interference and individual differences to the acquisition of a complex motor skill: an investigation with event-related brain potentials (Doctoral dissertation, Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Diss., 2016). [Article]
2015
Frömer, R., Dimigen, O., Niefind, F., Krause, N., Kliegl, R., & Sommer, W. (2015). Are individual differences in reading speed related to extrafoveal visual acuity and crowding?. PloS one, 10(3), e0121986. [Article]
2012
Frömer, R., Hafner, V., & Sommer, W. (2012). Aiming for the bull's eye: Preparing for throwing investigated with event‐related brain potentials. Psychophysiology, 49(3), 335-344. [Article]