Dr. Stephanie Theves

Main Research Areas
- Structure-learning and neural concept representations
- Neural mechanisms of reasoning
- Neuro-cognitive processing mechanisms underlying intelligence
Publikationen
Selected Publications
International Peer-reviewed Journals
Theves, S. (in press). Thinking as analogy-making: Towards a neural process account of general intelligence.
Theves, S., Schäfer, T., Reisner, V., de Cothi, W., & Barry, C. (2024). Category boundaries modulate memory in a place-cell-like manner. Current biology: CB, S0960-9822(24)01351-4. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.083
Theves, S., Neville, D. A., Fernández, G., & Doeller, C. F. (2021). Learning and Representation of Hierarchical Concepts in Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex. The Journal of Neuroscience, 41(36), 7675–7686. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0657-21.2021
Theves, S., Fernández, G., Doeller, C. F. (2020). The hippocampus maps concept space, not feature space. The Journal of Neuroscience. 40 (38), 7318–7325. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0494-20.2020
Theves, S., Fernández, G., Doeller, C. F. (2019). The hippocampus encodes distances in multidimensional feature space. Current Biology, 29 (7), 1226 – 1231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.035
Theves, S., Chan, J. S., Naumer, M. J., Kaiser, J. (2020). Improving audio-visual temporal perception through training enhances beta-band activity. Neuroimage, 206, 116312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116312
Book chapters
Theves, S., Grande, X., Duzel, E., Doeller, C. F. (2024). Pattern completion and the medial temporal lobe memory system. In M. J. Kahana, A. D. Wagner (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Human Memory. New York: Oxford University Press.
Preprints
Schäfer, T., Thalmann, M., Schulz, E. Doeller, C.F., Theves, S. (2024). The hippocampus support interpolation into new states during category abstraction. bioRxiv 2024.05.14.594185; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.14.594185
Tenderra, R.M. & Theves, S. (2024). Fluid intelligence relates to neural measures of cognitive map formation. bioRxiv 2024.12.28.630614; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.28.630614
Eperon, A., Doeller, C.F., Theves, S*. & Bottini, R.* (2024). Representation of conceptual affordances in eye movements and the entorhinal cortex. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.21.633955