publications
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47. Social cues influence perception of others’ pain. Lanlan Zhang, Tor D. Wager, & Leonie Koban (in press). European Journal of Pain. [pdf]
46. Brain mediators of biased social learning of self-perception in social anxiety disorder. Leonie Koban, Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna, Lindsay Ives, Tor D. Wager, & Joanna J. Arch (2023). Translational Psychiatry, 13, 292. [pdf]
45. Odour-imagery ability is linked to food craving, intake, and adiposity change in humans. Emily E. Perszyk, Xue S. Davis, Jelena Djordjevic, Marilyn Jones-Gotman, Jessica Trinh, Zach Hutelin, Maria G. Veldhuizen, Leonie Koban, Tor D. Wager, Hedy Kober, & Dana M. Small (2023). Nature Metabolism, https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-023-00874-z. [pdf]
44. Altered delay discounting in neurodegeneration: insight into the underlying mechanisms and perspectives for clinical applications. Valérie Godefroy, Idil Sezer, Arabella Bouzigues, Maxime Montembeault, Leonie Koban, Hilke Plassmann, & Lara Migliaccio (2023). Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 146, 105048. [pdf]
43. Social influences on pain beyond the here and now. Leonie Koban (2023). European Journal of Pain, 27, 319–320. [pdf]
42. An fMRI-based brain marker predicts individual differences in delay discounting. Leonie Koban, Sangil Lee, Daniela S. Schelski, Marie-Christine Simon, Caryn Lerman, Bernd Weber, Joseph W. Kable, & Hilke Plassmann (2023). The Journal of Neuroscience, 43(9), 1600-1613. [preprint here: pdf]
41. A neuromarker for drug and food craving distinguishes drug users from non-users. Leonie Koban, Tor Wager*, & Hedy Kober* (2022). Nature Neuroscience, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-022-01228-w. [pdf]
40. Individual Variability in Brain Representations of Pain. Lada Kohoutová, Lauren Atlas, Christian Buchel, Jason Buhle, Stephen Geuter, Marieke Jepma, Leonie Koban, Anjali Krishnan, Dong Hee Lee, Sungwoo Lee, Mathieu Roy, Scott Schafer, Liane Schmidt, Tor Wager, & Choong-Wan Woo (2022). Nature Neuroscience, 25, 749–759. [pdf]
39. A multistudy analysis reveals that evoked pain intensity representation is distributed across brain systems. Bogdan Petre, Philip Kragel, Lauren Y. Atlas, Stephan Geuter, Marieke Jepma, Leonie Koban, Anjali Krishnan, Marina Lopez-Sola, Elizabeth A. Reynolds Losin, Mathieu Roy, Choong-Wan Woo, & Tor D. Wager (2022). PLoS Biology, 20(5), e3001620. [pdf]
38. The Anatomy of Placebo Effects: How Placebos Influence Mind, Brain and Behavior. Liane Schmidt & Leonie Koban (2022). In: Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience: Second Edition, 2-3, 336–341. [pdf]
37. Effect sizes and test-retest reliability of the fMRI-based Neurologic Pain Signature. Xiaochun Han, Yoni K. Ashar, Philip Kragel, Bogdan Petre, Victoria Schelkun, Lauren Atlas, Luke J. Chang, Marieke Jepma, Leonie Koban, Elizabeth Reynolds Losin, Mathieu Roy, Choong-Wan Woo, & Tor D. Wager (2022). NeuroImage, 247, 118844. [pdf]
36. How we decide what to eat: Towards an interdisciplinary model of gut-brain interactions. Hilke Plassmann, Daniela Schelski, Marie-Christine Simon, & Leonie Koban (2022). WIREs Cognitive Science, 13(1), e1562. [pdf]
35. The self in context: brain systems linking mental and physical health. Leonie Koban, Peter J. Gianaros, Hedy Kober, & Tor D. Wager (2021). Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 22, 309-322. [pdf]
34. Gender biases in estimation of others’ pain. Lanlan Zhang, Yoni K. Ashar, Elisabeth R. Losin, Leonie Koban, & Tor D. Wager (2021). Journal of Pain, 22(9), 1048-1059. [pdf]
33. Towards a brain-based biomarker for guilt. Hongbo Yu, Leonie Koban, Molly Crockett, Xiaolin Zhou, & Tor D. Wager (2020). Neuroscience Insights, 15, 2633105520957638.
32. A generizable multivariate brain pattern for interpersonal guilt. Hongbo Yu*, Leonie Koban*, Luke J. Chang, Ullrich Wagner, Anjali Krishnan, Patrik Vuilleumier, Xiaolin Zhou*, & Tor D. Wager* (2020). Cerebral Cortex, 30(6), 3558-3572. [pdf]
31. Multiple brain networks mediating stimulus-pain relationships in humans. Stephan Geuter, Elizabeth A. Reynolds Losin, Mathieu Roy, Lauren Y. Atlas, Liane Schmidt, Anjali Krishnan, Leonie Koban, Tor D. Wager, Martin A. Lindquist (2020). Cerebral Cortex, 30(7), 4204-4219. [pdf]
30. Different brain networks mediate the effects of social and conditioned expectations on pain. Leonie Koban, Marieke Jepma, Marina López-Solà, & Tor D. Wager (2019). Nature Communications, 10, 4096. [pdf]
29. Brain mechanisms of social touch-induced analgesia in females. Marina López-Solà, Stephan Geuter, Leonie Koban, James A. Coan, Tor D. Wager (2019). PAIN, 160(9), 2072-2085.
28. Behavioural and neural evidence for self-reinforcing expectancy effects on pain. Marieke Jepma, Leonie Koban, Johnny van Doorn, Matt Jones, & Tor D. Wager (2018). Nature Human Behavior, 2, 838-855. [pdf]
27. Representation, pattern information, and brain signatures: From neurons to neuroimaging. Philip A. Kragel, Leonie Koban, Lisa F. Barrett, & Tor D. Wager (2018). Neuron, 99(2), 257-273. [pdf]
26. Self-compassion induction enhances recovery from social stressors: Comparing adults with social anxiety disorder and healthy controls. Joanna J. Arch, Lauren N. Landy, Rebecca L. Schneider, Leonie Koban, Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna (2018). Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 31(5), 594-609.
25. Transforming pain with prosocial meaning: An fMRI study. Marina Lopez-Sola, Leonie Koban, & Tor D. Wager (2018). Psychosomatic Medicine, 80(9), 814-825.
24. Why Do We Fall into Sync with Others? Interpersonal Synchronization and the Brain's Optimization Principle. Leonie Koban, Anand Ramamoorthy, & Ivana Konvalinka (2019). Social Neuroscience, 14(1), 1-9. [pdf]
23. Generalization of learned pain modulation depends on explicit learning. Leonie Koban*, Daniel Kusko*, & Tor D. Wager (2018). Acta Psychologica, 184, 75-84. [pdf]
22. When pain really matters: A vicarious-pain brain marker tracks empathy for pain in the romantic partner. Marina Lopez-Sola, Leonie Koban, Anjali Krishnan, & Tor D. Wager (2020). Neuropsychologia, 145, 106427. [pdf]
21. Frontal-brainstem pathways mediate placebo effects on social rejection. Leonie Koban, Ethan Kross, Choong-Wan Woo, Luka Ruzic, & Tor D. Wager (2017). Journal of Neuroscience, 37, 3621-3631. [pdf]
20. What’s in a word? How instructions, suggestions, and social information change pain and emotion. Leonie Koban, Marieke Jepma, Stephan Geuter, & Tor D. Wager (2017). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 81(A), 29-42. [pdf]
19. Social anxiety is characterized by biased learning about performance and the self. Leonie Koban, Rebecca Schneider, Yoni K. Ashar, Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna, Lauren Landy, David A. Moscovitch, Tor D. Wager, & Joanna J. Arch (2017). Emotion, 17(8), 1144-1155. [pdf]
18. The cognitive neuroscience of placebo effects: Concepts, predictions, and physiology. Stephan Geuter, Leonie Koban, & Tor D. Wager (2017). Annual Reviews in Neuroscience, 40, 167-188. [pdf]
17. Social information influences emotional experience and late positive potential response to affective pictures. Emily C. Willroth, Leonie Koban, Matthew R. Hilimire (2017). Emotion, 17(4), 572-576. [pdf]
16. Editorial: What determines social behavior? Investigating the role of emotions, self-centered motives, and social norms. Corrado Corradi-Dell’Acqua, Leonie Koban, Susanne Leiberg, & Patrik Vuilleumier (2016). Front. Hum. Neurosci. 10:342. [pdf]
15. Group-regularized individual prediction: Theory and application to pain. Martin A. Lindquist, Anjali Krishnan, Marina Lopez-Sola, Marieke Jepma, Choong-Wan Woo, Leonie Koban, Mathieu Roy, Lauren Y. Atlas, Luke J. Chang, Liz Losin, Hedwig Eisenbarth, Yoni K. Ashar, Zeb Delk, Tor D. Wager (2017). NeuroImage, 145, 274-287. [pdf]
14. Beyond conformity: Social Influences on Pain Reports and Physiology. Leonie Koban & Tor D Wager (2016). Emotion, 16(1), 24-32. [pdf]
13. Separate neural representations for pain and rejection. Choong-Wan Woo, Leonie Koban, Ethan Kross, Martin A Lindquist, Marie Banich, Luka Ruzic, Jessica R Andrews-Hanna, & Tor D Wager (2014). Nature Communications, 5, 5380. [pdf]
12. Brain systems underlying the affective and social monitoring of actions: an integrative review. Leonie Koban & Gilles Pourtois (2014). Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 46(1), 71-84. [pdf]
11. Responses of dorsal mediofrontal and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex to interpersonal conflict for resources. Leonie Koban, Swann Pichon, & Patrik Vuilleumier (2014). Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 9, 561-569. [pdf]
10. Brain Predictors of Individual Differences in Placebo Responding. Leonie Koban, Luka Ruzic, & Tor D Wager (2013). In: Placebo & Pain. Eds. Luana Colloca, Magne A Flaten, & Karin Meissner. Elsevier. [pdf]
9. Modeling Emotion and Learning of Norms in Social Interactions. Luke Chang & Leonie Koban (2013). Journal of Neuroscience, 33(18), 7615-7617. [pdf]
8. Integration of Error Agency and Representation of Others' Pain in the Anterior Insula. Leonie Koban, Corrado Corradi-Dell’Acqua, & Patrik Vuilleumier (2013). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 25(2), 258-272. [pdf]
7. Effects of placebo analgesia on error monitoring. Leonie Koban, Marcel Brass, Margaret T Lynn, & Gilles Pourtois (2012). PLoS ONE, 7(11): e49784. [pdf]
6. Effects of social context and predictive relevance on action outcome monitoring. Leonie Koban, Gilles Pourtois, Benoit Bediou, & Patrik Vuilleumier (2012). Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 12(3), 460-478. [pdf]
5. Delayed monitoring of accuracy errors compared to commission errors in ACC. Benoit Bediou, Leonie Koban, Sebastien Rosset, Gilles Pourtois, & David Sander (2012). NeuroImage, 60(4), 1925-1936. [pdf]
4. When your errors make me lose or win: Event-related potentials to observed errors of cooperators and competitors. Leonie Koban, Gilles Pourtois, Roland Vocat, & Patrik Vuilleumier (2010). Social Neuroscience, 5(4), 360 - 374. [pdf]
3. Processing of emotional words measured simultaneously with steady state visually evoked potentials and near-infrared diffusing-wave spectroscopy. Leonie Koban, Markus Ninck, Jun Li, Thomas Gisler, & Johanna Kissler (2010). BMC Neuroscience, 11:85. [pdf]
2. Transient functional blood flow change in the human brain measured non-invasively by diffusing-wave spectroscopy. Jun Li, Markus Ninck, Leonie Koban, Thomas Elbert, Johanna Kissler, & Thomas Gisler (2008). Optics Letters, 33, 2233-2235. [pdf]
1. Neurovascular Coupling in the Human Visual Cortex Studied by Diffusing-Wave Spectroscopy (DWS) and Electroencephalography. Markus Ninck, Leonie Koban, Jun Li, Franck Jaillon, Gregor Dietsche, Thomas R. Elbert, Johanna Kissler, & Thomas Gisler (2008). Paper presented at Biomedical Optics (BIOMED), March 16-19, 2008, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.