Publications

Pre-Prints (under review)

Pastoetter, B., Giebel, P. M. A., Schummers, P. P., Frings, C., & Kasten, F. H. (2026). The causal role of β-oscillations in maintaining perception-action representations (p. 2026.05.28.725394). bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.28.725394

2026

Hildebrandt, A., Burkhardt, M., Stecher, H. I., Kasten, F. H., & Herrmann, C. S. (in press). Multiverse Analysis: An Approach to Studying the Robustness of Findings in Cognitive Enhancement and Brain Plasticity Research. In A. K. Barbey (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Enhancement and Brain Plasticity (p. 0). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197677131.013.33

Soleimani, G., Alekseichuk, I., Aurup, C., Bergmann, T. O., Bestmann, S., Beynel, L., Evans, C., Frohlich, F., Ghobadi-Azbari, P., Hanlon, C. A., Kasten, F., Konofagou, E. E., Lueckel, M., Márquez-Ruiz, J., Mencarelli, L., Mosayebi-Samani, M., Neige, C., Opitz, A., Peterchev, A., … Ekhtiari, H. (2026). Dose-Response Relationships in Transcranial Brain Stimulation: Physics, Physiology and Mechanism. Brain Stimulation, 103067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2026.103067

Brückner, R. I., Özyurt, J., Thiel, C. M., Herrmann, C. S., & Kasten, F. H. (2026). Reduced task-induced frontal midline theta activity in chronic stroke patients compared to healthy older adults – An MEG study. NeuroImage: Clinical, 103984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2026.103984

Erkens, J., Pari, R. K., Inyutina, M., Marx, M., Kasten, F. H., & Zoefel, B. (2026). Cutaneous Alternating Current Stimulation Can Cause a Phasic Modulation of Speech Perception. Journal of Neuroscience, 46(9). https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0336-25.2026

2025

Kasten, F. H., Darrasse, Z., Busson, Q., Erkens, J., Marx, M., & Zoefel, B. (2025). Effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on neural oscillations in speech perception are replicable and predictable. Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, 18(5), 1617–1619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2025.08.016

Bergmann, T. O., Zoefel, B., Herrmann, C. S., Violante, I. R., Grossman, N., Hassan, U., Kasten, F. H., Siebner, H. R., … Hanslmayr, S. (2025). The tACS challenge: Does 10 Hz tACS rhythmically modulate visual perception in humans? Stage 1 Registered Report accepted at Nature Human Behaviour.

2024

Baselgia, S., Kasten, F. H., Herrmann, C. S., Rasch, B., & Paβmann, S. (2024). No Benefit in Memory Performance after Nocturnal Memory Reactivation Coupled with Theta-tACS. Clocks & Sleep, 6(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/clockssleep6020015

Boetzel, C., Stecher, H. I., Kasten, F. H., & Herrmann, C. S. (2024). Modulating the difficulty of a visual oddball-like task and P3m amplitude. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50857-z

Kasten, F. H., Busson, Q., & Zoefel, B. (2024). Opposing neural processing modes alternate rhythmically during sustained auditory attention. Communications Biology, 7(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06834-x

Kasten, F. H., Lattmann, R., Strüber, D., & Herrmann, C. S. (2024). Decomposing the effects of α-tACS on brain oscillations and aperiodic 1/f activity. Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, 17(3), 721–723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2024.05.015

Paßmann, S., Baselgia, S., Kasten, F. H., Herrmann, C. S., & Rasch, B. (2024). Differential online and offline effects of theta-tACS on memory encoding and retrieval. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-024-01204-w

2022

Kasten, F. H., & Herrmann, C. S. (2022a). Brain Stimulation Approaches to Investigate EEG Oscillations. In P. A. Gable, M. W. Miller, & E. M. Bernat (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of EEG Frequency (p. 0). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192898340.013.22

Kasten, F. H., & Herrmann, C. S. (2022b). Discrete sampling in perception via neuronal oscillations—Evidence from rhythmic, non-invasive brain stimulation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 55(11–12), 3402–3417. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15006

Kasten, F. H., & Herrmann, C. S. (2022c). The hidden brain-state dynamics of tACS aftereffects. NeuroImage, 264, 119713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119713

Kricheldorff, J., Göke, K., Kiebs, M., Kasten, F. H., Herrmann, C. S., Witt, K., & Hurlemann, R. (2022). Evidence of Neuroplastic Changes after Transcranial Magnetic, Electric and Deep Brain Stimulation. Brain Sciences, 12(7), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12070929

von Conta, J., Kasten, F. H., Ćurčić-Blake, B., Schellhorn, K., & Herrmann, C. S. (2022). Characterizing low-frequency artifacts during transcranial temporal interference stimulation (tTIS). Neuroimage: Reports, 2(3), 100113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynirp.2022.100113

von Conta, J., Kasten, F. H., Schellhorn, K., Ćurčić-Blake, B., Aleman, A., & Herrmann, C. S. (2022). Benchmarking the effects of transcranial temporal interference stimulation (tTIS) in humans. Cortex, 154, 299–310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2022.05.017

2021

Faramarzi, M., Kasten, F. H., Altaş, G., Aleman, A., Ćurčić-Blake, B., & Herrmann, C. S. (2021). Similar EEG Activity Patterns During Experimentally-Induced Auditory Illusions and Veridical Perceptions. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.602437

Stecher, H. I., Notbohm, A., Kasten, F. H., & Herrmann, C. S. (2021). A Comparison of Closed Loop vs. Fixed Frequency tACS on Modulating Brain Oscillations and Visual Detection. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.661432

Thirugnanasambandam, N., Kasten, F. H., & Udupa, K. (2021). Editorial: Novel Multimodal Approaches in Non-invasive Brain Stimulation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15, 698. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.784637

von Conta, J., Kasten, F. H., Ćurčić-Blake, B., Aleman, A., Thielscher, A., & Herrmann, C. S. (2021). Interindividual variability of electric fields during transcranial temporal interference stimulation (tTIS). Scientific Reports, 11(1), 20357. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99749-0

2020

Kasten, F. H., Wendeln, T., Stecher, H. I., & Herrmann, C. S. (2020). Hemisphere-specific, differential effects of lateralized, occipital–parietal α- versus γ-tACS on endogenous but not exogenous visual-spatial attention. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68992-2

Klink, K., Paßmann, S., Kasten, F. H., & Peter, J. (2020). The Modulation of Cognitive Performance with Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation: A Systematic Review of Frequency-Specific Effects. Brain Sciences, 10(12), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10120932

2019

Kasten, F. H., Duecker, K., Maack, M. C., Meiser, A., & Herrmann, C. S. (2019). Integrating electric field modeling and neuroimaging to explain inter-individual variability of tACS effects. Nature Communications, 10(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13417-6

Kasten, F. H., & Herrmann, C. S. (2019). Recovering Brain Dynamics During Concurrent tACS-M/EEG: An Overview of Analysis Approaches and Their Methodological and Interpretational Pitfalls. Brain Topography, 32(6), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-019-00727-7

2018

Kasten, F. H., Maess, B., & Herrmann, C. S. (2018). Facilitated Event-Related Power Modulations during Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) Revealed by Concurrent tACS-MEG. Eneuro, 5(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0069-18.2018

Kasten, F. H., Negahbani, E., Fröhlich, F., & Herrmann, C. S. (2018). Non-linear transfer characteristics of stimulation and recording hardware account for spurious low-frequency artifacts during amplitude modulated transcranial alternating current stimulation (AM-tACS). NeuroImage, 179, 134–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.05.068

Negahbani, E., Kasten, F. H., Herrmann, C. S., & Fröhlich, F. (2018). Targeting alpha-band oscillations in a cortical model with amplitude-modulated high-frequency transcranial electric stimulation. NeuroImage, 173, 3–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.02.005

2017

Kasten, F. H., & Herrmann, C. S. (2017). Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) Enhances Mental Rotation Performance during and after Stimulation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00002

2016

Kasten, F. H., Dowsett, J., & Herrmann, C. S. (2016). Sustained Aftereffect of α-tACS Lasts Up to 70 min after Stimulation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00245