Publications Katharina

Hennig, J., Boehm, I., Zwosta, K., King, J. A., Geisler, D., Ruge, H., Seidel, M., Bernardoni, F., Hellerhoff, I., Doose, A., Pauligk, S., Leschzinski, H., Roessner, V., Wolfensteller, U., & Ehrlich, S. (2026). Avoidance habit learning in adolescents and young women with anorexia nervosa: An fMRI study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 67(1), 79–91. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70019

Wang, X., Zwosta, K., Korb, F. M., Ruge, H., & Wolfensteller, U. (2026). Probing the causal contribution of premotor and parietal cortex in habit formation and expression. Cerebral Cortex, 36(1), bhaf341. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaf341

Jarrett, C., Zwosta, K., Wang, X., Wolfensteller, U., Iglesias, J. E., Von Kriegstein, K., & Ruge, H. (2025). Progressive Changes Between Thalamic Nuclei and Cortical Networks Across Stimulus–Response Learning. Human Brain Mapping, 46(15), e70382. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70382

Zwosta, K., Karcz, T., Möschl, M., Walser, M., Goschke, T., Ruge, H., & Wolfensteller, U. (2025). No evidence for increased habitual or decreased goal-directed action control after acute stress. PLOS One, 20(9), e0327807. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327807

Wang, X., Zwosta, K., Hennig, J., Bohm, I., Ehrlich, S., Wolfensteller, U., & Ruge, H. (2024). The dynamics of functional brain network segregation in feedback-driven learning. Commun Biol, 7(1), 531. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06210-9

Jargow, J., Zwosta, K., Treu, S., Korb, F. M., Ruge, H., & Wolfensteller, U. (2023). The Role of the Angular Gyrus in Goal-directed Behavior-Two Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Examining Response Outcome Learning and Outcome Anticipation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 35(2), 158–179. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01943

Gluck, V. M., Zwosta, K., Wolfensteller, U., Ruge, H., & Pittig, A. (2021). Costly habitual avoidance is reduced by concurrent goal-directed approach in a modified devaluation paradigm. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 146, 103964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2021.103964

Jargow, J., Zwosta, K., Korb, F. M., Ruge, H., & Wolfensteller, U. (2021). Low-Frequency TMS Results in Condition-Related Dynamic Activation Changes of Stimulated and Contralateral Inferior Parietal Lobule. Front Hum Neurosci, 15, 684367. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.684367

Ruge, H., Schafer, T. A., Zwosta, K., Mohr, H., & Wolfensteller, U. (2019). Neural representation of newly instructed rule identities during early implementation trials. Elife, 8, e48293. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.48293

Mohr, H., Zwosta, K., Markovic, D., Bitzer, S., Wolfensteller, U., & Ruge, H. (2018). Deterministic response strategies in a trial-and-error learning task. PLoS Computational Biology, 14(11), e1006621. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006621

Ruge, H., Karcz, T., Mark, T., Martin, V., Zwosta, K., & Wolfensteller, U. (2018). On the efficiency of instruction-based rule encoding. Acta Psychologica, 184, 4–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2017.04.005

Ruge, H., Legler, E., Schäfer, T. A. J., Zwosta, K., Wolfensteller, U., & Mohr, H. (2018). Unbiased Analysis of Item-Specific Multi-Voxel Activation Patterns Across Learning. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12, 723. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00723

Zwosta, K., Ruge, H., Goschke, T., & Wolfensteller, U. (2018). Habit strength is predicted by activity dynamics in goal-directed brain systems during training. Neuroimage, 165, 125–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.09.062

Zwosta, K., Ruge, H., & Wolfensteller, U. (2015). Neural mechanisms of goal-directed behavior: Outcome-based response selection is associated with increased functional coupling of the angular gyrus. Front Hum Neurosci, 9, 180. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00180

Zwosta, K., Ruge, H., & Wolfensteller, U. (2013). No anticipation without intention: Response-effect compatibility in effect-based and stimulus-based actions. Acta Psychologica, 144(3), 628–634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.09.014