Prof. Dr. Joachim Haß

Academic Director, School of Psychology SRH University Heidelberg

Bewilligung des DFG-Projekts „Aufdecken gemeinsamer Mechanismen von Zeitwahrnehmung und Arbeitsgedächtnis durch neuronale Modellierung“ 

Vice Academic Director Research and Transfer, School of Psychology SRH University Heidelberg

DFG-Projekt „Modelle der Zeitwahrnehmung und ihrer dopaminergen Modulation“ (Co-PI: Dr. Thomas Hahn)

Fortsetzungsprojekt zu „Das menschliche Spiegelneuronensystem: Wie erfassen wir, was wir nicht messen können?”, Förderung des WIN-Kollegs der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (zusammen mit Prof. Dr. Daniela Mier)

Professor für Methodenlehre, School of Psychology, SRH University Heidelberg, Campus Heidelberg

Gastwissenschaftler, Zentralinstitut für seelische Gesundheit Mannheim, Abteilung Theoretische Neurowissenschaften (Leitung: Prof. Dr. Daniel Durstewitz)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Boston University, Center for Computational Neuroscience and Neural Technology (Leitung: Prof. Dr. Nancy Kopell)

Drittmittelprojekt „Das menschliche Spiegelneuronensystem: Wie erfassen wir, was wir nicht messen können?”, Förderung des WIN-Kollegs der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (zusammen mit Prof. Dr. Daniela Mier)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Zentralinstitut für seelische Gesundheit Mannheim und BCCN Heidelberg-Mannheim (Leitung: Prof. Daniel Durstewitz)

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Abteilung Nichtlineare Dynamik, Universität Göttingen, BCCN Göttingen, MPI für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation (Leitung: Prof. Theo Geisel)

Promotion (Dr. rer. nat.) Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB)

Studium Diplom-Physik, Universität Göttingen, Abteilung Nichtlineare Dynamik

• Theoretische Neurowissenschaften / Computational Neuroscience 
• Mathematische Simulationsmodelle kognitiver Funktionen 
• Multivariate statistische Datenanalyse 
• Zeitwahrnehmung 
• Arbeitsgedächtnis 
• Soziale Kognition 

• Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
• Bernstein-Netzwerk Computational Neuroscience
• 2019 - 2025: Akademiekolleg der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
• 2012 - 2015: Direktorium Bernstein-Zentrum Heidelberg-Mannheim (Vertreter der Doktoranden und Postdocs)

2024

• Wallenwein, L. A., Schmidt, S. N., Hass, J., & Mier, D. (2024). Cross-modal decoding of emotional expressions in fMRI—Cross-session and cross-sample replication. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, imag-2.
• Ravichandran-Schmidt, P., & Hass, J. (2024). Testing the state-dependent model of subsecond time perception against experimental evidence. eLife, 13.

2023

• Mier, D. U., & Hass, J. (2023). Psychology and Physics: A Non-invasive Approach to the Functioning of the Human Mirror Neuron System. In: Schweiker, M., Hass, J., Novokhatko, A., & Halbleib, R. (Eds.). Measurement and Understanding in Science and Humanities: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
• Hass, J. & Halbleib, R. (2023). Brief Presentation of the Contributions. In: Schweiker, M., Hass, J., Novokhatko, A., & Halbleib, R. (Eds.). Measurement and Understanding in Science and Humanities: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
• Hass, J. & Novokhatko, A. (2023). Introduction. In: Schweiker, M., Hass, J., Novokhatko, A., & Halbleib, R. (Eds.). Measurement and Understanding in Science and Humanities: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
• Schweiker, M., Hass, J., Novokhatko, A., & Halbleib, R. (Eds.). (2023) Measurement and Understanding in Science and Humanities: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.

2022

• Hass, J., Ardid, S., Sherfey, J., & Kopell, N. (2022). Constraints on persistent activity in a biologically detailed network model of the prefrontal cortex with heterogeneities. Progress in Neurobiology, 215, 102287.
• Sadeghi, S., Schmidt, S. N., Mier, D., & Hass, J. (2022). Effective connectivity of the human mirror neuron system during social cognition. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 17(8):732–743.

2021

• Menke, B. M., Hass, J., Diener, C., & Pöschl, J. (2021). Family-centered music therapy—Empowering premature infants and their primary caregivers through music: Results of a pilot study. PLoS ONE, 16(5), e0250071.
• Schmidt, S. N., Hass, J., Kirsch, P., & Mier, D. (2021). The human mirror neuron system—A common neural basis for social cognition?. Psychophysiology, 58(5), e13781.

2020

• Sadeghi, S., Mier, D., Gerchen, M. F., Schmidt, S. N., & Hass, J. (2020). Dynamic causal modeling for fMRI with Wilson-Cowan-based neuronal equations. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14, 593867.
• Schmidt SN, Sojer CA, Hass J, Kirsch P, Mier D (2020). fMRI adaptation reveals: The human mirror neuron system discriminates emotional valence. Cortex, 128, 270-280.
• Yan Z, Schmidt SN, Frank J, Witt SH, Hass J, Kirsch P, Mier D (2020). Hyperfunctioning of the right posterior superior temporal sulcus in response to neutral facial expressions presents an endophenotype of schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-020-0637-8. 

2019  

• Ardid S, Sherfey JS, McCarthy MM, Hass J, Pittman-Polletta BR, Kopell N (2019). Biased competition in the absence of input bias revealed through corticostriatal computation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(17):8564-8569.  

2018

• Sherfey, J. S., Ardid, S., Hass, J., Hasselmo, M. E., & Kopell, N. J. (2018) Flexible resonance in prefrontal networks with strong feedback inhibition. PLoS Computational Biology 14(8):e1006357.

2017

• Mier, D. U., & Hass, J. (2017). Psychologie und Physik – Eine nicht-invasive Annäherung an die Funktionsweise des menschlichen Spiegelneuronensystems. In: Schweiker, M., Hass, J., Novokhatko, A., Halbleib, R. (Hrsg.) (2017). Messen und Verstehen in der Wissenschaft. Springer. ISBN 978-3-658-18353-0.
• Hass, J. & Halbleib, R. (2017). Kurzvorstellung der Beiträge. In: Schweiker, M., Hass, J., Novokhatko, A., Halbleib, R. (Hrsg.) (2017). Messen und Verstehen in der Wissenschaft. Springer. ISBN 978-3-658-18353-0.
• Hass, J. & Novokhatko, A. (2017). Einleitung. In: Schweiker, M., Hass, J., Novokhatko, A., Halbleib, R. (Hrsg.) (2017). Messen und Verstehen in der Wissenschaft. Springer. ISBN 978-3-658-18353-0.
• Schweiker, M., Hass, J., Novokhatko, A., Halbleib, R. (Hrsg.) (2017). Messen und Verstehen in der Wissenschaft. Springer. ISBN 978-3-658-18353-0.

2016

• Hass J, D. Durstewitz (2016) A detailed data-driven network model of prefrontal cortex reproduces key features of in vivo activity. PLoS Computational Biology 12:e1004930.
• Hass J, Durstewitz D (2016) Time at the center, or time at the side? Assessing current models of time perception. Curr Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 8:238–244.

2014

• Hass J, Durstewitz D (2014) Neurocomputational Models of Time Perception. Neurobiology of Interval Timing, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 829:49-71.

2013

• Quiroga Lombard CS, Hass J. Durstewitz D (2013) Method for Stationarity-Segmentation of Spike Train Data with Application to the Pearson Cross-Correlation. Journal of Neurophysiology 110:562–572.

2012

• Hertäg L, Hass J, Golovko T, Durstewitz D (2012) An approximation to the adaptive exponential integrate-and-fire neuron model allows fast and predictive fitting to physiological data. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 6:62.
• Hass J, Blaschke S, Herrmann JM (2012) Cross-Modal Distortion of Time Perception: Demerging the Effects of Observed and Performed Motion. PLoS ONE 7(6):e38092.
• Hass, J. & Herrmann, J.M. (2012) The Neural Representation of Time: An Information-Theoretic Perspective. Neural Computation 24, 1519–1552.

2011

• Hass, J. & Durstewitz, D. (2011) Models of Dopaminergic Modulation. Scholarpedia 6(8):4215.

2009

• Hass J, Blaschke S, Rammsayer T, Herrmann JM (2009) Detection of irregularities in auditory sequences: A neural-network approach to temporal processing. In: J Mayor, N Ruh and K Plunkett (eds.) Connectionist Models Of Behaviour And Cognition II (pp. 167-178), World Scientific.

2008

• Hass J, Blaschke S, Rammsayer T Herrmann JM (2008) A Neurocomputational Model for Optimal Temporal Processing. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 25(3):449–464.
• Hass J, Herrmann JM, Geisel T (2006) Optimal Mass Distribution for Passivity-Based Bipedal Robots. International Journal of Robotic Research 25(11):1087 –1098.

2004

• Hass J, Herrmann JM, Geisel T (2004) Evolutionary design of an adaptive dynamic walker. In: Proceeding of the International Conference of Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR) 7, pp 765–774, Springer.

Konferenzvorträge

2025

Ravichandran-Schmidt P, Haß J (2025) Testing the state-dependent model of subsecond time perception against experimental evidence. Bernstein Conference 2025, Frankfurt.

2024

Haß, J. (2024) Neurobiologische Zugänge zur Zeitwahrnehmung und ihre Begrifflichkeiten. Zeit und Sprache. Wissenschaften im Dialog, Heidelberg.

2023

Sereda, L., …, Haß, J., Koch, S.C. (2023) Effects of DMT on geriatric nursing home patients with dementia. A controlled observational study. American Dance Therapy Association Conference, Denver (CO), USA.

2022

Wallenwein, L.A., Schmidt, S.N.L., Haß, J. & Mier, D. (2022) Cross-modal decoding of emotional expressions in fMRI – mirror neurons in social cognition. 47. Jahrestagung Psychologie und Gehirn (PuG), Freiburg.

2019

Hass J, Ardid S, Sherfey J, Kopell N (2019) Persistent activity is prevented by interneuron heterogeneity. Bernstein Conference 2014, Berlin.

2017

Hass J (2017) Dopaminergic Modulation of Time Perception: A Biophysical Model. 1st Conference of the Timing Research Forum, Straßburg, Frankreich.

2016

Hass J, Ardid S, Sherfey J, Kopell N (2016) Constraints on Persistent Activity in a Biophysically Detailed Network Model of the Prefrontal Cortex with Heterogeneous Neurons. Bernstein Conference 2016, Berlin.

2014

Hass J, Hertäg L, Golovko T, Durstewitz D (2014) Probing the limits of a detailed prefrontal cortex model based on physiologically derived cellular parameter distributions. Bernstein Conference 2014, Göttingen.

Hass J, Hertäg L, Golovko T, Durstewitz D (2014) Predicting in vivo statistics from in vitro cell parameters in a detailed prefrontal cortex model. Computational and Systems Neuroscience Meeting (COSYNE) 2014, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.  

2013

Hass J, Hertäg L, Quiroga-Lombard SQ, Durstewitz D (2013) A Computational Model of the Prefrontal Cortex Based on Distributions of Cellular Parameters Obtained from Extensive In Vitro Recordings. Twenty-second Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*2013), Paris, France. 

2012

Hass J et al. (2012) Constructing a detailed data-driven computational model of the prefrontal cortex. Program No. 424.04. 2012 Neuroscience Meeting Planer. New Orleans, LA, USA: Society for Neuroscience, 2012. Online.  

Hass J, Herrmann JM (2012) The neural representation of time: An information-theoretical perspective. Bernstein Conference 2012, München.

2011

Hass J, Durstewitz D (2011). Multi-item working memory from competitive reverberating neural activity. Bernstein Conference 2011, Freiburg.

Hass J and Durstewitz D (2011) A network model of a multi-item working memory task based on competitive reverberating neural activity. 19th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2011, Stockholm, Sweden.  

Hass J, Blaschke S, Herrmann JM (2011) Optimal time perception with multisensory cues: Dissecting the effects of perceived and performed motion. 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, Göttingen.  

2010

Hass J, Farkhooi F, Durstewitz D (2010) Dopaminergic modulation of time perception. Bernstein Conference 2010, Berlin.

2009

Hass J, Blaschke S, Rammsayer T, Herrmann JM (2009). Progress and decay – An information-theoretical view on the Janus face of time. Eighteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS*2009, Berlin.

Hass J, Blaschke S, Rammsayer T Herrmann JM (2009). Temporal Processing in Perception and Action. 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, Göttingen.

2008

Hass J, Blaschke S, Rammsayer T, Herrmann JM (2008). Time perception and motor control – competition or collaboration? 4th Bernstein Symposium for Computational Neuroscience, München.

Hass J, Blaschke S, Rammsayer T, Herrmann JM (2008). Time Perception and Motor Timing. Workshop Aspects of Adaptive Cortex Dynamics, Delmenhorst.

Hass J, Blaschke S, Rammsayer T, Herrmann JM (2008). Timing errors and optimal temporal processing with spiking neural networks. 11th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop (NCPW11), Oxford, United Kingdom.

Hass J, Blaschke S, Rammsayer T Herrmann JM (2008). Timing errors in sequence experiments: Implications for models of temporal processing. Computational and Systems Neuroscience Meeting (COSYNE) 2008, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.  

2007

Hass J, Blaschke S, Rammsayer T, Herrmann JM (2007). Dynamic Adaptation in Decoding Temporal Information. 3rd Bernstein Symposium for Computational Neuroscience, Göttingen.

Hass J, Blaschke S, Rammsayer T Herrmann JM (2007). A neurocomputational model of temporal processing: evidence from sequence experiments. Sixteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*2007), Toronto, Canada.  

Hass J, Herrmann JM, Blaschke S, Rammsayer T (2007). Timing Errors in a Dynamical Model of Temporal Processing. 7th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, Göttingen.

Hass J, Herrmann JM, Blaschke S, Rammsayer T (2007). Modelling Temporal Cognition: A Neural Dynamics Approach. 8. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kognitionsforschung (KogWis 07), Saarbrücken.

2006

Hass J, Herrmann JM, Blaschke S, Rammsayer T (2006). Timing Errors in a Dynamical Model of Temporal Processing. 2nd Bernstein Symposium for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin.

2005

Hass J, Herrmann JM, Geisel T (2005) Active Control of Bipedal Locomotion. Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society 2005, Berlin.

Hass J, Herrmann JM, Geisel T (2005) Biomechanics and Low-Level Control of Bipedal Locomotion. 6th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, Göttingen.

2004

Hass J, Herrmann JM, Geisel T (2004). Evolutionary design of an adaptive dynamic walker. 7th International Conference of Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR), Madrid, Spain.

Hass J, Mayer N, Herrmann JM (2004) Dynamics and Control of a 2-D Passive Dynamic Walker. Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society 2005, Regensburg.

Preise

2023

Publikationspreis HAW.International

2022

Publikationspreis HAW.International

Sonstiges

2026

Bewilligung des DFG-Projekts „Aufdecken gemeinsamer Mechanismen von Zeitwahrnehmung und Arbeitsgedächtnis durch neuronale Modellierung“ (Fördersumme: 281.650 €)

2018 - 2022

DFG-Projekt „Modelle der Zeitwahrnehmung und ihrer dopaminergen Modulation“ (Co-PI: Dr. Thomas Hahn, Eigenanteil Fördersumme: 129.900 €)

2017 - 2019

Fortsetzungsprojekt zu „Das menschliche Spiegelneuronensystem: Wie erfassen wir, was wir nicht messen können?”, Förderung des WIN-Kollegs der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Förderung 154.000 Euro (zusammen mit Prof. Dr. Daniela Mier)

2014 - 2017

Drittmittelprojekt „Das menschliche Spiegelneuronensystem: Wie erfassen wir, was wir nicht messen können?”, Förderung des WIN-Kollegs der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Förderung 212.000 Euro (zusammen mit Prof. Dr. Daniela Mier)