Publications of Nico Lehmann

Aye, N., Lehmann, N., Kaufmann, J., Heinze, H.-J., Düzel, E., Ziegler, G., & Taubert, M. (2025). Longitudinal changes of quantitative brain tissue properties induced by balance training. Human Brain Mapping, 46. doi:10.1002/hbm.70128

Prabhu, N. M., Lehmann, N., Kaminski, E., Müller, N., & Taubert, M. (2024). Online stimulation of the prefrontal cortex during practice increases motor variability and modulates later cognitive transfer: A randomized, double-blinded and sham-controlled tDCS study. Scientific Reports, 14. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-70857-x

Kuhn, Y. A., Egger, S., Bugnon, M., Lehmann, N., Taubert, M., & Taube, W. (2024). Age‐related decline in GABAergic intracortical inhibition can be counteracted by long‐term learning of balance skills. The Journal of Physiology, 602, 3737–3753.

Taubert, M., Ziegler, G., & Lehmann, N. (2024). Higher surface folding of the human premotor cortex is associated with better long-term learning capability. Communications Biology, 7. doi:10.1038/s42003-024-06309-z

Lehmann, N., Aye, N., Kaufmann, J., Heinze, H.-J., Düzel, E., Ziegler, G., & Taubert, M. (2023). Changes in cortical microstructure of the human brain resulting from long-term motor learning. The Journal of Neuroscience, 43, 8637–8648.

Aye, N., Lehmann, N., Kaufmann, J., Heinze, H.-J., Düzel, E., Taubert, M., & Ziegler, G. (2022). Test-retest reliability of multi-parametric maps (MPM) of brain microstructure. NeuroImage, 256. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119249

Hinz, M., Lehmann, N., & Musculus, L. (2022). Elite players invest additional time for making better embodied choices. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.873474

Hinz, M., Lehmann, N., Aye, N., Melcher, K., Tolentino-Castro, J. W., Wagner, H., & Taubert, M. (2022). Differences in decision-making behavior between elite and amateur team-handball players in a near-game test situation. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.854208

Lehmann, N., Kuhn, Y.-A., Keller, M., Aye, N., Herold, F., Draganski, B., … Taubert, M. (2022). Brain activation during active balancing and its behavioral relevance in younger and older adults: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 14. doi:10.3389/fnagi.2022.828474

Lehmann, N., Villringer, A., & Taubert, M. (2022). Priming cardiovascular exercise improves complex motor skill learning by affecting the trajectory of learning-related brain plasticity. Scientific Reports, 12. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05145-7

Hinz, M., Lehmann, N., Melcher, K., Aye, N., Radić, V., Wagner, H., & Taubert, M. (2021). Reliability of perceptual-cognitive skills in a complex, laboratory-based team-sport setting. Applied Sciences, 11. doi:10.3390/app11115203

Lehmann, N., Aye, N., Kaufmann, J., Heinze, H.-J., Düzel, E., Ziegler, G., & Taubert, M. (2021). Longitudinal reproducibility of neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) derived metrics in the white matter. Neuroscience, 457, 165–185.

Lehmann, N., Villringer, A., & Taubert, M. (2020). Colocalized white matter plasticity and increased cerebral blood flow mediate the beneficial effect of cardiovascular exercise on long-term motor learning. The Journal of Neuroscience, 40, 2416–2429.

Lehmann, N., Villringer, A., & Taubert, M. (2020). Intrinsic connectivity changes mediate the beneficial effect of cardiovascular exercise on sustained visual attention. Cerebral Cortex Communications, 1. doi:10.1093/texcom/tgaa075

Lehmann, N., Tolentino-Castro, J. W., Kaminski, E., Ragert, P., Villringer, A., & Taubert, M. (2019). Interindividual differences in gray and white matter properties are associated with early complex motor skill acquisition. Human Brain Mapping, 40, 4316–4330.

Taubert, M., Villringer, A., & Lehmann, N. (2015). Endurance exercise as an "endogenous" neuro-enhancement strategy to facilitate motor learning. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00692

Lehmann, N., & Taubert, M. (2018). Exercise-induced improvement in motor learning. In H. Budde (Ed.), M. Wegner, The exercise effect on mental health (pp. 188–224). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.