20–21 Apr 2026
Goethe University
Europe/Berlin timezone

Stable neural fingerprints of resting-state EEG relate to cognitive reappraisal

20 Apr 2026, 14:45
1h 30m
Casino Festsaal (Goethe University)

Casino Festsaal

Goethe University

Campus Westend Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 2 60323 Frankfurt am Main CoBIC Heinrich-Hoffmann-Straße 9 60528 Frankfurt am Main

Speaker

Anya Dietrich (MEG Laboratory, CoBIC, Goethe University)

Description

Resting-state electrophysiological activity encodes stable, individual-specific neural fingerprints that relate to cognitive emotion regulation. While such fingerprints are well established in MEG and fMRI, their stability and behavioral relevance in EEG remain unclear. Here, we examine sensor-level resting-state EEG spectral fingerprints in a deeply phenotyped cohort (N = 121), focusing on an initial subset (N = 10). EEG data were segmented into 60 non-overlapping epochs, and power spectral density features were used to construct individual fingerprints. These fingerprints showed high within-subject stability (r̄ = 0.881), exceeding between-subject similarity (r̄ = 0.589), demonstrating reliable individual differentiation. Fingerprint power metrics were systematically associated with cognitive reappraisal performance, particularly across delta, theta, alpha, and beta bands. These findings establish resting-state EEG fingerprints as stable, behaviorally meaningful markers of individual differences in cognitive emotion regulation.

Author

Anya Dietrich (MEG Laboratory, CoBIC, Goethe University)

Co-authors

Yuranny Cabral Calderin (Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Biology, AG Brain and Behavior) Yue Sun (MEG Laboratory Cooperative Brain Imaging Center, Goethe University Frankfurt) Michael Wibral (Department Data-driven Analysis of Biological Networks, Georg August University) Oliver Tüscher (German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), partner site Halle-Jena-Magdeburg) Georgios Michalareas (MEG Laboratory, CoBIC, Goethe University)

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