Publications & preprints

Wolpe N, Wu CL, Aymerich C, et al. (2026). Reduced option generation reveals distinct profiles of apathy in schizophrenia. medRxiv

Schwarz N, Harlev D, Wolpe N (2026). Menstrual cycle selectively elevates anticipatory effort cost without altering reward sensitivity in human motivation. bioRxiv

Jaeschke DC, Fradkin I, Wolpe N (2026). State rumination disrupts working memory and increases cognitive effort through cognitive interference. PsyArXiv

Navarro V, Brugger S, Wolpe N, Harding J, Fletcher P, Teufel C (2026). Delusions emerge from generative model reorganisation rather than faulty inference: Insights from hybrid predictive coding. bioRxiv

Harlev D, Hoffman R, Schwarz N, Halperin I, Wolpe N (2026). Fluctuations in emotional valence and arousal are differentially linked to cognitive performance and subjective mental effort. Emotion

Harlev D, Ravona-Springer R, Koren O, Zorani S, Plotnik M, Wolpe N (2026). Measuring apathy through computational lenses: Behavioral and physiological signatures of engagement in virtual reality. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Demetriou I, Attaheri A, Bingham T, et al. (2026). The Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) longitudinal study protocol: Phase 4 (“Enrichment”) and Phase 5 (“Rescan”). Exploration of Neuroscience

Herzberg E, Halperin I, Wolpe N (2026). The cognitive and motor determinants of the perception of effort. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience

Xiao B, Wolpe N (2026). The value of progress feedback in physical effort-based decision making. Motivation Science

Schwarz N, Harlev D, Bergmann E, Wolpe N (2026). When the clock shifts: Menopause timing is associated with reduced cognitive performance and gray matter volume in a population-based cohort. Menopause

Harlev D, Vituri A, Shahar M, Wolpe N (2026). From dysphoria to anhedonia: Age-related shift in the link between cognitive and affective symptoms. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Wolpe N, Aymerich C, Jin Y, et al. (2025). Characterising Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: CHANSS study protocol. BJPsych Open

Fernandez-Egea et al. (2025). Assessment of motivation in schizophrenia: Patient- and clinician-rated outcomes. Spanish Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health

Wolpe N, Harlev D, Bergmann E, Henson R (2025). Age-related positivity bias in emotion recognition is linked to lower cognitive performance and altered amygdala-orbitofrontal connectivity. Journal of Neuroscience

Harlev D, Vituri A, Shahar M, Wolpe N (2025). Depression and anxiety symptom networks across the lifespan. Age and Ageing

Wolpe N, Scott D, Salomon M, Nassar M, Fletcher P, Fernandez E (2025). Ageing is associated with exaggerated overstaying in foraging behaviour. npj Aging

Nagrodzki J, Passamonti L, Schweizer S, Stretton J, Knights E, Henson R, Wolpe N (2025). Behavioural and brain differences in the processing of negative emotion in previously depressed individuals: An exploratory analysis of population-based data. Emotion

Bergmann E, Harlev D, Wolpe N (2025). Depressive symptoms are linked to age-specific neuroanatomical and cognitive variations. Journal of Affective Disorders

Harlev D, Singer S, Goldshalger M, Wolpe N, Bergmann E (2025). Acoustic speech features are associated with late-life depression and apathy symptoms: Preliminary findings. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring

Wolpe et al. (2025). Measuring the clinical dimensions of negative symptoms through the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. European Neuropsychopharmacology

Wolpe N, Holton R, Fletcher PC (2024). What is mental effort: a clinical perspective. Biological Psychiatry, Volume 95, Issue 11, 1030-1037.

Harding J, Wolpe N, Brugger SP, Navarro V, Teufel C, Fletcher PC (2024). A new predictive coding model for a more comprehensive account of delusions. The Lancet Psychiatry, Volume 11, Issue 4, 295 - 302.

Wolpe N, Vituri A, Jones PB, Shahar M, Fernandez-Egea E (2024). The longitudinal structure of negative symptoms in treatment resistant schizophrenia. Comprehensive Psychiatry, Volume 128.

Wolpe N, Fernandez-Egea E (2023). The structural stability of negative symptoms over time. BJPsych Open. 9:e208.

Wolpe N, Chen S, Kirkpatrick B, Jones PB, Jenkins C, Cardinal RN, Fernandez-Egea E (2023). Longitudinal effect of clozapine-associated sedation on motivation in schizophrenia: Naturalistic longitudinal study. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 223:295-297.

King DLO, Henson RN, Kievit R, Wolpe N, Brayne C, Tyler LK, Rowe JB; Cam-CAN; Tsvetanov KA (2023). Distinct components of cardiovascular health are linked with age-related differences in cognitive abilities. Scientific Reports 13:978.

Wolpe N, Hezemans FH, Rae CL, Zhang J, Rowe JB. The pre-supplementary motor area achieves inhibitory control by modulating response thresholds. Cortex. 152:98-108.

Fernandez-Egea E, Wolpe N. Is it time to change the term negative symptoms? European Neuropsychopharmacology. 59:7-8.

Hezemans FH, Wolpe N, O'Callaghan C, Ye R, Rua C, Jones PS, Murley AG, Holland N, Regenthal R, Tsvetanov KA, Barker RA, Williams-Gray CH, Robbins TW, Passamonti L, Rowe JB. Noradrenergic deficits contribute to apathy in Parkinson's disease through the precision of expected outcomes. PLoS Computational Biology. 18:e1010079.

Tomassini A, Hezemans FH, Ye R, Tsvetanov KA, Wolpe N, Rowe JB. Prefrontal Cortical Connectivity Mediates Locus Coeruleus Noradrenergic Regulation of Inhibitory Control in Older Adults. Journal of Neuroscience. 42:3484-3493.

O'Callaghan C, Hezemans FH, Ye R, Rua C, Jones PS, Murley AG, Holland N, Regenthal R, Tsvetanov KA, Wolpe N, Barker RA, Williams-Gray CH, Robbins TW, Passamonti L, Rowe JB. Locus coeruleus integrity and the effect of atomoxetine on response inhibition in Parkinson's disease. Brain. 144:2513-2526.

Wolpe N, Hezemans FH, Rowe JB (2020). Alien limb syndrome: A Bayesian account of unwanted actions. Cortex 127: 29-41.

Lewis-Smith D, Wolpe N*, Gosh BCP, Rowe JB (2020). Alien limb in the corticobasal syndrome: phenomenological characteristics and relationship to apraxia. *Joint first author. Journal of Neurology. 267: 1147–1157.

Hezemans FH, Wolpe N, Rowe JB (2020). Apathy is associated with reduced precision of prior beliefs about action outcomes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 149: 1767-1777.

Wolpe N, Ingram JN, Tsvetanov K, Henson RN, Wolpert DM, Cam-CAN, Rowe JB (2020). Age-related reduction in motor adaptation: brain structural correlates and the role of explicit memory. Neurobiology of Ageing. 90: 13-23.

Wolpe N, Zhang Z, Nombela C, Ingram JN, Cam-CAN, Wolpert DM, Rowe JB (2018). Sensory attenuation in Parkinson’s disease is related to disease severity and dopamine dose. Scientific Reports 8: 15643.

Tsvetanov K, Ye Z, Hughes L, Samu D, Treder M, Wolpe N, Tyler LK, Cam-CAN, Rowe JB (2018). Activity and connectivity differences underlying inhibitory control across the adult lifespan. Journal of Neuroscience 38: 7887-7900.

Wolpe N, Ingram JN, Tsvetanov K, Geerligs L, Kievit RA, Henson RN, Wolpert DM, Cam-CAN, Rowe JB (2016). Ageing increases reliance on sensorimotor prediction through structural and functional differences in frontostriatal circuits. Nature Communications 7: 13034.

Zhang Z, Nombela C, Wolpe N, Barker RA, Rowe JB (2016). Time on timing: Dissociating premature responding from interval sensitivity in Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders 31: 1163-1172.

Wolpe N, Nombela C, Rowe JB (2015). Dopaminergic modulation of positive expectations for goal-directed action: evidence from Parkinson’s disease. Frontiers in Psychology 6: 1514.

Wolpe N, Moore JW, Rae CL, Rittman T, Altena E, Haggard P, Rowe JB (2014). The medial frontal-prefrontal network for altered awareness and control of action in corticobasal syndrome. Brain 137: 208-220.

Wolpe N, Rowe JB (2014). Beyond the “urge to move”: objective measures for the study of agency in the post-Libet era. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8: 450.

Wolpe N, Wolpert DM, Rowe JB (2014). Seeing what you want to see: priors for one’s own actions represent exaggerated expectations of success. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 8: 232.

Wolpe N, Haggard P, Siebner HR, Rowe JB (2013). Cue integration and the perception of action in intentional binding. Experimental Brain Research 229: 467-474.

Galli G, Wolpe N, Otten LJ (2011). Sex differences in the use of anticipatory brain activity to encode emotional events. Journal of Neuroscience 31: 12364-12370.