Romy Frömer
Postdoc
About
Romy Frömer completed her undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral training at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Working with Werner Sommer, her dissertation research examined mechanisms of cognitive control in the motor domain. After receiving her PhD, Romy performed postdoctoral research with Rasha Abdel Rahman, focusing on the role of predictions and uncertainty in perception. She also performed research with Nick Yeung and Markus Ullsperger that explored the intersection of metacognition (error monitoring and confidence) and feedback-based learning in the motor domain. In her free time, Romy likes making music (e.g. choir singing) and cooking for friends. Her functioning critically depends on the availability of coffee.
Representative Work
Learning
Frömer, R., Nassar, M. R., Bruckner, R., Stürmer, B., Sommer, W., & Yeung, N. (2021). Response-based outcome predictions and confidence regulate feedback processing and learning. eLife, 10, e62825. doi:10.7554/eLife.62825
Frömer, R., Stürmer, B., & Sommer, W. (2016). The better, the bigger: The effect of graded positive performance feedback on the reward positivity. Biol Psychol, 114, 61-68. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.12.011
Decision Making
Frömer, R., Dean Wolf, C. K., & Shenhav, A. (2019). Goal congruency dominates reward value in accounting for behavioral and neural correlates of value-based decision-making. Nature Communications, 10(1), 4926. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12931-x
Frömer, R., & Shenhav, A. (2019). Spatiotemporally distinct neural mechanisms underlie our reactions to and comparison between value-based options. bioRxiv, 609198. doi:10.1101/609198
Motivated Control
Frömer, R., Lin, H., Dean Wolf, C. K., Inzlicht, M., & Shenhav, A. (2021). Expectations of reward and efficacy guide cognitive control allocation. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1030. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21315-z
Grahek, I., Frömer, R., & Shenhav, A. (2020). Learning when effort matters: Neural dynamics underlying updating and adaptation to changes in performance efficacy. bioRxiv, 2020.2010.2009.333310. doi:10.1101/2020.10.09.333310