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Initial expectations and confidence affect the formation of novel self-beliefs and their revision

2025, Social Learning /

Another long journey comes to a successful end with this publication!  Congratulations to Alexander Schröder for this great collaborative effort, which brings together Susanne Diekelmann (as part of the DFG-funded Research Group “Information abstraction during sleep”), Christoph Korn (University of Heidelberg; expert in computational modeling and belief updating), Lei Zhang (our group’s teacher and advisor […]

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Commentary on Cropp et al. (2025) Interpersonal Dynamics

Science /

  Affected beliefs in interpersonal dynamics The target article “Interpersonal Dynamics” presents the centrality of interpersonal processes in the formation and maintenance of psychological dysfunction, as well as in therapeutic change. The authors emphasize that interpersonal patterns are not static traits but should rather be viewed and understood as dynamic, reciprocal processes shaped by past

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Initial expectations and confidence affect the formation of novel self-beliefs and their revision

Science /

Another long journey comes to a successful end with this publication!  Congratulations to Alexander Schröder for this great collaborative effort, which brings together Susanne Diekelmann (as part of the DFG-funded Research Group “Information abstraction during sleep”), Christoph Korn (University of Heidelberg; expert in computational modeling and belief updating), Lei Zhang (our group’s teacher and advisor

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Aberrant insula activity to negative and reduced learning from positive prediction errors as mechanisms underlying maladaptive self-belief formation in depression

Science /

Updated preprint by Nora Czekalla et al.      Abstract Maladaptive self-beliefs are a core symptom of major depressive disorder. These beliefs are perpetuated by a negatively biased integration of self-related feedback. Understanding the neurocomputational mechanisms of biased belief updating may help to counteract maladaptive beliefs and the maintenance of depression. The present study uses

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Commentary on Cropp et al. (2025) Interpersonal Dynamics

2025, Clinical, Social Emotions, Social Learning /

Affected beliefs in interpersonal dynamics The target article “Interpersonal Dynamics” presents the centrality of interpersonal processes in the formation and maintenance of psychological dysfunction, as well as in therapeutic change. The authors emphasize that interpersonal patterns are not static traits but should rather be viewed and understood as dynamic, reciprocal processes shaped by past experiences

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Hendrik-Lehnert-Preis for student engagement for Sara Weber!

Events, Personnel /

Congratulations, Sara!    Sara Weber, PhD student at the Social Neuroscience Lab, has given the University of Lübeck a national visibility for her engagement in the negotiations concerning the psychotherapy training (“Weiterbildung Psychotherapie”) – a topic of interest for all clinical psychology master students.  Besides Saras devotion to bettering the conditions of psychology students in

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Mythos Psyche – mit Jonathan Czollek

Media /

Interview mit Jonathan Czollek zum Thema Gesellschaft & Psyche  Eine Auseinandersetzung mit und entgegen der Individualisierung, Stigmatisierung und Pathologisierung seelischen Leidens, hin zu einem Verständnis dafür, welche sozialen Determinanten es für psychische Gesundheit gibt und wie gesellschaftliche und politische Zustände auf unsere Psyche einwirken. Hier ist der Podcast mit Jonathan

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