Publications
“The argument from authority tries to justify a conclusion by pointing out that some expert or authority endorses the conclusion. […] “My parents say that Santa Claus exists. Therefore Santa Claus exists” […] In the case of the JIF, a high impact factor of a journal would play the role of an authority for the quality of the papers within it.”
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Investigating the analytical robustness of the social and behavioural sciences
Finn Luebber from the Social Neuroscience Lab has participated in this meta-science project, which was now published at Nature Title: Investigating the analytical robustness ...
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No neurobehavioral evidence for reduced motivational potential of social rewards in alcohol use disorder during early abstinence
The second paper of Yana Schwarze‘s PhD has been accepted and published at Cortex! AbstractThe mesolimbic dopamine system plays a central role in motivating behavior. ...
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Series of publications on systemic psychotherapy
Three new papers and/or book chapters on discrimination critique in systemic psychotherapy by Jonathan Czollek have been published! Check it out: Czollek, J. (2025). Ein vorläufiges Modell ...
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The impact of memory training on abstinence among individuals with alcohol use disorder
New paper by Maurice Cabanis et al. on “The impact of memory training on abstinence among individuals with alcohol use disorder‘! Background: Chronic excessive alcohol ...
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Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced estimated economic cost in a German funding line
Abstract Research funding is a key determinant of scientific progress. However, current allocation procedures for third-party funding are criticized due to high costs and biases ...
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Altered association of plasmatic oxytocin with affective stress response in alcohol use disorder
New publication in Translational Psychiatry by Annalina Mayer and team members! In this study we examined whether baseline plasma oxytocin levels are associated with stress ...
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Initial expectations and confidence affect the formation of novel self-beliefs and their revision
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 ...
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Commentary on Cropp et al. (2025) Interpersonal Dynamics
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 ...
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Dopaminergic Mechanisms of Cognitive Flexibility: An [18F]Fallypride PET Study
New paper by Lena Rademacher, published in Journal of Nuclear Medicine, from our group! Abstract Cognitive flexibility is the ability to appropriately adapt one’s ...
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Contracted functional connectivity profiles in autism
A new publication by Clara F. Weber from her time at the Multimodal Imaging and Connectome Analysis Laboratory (head: Prof Boris Bernhardt) at the Montreal ...
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Altered physiological, affective, and functional connectivity responses to acute stress in patients with alcohol use disorder
Background There is evidence that the processing of acute stress is altered in alcohol use disorder (AUD), but little is known about how this is ...
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The Human Affectome
Abstract Over the last decades, the interdisciplinary field of the affective sciences has seen proliferation rather than integration of theoretical perspectives. This is due to ...
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Rethink funding by putting the lottery first
Rethink funding Researchers propose a new way to restructure grant allocation, promoting inclusivity, innovation, and cost reduction. LÜBECK UNIVERSITY, Germany – The allocation process of ...
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On the potentials of interaction breakdowns for HRI
Abstract How do we switch between “playing along” and treating robots as technical agents? We propose interaction breakdowns to help solve this “social artifact puzzle”: ...
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Your smile won’t affect me: Association between childhood maternal antipathy and adult neural reward function in a transdiagnostic sample
Abstract Aberrant activation in the ventral striatum (VS) during reward anticipation may be a key mechanism linking adverse childhood experiences (ACE) to transdiagnostic psychopathology. This ...
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Individual differences in resilience to stress are associated with affective flexibility
Abstract Cognitive flexibility is frequently linked to resilience because of its important contribution to stress regulation. In this context, particularly affective flexibility, defined as the ...
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Neurocomputational mechanisms of affected beliefs
Abstract The feedback people receive on their behavior shapes the process of belief formation and self-efficacy in mastering a particular task. However, the neural and ...
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Intracranial human recordings reveal association between neural activity and perceived intensity for the pain of others in the insula
Abstract Based on neuroimaging data, the insula is considered important for people to empathize with the pain of others. Here we present intracranial electroencephalographic (iEEG) ...
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The (un)learning of social functions and its significance for mental health
Abstract Social interactions are dynamic, context-dependent, and reciprocal events that influence prospective strategies and require constant practice and adaptation. This complexity of social interactions creates ...
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Neural correlates of affective task switching and asymmetric affective task switching costs
Abstract The control of emotions is of potentially great clinical relevance. Accordingly, there has been increasing interest in understanding the cognitive mechanisms underlying the ability ...
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