The focus spans topics of varying degrees of abstraction, from elementary processes of sensory-perceptual stimulus processing and mechanisms of basic action control to higher thought and language functions as well as emotional-motivational influences and their regulation. Of particular interest here are questions of flexible coordination of mental activity through executive functions, reconfiguration and attentional control to achieve goal-directed adaptive behavior as well as stress reactivity and regulation. In addition, studies on sensory stimulus processing at the peripheral and central level with a focus on pain are also in focus.

The methodological orientation of the research area ensures maximum control of confounding factors through experimental laboratory research and includes the analysis of behavior-based performance measures, psychophysiological and neurophysiological parameters.

Specific fields of research

• Stress, emotion and pain processing
• Executive functions
• Cognitive and sensory plasticity
• Affective and motivational regulation
• Cortical integration of sensory stimuli
• Clinical neurophysiology, psychiatry

In press:

• Packheiser, J., Papadatou-Pastou, M., Koufaki, A., Paracchini, S., Stein, C. C., Schmitz, J., & Ocklenburg, S. (2023). Elevated levels of mixed-hand preference in dyslexia: Meta-analyses of 68 studies. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 154, 105420. doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105420 
  https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149763423003895
• Papadatou-Pastou, M., Papadopoulou, A. K., Samsouris, C., Mundorf, A., Valtou, M. M., & Ocklenburg, S. (2023). Hand Preference in Stuttering: Meta-Analyses.Neuropsychology review, 10.1007/s11065-023-09617-z  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11065-023-09617-z
• Ocklenburg, S., & Mundorf, A. (2023). Non-right-handedness and mental health difficulties: The case against the neuroplasticity model (Commentary on Irani et al., 2023).The European journal of neuroscience, 10.1111/ejn.16213 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejn.16213

• Packheiser J, Sommer L, Wüllner M, Malek IM, Reichart JS, Katona L, Luhmann M, Ocklenburg S. A Comparison of Hugging Frequency and Its Association with Momentary Mood Before and During COVID-19 Using Ecological Momentary Assessment. Health Commun. 2023 Apr 11:1-9.
  doi: 10.1080/10410236.2023.2198058
  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10410236.2023.2198058?journalCode=hhth20
• Pfeffer, I. & Strobach, T. (in press). Die Bedeutung exekutiver Funktionen für die Selbstregulation des körperlichen Aktivitätsverhaltens.[The importance of executive functions in the self-regulation of physical activity behavior.] In S. Klatt & B. Strauss (Eds.), Kognition und Motorik. [Cognition and motor skills] Göttingen: Hogrefe.  
• Alexander, N., Illius, S., Feyerabend, D., Wacker, J., & Liszkowski, U. (in press). Don’t miss the chance to reap the fruits of recent advances in behavioral genetics. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

2024

• Ocklenburg , S. (2024). The psychology and Neuroscience of Hugging.
• Mundorf, A., Lischke, A., Peterburs, J., Alexander, N., Bonnekoh, L. M., Brosch, K., Flinkenflügel, K., Goltermann, J., Hahn, T., Jansen, A., Meinert, S., Nenadić, I., Schürmeyer, N. N., Stein, F., Straube, B., Thiel, K., Teutenberg, L., Thomas-Odenthal, F., Usemann, P., Winter, A., … Ocklenburg, S. (2024). Handedness in schizophrenia and affective disorders: a large-scale cross-disorder study. European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 10.1007/s00406-024-01833-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-024-01833-9
• Reinke, P., Deneke, L., & Ocklenburg, S. (2024). Asymmetries in event-related potentials part 1: A systematic review of face processing studies. International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology, 112386. Advance online publication.
• Ocklenburg, S., Mundorf, A., Gerrits, R., Karlsson, E. M., Papadatou-Pastou, M., & Vingerhoets, G. (2024). Clinical implications of brain asymmetries. Nature reviews. Neurology, 10.1038/s41582-024-00974-8. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41582-024-00974-8
• Ocklenburg S. (2024). Rare variants and handedness: spotlight on TUBB4B. Trends in genetics : TIG, S0168-9525(24)00105-7. Advance online publication. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952524001057?via%3Dihub
• Isparta, S., Töre-Yargın, G., Wagner, S. C., Mundorf, A., Cinar Kul, B., Da Graça Pereira, G., Güntürkün, O., Ocklenburg, S., Freund, N., & Salgirli Demirbas, Y. (2024). Measuring paw preferences in dogs, cats and rats: Design requirements and innovations in methodology. Laterality, 1–37. Advance online publication. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1357650X.2024.2341459
• Ocklenburg , S. (2024). Left-Handedness and Brain Asymmetries. An Introduction. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-69285-1
• Hilbert, K., Boeken, O. J., Langhammer, T., Groenewold, N. A., Bas-Hoogendam, J. M., Aghajani, M., Zugman, A., Åhs, F., Arolt, V., Beesdo-Baum, K., Björkstrand, J., Blackford, J. U., Blanco-Hinojo, L., Böhnlein, J., Bülow, R., Cano, M., Cardoner, N., Caseras, X., Dannlowski, U., … Muehlhan, M., … Lueken, U. (2024). Cortical and Subcortical Brain Alterations in Specific Phobia and Its Animal and Blood-Injection-Injury Subtypes: A Mega-Analysis From the ENIGMA Anxiety Working Group. American Journal of Psychiatry, appi.ajp.20230032. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20230032
• Duehnen, I. M., Vogel, S., Alexander, N., Muehlhan, M., Löw, A., Jacobsen, T., & Wendt, M. (2024). Flexible processing of distractor stimuli under stress. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 10824. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61162-8
• Fascher, M., Nowaczynski, S., & Muehlhan, M. (2024). Substance use disorders are characterised by increased voxel-wise intrinsic measures in sensorimotor cortices: An ALE meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 162, 105712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105712
• Fascher, M., Nowaczynski, S., Spindler, C., Strobach, T., & Muehlhan, M. (2024). Neural underpinnings of response inhibition in substance use disorders: Weak meta-analytic evidence for a widely used construct. Psychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06498-1
• Gürdere, C., Sorgenfrei, J. & Pfeffer, I. (in press). Cognitive reappraisal and affective response to physical activity: Associations with physical activity behavior. BMC Research Notes.
• Jekauc, D., Gürdere, C., Englert, C., Strobach, T., … Pfeffer, I. (2024). The contribution and interplay of implicit and explicit processes on physical activity behavior: Empirical testing of the physical activity adoption and maintenance model (PAAM) in a multi-national sample. BMC Public Health.
• Kürten, J., Strobach, T., & Huestegge, L. (2024). Controlling response order without relying on stimulus order – Evidence for flexible representations of task order. Psychological Research.
• Schaefer, M., Kuehn, E., Schweitzer, F., & Muehlhan, M. (2024). The neural networks of touch observation. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00065
• Muehlhan, M., Spindler, C., Nowaczynski, S., Buchner, C., Fascher, M., & Trautmann, S. (2024). Where alcohol use disorder meets interoception: A meta-analytic view on structural and functional neuroimaging data. Journal of Neurochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.16104
• Trautmann, S., Kräplin, A., Muehlhan, M., Fuchs, F. O., Loesch, B., & Wittgens, C. (2024). The ad-libitum taste test as measure of momentary alcohol use in the laboratory: An investigation of construct validity and confounding factors. Psychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06518-0
• Ocklenburg, S., & Mundorf, A. (2024). Non-right-handedness and mental health difficulties: The case against the neuroplasticity model (Commentary on Irani et al., 2023). The European journal of neuroscience, 59(2), 252–255. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16213
• Heyers, K., Pfeifer, L. S., Walusiacki, K., Reinke, P., Moser, D., Ocklenburg, S., & Wolf, O. T. (2024). Stability and durability of salivary alpha-amylase across different storage conditions. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 161, 106929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106929
• Ocklenburg, S., & Guo, Z. V. (2024). Cross-hemispheric communication: Insights on lateralized brain functions. Neuron, S0896-6273(24)00120-X. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2024.02.010
• Ocklenburg, S., & Güntürkün, O. (2024). The Lateralized Brain. The Neuroscience and Evolution of Hemispheric Asymmetries. Second Edition. Academic Press. https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780323997379/the-lateralized-brain
• Schubert, T., Kübler, S., & Strobach, T. (2024). A mechanism underlying improved dual-task performance after practice: Reviewing evidence for the memory hypothesis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02498-0
• Strobach, T. (2024). Practice effects on dual-task order coordination and its sequential adjustment. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02476-6
• Strobach, T., & Karbach, J. (2024). Developmental changes in executive control: Investigating dual-task interference during motor and central cognitive processing with the overlapping task paradigm. Journal of Cognition and Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2024.2326103
• Kähler, S. T., Wendt, M., Luna-Rodriguez, A., Dühnen, I. M., & Jacobsen, T. (2024). Preparation and persistence of deploying attention to locations or stimulus structures: Evidence from intermixed probe trials. Acta Psychologica, 245, 104-205.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104205

• Schaefer, M., Kuehn, E., Schweitzer, F., & Muehlhan, M. (2024). The neural networks of touch observation. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1–16.https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00065
• Trautmann, S., Kräplin, A., Muehlhan, M., Fuchs, F. O., Loesch, B., & Wittgens, C. (2024). The ad-libitum taste test as measure of momentary alcohol use in the laboratory: An investigation of construct validity and confounding factors. Psychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06518-0
• Darüber hinaus hat sich bei einer Publikation auf meinen Mitarbeiterseiten (de/en) ein Name und die DOI geändert. Die korrigierte Referenz ist:
• Schaefer, M., Kuehn, E., Schweitzer, F., & Muehlhan, M. (2024). The neural networks of touch observation. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1–16.https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00065

2023

• Fricke, K., Alexander, N., Jacobsen, T., & Vogel, S. (2023). Comparison of two reaction-time-based and one foraging-based behavioral approach-avoidance tasks in relation to interindividual differences and their reliability. Sci Rep 13, 22376 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49864-x

• Maß, R., & Müller-Alcazar, A. (2023). Hemmung konstruktiver Aggression: Konzept, Operationalisierung und klinische Implikationen. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie (ZKPP). https://doi.org/10.1026/1616-3443/a000727
• Kohrs, F.E., Auer, S., Bannach-Brown, A., Fiedler, S., Haven, T.L., Heise, V., Holman, C., Azevedo, F., Bernard, R., Bleier, A., Bössel, N., Cahill, B.P., Castro, L.J., Ehrenhofer, A., Eichel, K., Frank, M., Frick, C., Friese, M., Gärtner, A., Gierend, K., Grüning, D.J., Hahn, L., Hülsemann, M., Ihle, M., Illius, S., König, L., König, M., Kulke, L., Kutlin, A., Lammers, F., Mehler, D.M.A., Miehl, C., Müller-Alcazar, A., Neuendorf, C., Niemeyer, H., Pargent, F., Peikert A, Pfeuffer CU, Reinecke R, Röer JP, Rohmann JL, Sánchez-Tójar A, Scherbaum S, Sixtus E, Spitzer L, Straßburger VM, Weber M, Whitmire CJ, Zerna J, Zorbek D, Zumstein P, Weissgerber TL. Eleven strategies for making reproducible research and open science training the norm at research institutions. Elife. 2023 Nov 23;12:e89736.https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.89736
• Ocklenburg, S., El Basbasse, Y., Ströckens, F., & Müller-Alcazar, A. (2023). Hemispheric asymmetries and brain size in mammals. Communications biology, 6(1), 521. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04894-z
• Hillemacher, S., Ocklenburg, S., Güntürkün, O., & Tiemann, I. (2023). Roosters do not warn the bird in the mirror: The cognitive ecology of mirror self-recognition. PloS one, 18(10), e0291416. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291416
  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291416
• Mundorf, A., Borawski, J., & Ocklenburg, S. (2023). Behavioral lateralization in bipolar disorders: a systematic review. International journal of bipolar disorders, 11(1), 37.
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40345-023-00320-9
  https://journalbipolardisorders.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40345-023-00320-9
• Ocklenburg, S., & Peterburs, J. (2023). Monitoring Brain Activity in VR: EEG and Neuroimaging. Current topics in behavioral neurosciences, 65, 47–71.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2023_423
  https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/7854_2023_423
• Ocklenburg S. (2023). The positive effects of time spent in nature on stress: considering climate change. Molecular psychiatry, 28(8), 3169–3170.
  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02122-y
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-023-02122-y
• Ocklenburg, S., Borawski, J., Mundorf, A., Riedel, K., & Lischke, A. (2023). Handedness and anxiety: a review. Laterality, 28(4-6), 336–356.
  https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2023.2250074
  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1357650X.2023.2250074
• Fricke, K., Alexander, N., Jacobsen, T., Krug, H., Wehkamp, K., & Vogel, S. (2023). The effects of hydrocortisone and yohimbine on human behavior in approach-avoidance conflicts.Psychopharmacology (Berl), 240(8), 1705-1717. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06396-6
• Fricke, K., Alexander, N., Jacobsen, T., & Vogel, S. (2023). Comparison of two reaction-time-based and one foraging-based behavioral approach-avoidance tasks in relation to interindividual differences and their reliability. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 22376. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49864-x
• Fascher, M., Nowaczynski, S., Spindler, C., Strobach, T., Muehlhan, M.(2023). Neural underpinnings of response inhibition in substance use disorders: weak meta-analytic evidence for a widely used construct. Psychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06498-1
• Mundorf A, Ocklenburg S. Hemispheric asymmetries in mental disorders: evidence from rodent studies. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2023 Feb 26. doi: 10.1007/s00702-023-02610-z
  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00702-023-02610-z
• Ocklenburg, S., Packheiser, J. & Hidalgo-Gadea, G. (2023). Social touch in the age of computational ethology: Embracing as a multidimensional and complex behaviour. Curr Psychol 42, 18539–18548.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03051-9
  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-022-03051-9
• Pfeifer LS, Schmitz J, Schwalvenberg M, Güntürkün O, Ocklenburg S. (2023). A deep phenotyping approach to assess the association of handedness, early life factors and mental health. Sci Rep, 13, 15348. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-42563-7
• Metzen D, Ocklenburg S. (2023). Die Psychologie und Neurowissenschaft der Klimakrise. Wie unser Gehirn auf Klimaveränderungen reagiert. Springer Verlag.
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-67365-2
• Kirstein CF, Güntürkün O, Ocklenburg S. (2023). Ultra-high field imaging of the amygdala - A narrative review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 152, 105245.
  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763423002142?via%3Dihub
• El Basbasse Y, Packheiser J, Peterburs J, Maymon C, Güntürkün O, Grimshaw G, Ocklenburg S. (2023). Walk the plank! Using mobile electroencephalography to investigate emotional lateralization of immersive fear in virtual reality. R Soc Open Sci. 10, 221239.
  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.221239
• Genç E, Metzen D, Fraenz C, Schlüter C, Voelkle MC, Arning L, Streit F, Nguyen HP, Güntürkün O, Ocklenburg S, Kumsta R. (2023). Structural architecture and brain network efficiency link polygenic scores to intelligence. Hum Brain Mapp. 44, 3359-3376.
  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.26286
• Pfeffer, I. & Rhodes, R. (2023). Physical activity across the lifespan – Personality, physical activity and sedentary behavior. In J. Schüler, M., Wegner, H. Plessner, & B. Eklund, (Eds.), Sport and Exercise Psychology – Theory and Application (pp. 371-394). New York: Springer.
• Pfeffer, I., Hamilton, K., Hannan, T. & Wegner, M. (2023). Theories to explain health behavior and physical activity. In J. Schüler, M., Wegner, H. Plessner, & B. Eklund, (Eds.), Sport and Exercise Psychology – Theory and Application (pp. 617-647). New York: Springer.
• Gürdere, C., Strobach, T., Pastore, M. & Pfeffer, I. (2023). Do executive functions predict physical activity behavior? A meta-analysis. BMC Psychology, 11(1), 33. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01067-9
• Englert, C., Rhodes, R., Pfeffer, I. & Rebar, A. (Eds.) (2023). New developments in the intention-behavior gap for physical activity – recent trends, controversies, and a critical outlook. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-83251-700-0
• Englert, C., Rhodes, R., Rebar, A., & Pfeffer, I. (2023). New developments in the intention-behavior gap for physical activity – recent trends, controversies, and a critical outlook [Editorial]. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1119973. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1119973
• Mundorf A, Getzmann S, Gajewski PD, Larra MF, Wascher E, Ocklenburg S. (2023). Stress exposure, hand preference, and hand skill: A deep phenotyping approach. Laterality, 28, 209-237.
  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1357650X.2023.2204551?journalCode=plat20
• Berretz G, Packheiser J, Wolf OT, Ocklenburg S. A single dose of hydrocortisone does not alter interhemispheric transfer of information or transcallosal integration. Front Psychiatry. 2023 Apr 18;14:1054168. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1054168
  https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1054168/full
• Salgirli Demirbas Y, Isparta S, Saral B, Keskin Yılmaz N, Adıay D, Matsui H, Töre-Yargın G, Musa SA, Atilgan D, Öztürk H, Kul BC, Şafak CE, Ocklenburg S, Güntürkün O. Acute and chronic stress alter behavioral laterality in dogs. Sci Rep. 2023 Mar 11;13(1):4092. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-31213-7
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31213-7
• Weber-Goericke, F., & Muehlhan, M. (2023). High and low worriers do not differ in unstimulated resting-state brain connectivity. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Art. 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28333-5
• Borawski J, Papadatou-Pastou M, Packheiser J, Ocklenburg S. (2023). Handedness in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Meta-analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 145, 105009. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422004985
• Sprengel, M., Wendt, M., Hosang, T. J., & Jacobsen, T. (2023). A system for describing mechanisms underlying the congruency sequence effect and the proportion congruency effect. New Ideas in Psychology, 68, 100980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2022.100980
• Steininger, Y., Braun, A. & Morgenroth, O. Becoming Self-Compassionate Step by Step — a Field Study on the Effect of Long-Distance Walking on Self-Compassion in Hikers Traveling the Camino Francés. (2023). Mindfulness 14, 101–112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-02056-6

2022

• Mahmutoglu MA, Rupp A, Baumgärtner U (2022) EEG and MEG parallel recording yields complementing information specifically for nociceptive evoked responses. Clin Neurophysiol 143: 21-35. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.08.005.
• Verdugo RJ, Matamala JM, Inui K, Kakigi R, Valls-Solé J, Hansson P, Nilsen KB, Lombardi R, Lauria G, Petropoulos IN, Malik RA, Treede RD, Baumgärtner U, Jara PA, Campero M (2022) Review of techniques useful for the assessment of sensory small fiber neuropathies: Report from an IFCN expert group. Clin Neurophysiol. 136:13-38. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.01.002.Review
• Cardinale V, Demirakca T, Gradinger T, Sack M, Ruf M, Kleindienst N, Schmitz M, Schmahl C, Baumgärtner U, Ende G (2022) Cerebral processing of sharp mechanical pain measured with arterial spin labeling. Brain Behav 12:e2442. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2442.
• Tomat, M., Wendt, M., & Jacobsen, T. (2022). Attentional adjustment in priming tasks: control strategies depend on context. Cognitive Processing, 10.1007/s10339-022-01117-x. Advance online publication.
• Ocklenburg S. (2022). Die Psychologie und Neurowissenschaft der Umarmung. Eine multidisziplinäre Perspektive. Springer Verlag. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-66360-8
• Sprengel, M., Tomat, M., Wendt, M., Knoth, S., & Jacobsen, T. (2022). Dissociating selectivity adjustments from temporal learning–introducing the context-dependent proportion congruency effect. PLoS ONE 17(12): e0276611. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276611
• Pfeifer LS, Heyers K, Berretz G, Metzen D, Packheiser J, Ocklenburg S (2022). Broadening the scope: Increasing phenotype diversity in laterality research
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• Wittgens, C., Muehlhan, M., Kräplin, A., Wolff, M., & Trautmann, S. (2022). Underlying mechanisms in the relationship between stress and alcohol consumption in regular and risky drinkers (MESA): Methods and design of a randomized laboratory study. BMC Psychology, 10(1), 233. doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00942-1
• Sjouwerman, R., Illius, S., Kuhn, M., & Lonsdorf, T. (2022). A data multiverse analysis investigating non-model based SCR quantification approaches. Psychophysiology 00, e14130. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14130
• Zimmer, U., Wendt, M., & Pacharra, M. (2022). Enhancing allocation of visual attention with emotional cues presented in two sensory modalities. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 18:10.
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12993-022-00195-3
• Ocklenburg S, Mundorf A. Symmetry and asymmetry in biological structures. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Jul 12;119(28):e2204881119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2204881119
  www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2204881119
• Packheiser, J., Malek, I.M., Reichart, J.S. et al. The Association of Embracing with Daily Mood and General Life Satisfaction: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. J Nonverbal Behav (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-022-00411-8
  link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10919-022-00411-8
• Gürdere, C., Bottesi, G., Pfeffer, I., Carraro, E., & Ghisi, M. (2022). The Italian validation of the Brief Self-Control Scale: a preliminary analysis. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 22(2), 103-114. doi: 10.24193/jebp.2022.2.15
• Pfeffer, I., Lach, L. & Sanchez, X. (2022). Self-regulation and healthy lifestyles: Considering the future may increase current physical activity levels. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 1-7. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2022.2121973.
• Vogelsang, A., Hinrichs, C., Fleig, L. & Pfeffer, I. (2022). Study protocol for the description and evaluation of the “Habit Coach” - a longitudinal multicenter mHealth intervention for healthy habit formation in health care professionals. )BMC Public Health, 22(1), 1672. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13986-0
• Pfeffer, I. & Strobach, T. (2022). Die Bedeutung exekutiver Funktionen für die Selbstregulation des körperlichen Aktivitätsverhaltens. [The importance of executive functions in the self-regulation of physical activity behavior.] In S. Klatt & B. Strauss (Hrsg.), Kognition und Motorik [Cognition and motor skills]. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
• Pfeffer, I. & Strobach, T. (2022). Physical activity automaticity, intention, and trait self-control as predictors of physical activity behavior – a dual-process perspective. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 27(5), 1021-1034. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2020.1842472
• Berretz, G., Cebula, C., Wortelmann, B. M., Papadopoulou, P., Wolf, O. T., Ocklenburg, S., & Packheiser, J. (2022). Romantic partner embraces reduce cortisol release after acute stress induction in women but not in men. PloS one, 17(5), e0266887.
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