A5006337337- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Child and Animal Learning Development
Ruhr University Bochum
2016-2025
LWL-Universitätsklinikum Bochum
2016-2025
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
2024
St. Josef-Hospital
2022
Heidelberg University
2015-2022
Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
2012-2022
University Hospital Heidelberg
2015-2020
Heidelberg (Poland)
2018
Brain (Germany)
2012-2016
BMW (Germany)
2015
Research has shown that the brain is constantly making predictions about future events. Theories of prediction in perception, action and learning suggest serves to reduce discrepancies between expectation actual experience, i.e. by reducing error. Forward models perception propose generation a predictive internal representation expected sensory outcome, which matched feedback. Shared neural representations have been found when experiencing one’s own observing others’ actions, rewards, errors...
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by interpersonal difficulties, whereby patients are negatively biased concerning the evaluation of others' trustworthiness. Here, we examined effect oxytocin on behavior BPD in a trust game, emphasizing assessment facial attractiveness patients' counterparts and history childhood trauma. Thirteen thirteen healthy controls played game after receiving or placebo randomized, double-blind crossover design. Childhood trauma was evaluated...
Theory of mind (ToM) refers to the ability represent one's own and others' cognitive affective mental states.Recent imaging studies have aimed disentangle neural networks involved in as opposed ToM, based on clinical observations that two can functionally dissociate.Due large differences stimulus material task complexity findings are, however, inconclusive.Here, we investigated correlates ToM psychologically healthy male participants (n 5 39) using functional brain imaging, whereby same set...
Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental disorder that presents impairments in neurocognition and social cognition. Several studies have suggested the etiology of schizophrenia can be partly explained by oxidative stress. However, our knowledge about implications stress on illness-related cognitive deficits still far from being clear. The aim this work was to study role molecules cognition patients with schizophrenia.We assessed peripheral levels several associated stress, namely nitric oxide...
Studies into social cognition in psychiatric disorders have recently been expanded to address the question of whether or not theory mind (ToM), i.e., ability represent ones own and others mental states, is impaired bipolar affective disorder (BPD). Results mixed so far, mainly due possible confounding effects neurocognition, as well clinical factors such acuity current mood. Here, we explored ToM its associations with neurocognitive functioning BPD.A total 33 patients I (of whom 12 were...