- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Advanced Battery Technologies Research
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Health and Medical Studies
- Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
2025
Duke University
2024
Wayne State University
2012-2024
Michigan State University
2024
Peace Research Institute Oslo
2022
Woodward (United States)
2020
Wayne State College
2016
Grand Valley State University
2012
University of Bern
2005
University Hospital of Bern
1992-2002
A growing body of evidence has linked individual differences in facial structure-in particular, the width-to-height ratio (FWHR)-to social behaviors, including aggression, cheating, and nonreciprocation trust. In research reported here, we extended this work by demonstrating that association between FWHR aggression is moderated subjective objective measures status. Study 1 (N = 237 college students), was positively correlated with aggressive behavior, but only among men reporting relatively...
According to worldview verification theory, inconsistencies between lived experiences and worldviews are psychologically threatening. These may be key determinants of stress processes that influence cardiovascular health disparities. This preliminary examination considers how experiencing injustice can affect perceived racism biological reactivity among African Americans. Guided by it was hypothesized responses receiving an unfair outcome would moderated fairness the accompanying decision...
Human voice pitch is highly sexually dimorphic and eminently quantifiable, making it an ideal phenotype for studying the influence of sexual selection. In both traditional industrial populations, lower in men predicts mating success, reproductive social status shapes perceptions, especially those related to physical formidability. Due practical ethical constraints however, scant evidence tests central question whether male other acoustic measures indicate actual fighting ability humans. To...
Objective: Clinical observations suggest that negative affects such as helplessness/hopelessness (HE/HO) may induce autonomic duration; were assessed for every move after reconstruction of the games. In all games compiled, 18 situation intense confidence/optimism and 20 observed. Results: Intense HE/HO associated with decreasing HF-HRV (Fisher exact test, p = .003), increasing "nervousness" (p .0005), "optimism" "calmness" .0005). Conclusions: Investigation championship chess game players an...
It is widely recognized that the nature and severity of responses to toxic exposure are age-dependent. Using active avoidance conditioning as behavioral paradigm, present study examined effect short-term methylmercury (MeHg) on two adult age classes, 1- 2-year-olds coincide with zebrafish in relatively peak vs. declining health conditions. In Experiment 1, 2-year-old were randomly divided into groups exposed no MeHg, 0.15% ethanol (EtOH), 0.01, 0.03, 0.1, or 0.3 μM MeHg (in ethanol) for 2...
Aim: Noninvasive assessments of C-reactive protein (CRP) in stress contexts have seldom been compared. This study evaluated CRP response to acute social as measured saliva and dried blood spot (DBS). Materials & methods: African–Americans (N = 118; mean age 32 years) participated a laboratory-based social-evaluative stressor task. Six samples taken before, during after were assayed for salivary CRP. DBS measurements alongside at the first last collection. Results: Salivary modestly...
Developmental Psychology is the branch of psychology that studies, not only human behavior, but how and why behavior changes over time. This essay seeks to review what extent has failed perceive through lens evolutionary theory in general, particular sexual selection as first described by Darwin later elaborated on many, including Robert Trivers Geoffrey Miller; asserts this failure resulted many wrong turns missed opportunities. In some cases, major developmental theorists (e.g., Freud,...