Today, Annalina V. Mayer successfully defended her PhD! Huge congratulations, Annalina! Annalina started as one of our first student assistants back in 2015. Very quickly she became a full member of our lab. At that time we were setting up a huge, multi-center (Leipzig/Lübeck) oxytocin trial on autism and were very convinced that Annalina […]
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In two Spektrum der Wissenschaft (Geist & Gehirn) articles research from our group on cringe and embarrassment were covered. First, in edition 06/2021 Frieder M. Paulus and Annalina Mayer explain why people experience embarrassment on behalf of (unrelated) others. Second, in edition 09/2021 there is an in-depth review of research on the emotion of (vicarious)
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Background: Social lives have significantly changed since social distancing measures have been implemented to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aimed to investigate how our appraisal of social situations changed during the pandemic. Methods: In two online surveys, conducted in October 2019 and April 2020, 58 participants rated their personal level of
Abstract: Evidence suggests that intranasal application of oxytocin facilitates empathy and modulates its underlying neural processes, which are often impaired in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Oxytocin has therefore been considered a promising candidate for the treatment of social difficulties in ASD. However, evidence linking oxytocin treatment to social behavior and brain function in
We are very happy with Janine Stierand for her first publication! The first part of the study was an online evaluation of social situations as part of a clinical piloting. Suddenly, right after our first data collection, the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020 which dramatically impacted social life in general. In order to examine if
First SNL Covid-19 paper published! Read More »
Yeah, finally – after several rounds of submissions and rejections and a year-long lasting and exhausting review process at Scientific Reports… – we are now happy to announce that our clinical trial “Randomized clinical trial shows no substantial modulation of empathy-related neural activation by intranasal oxytocin in autism.” is published. Main thanks go to Annalina V. Mayer who
Social cognition allows humans to understand and predict other people’s behavior by inferring or sharing their emotions, intentions and beliefs. Few studies have investigated the impact of one’s own emotional state on understanding others. Here, we tested the effect of being in an angry state on empathy and theory of mind (ToM). In a between-groups
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Another superb news! Clara Weber, currently doing a research stay at Yale School of Medicine, has received the University Lübeck medicine-informatics stipend for her MD project “Microstructural White Matter Alterations in Autism Spectrum Disorder”.
Clara Weber received the UzL medicine-informatics stipend! Read More »
Great news! Laura Müller-Pinzler has received the 2021 Best Paper Award at the NeuroPsychoEconomics conference in Amsterdam for the presentation of her latest project in the symposium “Social Neuroeconomics” (Chair: Jan Engelmann). Abstract Biases in self-related belief formation and their association with self-conscious affect During everyday interactions people constantly receive feedback on their behavior,
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As part of the international Neuroqualia taskforce “Social” we, as team led by Paul J. Eslinger, have successfully published our review on the “Neuroscience of social feelings”. The paper summarizes recent efforts in the field of social cognitive and affective neuroscience on concepts, methods and challenges in the field of social feelings research. Check out the publication
New review paper on “Neuroscience of social feelings” published! Read More »
