Research Interests
Academic and Professional Career
Professional Career
Since 2017 Academic council at the Department of Clinical and Biological Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Mannheim 2016 – 2017 Research Assistant at the Department of Clinical and Biological Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Mannheim 2010–2016 Scientific Director of the Project “Emotion and Perception” (own position; DFG), at the Department of Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Mannheim 2009–2010 Scientific Director of the project “Emotion and Perception” (own position; DFG), Department of Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg, Germany 2007–2009 Research Assistant in the project “Pain and Emotion” (DFG), at the Department of Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg 2005 – 2007 PhD scholarship holder of the Department of Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg 2004 -2005 Research Assistant in the project “Control of smoking in public buildings and schools” at the Department of Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg Academic Career
2019 Habilitation Since 2014 Postgraduate training to become a psychological psychotherapist (behavioural therapy), Centre for Psychological Psychotherapy, Mannheim 2008 Doctorate at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Würzburg (Topic: “Preferential Processing of Phobic Cues – Attention and perception in Spider Phobic Patients”) 2004 Diploma in Psychology; Dissertation on “Binocular Rivalry with Different Facial Expressions and the Influence of Social Anxiety”. 1997 – 2004 Studied Psychology at the University of Würzburg 1996 – 1997 Studied Sociology/ Pedagogy at the University of Göttingen 1995 Abitur (German A-level qualification) at the grammar school “In der Wüste”, Osnabrück Publications and Conference Contributions
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2023
- Ben-Zion, Z., Korem, N., Fine, N. B., Danböck, S. K., Levy, I. & Harpaz-Rotem, I. (2023). Structural neuroimaging of hippocampus and amygdala subregions in posttraumatic stress disorder: A scoping review. Biological Psychiatry, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.07.001
- Büdenbender, B., Höfling, T., Gerdes, A. B. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2023). Training machine learning algorithms for automatic facial coding: The role of emotional facial expressions’ prototypicality. PLOS ONE, 18(2, Article e0281309), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281309
- Büdenbender, B., Köther, A. K., Grüne, B., Michel, M. S., Kriegmair, M. C. & Alpers, G. W. (2023). When attitudes and beliefs get in the way of shared decision‐making: A mediation analysis of participation preference. Health Expectations, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13699
- Büdenbender, B., Köther, A. K., Kriegmair, M. C., Grüne, B., Michel, M. S. & Alpers, G. W. (2023). Getting specific: participation preference in urooncological decision-making. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 23(Article 114), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-023-02201-8
- Danböck, S. K., Franke, L. K., Miedl, S. F., Liedlgruber, M., Bürkner, P.-C. & Wilhelm, F. H. (2023). Experimental induction of peritraumatic dissociation: The role of negative affect and pain and their psychophysiological and neural correlates. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 164(5, Article 104289), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104289
- Danböck, S. K., Hettegger, S. E., Anders, S., Franke, L. K., Liedlgruber, M. & Miedl, S. F. (2023). Psychometric properties of the dissociative subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder scale: replication and extension in two German-speaking samples. European Journal of Psychotraumatology : EJPT, 14(2, Article 2238492), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2238492
- Danböck, S. K., Liedlgruber, M., Franke, L. K., Miedl, S. F., Hettegger, S. E., Weber, R.-C. & Wilhelm, F. H. (2023). Does acute posttraumatic dissociation protect from negative sensations and autonomic hyperarousal?: Evidence from a pre-registered script-driven imagery study in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder. 2. Deutscher Psychotherapie Kongress 2023, Berlin, Germany.
- Danböck, S. K., Liedlgruber, M., Franke, L. K., Miedl, S. F., Wilhelm, F. H. & Weber, R.-C. (2023). Behaviorale, psychophysiologische, und subjektive Korrelate akuter Dissoziation während Traumaexposition bei Personen mit Posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie (DeGPT) 2023: Trauma in der digitalen Welt: Vom Cybertrauma bis zur Online-Therapie, Zürich, Switzerland.
- Danböck, S. K., Liedlgruber, M., Miedl, S. F., Hettegger, S. E., Weber, R.-C. & Wilhelm, F. H. (2023). Acute dissociation as part of the defense-cascade: Associations with behavioral, autonomic, and experiential threat-responses in posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science (forthcoming).
- Meachon, E., Melching, H. & Alpers, G. W. (2023). The overlooked disorder: (Un)awareness of developmental coordination disorder across clinical professions. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-023-00334-5
- Schenkel, S., Danböck, S. K., Dietiker, L., El-Haj-Mohamad, R., Meyer, C., Sperl, M. F. J., von Wendorff, C. , Wallimann, M., Windhorst, P., Glaesmer, H. & Schäfer, I. (2023). Suicidality, self-harm, violence and the role of emotional regulation in women with post-traumatic stress disorders and substance-related disorders. Trauma & Gewalt (forthcoming).
2022
- Danböck, S. K., Duek, O., Ben-Zion, Z., Korem, N., Amen, S. L., Kelmendi, B., Wilhelm, F. H., Levy, I. & Harpaz-Rotem, I. (2022). Ketamine-induced dissociation does not increase fronto-limbic functional connectivity in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder. Salzburg Mind-Brain Annual Meeting (SAMBA) 2022, Salzburg, Österreich.
- Franke, L. K., Miedl, S. F., Danböck, S. K., Grill, M., Liedlgruber, M., Kronbichler, M., Flor, H. & Wilhelm, F. H. (2022). Neuroscientific evidence for pain being a classically conditioned response to trauma- and pain-related cues in humans. Pain : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain, 163(11), 2118–2137. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002621
- Franke, L. K., Miedl, S. F., Danböck, S. K., Lohse, J., Liedlgruber, M., Bürkner, P.-C., Pletzer, B. & Wilhelm, F. H. (2022). Estradiol during (analogue-)trauma: Risk- or protective factor for intrusive re-experiencing? Psychoneuroendocrinology, 143(Article 105819), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105819
- Fraunfelter, L.-A., Gerdes, A. B. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2022). Fear one, fear them all: A systematic review and meta-analysis of fear generalization in pathological anxiety. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews(Article 104707) (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104707
- Gerdes, A. B. M., Fraunfelter, L.-A., Braband, M. & Alpers, G. W. (2022). Girls' stuff? Maternal gender stereotypes and their daughters' fear. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(Article 741348), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.741348
- Grüne, B., Kriegmair, M. C., Lenhart, M., Michel, M. S., Huber, J., Köther, A. K., Büdenbender, B. & Alpers, G. W. (2022). Decision aids for shared decision-making in uro-oncology: A systematic review. European Urology Focus, 8(3), 851–869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2021.04.013
- Höfling, T., Alpers, G. W., Büdenbender, B., Föhl, U. & Gerdes, A. B. M. (2022). What's in a face: Automatic facial coding of untrained study participants compared to standardized inventories. PLOS ONE, 17(3, Article e0263863), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263863
- Meachon, E., Zemp, M. & Alpers, G. W. (2022). Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD): Relevance for clinical psychologists in Europe. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 4(2, Article e4165), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.4165
- Müller, U. W. D., Bahnsen, O. & Alpers, G. W. (2022). State anxiety by itself does not change political attitudes: A threat of shock experiment. Frontiers in Psychology, 13(Article 1006757), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1006757
- Müller, U. W. D., Gerdes, A. B. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2022). Time is a great healer: Peak-end memory bias in anxiety – induced by threat of shock. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 159(Article 104206). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104206
- Müller, U. W. D., Gerdes, A. B. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2022). You see what you avoid: Fear of spiders and avoidance are associated with predominance of spiders in binocular rivalry. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 86(Article 102513). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102513
- O'Leary, A., Fernàndez-Castillo, N., Gan, G., Yang, Y., Yotova, A. Y., Kranz, T. M., Grünewald, L., Freudenberg, F., Antón-Galindo, E., Cabana-Domínguez, J., Harneit, A., Schweiger, J. I., Schwarz, K., Ma, R., Chen, J., Schwarz, E., Rietschel, M., Tost, H., Meyer-Lindenberg, A., Pané-Farré, C. A., Kircher, T., Hamm, A. O., Burguera, D., Roth Mota, N., Franke, B., Schweiger, S., Winter, J., Heinz, A., Erk, S., Romanczuk-Seifferth, N., Walter, H., Ströhle, A., Fehm, L., Fydrich, T., Lueken, U., Weber, H., Lang, T., Gerlach, A. L., Nöthen, M. M., Alpers, G. W., Arolt, V., Witt, S., Richter, J., Straube, B., Cormand, B., Slattery, D. A. & Reif, A. (2022). Behavioural and functional evidence revealing the role of RBFOX1 variation in multiple psychiatric disorders and traits. Molecular Psychiatry, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01722-4
- Quast, A., Batschkus, S., Brinkmann, J., Schliephake, H., Alpers, G. W., Meyer-Marcotty, P. & Gerdes, A. B. M. (2022). Effect of cleft lip on adolescent evaluation of faces: An eye-tracking study. Pediatric dentistry, 44(2), 108–113 (forthcoming).
2021
- Danböck, S. K., Rattel, J., Franke, L. K., Liedlgruber, M., Miedl, S. F. & Wilhelm, F. H. (2021). Peritraumatic dissociation revisited: associations with autonomic activation, facial movements, staring, and intrusion formation. European Journal of Psychotraumatology : EJPT, 12(1, Article 1991609), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1991609
- Danböck, S. K., Rattel, J., Franke, L. K., Liedlgruber, M., Miedl, S. F. & Wilhelm, F. (2021). Innerlich ganz weit weg : Physiologische und behaviorale Korrelate peritraumatischer Dissoziation und deren Einfluss auf die Entstehung von Intrusionen. 38. Symposium der Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der DGPs: Grundlagen- und Psychotherapieforschung Hand in Hand, Mannheim, Germany, Online.
- Franke, L. K., Rattel, J., Miedl, S. F., Danböck, S. K., Bürkner, P.-C. & Wilhelm, F. H. (2021). Intrusive memories as conditioned responses to trauma cues: An empirically supported concept? Behaviour Research and Therapy, 143(Article 103848), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2021.103848
- Höfling, T., Alpers, G. W., Gerdes, A. B. M. & Föhl, U. (2021). Automatic facial coding versus electromyography of mimicked, passive, and inhibited facial response to emotional faces. Cognition & Emotion, 35(5), 874–889. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2021.1902786
- Reuter, M., Zamoscik, V., Plieger, T., Bravo, R., Ugartemendia, L., Rodriguez, A. B. & Kirsch, P. (2021). Tryptophan-rich diet is negatively associated with depression and positively linked to social cognition. Nutrition Research, 85, 14–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2020.10.005
- Ugartemendia, L., Bravo, R., Reuter, M., Castaño, M. Y., Plieger, T., Zamoscik, V., Kirsch, P. & Rodriguez, A. B. (2021). SLC6A4 polymorphisms modulate the efficacy of a tryptophan-enriched diet on age-related depression and social cognition. Clinical Nutrition, 40(4), 1487–1494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2021.02.023
- Zamoscik, V., Schmidt, S. N.L., Bravo, R., Ugartemendia, L., Plieger, T., Rodriguez, A. B., Reuter, M. & Kirsch, P. (2021). Tryptophan-enriched diet or 5-hydroxytryptophan supplementation given in a randomized controlled trial impacts social cognition on a neural and behavioral level. Scientific Reports, 11(Article 21637), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01164-y
2020
- Alpers, G. W., Gerdes, A. B. M., Büdenbender, B., Flora, G., Höfling, T., Hengen, K. M., Hies, O. B., Fraunfelter, L.-A., Köther, A. K., Müller, U. W. D., Siebenhaar, K. U. & Meachon, E. (eds.) (2020). Grundlagen- und Psychotherapieforschung Hand in Hand – trotz Social Distancing : eingereichte Abstracts für das verschobene 38. Fachgruppensymposium Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie 2020 Bd. 1: Symposienbeiträge . Mannheim: Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie, Biologische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Universität Mannheim.
- Alpers, G. W., Gerdes, A. B. M., Büdenbender, B., Flora, G., Fraunfelter, L.-A., Höfling, T., Hengen, K. M., Hies, O. B., Köther, A. K., Müller, U. W. D., Siebenhaar, K. U. & Meachon, E. (eds.) (2020). Grundlagen- und Psychotherapieforschung Hand in Hand – trotz Social Distancing : eingereichte Abstracts für das verschobene 38. Fachgruppensymposium Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie 2020 Bd. 2: Posterbeiträge . Mannheim: Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie, Biologische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Universität Mannheim.
- Beddig, T., Timm, C., Ubl-Rachota, B., Zamoscik, V., Ebner-Priemer, U., Reinhard, I., Kirsch, P. & Kuehner, C. (2020). Mindfulness-based focused attention training versus progressive muscle relaxation in remitted depressed patients: Effects on salivary cortisol and associations with subjective improvements in daily life. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 113(Article 104555). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104555
- Gerdes, A. B. M., Alpers, G. W., Braun, H., Köhler, S., Nowak, U. & Treiber, L. (2020). Emotional sounds guide visual attention to emotional pictures: An eye-tracking study with audio-visual stimuli. Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000729
- Gerdes, A. B. M., Fraunfelter, L.-A. & Alpers, G. W. (2020). Hear it, fear it: Fear generalizes from conditioned pictures to semantically related sounds. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 69(Article 102174), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2019.102174
- Höfling, T., Gerdes, A. B. M., Föhl, U. & Alpers, G. W. (2020). Read my face: Automatic facial coding versus psychophysiological indicators of emotional valence and arousal. Frontiers in Psychology, 11(Article 1388), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01388
- Reuter, M., Felten, A., Zamoscik, V., Bravo, R., Ugartemendia, L., Kirsch, P., Rodriguez, A. B. & Plieger, T. (2020). Genetic and epigenetic serotonergic markers predict the ability to recognize mental states. Physiology & Behavior, 227(Article 113143). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113143
- Ugartemendia, L., Bravo, R., Castaño, M. Y., Cubero, J., Zamoscik, V., Kirsch, P., Rodriguez, A. B. & Reuter, M. (2020). Influence of diet on mood and social cognition: a pilot study. Food & Function, 11(9), 8320–8330. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0FO00620C
- Weiss, F., Zamoscik, V., Schmidt, S. N.L., Halli, P., Kirsch, P. & Gerchen, M. F. (2020). Just a very expensive breathing training? Risk of respiratory artefacts in functional connectivity-based real-time fMRI neurofeedback. NeuroImage, 210(Article 116580), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116580
- Werner, G. G., Danböck, S. K., Metodiev, S. & Kunze, A. E. (2020). Pre-sleep arousal and fear of sleep in trauma-related sleep disturbances: A cluster-analytic approach. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2(2), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.v2i2.2699
2019
- Lydon-Staley, D. M., Kuehner, C., Zamoscik, V., Huffziger, S., Kirsch, P. & Bassett, D. S. (2019). Repetitive negative thinking in daily life and functional connectivity among default mode, fronto-parietal, and salience networks. Translational Psychiatry, 9(Article number: 234), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0560-0
- Pfundmair, M., Danböck, S. K. & Agthe, M. (2019). Out of the dark, into the light : The impact of social exclusion on judgments of darkness and brightness. Acta Psychologica, 199(August, Article 102901). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102901
2018
- Berdica, E., Gerdes, A. B. M., Bublatzky, F., White, A. J. & Alpers, G. W. (2018). Threat vs. threat: Attention to fear-related animals and threatening faces. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(Article 1154), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01154
- Timm, C., Rachota-Ubl, B., Beddig, T., Zamoscik, V., Ebner-Priemer, U., Reinhard, I., Kirsch, P. & Kuehner, C. (2018). Mindfulness-based attention training improves cognitive and affective processes in daily life in remitted patients with recurrent depression: A randomized controlled trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 87(3), 184–186. https://doi.org/10.1159/000488862
- Zamoscik, V., Schmidt, S. N.L., Gerchen, M. F., Samsouris, C., Timm, C., Kuehner, C. & Kirsch, P. (2018). Respiration pattern variability and related default mode network connectivity are altered in remitted depression. Psychological Medicine, 48(14), 2364–2374. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291717003890
2017
- Berdica, E., Gerdes, A. B. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2017). A comprehensive look at phobic fear in inhibition of return : phobia-related spiders as cues and targets. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 54, 158–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2016.07.013
- Mier, D., Bailer, J., Ofer, J., Kerstner, T., Zamoscik, V., Rist, F., Witthöft, M. & Diener, C. (2017). Neural correlates of an attentional bias to health-threatening stimuli in individuals with pathological health anxiety. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience : JPN, 42(3), 200–209. https://doi.org/10.1503/jpn.160081
- Mier, D., Eisenacher, S., Rausch, F., Englisch, S., Gerchen, M. F., Zamoscik, V., Meyer-Lindenberg, A., Zink, M. & Kirsch, P. (2017). Aberrant activity and connectivity of the posterior superior temporal sulcus during social cognition in schizophrenia. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 267(7), 597–610. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-016-0737-y
- Reicherts, P., Wiemer, J., Gerdes, A. B. M., Schulz, S. M., Pauli, P. & Wieser, M. J. (2017). Anxious anticipation and pain: the influence of instructed vs conditioned threat on pain. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience : SCAN, 12(4), 544–554. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsw181
- Timm, C., Ubl-Rachota, B., Zamoscik, V., Ebner-Priemer, U., Reinhard, I., Huffziger, S., Kirsch, P. & Kuehner, C. (2017). Cognitive and affective trait and state factors influencing the long-term symptom course in remitted depressed patients. PLOS ONE, 12(6), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178759
- Zamoscik, V., Niemeyer, C., Gerchen, M. F., Fenske, S. C., Witthöft, M. & Kirsch, P. (2017). Sensorik Inventar (SI) – Selbstbeurteilung der sensorischen Sensitivität für Erwachsene und Jugendliche. Fortschritte der Neurologie, Psychatrie, 85(09), 541–551. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-117885
2016
- Berdica, E. & Gerdes, A. B. M. (2016). Ein neues Aufmerksamkeitstraining: Operante Konditionierung von Blickbewegungen. Verhaltenstherapie & Verhaltensmedizin, 37(4), 489–490.
- Hamm, A. O., Richter, J., Pané-Farré, C. A., Westphal, D., Wittchen, H.-U., Vossbeck-Elsebusch, A. N., Gerlach, A. L., Gloster, A. T., Ströhle, A., Lang, T., Kircher, T., Gerdes, A. B. M., Alpers, G. W., Reif, A. & Deckert, J. (2016). Panic disorder with agoraphobia from a behavioral neuroscience perspective : applying the research principles formulated by the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative. Psychophysiology, 53(3), 312–322. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12553
- Linz, C., Gerdes, A. B. M., Meyer-Marcotty, P., Müller-Richter, U., Böhm, H., Ernestus, R.-I., Kübler, A., Alpers, G. W. & Schweitzer, T. (2016). Perception of children’s faces with unilateral coronal synostosis – an eye-tracking investigation. Child's Nervous System : ChNS, 32(1), 135–141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2798-z
- Reicherts, P., Gerdes, A. B. M., Pauli, P. & Wieser, M. J. (2016). Psychological placebo and nocebo effects on pain rely on expectation and previous experience. The Journal of Pain, 17(2), 203–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2015.10.010
- Weber, H., Richter, J., Straube, B., Lueken, U., Domschke, K., Schartner, C., Klauke, B., Baumann, C., Pané-Farré, C. A., Jacob, C. P., Scholz, C.-J., Zwanzger, P., Lang, T., Fehm, L., Jansen, A., Konrad, C., Fydrich, T., Wittmann, A., Pfleiderer, B., Ströhle, A., Gerlach, A. L., Alpers, G. W., Arolt, V., Pauli, P., Wittchen, H.-U., Kent, L., Hamm, A. O., Kircher, T., Deckert, J. & Reif, A. (2016). Allelic variation in CRHR1 predisposes to panic disorder : evidence for biased fear processing. Molecular Psychiatry, 21(6), 813–822. https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2015.125
- Zamoscik, V., Mier, D., Schmidt, S. N. L. & Kirsch, P. (2016). Early memories of individuals on the autism spectrum assessed using online self-reports. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 7(Article 79), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00079
2015
- Bähner, F., Demanuele, C., Schweiger, J. I., Gerchen, M. F., Zamoscik, V., Ueltzhöffer, K., Hahn, T., Meyer, P., Flor, H., Durstewitz, D., Tost, H., Kirsch, P., Plichta, M. M. & Meyer-Lindenberg, A. (2015). Hippocampal–dorsolateral prefrontal coupling as a species-conserved cognitive mechanism: A human translational imaging sStudy. Neuropsychopharmacology, 40(7), 1674–1681. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2015.13
- Paul, F., Schredl, M. & Alpers, G. W. (2015). Nightmares affect the experience of sleep quality but not sleep architecture: an ambulatory polysomnographic study. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 2(3), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40479-014-0023-4
- Pittig, A., Alpers, G. W., Niles, A. N. & Craske, M. G. (2015). Avoidant decision-making in social anxiety disorder: A laboratory task linked to in vivo anxiety and treatment outcome. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 73, 96–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2015.08.003
- Riemer, M., Bublatzky, F., Trojan, J. & Alpers, G. W. (2015). Defensive activation during the rubber hand illusion : ownership versus proprioceptive drift. Biological Psychology, 109, 86–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.04.011
- Witthöft, M., Borgmann, E., White, A. J. & Dyer, A. (2015). Body-related attentional biases in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder resulting from childhood sexual abuse with and without co-occurring borderline personality disorder. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 46(1), 72–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2014.07.010
2014
- Berdica, E., Gerdes, A. B. M., Pittig, A. & Alpers, G. W. (2014). Inhibition of return in fear of spiders: Discrepant eye movement and reaction time data. Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014(Article 183924), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/183924
- Borgmann, E., Kleindienst, N., Vocks, S. & Dyer, A. (2014). Standardized mirror confrontation: Body-related emotions, cognitions and level of dissociation in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder after childhood sexual abuse. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 1, Art. 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/2051-6673-1-10
- Bublatzky, F., Gerdes, A. B. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2014). The persistence of socially instructed threat: Two threat-of-shock studies. Psychophysiology, 51(10), 1005–1014. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12251
- Bublatzky, F., Gerdes, A. B. M., White, A. J., Riemer, M. & Alpers, G. W. (2014). Social and emotional relevance in face processing : happy faces of future interaction partners enhance the late positive potential. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8(June), 493. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00493
- Conzelmann, A., Gerdes, A. B. M., Mucha, R. F., Weyers, P., Lesch, K.-P., Bähne, C. G., Fallgatter, A. J., Renner, T. J., Warnke, A., Romanos, M. & Pauli, P. (2014). Autonomic hypoactivity in boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and the influence of methylphenidate. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 15(1), 56–65. https://doi.org/10.3109/15622975.2013.829584
- Ewald, H., Glotzbach-Schoon, E., Gerdes, A. B. M., Andreatta, M., Müller, M., Mühlberger, A. & Pauli, P. (2014). Delay and trace fear conditioning in a complex virtual learning environment-neural substrates of extinction. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8(Article 323), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00323
- Gerdes, A. B. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2014). You see what you fear: Spiders gain preferential access to conscious perception in spider-phobic patients. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology : JEP, 5(1), 14–28. https://doi.org/10.5127/jep.033212
- Gerdes, A. B. M., Wieser, M. J. & Alpers, G. W. (2014). Emotional pictures and sounds: A review of multimodal interactions of emotion cues in multiple domains. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(Dec.), 1351. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01351
- Kleindienst, N., Priebe, K., Borgmann, E., Cornelisse, S., Krüger, A., Ebner-Priemer, U. & Dyer, A. (2014). Body self-evaluation and physical scars in patients with borderline personality disorder. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 1, Art. 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/2051-6673-1-2
- Krüger, A., Ehring, T., Priebe, K., Dyer, A., Steil, R. & Bohus, M. (2014). Sudden losses and sudden gains during a DBT-PTSD treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder following childhood sexual abuse. European Journal of Psychotraumatology : EJPT, 5, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v5.24470
- Krüger, A., Kleindienst, N., Priebe, K., Dyer, A., Steil, R., Schmahl, C. & Bohus, M. (2014). Non-suicidal self-injury during an exposure-based treatment in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder and borderline features. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 61, 136–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2014.08.003
- Reicherts, P., Gerdes, A. B. M., Pauli, P. & Wieser, M. J. (2014). Der wechselseitige Einfluss von Schmerz- und Emotionsverarbeitung. Der Schmerz, 28(6), 631–634. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00482-014-1481-8
- Riemer, M., Fuchs, X., Bublatzky, F., Kleinböhl, D., Hölzl, R. & Trojan, J. (2014). The rubber hand illusion depends on a congruent mapping between real and artificial fingers. Acta Psychologica, 152, 34–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.07.012
- Wieser, M. J., Gerdes, A. B. M., Büngel, I., Schwarz, K. A., Mühlberger, A. & Pauli, P. (2014). Not so harmless anymore: How context impacts the perception and electrocortical processing of neutral faces. NeuroImage, 92, 74–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.01.022
- Wieser, M. J., Gerdes, A. B. M., Reicherts, P. & Pauli, P. (2014). Mutual influences of pain and emotional face processing. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(Articles 1160), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01160
2013
- Bohus, M., Dyer, A., Priebe, K., Krüger, A., Kleindienst, N., Schmahl, C., Niedtfeld, I. & Steil, R. (2013). Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder after childhood sexual abuse in patients with and without borderline personality disorder : a randomised controlled trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 82(4), 221–233. https://doi.org/10.1159/000348451
- Bublatzky, F., Guerra, P. M., Pastor, M. C., Schupp, H. T. & Vila, J. (2013). Additive effects of threat-of-shock and picture valence on startle reflex modulation. PLOS ONE, 8(1), e54003. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054003
- Dyer, A., Borgmann, E., Feldmann, R. E., Kleindienst, N., Priebe, K., Bohus, M. & Vocks, S. (2013). Body image disturbances in patients with borderline personality disorder: Influence of eating disorders and experience of childhood sexual abuse. Body Image, 10(2), 220–225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.12.007
- Dyer, A., Borgmann, E., Kleindienst, N., Feldmann, R. E., Vocks, S. & Bohus, M. (2013). Body image in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder after childhood sexual abuse and co-occurring eating disorder. Psychopathology, 46(3), 186–191. https://doi.org/10.1159/000341590
- Gerdes, A. B. M., Wieser, M. J., Bublatzky, F., Kusay, A., Plichta, M. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2013). Emotional sounds modulate early neural processing of emotional pictures. Frontiers in Emotion Science, 4, Art. 741, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00741
- Reicherts, P., Gerdes, A. B. M., Pauli, P. & Wieser, M. J. (2013). On the mutual effects of pain and emotion: facial pain expressions enhance pain perception and vice versa are perceived as more arousing when feeling pain. Pain : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain, 154(6), 793–800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2013.02.012
- Schwarz, K. A., Wieser, M. J., Gerdes, A. B. M., Mühlberger, A. & Pauli, P. (2013). Why are you looking like that? How the context influences evaluation and processing of human faces. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience : SCAN, 8(4), 438–445. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nss013
- Weymar, M., Gerdes, A. B. M., Löw, A., Alpers, G. W. & Hamm, A. O. (2013). Specific fear modulates attentional selectivity during visual search: Electrophysiological insights from the N2pc. Psychophysiology, 50(2), 139–148. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12008
- Wiemer, J., Gerdes, A. B. M. & Pauli, P. (2013). The effects of an unexpected spider stimulus on skin conductance responses and eye movements: An inattentional blindness study. Psychological Research, 77(2), 155–166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-011-0407-7
2012
- Bublatzky, F. & Schupp, H. T. (2012). Pictures cueing threat: brain dynamics in viewing explicitly instructed danger cues. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience : SCAN, 7(6), 611–622. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsr032
- Eisenbarth, H., Alpers, G. W., Gerdes, A. B. M., Spanner, S. & Osterheider, M. (2012). Look where the emotion is: Blickbewegungen psychopathischer Patienten bei der Betrachtung emotionaler Gesichtsausdrücke. Empirische Forschung in der forensischen Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie : EFPPP-Jahrbuch, 2012, 13–20.
- Gerdes, A. B. M., Wieser, M. J., Alpers, G. W., Strack, F. & Pauli, P. (2012). Why do you smile at me while I'm in pain? Pain selectively modulates voluntary facial muscle responses to happy faces. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 85(2), 161–167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.06.002
- Likowski, K. U., Mühlberger, A., Gerdes, A. B. M., Wieser, M. J., Pauli, P. & Weyers, P. (2012). Facial mimicry and the mirror neuron system: simultaneous acquisition of facial electromyography and functional magnetic resonance imaging. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(Article 214), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00214
- Plichta, M. M., Schwarz, A. J., Grimm, O., Morgen, K., Mier, D., Haddad, L., Gerdes, A. B. M., Sauer, C., Tost, H., Esslinger, C., Colman, P., Wilson, F., Kirsch, P. & Meyer-Lindenberg, A. (2012). Test–retest reliability of evoked BOLD signals from a cognitive–emotive fMRI test battery. NeuroImage, 60(3), 1746–1758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.01.129
- Priebe, K., Steil, R., Kleindienst, N., Dyer, A., Krüger, A. & Bohus, M. (2012). Psychotherapie der Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung nach sexuellem Missbrauch: ein Überblick über die Datenlage. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik medizinische Psychologie : PPmP, 62(1), 5–17. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1295482
- Reicherts, P., Wieser, M. J., Gerdes, A. B. M., Likowski, K. U., Weyers, P., Mühlberger, A. & Pauli, P. (2012). Electrocortical evidence for preferential processing of dynamic pain expressions compared to other emotional expressions. Pain : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain, 153(9), 1959–1964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2012.06.017
- Wieser, M. J., Gerdes, A. B. M., Greiner, R., Reicherts, P. & Pauli, P. (2012). Tonic pain grabs attention, but leaves the processing of facial expressions intact -Evidence from event-related brain potentials. Biological Psychology, 90(3), 242–248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.03.019
2011
- Bohus, M., Dyer, A., Priebe, K., Krüger, A. & Steil, R. (2011). Dialektisch Behaviorale Therapie für Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung nach sexualisierter Gewalt in der Kindheit und Jugend (DBT-PTSD). Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik medizinische Psychologie : PPmP, 61(3), 140–147. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0030-1263162
- Eisenbarth, H., Gerdes, A. B. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2011). Motor-Incompatibility of Facial Reactions : The influence of valence and stimulus content on voluntary facial reactions. Journal of Psychophysiology, 25(3), 124–130. https://doi.org/10.1027/0269-8803/a000048
- Meyer-Marcotty, P., Gerdes, A. B. M., Stellzig-Eisenhauer, A. & Alpers, G. W. (2011). Visual face perception of adults with unilateral cleft lip and palate in comparison to controls – an eye-tracking study. The Cleft palate craniofacial journal, 48(2), 210–216. https://doi.org/10.1597/08–244
- Mühlberger, A., Wieser, M. J., Gerdes, A. B. M., Frey, M. C. M., Weyers, P. & Pauli, P. (2011). Stop looking angry and smile, please: start and stop of the very same facial expression differentially activate threat- and reward-related brain networks. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience : SCAN, 6(3), 321–329. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsq039
- Plichta, M. M., Gerdes, A. B. M., Alpers, G. W., Harnisch, W., Brill, S. J., Wieser, M. J. & Fallgatter, A. J. (2011). Auditory cortex activation is modulated by emotion : A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study. NeuroImage, 55(3), 1200–1207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.01.011
2010
- Bublatzky, F., Flaisch, T., Stockburger, J., Schmälzle, R. & Schupp, H. T. (2010). The interaction of anticipatory anxiety and emotional picture processing: An event-related brain potential study. Psychophysiology, 47(4), 687–696. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.00966.x
- Conzelmann, A., Pauli, P., Mucha, R. F., Jacob, C. P., Gerdes, A. B. M., Romanos, J., Bähne, C. G., Heine, M., Boreatti-Hümmer, A., Alpers, G. W., Fallgatter, A. J., Warnke, A., Lesch, K.-P. & Weyers, P. (2010). Early attentional deficits in an attention-to-prepulse paradigm in ADHD adults. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119(3), 594–603. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019859
- Gerdes, A. B. M., Wieser, M. J., Mühlberger, A., Weyers, P., Alpers, G. W., Plichta, M. M., Breuer, F. & Pauli, P. (2010). Brain activations to emotional pictures are differentially associated with valence and arousal ratings. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 4(175), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2010.00175
- Meyer-Marcotty, P., Alpers, G. W., Gerdes, A. B. M. & Stellzig-Eisenhauer, A. (2010). Editor's Summary and Q&A: Impact of facial asymmetry in visual perception: A 3-dimensional data analysis. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics : AJO-DO, 137(2), 168–169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajodo.2009.09.005
- Meyer-Marcotty, P., Alpers, G. W., Gerdes, A. B. M. & Stellzig-Eisenhauer, A. (2010). How others perceive orthognathic patients: an eye-tracking study. World Journal of Orthodontics, 11(2), 153–159.
- Meyer-Marcotty, P., Alpers, G. W., Gerdes, A. B. M. & Stellzig-Eisenhauer, A. (2010). Impact of facial asymmetry in visual perception: A 3-dimensional data analysis. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics : AJO-DO, 137(2), 168e1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajodo.2008.11.023
- Meyer-Marcotty, P., Gerdes, A. B. M., Stellzig-Eisenhauer, A., Reuther, T. & Alpers, G. W. (2010). Persons with cleft lip and palate are looked at differently. Journal of Dental Research : JDR, 89(4), 400–404. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022034509359488
2009
- Alpers, G. W. (2009). 107 Begriffsdefinitionen für das Fachgebiet Intervention. In J. Margraf, F. Müller-Spahn & M. Albus, Pschyrembel Psychiatrie, Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie (S. ). Berlin [u.a.]: de Gruyter.
- Alpers, G. W. (2009). 68 Begriffsdefinitionen für das Fachgebiet Ätiologie und Modelle. In J. Margraf, F. Müller-Spahn & M. Albus, Pschyrembel Psychiatrie, Klinische Psychologie, Psychotherapie (S. ). Berlin [u.a.]: de Gruyter.
- Alpers, G. W., Gerdes, A. B. M., Lagarie, B., Tabbert, K., Vaitl, D. & Stark, R. (2009). Attention and amygdala activity: an fMRI study with spider pictures in spider phobia. Journal of Neural Transmission, 116(6), 747–757. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-008-0106-8
- Conzelmann, A., Mucha, R. F., Jacob, C. P., Weyers, P., Romanos, J., Gerdes, A. B. M., Bähne, C. G., Boreatti-Hümmer, A., Heine, M., Alpers, G. W., Warnke, A., Fallgatter, A. J., Lesch, K.-P. & Pauli, P. (2009). Abnormal Affective Responsiveness in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Subtype Differences. Biological Psychiatry, 65(7), 578–585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.10.038
- Gerdes, A. B. M., Pauli, P. & Alpers, G. W. (2009). Toward and away from spiders: Eye-movements in spider fearful participants. Journal of Neural Transmission, 116(6), 725–733. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-008-0167-8
- Gerdes, A. B. M., Uhl, G. & Alpers, G. W. (2009). Spiders are special: fear and disgust evoked by pictures of arthropods. Evolution and Human Behavior, 30(1), 66–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.08.005
- Plichta, M. M. & Gerdes, A. B. M. (2009). Sammeln im Nordseeurlaub: Die Haifischzähne von Cadzand-Bad und Groede. Fossilien, 25(4), 210–213.
2008
- Alpers, G. W. & Gerdes, A. B. M. (2008). Emotional Pictures in Binocular Rivalry. In I. L. Nilsson (eds.), Visual Perception : New Research (S. 227–247). New York, NY: Nova Science.
- Gerdes, A. B. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2008). Auf einem Auge vorübergehend “blind”: Emotionale Bilder dominieren bei binokularer Rivalität. In W. Janke (eds.), Experimentelle Emotionspsychologie (S. 741–762). Lengerich [u.a.]: Pabst.
- Gerdes, A. B. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2008). Die große Angst vor den kleinen Achtbeinern: Entstehungshintergründe, Wahrnehmungsunterschiede und Behandlungs¬möglichkeiten bei Spinnenphobie. Deutsche Angst-Zeitschrift : daz, 43(3), 10–12.
- Gerdes, A. B. M., Alpers, G. W. & Pauli, P. (2008). When spiders appear suddenly: Spider phobic patients are distracted by task-irrelevant spiders. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46(2), 174–187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2007.10.010
2007
- Alpers, G. W. & Gerdes, A. B. M. (2007). Here is looking at you: Emotional faces predominate in binocular rivalry. Emotion, 7(3), 495–506. https://doi.org/10.1037/1528-3542.7.3.495
2006
- Alpers, G. W. & Gerdes, A. B. M. (2006). Another look at ”look-alikes”: Can judges match belongings with their owners? Journal of Individual Differences, 27(1), 38–41. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001.27.1.38
2005
- Neumann, R., Hess, M., Schulz, S. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2005). Automatic behavioural responses to valence: Evidence that facial action is facilitated by evaluative processing. Cognition & Emotion, 19(4), 499–513.
2004
- Alpers, G. W. & Tuschen-Caffier, B. (2004). Energy and macronutrient intake in Bulimia Nervosa. Eating Behaviors, 5(3), 241–249. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2004.01.013
2003
- Alpers, G. W., Winzelberg, A. J. & Taylor, C. B. (2003). Internetgruppen für Brustkrebspatientinnen. In R. Ott (eds.), Klinische Psychologie und Internet : Potenziale für klinische Praxis, Intervention, Psychotherapie und Forschung (S. 207–228). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe.
- Winzelberg, A. J., Classen, C., Alpers, G. W., Roberts, H., Koopman, C., Adams, R. E., Ernst, H., Dev, P. & Taylor, C. B. (2003). Evaluation of an internet support group for women with primary breast cancer. Cancer, 97(5), 1164–1173. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.11174
2002
- Roth, W. T., Gomolla, A., Meuret, A. E., Alpers, G. W., Handke, E. M. & Wilhelm, F. H. (2002). High altitudes, anxiety, and panic attacks: Is there a relationship? Depression and Anxiety, 16(2), 51–58. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.10059
2001
- Alpers, G. W. & Tuschen-Caffier, B. (2001). Negative feelings and the desire to eat in bulimia nervosa. Eating Behaviors, 2(4), 339–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1471-0153(01)00040-X
- Wilhelm, F. H., Alpers, G. W., Meuret, A. E. & Roth, W. T. (2001). Respiratory pathophysiology of clinical anxiety outside the laboratory: Assessment of end-tidal pCO₂, respiratory pattern variability, and transfer function RSA. In J. Fahrenberg & M. Myrtek (eds.), Ambulatory assessment : computer-assisted psychological and psychophysiological methods in monitoring and field studies (S. 313–343). Seattle, WA [u.a.]: Hogrefe & Huber.