Chair

Prof. Dr. Georg W. Alpers

Credit: Anna Logue

Chair of Clinical and Biological Psychology and Psychotherapy

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University of Mannheim
School of Social Sciences
L 13, 17 – Room 208
68161 Mannheim

Phone: +49 621 181-2106
E-mail: alpersuni-mannheim.de
Web: sowi.uni-mannheim.de/en/alpers
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9896-5158

Consultation hour(s):
Consultation hours of Prof. Alpers, Mondays 10:30–11:30 a.m.at the OSI.

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Professor Dr. Georg W. Alpers is the Chair of the Department of Clinical and Biological Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Mannheim. His work focuses on the investigation of anxiety and other emotions, as well as sensory perception and ambulatory monitoring. As a licensed psychotherapist and registered supervisor, he directs the University's Outpatient Clinic and is a member of the executive committee of the training Centre for Psychological Psychotherapy (ZPP). He has been the managing director of the Otto-Selz-Institute since 2011.

Publications
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In Press
- Meachon, E., Schaider, J. & Alpers, G. W. (in press). Motor skills in children with ADHD: Overlap with developmental coordination disorder. BMC Psychology
- Müller, U., Gerdes, A. & Alpers, G. W. (in press). Setting the tone: Crossmodal emotional face-voice combinations in continuous flash suppression. Frontiers in Psychology, section Emotion Science
- Schumm, H., Krüger-Gottschalk, A., Ehring, T., Dyer, A., Pittig, A., Takano, K., Alpers, G. W. & Cludius, B. (in press). Do changes in dysfunctional posttraumatic cognitions differentially predict PTSD symptom clusters? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
- Semmlinger, V., Takano, K.,Wolkenstein, L., Krüger-Gottschalk, A., Kuck, S., Dyer, A., Pittig, A., Alpers, G. W., Ehring, T. (in press). Dropout from trauma-focused treatment for PTSD in a naturalistic setting. Clinical Psychology in Europe.
- Strom, N., Verhulst, B., Bacanu, S., Cheesman, R., Purves, K., Gedik, H., Alpers, G. W., et al. (in press). Genome-wide association study of major anxiety disorders in 122,341 European-ancestry cases identifies 58 loci and highlights GABAergic signaling. medRxiv.
- Stürmlinger, L. L., Ray, J., von Krause, M., Nonnenmacher, N., Alpers, G. W. & Zietlow, A.-L. (in press). Prenatal Depressive Symptoms, Infant Temperament, Parental Role Satisfaction, and Child Adjustment: A Longitudinal Serial Mediation. Journal of Family Psychology.
2025
Stürmlinger, L. L., Ray, J., von Krause, M., Nonnenmacher, N., Alpers, G. W. & Zietlow, A.-L. (2025). Prenatal depressive symptoms, infant temperament, parental role satisfaction, and child adjustment: A longitudinal serial mediation. Journal of Family Psychology : JFP, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001293
2024
Alpers, G. W. (2024). Happy 100th anniversary, behavior therapy!. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 183(Article 104642), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104642
Carl, N., Schmidt, L., Büdenbender, B., Blum, A. K., Nientiedt, M., Alpers, G. W., Kriegmair, M. C. & Grüne, B. (2024). Body image perception an social support are important predictors of quality of life in bladder cancer patients after cystectomy with urinary diversion. Urologia internationalis, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1159/000541223
Danböck, S. K., Liedlgruber, M., Franke, L. K., Miedl, S. F., Hettegger, S. E., Weber, R.-C. & Wilhelm, F. H. (2024). 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, 133(1), 76–89. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000873
Höfling, T., Walter, N., Kuhlenkasper, T. & Alpers, G. W. (2024). What I like! The joint impact of attitude, perceived quality,and experience on brand loyalty: Semi-parametric additive mixed modeling. Review of Marketing Science, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1515/roms-2024-0005
Kuck, S., Ehring, T., Dyer, A., Pittig, A., Peikenkamp, J., Morina, N., Alpers, G. W. & Krüger-Gottschalk, A. (2024). Sudden gains in routine clinical care: application of a permutation test for trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy. European Journal of Psychotraumatology : EJPT, 15(1, Article 2335796), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2335796
Meachon, E., Kundlacz, M., Wilmut, K. & Alpers, G. W. (2024). EEG spectral power in developmental coordination disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a pilot study. Frontiers in Psychology, 15(Article Nr. 1330385), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1330385
Meachon, E., Melching, H. & Alpers, G. W. (2024). The overlooked disorder: (Un)awareness of developmental coordination disorder across clinical professions. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 8(2), 253–261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-023-00334-5
Schültke, L., Warth, M., Alpers, G. W., Ditzen, B. & Aguilar-Raab, C. (2024). Better together than alone? Investigating dyadic compassion meditation in an experimental study. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships : JSPR, 41(1), 91–114. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231205452
Teismann, T., Forkmann, T., Glaesmer, H., Alpers, G. W., Brakemeier, E.-L., Brockmeyer, T., Chrsitansen, H., Fehm, L., Glombiewski, J., Heider, J., Hermann, A., Hoyer, J., Kaiser, T., Klucken, T., Lincoln, T. M., Lutz, W., Margraf, J., Pedersen, A., Renneberg, B., Rubel, J., Rudolph, A., Schöttke, H., Schwartz, B., Stark, R., Velten, J., Willutzki, U., Wilz, G. & In-Albon, T. (2024). Prevalence of suicidal ideation in German psychotherapy outpatients: A large multicenter assessment. Journal of Affective Disorders, 351, 971–976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.019
2023
Alpers, G. W. (2023). Angststörungen mit alten und neuen Ansätzen therapieren : Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie unterm Elfenbeinturm: In der Routine gleichsam wirksam. Die Neurologie & Psychiatrie : DNP, 24(5), 26–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15202-023-5759-5
Alpers, G. W. (2023). Wird ChatGPT auch in der Psychotherapie Einzug halten? Ein Expert*inneninterview. Psychotherapeutenjournal, 22(2), 156–160.
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, 26(2), 740–751. 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., Duek, O., Ben-Zion, Z., Korem, N., Amen, S. L., Kelmendi, B., Wilhelm, F. H., Levy, I. & Harpaz-Rotem, I. (2023). Effects of a dissociative drug on fronto‑limbic resting‑state functional connectivity in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled pilot study. Psychopharmacology, 1–10 (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06479-4
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., Gashi, A., Kurapov, A., Weber, R.-C., Ehring, T. & Wilhelm, F. H. (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.
Fraunfelter, L.-A. & Alpers, G. W. (2023). Der Zeitpunkt macht’s: Sicherheitssignale in der Expositionstherapie. Die Neurologie & Psychiatrie : DNP, 24(5), 30–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15202-023-5756-8
Höfling, T. & Alpers, G. W. (2023). Automatic facial coding predicts self-report of emotion, advertisement and brand effects elicited by video commercials. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17(Article 1125983), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1125983
Meachon, E. & Alpers, G. W. (2023). How are you getting by? Coping in developmental coordination disorder versus attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. British Journal of Occupational Therapy : BJOT, 86(1), 42–52. https://doi.org/10.1177/03080226221113505
Schenkel, S., Emmerich, L., Arzapalo, H., 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). Selbst- und Fremdaggression bei Frauen mit Posttramatischer Belastungsstörung und substanzbezogenen Störungen. Trauma & Gewalt, 17(4), 296–311. https://doi.org/10.21706/tg-17-4-296
Wenger, L. P., Hamm, O., Mühle, C., Hoffmann, S., Reinhard, I., Bach, P., Kornhuber, J., Alpers, G. W., Kiefer, F., Leménager, T. & Lenz, B. (2023). Alcohol does not influence trust in others or oxytocin, but increases positive affect and risk‑taking: a randomized, controlled, within‑subject trial. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-023-01676-w
2022
Alpers, G. W. (2022). Nachruf auf Albert Bandura (1925-2021): Gigant der Psychologie – Gigant der Psychotherapie. Psychotherapeutenjournal, 21(1), 31.
Alpers, G. W. & Hengen, K. M. (2022). Interactions with standardized patients to evaluate students' psychotherapy-competencies : reliable assessment and valid evaluation. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 50(3–4), 133–144. https://doi.org/10.1026/1616-3443/a000636
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., Liedlgruber, M., Grill, M., Kronbichler, M., Flor, H. & Wilhelm, F. H. (2022). Reply to Quintner. Pain : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain, 163(12), e1217–e1219. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002713
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, 139(Article 104707), 1–18. 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
Grund, S., Kilb, M., Breitlinger, E., Hundsdörfer, W., Schäfer, H. G., Schols, J. M. G. A., Gordon, A. L., Bauer, J. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2022). Evaluation of a new screening instrument for psychological distress in postacute rehabilitation in older person. European Geratric Medicine : EGM, 13(1), 243–251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-021-00554-9
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
Köther, A. K., Büdenbender, B., Grüne, B., Holbach, S., Huber, J., von Landenberg, N., Lenk, J., Martini, T., Michel, M. S., Kriegmair, M. C. & Alpers, G. W. (2022). Different patients, different preferences: A multicenter assessment of patients' personality traits and anxiety in shared decision making. Cancer Medicine, 11(15), 2999–3008. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.4667
Meachon, E., Beitz, C., Zemp, M., Wilmut, K. & Alpers, G. W. (2022). The adult developmental coordination disorders/dyspraxia checklist – German: Adapted factor structure for the differentiation of DCD and ADHD. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 126(Article 104254), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104254
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), 1–9. 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), 1–9. 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, 27(11), 4464–4473. 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.
Schumm, H., Krüger-Gottschalk, A., Dyer, A., Pittig, A., Cludius, B., Takano, K., Alpers, G. W. & Ehring, T. (2022). Mechanisms of change in trauma-focused treatment for PTSD: The role of rumination. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 148(Article 104009), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2021.104009
Wasmuth, J. M., Reinhard, I., Hill, H., Alpers, G. W., Shevchenko, Y., Kiefer, F. & Leménager, T. (2022). A smarter way to use your smartphone: An intervention to limit smartphone-related distractions reduces hyperactivity but not inattention symptoms. European Addiction Research, 28(4), 255–266. https://doi.org/10.1159/000521693
2021
Alpers, G. W. (2021). Verknüpfung von Forschung, Lehre und Therapie: Das Otto-Selz-Institut. In A. Borgstedt, S. Eichfelder & P. Gassert (eds.), Eine Universität für die Gesellschaft : 75 Jahre Neubegründung Wirtschaftshochschule und Universität Mannheim (S. 144–145). Ubstadt-Weiher: verlag regionalkultur.
Bandelow, B., Aden, I., Alpers, G. W., Benecke, A., Benecke, C., Deckert, J., Domschke, K., Eckhardt-Henn, A., Geiser, F., Gerlach, A. L., Harfst, T., Hau, S., Hoffmann, S., Hoyer, J., Hunger-Schoppe, C., Kellner, M., Köllner, V., Kopp, I. B., Langs, G., Liebeck, H., Matzat, J., Ohly, M., Rüddel, H. P., Rudolf, S., Scheufele, E., Simon, R., Staats, H., Ströhle, A., Waldherr, B., Wedekind, D., Werner, A. M., Wiltink, J., Wolters, J. P., Zwanzger, P. & Beutel, M. E. (2021). S3-Leitlinie Behandlung von Angststörungen : Version 2.
Büdenbender, B., Kriegmair, M. C., Köther, A. K., Grüne, B., Michel, M. S. & Alpers, G. W. (2021). Autonomy Preference Index – Uroonkologie (API-Uro) : API Fragebogen – Fallbeispiele Uroonkologie.
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.
Forstner, A. J., Awasthi, S., Wolf, C., Maron, E., Erhardt, A., Czamara, D., Eriksson, E., Lavebratt, C., Allgulander, C., Friedrich, N., Becker, J., Hecker, J., Rambau, S., Conrad, R., Geiser, F., McMahon, F. J., Moebus, S., Hess, T., Buerfent, B. C., Hoffmann, P., Herms, S., Heilmann-Heimbach, S., Kockum, I., Olsson, T., Alfredsson, L., Weber, H., Alpers, G. W., Arolt, V., Fehm, L., Fydrich, T., Gerlach, A. L., Hamm, A. O., Kircher, T., Pané-Farré, C. A., Pauli, P., Rief, W., Ströhle, A., Plag, J., Lang, T., Wittchen, H.-U., Mattheisen, M., Meier, S., Metspalu, A., Domschke, K., Reif, A., Hovatta, I., Lindefors, N., Andersson, E., Mbarek, H., Milaneschi, Y., Schalling, M., de Geus, E., Boomsma, D. I., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Thorgeirsson, T. E., Steinberg, S., Stefansson, K., Stefansson, H., Müller-Myhsok, B., Folkmann Hansen, T., Børglum, A. D., Werge, T., Mortensen, P. B., Nordentoft, M., Hougaard, D. M., Hultman, C. M., Sullivan, P. F., Nöthen, M. M., Woldbye, D. P. D., Mors, O., Binder, E. B., Rück, C., Ripke, S., Deckert, J. & Schumacher, J. (2021). Genome-wide association study of panic disorder reveals geneticoverlap with neuroticism and depression. Molecular Psychiatry, 26(8), 4179–4190. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-019-0590-2
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
Gerdes, A. B. M., Alpers, G. W., Braun, H., Köhler, S., Nowak, U. & Treiber, L. (2021). Emotional sounds guide visual attention to emotional pictures: An eye-tracking study with audio-visual stimuli. Emotion, 21(4), 679–692. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000729
Grüne, B., Köther, A. K., Büdenbender, B., Michel, M. S., Kriegmair, M. C. & Alpers, G. W. (2021). Patients' perspective on shared decision-making in urology: a prospective study at a university hospital. World Journal of Urology, 39(12), 4491–4498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-021-03794-3
Hengen, K. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2021). Better safe than wealthy: Dysfunctional risk avoidance in spider-fearful individuals. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 79(Article 102383). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102383
Hengen, K. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2021). Stress makes the difference: Social stress and social anxiety in decision-making under uncertainty. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(Article 578293), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.578293
Huber, J., Karschuck, P., Groeben, C., Thomas, C., Praus, F., Miernik, A., Gratzke, C., Alpers, G. W., Kriegmair, M. C. & Michel, M. S. (2021). Empowerment für unsere Patienten : Gelebte Innovation im urologischen Alltag. Der Urologe, 60(1), 45–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00120-020-01415-2
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
Kavcioglu, F. C., Bublatzky, F., Pittig, A. & Alpers, G. W. (2021). Instructed threat enhances threat perception in faces. Emotion, 21(2), 419–429. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000708
Köther, A. K., Alpers, G. W., Büdenbender, B., Lenhart, M., Michel, M. S. & Kriegmair, M. C. (2021). Predicting decisional conflict: Anxiety and depression in shared decision making. Patient Education and Counseling, 104(5), 1229–1236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2020.10.037
Köther, A. K., Siebenhaar, K. U. & Alpers, G. W. (2021). Shared decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical Decision Making : MDM, 41(4), 430–438. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X211004147
Küntzler, T., Höfling, T. & Alpers, G. W. (2021). Automatic facial expression recognition in standardized and non-standardized emotional expressions. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(Article 627561), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.627561
Meachon, E., Meyer, M., Wilmut, K., Zemp, M. & Alpers, G. W. (2021). Evoked potentials differentiate Developmental Coordination Disorder from Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a stop-signal task: A pilot study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15(Article 629479), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.629479
Paul, F., Alpers, G. W., Reinhard, I. & Schredl, M. (2021). Nightmares are not the only negative dreams: Dream content in individuals who suffer from frequent nightmares. Dreaming, 31(2), 173–185. https://doi.org/10.1037/drm0000164
Richter, J., Pané-Farré, C. A., Gerlach, A. L., Gloster, A. T., Wittchen, H.-U., Lang, T., Alpers, G. W., Helbig-Lang, S., Deckert, J., Fydrich, T., Fehm, L., Ströhle, A., Kircher, T., Arolt, V. & Hamm, A. O. (2021). Transfer of exposure therapy effects to a threat context not considered during treatment in patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia: Implications for potential mechanisms of change. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 142(Article 103886). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2021.103886
Richter, J., Pietzner, A., Koenig, J., Thayer, J. F., Pané-Farré, C. A., Gerlach, A. L., Gloster, A. T., Wittchen, H.-U., Lang, T., Alpers, G. W., Helbig-Lang, S., Deckert, J., Fydrich, T., Fehm, L., Ströhle, A., Kircher, T., Arolt, V. & Hamm, A. O. (2021). Vagal control of the heart decreases during increasing imminence of interoceptive threat in patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia. Scientific Reports, 11(Article 7960), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86867-y
Schiele, M. A., Reif, A., Lin, J., Alpers, G. W., Andersson, E., Andersson, G., Arolt, V., Bergstöm, J., Carlbring, P., Eley, T. C., Esquivel, G., Furmark, T., Gerlach, A. L., Hamm, A. O., Helbig-Lang, S., Hudson, J. L., Lang, T., Lester, K. J., Lindefors, N., Londsdorf, T. B., Pauli, P., Richter, J., Rief, W., Roberts, S., Rück, C., Schruers, K. R. J., Thiel, C., Wittchen, H.-U., Domschke, K., Weber, H. & Lueken, U. (2021). Therapygenetic effects of 5-HTTLPR on cognitive-behavioral therapy in anxiety disorders: A meta-analysis. European Neuropsychopharmacology : ENP, 44, 105–120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2021.01.004
Tebbe, A.-L., Friedl, W. M., Alpers, G. W. & Keil, A. (2021). Effects of affective content and motivational context on neural gain functions during naturalistic scene perception. European Journal of Neuroscience : EJN, 53(10), 3323–3340. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15194
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.
Alpers, G. W., Frey, L., Tessmer-Petzendorfer, S., Klingauf, A. & Schad, S. (2020). Wie schreib ich’s meinem Patienten? Datenschutzprobleme bei der digitalen Kommunikation. Verhaltenstherapie, 30(4), 334–344. https://doi.org/10.1159/000504147
Alpers, G. W. & Steiger-White, F. (2020). Simulationspatienten im universitären Psychologiestudium: Einführung einer innovativen Methode zur Stärkung praxisorientierter Lehre in klinischer Psychologie und Psychotherapie. Verhaltenstherapie, 30(2), 104–116. https://doi.org/10.1159/000507740
Berking, A.-C., Thiel, C., Schiele, M. A., Baumann, C., Kalisch, R., Notzon, S., Zwanzger, P., Pané-Farré, C. A., Hamm, A. O., Alpers, G. W., Fydrich, T., Fehm, L., Gerlach, A. L., Straube, B., Kircher, T., Rief, W., Plag, J., Ströhle, A., Lang, T., Wittchen, H.-U., Arolt, V., Romanos, M., Pauli, P., Reif, A., Deckert, J., Domschke, K. & Weber, H. (2020). An investigation of genetic variability of DNA methyltransferases DNMT3A and 3B does not provide evidence for a major role in the pathogenesis of panic disorder and dimensional anxiety phenotypes. Journal of Neural Transmission, 127(11), 1527–1537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-020-02206-x
Bublatzky, F., Guerra, P. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2020). Watch out, he's dangerous! Electrocortical indicators of selective visual attention to allegedly threatening persons. Cortex, 131, 164–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.07.009
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
Kriegmair, M. C. & Alpers, G. W. (2020). Partizipative Entscheidungsfindung bei der Harnableitung. Im Fokus Onkologie, 23(6), 59–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15015-020-2639-0
Siebenhaar, K. U., Köther, A. K. & Alpers, G. W. (2020). COVID-19 Informationsvermeidungsskala (COVIAS).
Siebenhaar, K. U., Köther, A. K. & Alpers, G. W. (2020). Dealing with the COVID-19 infodemic: Distress by information, information avoidance, and compliance with preventive measures. Frontiers in Psychology, 11(Article 3389), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.567905
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
Danböck, S. K. & Werner, G. G. (2019). Cardiac vagal control, regulatory processes and depressive symptoms: Re-investigating the moderating role of sleep quality. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health : IJERPH, 16(21, Article 4067), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214067
Gottschalk, M. G., Richter, J., Ziegler, C., Schiele, M. A., Mann, J., Geiger, M. J., Schartner, C., Homola, G. A., Alpers, G. W., Büchel, C., Fehm, L., Fydrich, T., Gerlach, A. L., Gloster, A. T., Helbig-Lang, S., Kalisch, R., Kircher, T., Lang, T., Lonsdorf, T. B., Pané-Farré, C. A., Ströhle, A., Weber, H., Zwanzger, P., Arolt, V., Romanos, M., Wittchen, H.-U., Hamm, A. O., Pauli, P., Reif, A., Deckert, J., Neufang, S., Höfler, M. & Domschke, K. (2019). Orexin in the anxiety spectrum: association of a HCRTR1 polymorphism with panic disorder/agoraphobia, CBT treatment response and fear-related intermediate phenotypes. Translational Psychiatry, 9(Article 75), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0415-8
Hengen, K. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2019). What´s the risk? Fearful individuals generally overestimate negative outcomes and they dread outcomes of specific events. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(Article 1676), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01676
Müller, U. W. D., Witteman, C. L. M., Spijker, J. & Alpers, G. W. (2019). All's bad that ends bad: There is a peak-end memory bias in anxiety. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(Article 1272), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01272
Paul, F., Alpers, G. W., Reinhard, I. & Schredl, M. (2019). Nightmares do result in psychophysiological arousal: A multimeasure ambulatory assessment study. Psychophysiology, 56(7), e13366, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13366
Rayner, C., Coleman, J. R. I., Purves, K. L., Hodsoll, J., Goldsmith, K., Alpers, G. W., Andersson, E., Arolt, V., Boberg, J., Bögels, S., Creswell, C., Cooper, P., Curtis, C., Deckert, J., Domschke, K., El Alaoui, S., Fehm, L., Fydrich, T., Gerlach, A. L., Growcholewski, A., Hahlweg, K., Hamm, A. O., Hedman, E., Heiervang, E. R., Hudson, J. L., Jöhren, P., Keers, R., Kircher, T., Lang, T., Lavebratt, C., Lee, S.-., Lester, K. J., Lindefors, N., Margraf, J., Nauta, M., Pané-Farré, C. A., Pauli, P., Rapee, R. M., Reif, A., Rief, W., Roberts, S., Schalling, M., Schneider, S., Silverman, W. K., Ströhle, A., Teismann, T., Thastum, M., Wannemüller, A., Weber, H., Wittchen, H.-U., Wolf, C., Rück, C., Breen, G. & Eley, T. C. (2019). A genome-wide association meta-analysis of prognostic outcomes following cognitive behavioural therapy in individuals with anxiety and depressive disorders. Translational Psychiatry, 9(Article 150), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0481-y
Seeger, F., Yang, Y., Straube, B., Kircher, T., Höfler, M., Wittchen, H.-U., Ströhle, A., Wittmann, A., Gerlach, A. L., Pfleiderer, B., Arolt, V., Hamm, A. O., Lang, T., Alpers, G. W., Fydrich, T. & Lueken, U. (2019). Clinical and neurofunctional substrates of cognitive behavioral therapy on secondary social anxiety disorder in primary panic disorder: A longitudinal fMRI study. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 88(1), 48–51. https://doi.org/10.1159/000493756
Strahl, A., Gerlich, C., Alpers, G. W., Gehrke, J., Müller-Garnn, A. & Vogel, H. (2019). An instrument for quality assurance in work capacity evaluation: development, evaluation, and inter-rater reliability. BMC Health Services Research, 19(Article 556), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4387-4
Trautmann, S., Richter, J., Muehlhan, M., Höfler, M., Wittchen, H.-U., Domschke, K., Ströhle, A., Hamm, A. O., Weber, H., Kircher, T., Arolt, V., Gerlach, A. L., Alpers, G. W., Fydrich, T., Lang, T. & Reif, A. (2019). Does prior traumatization affect the treatment outcome of CBT for panic disorder? The potential role of the MAOA gene and depression symptoms. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 269(2), 161–170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-017-0823-9
Weyers, L., Zemp, M. & Alpers, G. W. (2019). Impaired interparental relationships in families of children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) : A meta-analysis. Zeitschrift für Psychologie = Journal of Psychology, 227(1), 31–41. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000354
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
Bublatzky, F., Guerra, P. M. & Alpers, G. W. (2018). Verbal instructions override the meaning of facial expressions. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33269-2
Hommers, L. G., Richter, J., Yang, Y., Raab, A., Baumann, C., Lang, K., Schiele, M. A., Weber, H., Wittmann, A., Wolf, C., Alpers, G. W., Arolt, V., Domschke, K., Fehm, L., Fydrich, T., Gerlach, A. L., Gloster, A. T., Hamm, A. O., Helbig-Lang, S., Kircher, T., Lang, T., Pané-Farré, C. A., Pauli, P., Pfleiderer, B., Reif, A., Romanos, M., Straube, B., Ströhle, A., Wittchen, H.-U., Frantz, S., Ertl, G., Lohse, M. J., Lueken, U. & Deckert, J. (2018). A functional genetic variation of SLC6A2 repressor hsa-miR-579-3p upregulates sympathetic noradrenergic processes of fear and anxiety. Translational Psychiatry, 8(Article 226), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-018-0278-4
Pittig, A., Hengen, K. M., Bublatzky, F. & Alpers, G. W. (2018). Social and monetary incentives counteract fear-driven avoidance: Evidence from approach-avoidance decisions. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 60, 69–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2018.04.002
Strahl, A., Gerlich, C., Alpers, G. W., Ehrmann, K., Gehrke, J., Müller-Garnn, A. & Vogel, H. (2018). Development and evaluation of a standardized peer-training in the context of peer review for quality assurance in work capacity evaluation. BMC Medical Education, 18(Article Nr. 135), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-018-1233-z
Vonderlin, R., Kleindienst, N., Alpers, G. W., Bohus, M., Lyssenko, L. & Schmahl, C. (2018). Dissociation in victims of childhood abuse or neglect: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Medicine, 48(15), 2467–2476. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718000740
Welz, A., Reinhard, I., Alpers, G. W. & Kuehner, C. (2018). Happy thoughts: Mind wandering affects mood in daily life. Mindfulness, 9(1), 332–343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-017-0778-y
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
Bublatzky, F. & Alpers, G. W. (2017). Facing two faces : defense activation varies as a function of personal relevance. Biological Psychology, 125, 64–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.03.001
Bublatzky, F., Alpers, G. W. & Pittig, A. (2017). From avoidance to approach: The influence of threat-of-shock on reward-based decision making. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 96, 47–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2017.01.003
Bublatzky, F., Pittig, A., Schupp, H. T. & Alpers, G. W. (2017). Face-to-face: Perceived personal relevance amplifies face processing. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience : SCAN, 12(5), 811–822. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsx001
Deckert, J., Weber, H., Villmann, C., Lonsdorf, T. B., Richter, J., Andreatta, M., Arias-Vásquez, A., Hommers, L. G., Kent, L., Schartner, C., Cichon, S., Wolf, C., Schaefer, N., von Collenberg, C., Wachter, B., Blum, R., Schümann, D., Scharfenort, R., Schumacher, J., Forstner, A. J., Baumann, C., Schiele, M. A., Notzon, S., Zwanzger, P., Janzing, J. G. E., Galesloot, T. E., Kiemeney, L. A., Gajewska, A., Glotzbach-Schoon, E., Mühlberger, A., Alpers, G. W., Fydrich, T., Fehm, L., Gerlach, A. L., Kircher, T., Lang, T., Ströhle, A., Arolt, V., Wittchen, H.-U., Kalisch, R., Büchel, C., Hamm, A. O., Nöthen, M. M., Romanos, M., Domschke, K., Pauli, P. & Reif, A. (2017). GLRB allelic variation associated with agoraphobic cognitions, increased startle response and fear network activation : a potential neurogenetic pathway to panic disorder. Molecular Psychiatry, 22(10), 1431–1439. https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2017.2
Grund, S., Breitinger, E., Fricke, S., Alpers, G. W., Hundsdörfer, W. & Schäfer, H.-G. (2017). Health-related quality of life measurement inpatient geriatric rehabilitation: A comparison of the feasibility and suitability between the SF-36 and EQ-5D-5L questionnaires. Journal of Gerontology & Geriatric Research, 6(6), Article 458. https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-7182.1000458
Kuehner, C., Welz, A., Reinhard, I. & Alpers, G. W. (2017). Lab meets real life : a laboratory assessment of spontaneous thought and its ecological validity. PLOS ONE, 12(9), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184488
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
Olbrich, R., Metzner, P., Beutel, M. & Alpers, G. W. (2017). Reaktionen auf Bilder mit Nikotinthematik bei alkoholabhängigen Rauchern. Sucht : Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis, 63(4), 195–204. https://doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000490
White, A. J., Kleinböhl, D., Lang, T., Hamm, A. O., Gerlach, A. L. & Alpers, G. W. (2017). Identifying patterns in complex field data : clustering heart rate responses of agoraphobic patients undertaking situational exposure. Zeitschrift für Psychologie = Journal of Psychology, 225(3), 268–284. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000310
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
Eisenbarth, H. & Alpers, G. W. (2016). PPI-R psychopathic personality inventory revised – Deutsche Version. In K. Geue (eds.), Diagnostische Verfahren in der Psychotherapie (3. ed., S. 389–392). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
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
Kavcioglu, F. C. & Alpers, G. W. (2016). Bedrohliche Gesichter fesseln die Aufmerksamkeit sozial ängstlicher Personen. Verhaltenstherapie & Verhaltensmedizin, 37(4), 495–497.
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
Peperkorn, H. M., Diemer, J., Alpers, G. W. & Mühlberger, A. (2016). Representation of patients' hand modulates fear reactions of patients with spider phobia in virtual reality. Frontiers in Psychology, 7(268), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00268
Shiban, Y., Peperkorn, H. M., Alpers, G. W., Pauli, P. & Mühlberger, A. (2016). Influence of perceptual cues and conceptual information on the activation and reduction of claustrophobic fear. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 51, 19–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.11.002
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
Weck, F., Grikscheit, F., Höfling, V., Kordt, A., Hamm, A. O., Gerlach, A. L., Alpers, G. W., Arolt, V., Kircher, T., Pauli, P., Rief, W. & Lang, T. (2016). The role of treatment delivery factors in exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder with agoraphobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 42, 10–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.05.007
Welz, A., Huffziger, S., Reinhard, I., Alpers, G. W., Ebner-Priemer, U. & Kuehner, C. (2016). Anxiety and rumination moderate menstrual cycle effects on mood in daily life. Women & health : the journal of women's health care, 56(5), 540–560. https://doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2015.1101739
2015
Diemer, J., Alpers, G. W., Peperkorn, H. M., Shiban, Y. & Mühlberger, A. (2015). The impact of perception and presence on fear reactions: A review of research in virtual reality. Frontiers in Psychology, 6(Article Nr. 26), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00026
Drenckhan, I., Glöckner-Rist, A., Rist, F., Richter, J., Gloster, A. T., Fehm, L., Lang, T., Alpers, G. W., Hamm, A. O., Fydrich, T., Kircher, T., Arolt, V., Deckert, J., Ströhle, A., Wittchen, H.-U. & Gerlach, A. L. (2015). Dimensional structure of bodily panic attack symptoms and their specific connections to panic cognitions, anxiety sensitivity and claustrophobic fears. Psychological Medicine, 45(8), 1675–1685. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291714002803
Dyer, A., Mayer-Eckhard, L., White, A. J. & Alpers, G. W. (2015). The role of scar origin in shaping men's body image. American Journal of Men's Health, 9(2), 115–123. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988314531446
Dyer, A., Spechea, R., Beckmann-Schumacher, B., Kolbenschlag, C. & Alpers, G. W. (2015). Körperbildstörungen im ambulanten Setting. Psychotherapeut, 60(6), 511–517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00278-015-0064-1
Eisenbarth, H. & Alpers, G. W. (2015). Diagnostik psychopathischer Persönlichkeitszüge bei Straftätern : interne Konsistenz und differenzielle Validität der deutschen Version des PPI-R im Maßregel- und Strafvollzug. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 44(1), 45–53. https://doi.org/10.1026/1616-3443/a000286
Gloster, A. T., Gerlach, A. L., Hamm, A. O., Höfler, M., Alpers, G. W., Kircher, T., Ströhle, A., Lang, T., Wittchen, H.-U., Deckert, J. & Reif, A. (2015). 5HTT is associated with the phenotype psychological flexibility : results from a randomized clinical trial. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 265(5), 399–406. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-015-0575-3
Hohoff, C., Weber, H., Richter, J., Domschke, K., Zwanzger, P., Ohrmann, P., Bauer, J., Suslow, T., Kugel, H., Baumann, C., Klauke, B., Jacob, C. P., Fritze, J., Bandelow, B., Gloster, A. T., Gerlach, A. L., Kircher, T., Lang, T., Alpers, G. W., Ströhle, A., Fehm, L., Wittchen, H.-U., Arolt, V., Pauli, P., Hamm, A. O., Reif, A. & Deckert, J. (2015). RGS2 genetic variation : association analysis with panic disorder and dimensional as well as intermediate phenotypes of anxiety. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 168(3), 211–222. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.32299
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
Westphal, D., Gerlach, A. L., Lang, T., Wittchen, H.-U., Hamm, A. O., Ströhle, A., Fydrich, T., Kircher, T., Alpers, G. W., Deckert, J., Arolt, V. & Einsle, F. (2015). Die Effekte interozeptiver Expositionsübungen in der Kognitiven Verhaltenstherapie von Panikstörung mit Agoraphobie. Verhaltenstherapie, 25(4), 268–276. https://doi.org/10.1159/000441508
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
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(Article Nr. 493), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00493
Dyer, A., Bublatzky, F. & Alpers, G. W. (2014). Körperbildstörungen bei Trauma und Sozialer Ängstlichkeit. Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 63(1), 59–66. https://doi.org/10.1024/1661-4747/a000221
Eckel, J., Alpers, G. W., Merod, R., Vogel, H. & Neuderth, S. (2014). Einsatzmöglichkeiten von SchauspielpatientInnen in der Psychotherapieausbildung: Ergebnisse von ExpertInnenbefragungen. Verhaltenstherapie & psychosoziale Praxis : VPP, 46(2), 393–413.
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(Article Nr. 1351), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01351
Gloster, A. T., Klotsche, J., Gerlach, A. L., Hamm, A. O., Ströhle, A., Gauggel, S., Kircher, T., Alpers, G. W., Deckert, J. & Wittchen, H.-U. (2014). Timing Matters: Change Depends on the Stage of Treatment in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82(1), 141–153. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034555
Helbig-Lang, S., Richter, J., Lang, T., Gerlach, A. L., Fehm, L., Alpers, G. W., Ströhle, A., Kircher, T., Deckert, J., Gloster, A. T. & Wittchen, H.-U. (2014). The role of safety behaviors in exposure-based treatment for panic disorder and agoraphobia: associations to symptom severity, treatment course, and outcome. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 28(8), 836–844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.09.010
Neumann, R., Schulz, S. M., Lozo, L. & Alpers, G. W. (2014). Automatic facial responses to near-threshold presented facial displays of emotion: Imitation or evaluation? Biological Psychology, 96, 144–149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.12.009
Pané-Farré, C. A., Stender, J. P., Fenske, K., Deckert, J., Reif, A., John, U., Schmidt, C. O., Schulz, A., Lang, T., Alpers, G. W., Kircher, T., Vossbeck-Elsebusch, A. N., Grabe, H. J. & Hamm, A. O. (2014). The phenomenology of the first panic attack in clinical and community-based samples. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 28(6), 522–529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.05.009
Peperkorn, H. M., Alpers, G. W. & Mühlberger, A. (2014). Triggers of fear: perceptual cues versus conceptual information in spider phobia. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 70(7), 704–714. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22057
Pittig, A., Brand, M., Pawlikowski, M. & Alpers, G. W. (2014). The cost of fear: Avoidant decision making in a spider gambling task. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 28(3), 326–334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.03.001
Pittig, A., Pawlikowski, M., Craske, M. G. & Alpers, G. W. (2014). Avoidant decision making in social anxiety: the interaction of angry faces and emotional responses. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(Article 1050), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01050
Pittig, A., Schulz, A. R., Craske, M. G. & Alpers, G. W. (2014). Acquisition of behavioral avoidance: Task-irrelevant conditioned stimuli trigger costly decisions. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123(2), 314–329. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036136
Quast, C., Reif, A., Brückl, T., Pfister, H., Weber, H., Mattheisen, M., Cichon, S., Lang, T., Hamm, A. O., Fehm, L., Ströhle, A., Arolt, V., Domschke, K., Kircher, T., Wittchen, H.-U., Pauli, P., Gerlach, A. L., Alpers, G. W., Deckert, J., Rupprecht, R., Binder, E. B. & Erhardt, A. (2014). Gender-specific association of variants in the akr1c1 gene with dimensional anxiety in patients with panic disorder: additional evidence for the importance of neurosteroids in anxiety? Depression and Anxiety, 31(10), 843–850. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22229
Reif, A., Richter, J., Straube, B., Höfler, M., Lueken, U., Gloster, A. T., Weber, H., Domschke, K., Fehm, L., Ströhle, A., Jansen, A., Gerlach, A. L., Pyka, M., Reinhardt, I., Konrad, C., Wittmann, A., Pfleiderer, B., Alpers, G. W., Pauli, P., Lang, T., Arolt, V., Wittchen, H.-U., Hamm, A. O., Kircher, T. & Deckert, J. (2014). MAOA and mechanisms of panic disorder revisited: from bench to molecular psychotherapy. Molecular Psychiatry, 19(1), 122–128. https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2012.172
Straube, B., Reif, A., Richter, J., Lueken, U., Weber, H., Arolt, V., Jansen, A., Zwanzger, P., Domschke, K., Pauli, P., Konrad, C., Gerlach, A. L., Lang, T., Fydrich, T., Alpers, G. W., Ströhle, A., Wittmann, A., Pfleiderer, B., Wittchen, H.-U., Hamm, A. O., Deckert, J. & Kircher, T. (2014). The functional – 1019C/G HTR1A polymorphism and mechanisms of fear. Translational Psychiatry, 4(Article e490), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2014.130
White, A. J., Umpfenbach, K. & Alpers, G. W. (2014). Where have they gone? Tracking movement patterns to document the process of situational exposure in agoraphobia. Professional Psychology : Research and Practice, 45(3), 171–179. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036538
2013
Cammin-Nowak, S., Helbig-Lang, S., Lang, T., Gloster, A. T., Fehm, L., Gerlach, A. L., Ströhle, A., Deckert, J., Kircher, T., Hamm, A. O., Alpers, G. W., Arolt, V. & Wittchen, H.-U. (2013). Specificity of Homework Compliance Effects on Treatment Outcome in CBT: Evidence from a Controlled Trial on Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69(6), 616–629. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.21975
Dyer, A., Hennrich, L., Borgmann, E., White, A. J. & Alpers, G. W. (2013). Body image and noticeable self-inflicted scars. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201(12), 1080–1084. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000057
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(Article Nr. 741), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00741
Hauke, C., Gloster, A. T., Gerlach, A. L., Hamm, A. O., Deckert, J., Fehm, L., Alpers, G. W., Kircher, T., Ströhle, A., Arolt, V. & Wittchen, H.-U. (2013). Therapist adherence to a treatment manual influences outcome and dropout rates: Results from a multicenter randomized clinical CBT trial for panic disorder with agoraphobia. International Journal of Research Studies in Psychology : IJRSP, 2(4), 3–16. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsp.2013.335
Schwarz, J. F. A., Popp, R., Haas, J., Zulley, J., Geisler, P., Alpers, G. W., Osterheider, M. & Eisenbarth, H. (2013). Shortened night sleep impairs facial responsiveness to emotional stimuli. Biological Psychology, 93(1), 41–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.01.008
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
2012
Alpers, G. W. (2012). Verhaltenstherapeutische und kognitive Psychotherapie von Angststörungen. In R. Rupprecht & M. Kellner (eds.), Angststörungen : Klinik, Forschung, Therapie (S. 233–265). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
Alpers, G. W. (2012). Was hilft gegen die Fahrphobie? In H. Ernst (eds.), Keine Angst vor der Angst : wovor wir uns fürchten- und was wir dagegen tun können (S. 80–81). Weinheim: Beltz.
Alpers, G. W. & Arndt, H.-W. (2012). In Honor of Otto Selz. Monitor on Psychology, 42(11), 4.
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
Kämpfe, C. K., Gloster, A. T., Wittchen, H.-U., Helbig-Lang, S., Lang, T., Gerlach, A. L., Richter, J., Alpers, G. W., Fehm, L., Kircher, T., Hamm, A. O., Ströhle, A. & Deckert, J. (2012). Experiential avoidance and anxiety sensitivity in patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia: Do both constructs measure the same? International Journal Clinical Health Psychology : IJCHP, 12(1), 5–22.
Lang, T., Helbig-Lang, S., Gloster, A. T., Richter, J., Hamm, A. O., Fehm, L., Fydrich, T., Gerlach, A. L., Ströhle, A., Alpers, G. W., Gauggel, S., Kircher, T., Deckert, J., Höfler, M., Arolt, V. & Wittchen, H.-U. (2012). Effekte therapeutenbegleiteter versus patientenbegleiteter Exposition bei Panikstörung mit Agoraphobie. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 41(2), 114–124. https://doi.org/10.1026/1616-3443/a000139
Reif, A., Weber, H., Domschke, K., Klauke, B., Baumann, C., Jacob, C. P., Ströhle, A., Gerlach, A. L., Alpers, G. W., Pauli, P., Hamm, A. O., Kircher, T., Arolt, V., Wittchen, H.-U., Binder, E. B., Erhardt, A. & Deckert, J. (2012). Meta-analysis argues for a female-specific role of MAOA-uVNTR in panic disorder in four European populations. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 159B(7), 786–793. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.32085
Richter, J., Hamm, A. O., Pané-Farré, C. A., Gerlach, A. L., Gloster, A. T., Wittchen, H.-U., Lang, T., Alpers, G. W., Helbig-Lang, S., Deckert, J., Fydrich, T., Fehm, L., Ströhle, A., Kircher, T. & Arolt, V. (2012). Dynamics of defensive reactivity in patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia: Implications for the etiology of panic disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 72(6), 512–520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.03.035
Weber, H., Scholz, C.-J., Domschke, K., Baumann, C., Klauke, B., Jakob, C. P., Maier, W., Fritze, J., Bandelow, B., Zwanzger, P., Lang, T., Fehm, L., Ströhle, A., Hamm, A. O., Gerlach, A. L., Alpers, G. W., Kircher, T., Wittchen, H.-U., Arolt, V., Pauli, P., Deckert, J. & Reif, A. (2012). Gender differences in associations of glutamate decarboxylase 1 gene (GAD1) variants with panic disorder. PLOS ONE, 7(5), e37651. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037651
2011
Alpers, G. W., Adolph, D. & Pauli, P. (2011). Emotional scenes and facial expressions elicit different psychophysiological responses. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 80(3), 173–181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.01.010
Alpers, G. W., Gerlach, A. L. & Heinrichs, N. (2011). Evidenzbasierte Psychotherapie der Panikstörung mit und ohne Agoraphobie : ein Überblick zur S1-Leitlinie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Psychotherapeut, 56(6), 535–548. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00278-011-0864-x
Domschke, K., Reif, A., Weber, H., Richter, J., Hohoff, C., Ohrmann, P., Pedersen, A., Bauer, J., Suslow, T., Kugel, H., Heindel, W. L., Baumann, C., Klauke, B., Jacob, C. P., Maier, W., Bandelow, B., Fritze, J., Krakowitzky, P., Rothermundt, M., Erhardt, A., Binder, E. B., Holsboer, F., Gerlach, A. L., Kircher, T., Lang, T., Alpers, G. W., Ströhle, A., Fehm, L., Gloster, A. T., Wittchen, H.-U., Arolt, V., Pauli, P., Hamm, A. O. & Deckert, J. (2011). Neuropeptide S receptor gene – converging evidence for a role in panic disorder. Molecular Psychiatry, 16(9), 938–948. https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2010.81
Eisenbarth, H. & Alpers, G. W. (2011). Happy Mouth and Sad Eyes : Scanning Emotional Facial Expressions. Emotion, 11(4), 860–865. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022758
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
Gloster, A. T., Wittchen, H.-U., Einsle, F., Lang, T., Helbig-Lang, S., Fydrich, T., Fehm, L., Hamm, A. O., Richter, J., Alpers, G. W., Gerlach, A. L., Ströhle, A., Kircher, T., Deckert, J., Zwanzger, P., Höfler, M. & Arolt, V. (2011). Psychological treatment for panic disorder with agoraphobia : a randomized controlled trial to examine the role of therapist-guided exposure in-vivo in CBT. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79(3), 406–420. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023584
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
Moritz, S., Alpers, G. W., Schilling, L., Jelinek, L., Willenborg, B., Nagel, M. & Brooks, A. (2011). Larger than life: Overestimation of object size is moderated by personal relevance in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 42(1), 481–487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.05.002
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
Adolph, D. & Alpers, G. W. (2010). Valence and arousal: A comparison of two sets of emotional facial expressions. American Journal of Psychology : AJP, 123(2), 209–219. https://doi.org/10.5406/amerjpsyc.123.2.0209
Alpers, G. W. (2010). Avoiding Treatment Failures in Specific Phobias. In M. W. Otto & S. G. Hofmann (eds.), Avoiding Treatment Failures in the Anxiety Disorders (S. 209–230). New York, NY [u.a.]: Springer Science + Business Media.
Alpers, G. W. (2010). Exposure, Live (In-Vivo, Live Desensitization). In I. Marks (eds.), Common Language for Psychotherapy Procedures : The first 80 (S. 71–72). Norderstedt: Books on Demand.
Alpers, G. W., Winzelberg, A. J. & Taylor, C. B. (2010). Internet-based Therapy. In I. Marks (eds.), Common Language for Psychotherapy Procedures : The first 80 (S. 107–108). Norderstedt: Books on Demand.
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(Article Nr. 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. (2009). Ambulatory assessment in panic disorder and specific phobia. Psychological Assessment, 21(4), 476–485. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017489
Alpers, G. W. (2009). Steinlausphobie. 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
Alpers, G. W., Meyer, T. D., Mühlberger, A. & Pauli, P. (2009). Gestörte Emotionsprozesse: Psychopathologie. In G. Stemmler (eds.), Enzyklopädie der Psychologie (S. 623–668). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe.
Alpers, G. W., Mühlberger, A. & Pauli, P. (2009). Psychophysiologie der Emotionen. In V. Brandstätter (eds.), Handbuch der Allgemeinen Psychologie – Motivation und Emotion (S. 412–421). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe.
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
Ellgring, H. & Alpers, G. W. (2009). Operante Verfahren der Psychotherapie: Psychologische Interventionen auf der Grundlage des operanten Konditionierens. In M. Hautzinger (eds.), Enzyklopädie der Psychologie (S. 271–316). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe.
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
Gloster, A. T., Wittchen, H.-U., Einsle, F., Höfler, M., Lang, T., Helbig-Lang, S., Fydrich, T., Fehm, L., Hamm, A. O., Richter, J., Alpers, G. W., Gerlach, A. L., Ströhle, A., Kircher, T., Deckert, J., Zwanzger, P. & Arolt, V. (2009). Mechanism of action in CBT (MAC): methods of a multi-center randomized controlled trial in 369 patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 259(Supp.2), 155–166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-009-0065-6
Heinrichs, N., Alpers, G. W. & Gerlach, A. L. (2009). Evidenzbasierte Leitlinie zur Psychotherapie der Panikstörung und Agoraphobie . Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe.
Hofmann, S. G., Alpers, G. W. & Pauli, P. (2009). Phenomenology of panic and phobic disorders. In M. M. Antony & M. B. Stein (eds.), Oxford handbook of anxiety and related disorders (S. 34–46). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195307030.013.0003
Hüweler, R., Kandil, F. I., Alpers, G. W. & Gerlach, A. L. (2009). The impact of visual flow stimulation on anxiety, dizziness, and body sway in individuals with and without fear of heights. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47(1), 345–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2009.01.011
Mühlberger, A., Alpers, G. W. & Pauli, P. (2009). Der Einsatz moderner Technologien in der Psychotherapie. In M. Hautzinger (eds.), Enzyklopädie der Psychologie (S. 665–724). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe.
Vogel, H. & Alpers, G. W. (2009). Welche Kompetenzen braucht ein Psychotherapeut? Überlegungen zu den Zielen der Psychotherapieausbildung. Psychodynamische Psychotherapie : PDP, 8(3), 124–134.
Wieser, M. J., Pauli, P., Alpers, G. W. & Mühlberger, A. (2009). Is eye to eye contact really threatening and avoided in social anxiety? An eye-tracking and psychophysiology study. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23(1), 93–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.04.004
Wieser, M. J., Pauli, P., Weyers, P., Alpers, G. W. & Mühlberger, A. (2009). Fear of negative evaluation and the hypervigilance-avoidance hypothesis: An eye-tracking study. Journal of Neural Transmission, 116(6), 717–723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-008-0101-0
2008
Alpers, G. W. (2008). Eye-catching: Right hemisphere attentional bias for emotional pictures. Laterality : Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 13(2), 158–178. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576500701779247
Alpers, G. W. & Adolph, D. (2008). Exposure to heights in a theme park: Fear, dizziness, and body sway. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22(4), 591–601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.05.008
Alpers, G. W. & Eisenbarth, H. (2008). Psychopathic personality inventory-revised : PPI-R; Manual, deutsche Version . Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe.
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.
Alpers, G. W. & Sell, R. (2008). And yet they correlate: Psychophysiological activation predicts self-report outcomes of exposure therapy in claustrophobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22(7), 1101–1109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.11.009
Arnold, B. S., Alpers, G. W., Süß, H., Friedel, E., Kosmützky, G., Geier, A. & Pauli, P. (2008). Affective pain modulation in fibromyalgia, somatoform pain disorder, back pain, and healthy controls. European Journal of Pain : EJP, 12(3), 329–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpain.2007.06.007
Eisenbarth, H., Alpers, G. W., Conzelmann, A., Jacob, C. P., Weyers, P. & Pauli, P. (2008). Psychopathic traits in adult ADHD patients. Personality and Individual Differences, 45(6), 468–472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2008.05.022
Eisenbarth, H., Alpers, G. W., Segrè, D., Calogero, A. & Angrilli, A. (2008). Categorization and evaluation of emotional faces in psychopathic women. Psychiatry Research, 159(1/2), 189–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2007.09.001
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
Herrmann, M. J., Huter, T., Plichta, M. M., Ehlis, A.-C., Alpers, G. W., Mühlberger, A. & Fallgatter, A. J. (2008). Enhancement of activity of the primary visual cortex during processing of emotional stimuli as measured with event-related functional near-infrared spectroscopy and event-related potentials. Human Brain Mapping, 29(1), 28–35. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.20368
Höfle, M., Kenntner-Mabiala, R., Pauli, P. & Alpers, G. W. (2008). Looking pain in the eye: Pupillometry as an index of pain intensity under different luminance conditions. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 70(3), 171–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.06.008
Mokros, A., Menner, B., Eisenbarth, H., Alpers, G. W., Lange, K. W. & Osterheider, M. (2008). Diminished cooperativeness of psychopaths in a prisoner's dilemma game yields higher rewards. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117(2), 406–413. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.117.2.406
Schulz, S. M., Alpers, G. W. & Hofmann, S. G. (2008). Negative self focused cognitions mediate the effect of trait social anxiety on state anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46(4), 438–449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2008.01.008
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
Alpers, G. W. & Hofmann, S. G. (2007). The American Way: Die Psychotherapieausbildung in den USA. Verhaltenstherapie & psychosoziale Praxis : VPP, 39(1), 195–201.
Alpers, G. W. & Pauli, P. (2007). Biopsychologie der Panik – Teil 1. Deutsche Angst-Zeitschrift : daz, 11(38), 21–23.
Alpers, G. W. & Pauli, P. (2007). Biopsychologie der Panik – Teil 2. Deutsche Angst-Zeitschrift : daz, 11(39), 21–23.
Eisenbarth, H. & Alpers, G. W. (2007). Validierung der deutschen Übersetzung des Psychopathy Personality Inventory (PPI). Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 36(3), 216–224. https://doi.org/10.1026/1616-3443.36.3.216
Holmes, D., Alpers, G. W., Ismailji, T., Classen, C., Wales, T., Cheasty, V., Miller, A. & Koopman, C. (2007). Cognitive and emotional processing in narratives of women abused by intimate partners: A pilot study. Violence Against Women, 13(11), 1192–1205. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801207307801
Kenntner-Mabiala, R., Gorges, S., Alpers, G. W., Lehmann, A. C. & Pauli, P. (2007). Musically induced arousal affects pain perception in females but not in males: A psychophysiological examination. Biological Psychology, 75(1), 19–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.10.005
2006
Alpers, G. W., Krebs, H., Mühlberger, A., Weyers, P. & Pauli, P. (eds.) (2006). Wissenschaftliche Beiträge zum 24. Symposium der Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) : 25. bis 27. Mai 2006 in Würzburg . Lengerich [u.a.]: Pabst Science Publ.
Alpers, G. W. (2006). Autofahrphobie – Horror auf Rädern. Psychologie heute, 33(6), 52–53.
Alpers, G. W. (2006). Bachelor und Master kommen – aber wie und wann? Bericht zum DGVT-Dialogforum “Bachelor/Master” am 2.12.2005 in Berlin. Verhaltenstherapie & psychosoziale Praxis : VPP, 38(1), 205–208.
Alpers, G. W. (2006). Die neuen Bachelor- und Master-Studiengänge : Bericht zum DGVT-Dialogforum „Bachelor/Master“ am 2.12.05 in Berlin. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 35(2), 163–164. https://doi.org/10.1026/1616-3443.35.2.163
Alpers, G. W. (2006). Psychologie-Studienabschlüsse: Besser macht's der Master. Deutsches Ärzteblatt / Ausgabe A, Praxisausgabe, 5(7), 303–305.
Alpers, G. W. (2006). Wenn Bachelor und Master kommen. Verhaltenstherapie, 16(1), 72–73.
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
Alpers, G. W., Mühlberger, A. & Pauli, P. (2006). Angst – Neuropsychologie. In H. Förstl (eds.), Neurobiologie psychischer Störungen (S. 523–544). Heidelberg [u.a.]: Springer-Medizin-Verl. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30887-3_12
Alpers, G. W. & Pauli, P. (2006). Emotional pictures predominate in binocular rivalry. Cognition & Emotion, 20(5), 596–607. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699930500282249
Melfsen, S., Alpers, G. W., Walitza, S. & Warnke, A. (2006). Angstsensitivität bei Kindern mit Aufmerksamkeits und Hyperaktivitätsstörung. Verhaltenstherapie, 16(1), 25–30. https://doi.org/10.1159/000091595
Mueller, J. & Alpers, G. W. (2006). Two facets of being bothered by bodily sensations: anxiety sensitivity and alexithymia in psychosomatic patients. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 47(6), 489–495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2006.03.001
Mueller, J., Alpers, G. W. & Reim, N. (2006). Dissociation of rated emotional valence and Stroop interference in observer rated alexithymia. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 61(2), 261–269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.02.017
Mühlberger, A., Alpers, G. W. & Pauli, P. (2006). Psychophysiologische Methoden. In F. Petermann & M. Eid (eds.), Handbuch der Psychologischen Diagnostik (S. 160–167). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe.
Wieser, M. J., Mühlberger, A., Alpers, G. W., Macht, M., Ellgring, H. & Pauli, P. (2006). Emotion processing in Parkinson's disease: dissociation between early neuronal processing and explicit ratings. Clinical Neurophysiology, 117(1), 94–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2005.09.009
2005
Alpers, G. W. (2005). Ressourcenorientierung. In H. Petermann (eds.), Handbuch der Klinischen Psychologie und Psychotherapie (S. 334–342). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe.
Alpers, G. W., Ruhleder, M., Walz, N., Mühlberger, A. & Pauli, P. (2005). Binocular rivalry between emotional and neutral stimuli: A validation using fear conditioning and EEG. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 57(1), 25–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2005.01.008
Alpers, G. W., Wilhelm, F. H. & Roth, W. T. (2005). Psychophysiological assessment during exposure in driving phobic patients. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114(1), 126–139. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.114.1.126
Alpers, G. W., Winzelberg, A. J., Classen, C., Roberts, H., Dev, P., Koopman, C. & Taylor, C. B. (2005). Evaluation of computerized text anaylsis in an Internet breast cancer support group. Computers in Human Behavior, 21(2), 361–376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2004.02.008
Mühlberger, A., Alpers, G. W. & Pauli, P. (2005). Fear of flying in the wake of September 11: No evidence for an increase in a German sample. Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 18(4), 343–349. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615800500289490
Mühlberger, A., Alpers, G. W. & Pauli, P. (2005). Spezifische Phobien. In H. Petermann (eds.), Handbuch der Klinischen Psychologie und Psychotherapie (S. 472–481). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe.
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/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2004.01.013
Alpers, G. W. & Vogel, H. (2004). Bachelor oder Master, wer wird Psychotherapeut? Was die Neufassung der Studienabschlüsse für die Psychotherapieausbildung bedeutet. Psychotherapeutenjournal, 3(4), 315–319.
2003
Alpers, G. W. (2003). Bandelow, B. (2001). Panik und Agoraphobie: Diagnose,Ursachen, Behandlung. Wien, New York: Springer. Review, Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie. https://doi.org/10.1026//1616-3443.32.1.62b
Alpers, G. W., Abelson, J. L., Wilhelm, F. H. & Roth, W. T. (2003). Salivary cortisol response during exposure treatment in driving phobics. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65(4), 679–687. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.PSY.0000073872.85623.0C
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
Pauli, P. & Alpers, G. W. (2002). Memory bias in patients with hypochondriasis and somatoform pain disorder. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 52(1), 45–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3999(01)00295-1
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.
Research Interests
- Mental disorders: anxiety disorders (phobias, panic disorder, social phobia, fear sensitivity), eating disorders (bulimia), evaluation of psychotherapy
- Emotions and sensory perception (binocular rivalry, eye tracking, startle, EMG of facial muscles, EEG and imaging)
- Outpatient monitoring (psychophysiology and psychoneuroendocrinology)

Professional Career

since 2011

Managing director of the Otto-Selz-Institute

Academic Career

2017	Acceptance of the offer to stay at the University of Mannheim. Rejection of the Göttingen offer.
2016	Offer of the W3-Professorship for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Georg-August-University of Göttingen.
since 2010	W3 Professor of Clinical and Biological Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Mannheim. Offered the W3 Professorship for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Leipzig. Acceptance of the offer to stay at the University of Mannheim.
2008 – 2010	Substitute Chairman of Biological and Clinical Psychology (W3), University of Eichstätt. Chair of Physiological and Clinical Psychology, University of Eichstätt.
2008 – 2012	Elected (and re-elected) to the Division Head of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of the German Society of Psychology. Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
2007 – 2008	Substitute W3-Professorship for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bielefeld. Department of Psychology, University of BielefeldSubstitute W3-Professorship for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bielefeld. Department of Psychology, University of Bielefeld
2007	Habilitation in Psychology at the Philosophical Faculty III of the University of Würzburg
2002 – 2010	Research Assistant at the Julius-Maximilian-University of Würzburg
2002	Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Marburg
2001	Research Assistant at the Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg
1999 – 2001	Research Associate, Behavioral Medicine Media Laboratory, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA
1999 – 2000	Research Associate, Laboratory of Clinical Psychopharmacology and Psychophysiology, Stanford University School of Medicine and Palo Alto VA Hospital, USA
1998 – 2001	Scholarship recipient of the Graduate Funding of the State of Hesse
1998 – 1999	Research Fellow of the DAAD
1997	Admission to exercise psychotherapy (HPG)
1991 – 1997	Psychology Student at the University of Marburg; scholarship recipient of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation

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Since 2011 Managing Director of the Otto-Selz-Institute
University Representative of the State Chamber of Psychotherapists Baden-Wuerttemberg
Member of the Ethics Committee of the University of Mannheim
Contact person in case of sexual harassment
Co-editor of the journal Verhaltenstherapie & Verhaltensmedizin
Member Editorial Board: Open Psychology
Consulting Editor: Cognition & Emotion

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Prof. Dr. Georg W. Alpers

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