Publications

Direct comparison of nocebo, deceptive placebo and open-label placebo effects on sustained visual attention

Positive and negative expectations crucially shape how we perceive our surroundings, including our emotional and cognitive abilities. …
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The effects of different types of pain modulation on social emotions and behaviour - a systematic literature review

Changes to one’s pain processing system through external or cognitive influences may influence how we interact with other people. …
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Vier Jahrzehnte Fachgruppe Biologische Psychologie und Neuropsychologie in der DGPs – Eine Zeitreise zum Jubiläum

Biologische Psychologie und Neuropsychologie bezeichnet ein interdisziplinäres Fach, das sich den biologischen Grundlagen psychischer …
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Tracking and mainstreaming replications in the social, cognitive, and behavioral sciences

Replicability is a cornerstone of scientific progress. Yet replications are often undervalued and are sometimes seen as …
Helena Hartmann, Flávio Azevedo, Lukas Röseler, Lukas Wallrich, Alaa Aldoh, Mahmoud Elsherif, Meng Liu, Rían O’Mahoney, Zoran Pavlović, Robert Reason, Aleksandrina Skvortsova, Valeria Agostini, Laurence Aitchison, Ali H. Al-Hoorie, Nihan Albayrak, Nora Ammann, Farid Anvari, Patrícia Arriaga, Bradley James Baker, Balazs Aczel, David J. Bauer, Julia Beitner, Hetvi Bhatt, Cameron Brick, Hilmar Brohmer, Benjamin Brummernhenrich, Emily Budd, Anya Butler, Subramanya Prasad Chandrashekar, Sau-Chin Chen, Kai Li Chung, Jamie P. Cockcroft, Paul Crowe, Oliver Deane, Veronica Diveica, Andis Draguns, Sam Enright, Thomas Rhys Evans, Anna Exner, Gilad Feldman, Adrien Fillon, Felipe Fontana Vieira, Joris Frese, Max Gattie, Vaitsa Giannouli, Biljana Gjoneska, Amélie Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Christopher James Graham, Jason Hausenloy, Alina Herderich, Zlatomira Ilchovska, Hirotaka Imada, Kamil Izydorczak, Alma Jeftic, Tamara Kalandadze, Alexandros Kastrinogiannis, Maren Klingelhöfer-Jens, Halil Emre Kocalar, Lina Koppel, Alina Koppold, Max Korbmacher, Annalise LaPlume, Jaeho lee, Nigel Mantou Lou, Dermot Lynott, Sharan Maiya, David McSharry, Kimberly Lewis Meidenbauer, Maria Meier, Leticia Micheli, Maria Montefinese, David Moreau, Nadja K. Moser, Kellen Mrkva, Niyatee Narkar, Monika Nemcova, Aoife O'Mahony, Julian Packheiser, Shubham Pandey, Charlotte Pennington, Merle-Marie Pittelkow, Willemijn Plomp, Paul E. Plonski, Ekaterina Pronizius, Elena Richert, Jan Philipp Röer, Robert M Ross, Kathleen Schmidt, Nuño Sempere, Matthias F.J. Sperl, Jeffrey R Stevens, Alvin Tan, Marina Tiulpakova, Aleksandra Tołopiło, Burak Tunca, Wolf van Paemel, Leigh Ann Vaughn, Steven Verheyen, Julia Wolska, Siu Kit Yeung, Mirela Zaneva, Gavin Leech
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Nocebo effects are stronger and more persistent than placebo effects in healthy individuals

Placebo and nocebo effects illustrate the profound influence of cognitive-affective processes on symptom perception and treatment …
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The association between test anxiety, learning strategies, and open-label placebo effects on academic test performance: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

The management of educational stressors and predictors of cognitive performance outcomes, such as test anxiety and learning strategies …
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Bridging neurodiversity and open scholarship: How shared values can guide best practices for research integrity, social justice, and principled education

In recent years, the scientific community has called for improvements in the credibility, robustness, and reproducibility of research, …
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Incorporating feminist practices into psychological science - the why, the what and the how

Feminism is about all forms of challenging social, economic and political power taken by a dominant group. Applying a feminist lens to …
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Gute Betreuung, faire Bewertungen und angemessene Arbeitsbedingungen ermöglichen exzellente Promotionen in der Psychologie

Die Kommission „Anreizsystem, Machtmissbrauch und Wissenschaftliches Fehlverhalten“ (AMWF) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie …
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Bio- und Neuropsychologische Methoden im Fokus – Anforderungen und Chancen für die Promotionskultur

Die Fachgruppe Biologische Psychologie und Neuropsychologie (FGBNP) begrüßt die Stellungnahme der Kommission „Studium und Lehre“ der …
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Meta-analytic evidence for distinct neural correlates of conditioned vs. verbally induced placebo analgesia

Placebo analgesia demonstrates that belief and expectation can significantly alter pain, even without active treatment. Placebo …
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A scoping review on metrics to quantify reproducibility: a multitude of questions leads to a multitude of metrics

Reproducibility is recognized as essential to scientific progress and integrity. Replication studies and large-scale replication …
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There is no research on a dead planet – Fostering ecologically sustainable open science practices in neuroscience

The rapidly escalating climate crisis poses an existential threat to human wellbeing. Reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions …
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ARIADNE – a scientific navigator to find your way through the resource labyrinth

Performing high-quality research is a challenging endeavor, especially for early career researchers, in many fields of psychological …
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Point of view: An annotated introductory reading list for neurodiversity

Since its inception, the concept of neurodiversity has been variably defined and widely discussed, which may cause confusion among …
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Stage 1 Programmatic Registered Report: Open scholarship and feedback in applied research/Understanding the role of climate change in applied research: A qualitative Registered Report

Applied researchers have an important societal role in influencing real-world practice, bridging academic research, theory and …
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The Replication Database: Documenting the replicability of psychological science

In psychological science, replicability—repeating a study with a new sampleachieving consistent results (Parsons et al., 2022)—is …
Lukas Röseler, Leonard Kaiser, Christopher Albert Doetsch, Noah Klett, Christian Seida, Astrid Schütz, Balazs Aczel, Nadia Adelina, Valeria Agostini, Samuel Alarie, Nihan Albayarak-Aydemir, Alaa Aldoh, Ali H. Al-Hoorie, Flávio Azevedo, Bradley James Baker, Charlotte Lilian Barth, Julia Beitner, Cameron Brick, Hilmar Brohmer, Subramanya Prasad Chandrashekar, Kai Li Chung, Jamie P. Cockcroft, Jamie Cummins, Veronica Diveica, Tsvetomira Dumbalska, Emir Efendic, Mahmoud Elsherif, Thomas Rhys Evans, Gilad Feldman, Adrien Fillon, Nico Förster, Joris Frese, Oliver Genschow, Vaitsa Giannouli, Biljana Gjoneska, Timo Gnambs, Amélie Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Christopher James Graham, Helena Hartmann, Clove Haviva, Alina Herderich, Leon Paul Hilbert, Darías Holgado, Ian Hussey, Zlatomira Ilchovska, Tamara Kalandadze, Veli-Matti Karhulahti, Leon Kasseckert, Maren Klingelhöfer-Jens, Alina Koppold, Max Korbmacher, Louisa Kulke, Niclas Kuper, Annalise A. LaPlume, Gavin Leech, Feline Lohkamp, Nigel Mantou Lou, Dermot Lynott, Maximilian Maier, Maria Montefinese, Maria Meier, David Moreau, Kellen Mrkva, Monika Nemcova, Danna Oomen, Julian Packheiser, Shubham Pandey, Frank Papenmeier, Mariola Paruzel-Czachura, Yuri G. Pavlov, Zoran Pavlović, Charlotte Rebecca Pennington, Merle-Marie Pittelkow, Willemijn Plomp, Paul E. Plonski, Ekaterina Pronizius, Andrew A. Pua, Katarzyna Pypno, Manuel Rausch, Tobias R. Rebholz, Elena Richert, Jan Philipp Röer, Robert M Ross, Kathleen Schmidt, Aleksandrina Skvortsova, Matthias F.J. Sperl, Alvin Tan, J. Lukas Thürmer, Aleksandra Tołopiło, Wolf van Paemel, Leigh Ann Vaughn, Steven Verheyen, Lukas Wallrich, Lucia Weber, Julia Wolska, Mirela Zaneva, Yikang Zhang
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Cognitive Control: Exploring the causal role of the rTPJ in empathy for pain mediated by contextual information

Empathy determines our emotional and social lives. Extensive research has recognised the role of the right temporo-parietal junction …
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Side-effects are often a curse. Can they also be a blessing?

The therapeutic effect of medicines is determined by more than their pharmacological properties. Factors such as the colour of a …
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The effectiveness of preregistration in psychology: Assessing preregistration strictness and preregistration-study consistency

Study preregistration has become increasingly popular in psychology, but its potential to restrict researcher degrees of freedom has …
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Placebo analgesia does not generalise from pain to interoceptive abilities

Placebo pills reliably reduce pain. Pain perception is tied to increased arousal and heart rate, whose perception is closely related to …
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A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis of the physical and mental health benefits of touch interventions

Receiving touch is of critical importance for human well-being. A large number of studies have shown that touch promotes mental and …
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Open-label placebo treatment does not enhance cognitive abilities in healthy volunteers

The use of so-called ‘smart drugs’ such as modafinil to improve cognitive performance has recently attracted considerable attention. …
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A pill as a quick solution: association between painkiller intake, empathy, and prosocial behavior

Previous research has demonstrated a link between the administration of analgesic drugs and the reduction of empathy levels in humans. …
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To respond or not to respond: Exploring empathy-related psychological and structural brain differences between placebo analgesia responders and non-responders

Placebo responsiveness is highly variable across individuals. In the domain of pain, it may range from pronounced hypoalgesia to no …
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The replication crisis has led to positive structural, procedural, and community changes

The emergence of large-scale replication projects yielding successful rates substantiallylower than expected caused the behavioural, …
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Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: a critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes

In recent years, the scientific community has called for improvements in the credibility, robustness and reproducibility of research, …
Madeleine Pownall, Flávio Azevedo, Laura M. König, Hannah R. Slack, Thomas Rhys Evans, Zoe Flack, Sandra Grinschgl, Mahmoud M. Elsherif, Katie A. Gilligan-Lee, Catia M. F. de Oliveira, Biljana Gjoneska, Tamara Kalandadze, Katherine Button, Sarah Ashcroft-Jones, Jenny Terry, Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir, Filip Děchtěrenko, Shilaan Alzahawi, Bradley J. Baker, Merle-Marie Pittelkow, Lydia Riedl, Kathleen Schmidt, Charlotte R. Pennington, John J. Shaw, Timo Lüke, Matthew C. Makel, Helena Hartmann, Mirela Zaneva, Daniel Walker, Steven Verheyen, Daniel Cox, Jennifer Mattschey, Tom Gallagher-Mitchell, Peter Branney, Yanna Weisberg, Kamil Izydorczak, Ali H. Al-Hoorie, Ann-Marie Creaven, Suzanne L. K. Stewart, Kai Krautter, Karen Matvienko-Sikar, Samuel J. Westwood, Patrícia Arriaga, Meng Liu, Myriam A. Baum, Tobias Wingen, Robert M. Ross, Aoife O'Mahony, Agata Bochynska, Michelle Jamieson, Myrthe Vel Tromp, Siu Kit Yeung, Martin R. Vasilev, Amélie Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Leticia Micheli, Markus Konkol, David Moreau, James E. Bartlett, Kait Clark, Gwen Brekelmans, Theofilos Gkinopoulos, Samantha L. Tyler, Jan Philipp Röer, Zlatomira G. Ilchovska, Christopher R. Madan, Olly Robertson, Bethan J. Iley, Samuel Guay, Martina Sladekova, Shanu Sadhwani, FORRT
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Your pain in my brain

Pain is ubiquitous in life — we feel it when we accidentally hit our elbow on the door frame while rushing to the next meeting. But we …
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The nocebo effect: The placebo’s “evil twin”

Treatments are designed to help people fight diseases or their symptoms, and they are supposed to make us feel better. However, some …
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Placebo analgesia reduces costly prosocial helping to lower another’s pain

Painkiller administration lowers pain empathy, but whether this also reduces prosocial behavior is unknown. In this preregistered …
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A community-sourced glossary of open scholarship terms

Open scholarship has transformed research, and introduced a host of new terms in the lexicon of researchers. The ‘Framework for Open …
Parsons, Sam, Azevedo, Flávio, Guay, Samuel, Norris, Emma, O’Mahony, Aoife, Todorovic, Ana, Garcia-Pelegrin, Elias, Lazić, Aleksandra, Robertson, Olly, Valentini, Beatrice, McCuaig, Joanne, Collins, Elizabeth, Vanek, Norbert, Kovacs, Marton, Rishi, Sonia, Jaquiery, Matt, Agostini, Valeria, Izydorczak, Kamil, Ashcroft-Jones, Sarah, Hartmann, Helena, Ingham, Madeleine, Yamada, Yuki, Dechterenko, Filip, Albayrak-Aydemir, Nihan, Yang, Yu-Fang, Zaneva, Mirela, Mounce, Ross, Kalandadze, Tamara, Li, Wanyin, Xiao, Qinyu, Yeung, Siu Kit, Liu, Meng, Kekecs, Zoltan, Bret, Amélie, Ballou, Nick, Dumbalska, Tsvetomira, Arendt, Beatrix, Laverty, Catherine, Moreau, David, Reid, Graham, Garcia-Garzon, Eduardo, Verheyen, Steven, Micheli, Leticia, Bret, Brice Beffara, Szaszi, Barnabas, Weinmann, Markus, Lecuona, Oscar, Schmidt, Birgit, Mendes, Ana Barbosa, Francis, Shannon, Paul, Mariella, Grose-Hodge, Magdalena, Spitzer, Lisa, Pownall, Madeleine, Wingen, Tobias, Terry, Jenny, AlDoh, Alaa, Hart, Alexander, Feldman, Gilad, Pomareda, Christina, Krautter, Kai, Aczel, Balazs
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Emotional ego- and altercentric biases in high-functioning autism spectrum disorder: Behavioral and neurophysiological evidence

Self-other distinction is a crucial aspect of social cognition, as it allows us to differentiate our own mental and emotional states …
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Introducing a Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT)

Dramatic changes to the transparency, rigor, reproducibility and replicability of research practices have occurred in the last decade. …
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Placebo analgesia does not reduce empathy for naturalistic depictions of others’ pain in a somatosensory specific way

The shared representations account postulates that sharing another’s pain recruits underlying brain functions also engaged during …
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Navigating open science as early career feminist researchers

Open Science aims to improve the rigour, robustness, and reproducibility of psychological research. Despite resistance from some …
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Neural correlates of interpersonal space permeability and flexibility in autism spectrum disorder

Interpersonal space can be defined as a safety zone immediately surrounding our body, which allows us to feel comfortable during social …
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Another's pain in my brain - No evidence that placebo analgesia affects the sensory-discriminative component in empathy for pain

The shared representations account of empathy suggests that sharing other people’s emotions relies on neural processes similar to …
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