Publications of the Institute

Aczel, B., Szaszi, B., Clelland, H. T., Kovacs, M., Holzmeister, F., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Schulz-Kümpel, H., Hoffmann, S., Nilsonne, G., Kosa, L., Torma, Z. A., Abdelfatah, Y., Aberson, C. L., Acar, O. A., Acem, E., Adamkovic, M., Adamovich, T., Adiasto, K., Ahnström, L., Akil, A. M., Al-Busaidi, A. S., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Albers, C. J., Allen, P. J., Alsalti, T., Altman, M., Alzahawi, S., Ambrosini, E., Anafinova, S., Anand, R., Angerer, M., Angulo-Brunet, A., Antonietti, A., Arato, J., Arenas, A., Aviña, M. M., Azevedo, F., Bachl, M., Bago, B., Bahník, Š., Baker, B. J., Balayan, E., Baldwin, C. L., Banai, B., Banas, K., Bartoš, F., Baskin, E., Bastiaansen, J. A., Bault, N., Bauman, C. W., Beazer, Q. H., Behnke, M., Bendixen, T., Berger, S., Bernard, A., Bernardic, U., Bloom, P. A., Boldt, A., Bosch-Rosa, C., Botvinik-Nezer, R., Bouyamourn, A., Bozkurt, O., Brehm, L., Breuer, J., Briggs, R., Brohmer, H., Buchanan, E., Buckenmaier, J., Buckley, J., Buczny, J., Burghart, M., Butt, B. H., Byrd, N., Cafarelli, V., Callahan, P., Capitán, T., Carriere, K., Cataldo, A. M., Cepaluni, G., Chan, E., Chandler, J. J., Chang, C.-chen, Chen, X., Chen, S. S., Chen, F., Chen, H., Chirkov, V., Cialfi, D., Clarke, B., Coelho, S. G., Cohen, C., Collins, J., Cook, S. W., Corlazzoli, G., Cummins, J., Czymara, C., D'hondt, J., Dalla Rosa, A., Davis, A. M. B., Davis, C. P., Day, M. V., De Keyzer, F., de Leeuw, J. R., de Vries, T. R., Debnath, R., Dechterenko, F., Demiral, E. E., Desgroseilliers, M., Dianovics, D., Diveica, V., Dochow-Sondershaus, S., Dohle, S., Dong, L. C., Dora, J., Dorrough, A. R., Dreber, A., Du, H., Edlund, J. E., Eerland, A., Efendić, E., Elder, J., Elsherif, M. M., Ernst, M., Estrada, E., Eudave, L., Evans, T. R., Farrera, A., Ferrouhi, E. M., Fiala, L., Fialho, F. M., Fiechter, J. L., Fišar, M., Flores-Kanter, P. E., Folwarczny, M., Fossum, J. L., Franco, V. R., Freichel, R., Freire, D., Frese, J., Furnas, A. C., Gaebler, J. D., Gajary, L. C., Galang, C. M., Ganschow, B., Garrison, S. M., Gasiorowska, A., Gasparotto Ponne, B., Gauriot, R., Geminiani, A., Geraldes, D., Gernsbacher, M. A., Giani, C., Glerean, E., Gligorić, V., Gnambs, T., Godefroidt, A., González-Bustamante, B., Goreis, A., Graf-Vlachy, L., Grieder, M., Grigoryev, D., Grinschgl, S., Grüning, D. J., Guassi Moreira, J. F., Guichet, C., Gurgand, L., Habibnia, H., Hafenbrack, A. C., Hafenbrädl, S., Häffner, C., Hagemeister, F., Haigh, M., Hajdu, N., Hajimoladarvish, N., Hall, J. D., Hamjediers, M., Hardwick, R. M., Harma, M., Harp, N. R., Hartvig, Á. D., Heiberger, R. H., Heim, A., Hernæs, Ø., Hernaus, D., Heyman, T., Hicks, J., Hogeveen, J., Höpler, J., Houlihan, S. D., Huber, C., Hughes, C., Hummler, T., Huth, K., Ingendahl, M., Ishii, T., Isler, O., Izydorczak, K., Jackson, I. R., Jahn, A., Jain, M., Jakubow, A., Jang, D., Jang, J. H., Jekel, M., Jia, F., Jiménez-Leal, W., Johnson, R., Jones, A., Jungkunz, S., Kačmár, P., Kaiser, C., Kalaycı, Y., Kantorowicz, J., Karabulut, A., Karch, J. D., Karimi-Rouzbahani, H., Karl, J. A., Kažemekaitytė, A., Kazlou, A., Kekecs, Z., Kim, J., Kirchler, M. H., Kiss-Dobronyi, B., Klasmeier, K. N., Klein, J. W., Koba, C., Kołczyńska, M., Kolias, P., Kolouch Grabovský, M., Korbmacher, M., Korda, Ž., Kowal, M., Kretzschmar, A., Krivoshchekov, V., Krypotos, A.-M., Kubsch, M., Kunisato, Y., Lacko, D., Landwehr, J. R., Lange, M., Lee, H., Lee, D., Lee, S., Lemay Jr., E. P., Lempert, D., Leo, A., Lesage, E., Levin, J. M., Li, P., Lin, J., Lindsay, L., Lisovoj, D., Liu, M., Liu, S., Liu, T., Lo Iacono, S., Lodder, P., López-Bueno, R., Lopez-Nicolas, R., Loter, K., Lou, N. M., Lovakov, A., Lu, J. G., Ludwig, J., Luebber, F., Lukavský, J., Luo, C. Q., Lyu, X., Maassen, E., Máčel, M., Mack, M. L., Madan, C. R., Mädebach, A., Maffly-Kipp, J., Mallinson, D. J., Marchetti, I., Marghetis, T., Marini, M. M., Marino Fages, D., Martínez, M., Martinoli, M., Masiliunas, A., Massoni, S., Mathieu, K. C., Mayer, S., Mayer, D. J., Mayer, M., McCormick, E. M., McDonough, I. M., McGowan, A. L., McIntyre, M. M., McKee, P., Meier, A. N., Meier, P. F., Melero, H., Merkle, C., Merz, R., Michaelides, M. P., Michaelsen, P., Mikolajczak, G., Mill, W., Millroth, P., Miroshnik, K. G., Misiak, M., Mora, Y. L., Moreau, D., Moreh, C., Morvinski, C., Mushtaq, F., Nagy, T., Nater, C., Naumann, E., Navarrete, G., Nebe, S., Nedderhoff, A., Nennstiel, R., Neugebauer, M., Nicolaisen-Sobesky, E., Nielsen, Y. A., Niso, G., Nowak, B., Okan, M., Ong, K., Onicas, A. I., Oswald, C., Otten, K., Pandey, S., Pantazi, M., Papale, P., Pärnamets, P., Pauer, S., Pavlov, Y. G., Pawel, S., Peelle, J. E., Peetz, H. K., Peez, A., Pesciarelli, F., Peterson, B. D., Petruželka, B., Petter, J., Pfänder, J., Pfuhl, G., Phillips, J., Pietryka, M. T., Pirrone, A., Pit, I. L., Plachti, A., Plank, I. S., Ploner, M., Poldrack, R. A., Pollmann, M. M. H., Porcher, S., Präg, P., Pua, A. A. Y., Pugel, J., Puri, R., Püski, M., Radkani, S., Raes, L., Rafaï, I., Raiber, K., Rathje, S., Rehms, R., Reshetnikov, M., Reynolds, C. J., Reynolds, J. P., Rigaud, K., Rioux, C., Rivera, S., Robertson, O., Román-Caballero, R., Ropovik, I., Röseler, L., Ross, R. M., Rotella, A., Rüffer, F. F., Rusche, F., Rusconi, M., Russo, I., Sahm, A. H. J., Salamon, J., Samahita, M., Sanaei, A., Sangchooli, A., Sarafoglou, A., Scandola, M., Schaak, H., Schaerer, M., Schares, E., Schilling, H. T., Schmalz, X., Schmidt, K., Schonberg, T., Schreiner, M. R., Schröder, J. M., Schubert, A.-L., Schuetze, B., Schultz, D. H., Schulze, L., Schwartz, S. T., Schwitter, N., Scoggins, B., Seetahul, Y., Seri, R., Shanks, D. R., Shaw, S. T., Shaw, J., Shen, Q., Siemroth, C., Sladekova, M., Somo, A., Sondhi, A., Sonmez, B., Spantig, L., Speekenbrink, M., Stamos, A., Stasielowicz, L., Steckermeier, L. C., Steinkamp, S. R., Stoevenbelt, A. H., Street, C. N. H., Suchow, J. W., Sunde, H. F., Sundquist, J., Suschevskiy, V., Swain, S. D., Szecsi, P., Szekely-Copîndean, R. D., Szumowska, E., Tacconelli, A., Talbert, E., Tang, J. P., Tendeiro, J. N., Testori, M., Toffalini, E., Tomašević, A., Topel, S., Torkkeli, L., Tozzi, L., Traczyk, J., Trinidad, A., Trübutschek, D., Turek, K., Uhlich, M., Uhlmann, E. L., Urbanska, K., Van Assche, J., van Assen, M. A. L. M., van Dongen, N. N. N., van Lieshout, K., van Veldhuizen, R., Varga, M. A., Vaughn, L. A., Venczel, F., Vezzoli, M., Vierus, P., Visalli, A., Voldal, E., Votta, F., Wagenmakers, E.-J., Waldendorf, A., Walker, M. J., Wall, M. B., Wallen, H., Wang, K., Wang, I., Wang, Y. A., Weinmann, M., Weiß, M., Westheide, C., Wichman, A., Wilcke, J. C., Williams, B. J., Wisniewski, D., Woiczyk, T. K. A., Woźniak, M., Wright, J. D., Youyou, W., Wulff, J. N., Yang, T., Yeung, S. K., Yuen, K. S. L., Zawistowski, M., Zein, R. A., Zhao, X., Zheng, Z., Zhou, S., Ziller, C., Zimmerman, D., Zogmaister, C., Zultan, R., Fox, N., Errington, T. M., & Nosek, B. A. (2026). Investigating the analytical robustness of the social and behavioural sciences. Nature, 652, 135–142. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09844-9

Aguilera González, V. A., Cetin, G., Zika, S., Schulz, A., Pirsch, M., Dalski, A., & Grotheer, M. (2026). Regions in the human inferior temporal gyrus are engaged in numerosity processing across visual stimulus categories. Cerebral Cortex, 36(6), Article bhag065. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhag065

Aigner, C. S., Forlim, C. G., Santoro, D., Bodammer, N. C., Brühl, R., Sudimac, S., Schmalen, K., Schröder, S., Mohammadi, S., & Kühn, S. (2026). MRI goes mobile: Assessing the reliability and repeatability of a mobile vs. stationary 1.5 T MRI for functional neuroscience studies. NMR in Biomedicine, 39(7), Article e70310. https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.70310

Akin, G., Schwarze, S. A., Lindenberger, U., Bunge, S. A., & Fandakova, Y. (2026). Individual differences in error-related brain activity and post-error slowing in children. Human Brain Mapping, 47(9), Article e70581. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70581

Alemu, K., Yoo, H. J., Nashiro, K., Min, J., Nasseri, P., Cho, C., Choi, P., Bachman, S. L., Porat, S., Dutt, S., Thayer, J. F., & Mather, M. (2026). Effects of daily heart rate variability biofeedback practice on the amygdala's structural covariance network. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 228, Article 113461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2026.113461

Anand, S., Claassen, M. A., Riedy, C. A., & Hertwig, R. (2026). The toothbrushing boost toolbox: Competence-building behavioral strategies for oral health. Frontiers in Public Health, 14, Article 1834743. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1834743

Ascone, L., Mahlke, C., Tawil, N., Samaan, L., Frisch, M., Nugent, L., Nixdorf, R., Börncke, F., Lüdecke, D., Fischer, R., Bach, N., Hackbarth, C., McCall, T., Gallinat, J., & Kühn, S. (2026). Informing the redesign of psychiatric seclusion rooms: A mixed-methods pre-evaluation with individuals with lived experience. BMC Psychiatry, 26, Article 58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-026-07780-0

Ascone, L., Mostajeran, F., Hagen, H., Börncke, F., Klock, L., Gallinat, J., & Kühn, S. (2026). Compassion-focused virtual reality for individuals with a psychotic disorder: A randomized-controlled pilot study. Psychosis, 18(1), 47–63. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2025.2545769

Ascone, L., Samaan, L., Augustin, J., & Kühn, S. (2026). Nature vs. abstract imagery as an indoor design intervention in senior residential settings: Effects on cognition, affect, and pain in very old age. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 113, Article 103115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.103115

Asuako, P. A. G., Mueckstein, M., Stojan, R., Mack, M., Schwarze, S. A., Stelzel, C., Fandakova, Y., Stephan, D. N., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2026). Effect of modality compatibility on dual-task performance in a more naturalistic environment. Psychological Research, 90, Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-026-02238-0

Bahr, V., Schmid, H., Vetter, V. M., Spira, D., Drewelies, J., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Gerstorf, D., Düzel, S., Mai, K., & Demuth, I. (2026). Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between testosterone and cognitive performance in older people: Results of the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II). The Journals of Gerontology: A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 81(3), Article glaf286. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaf286

Baumann, F., Arora, N., Rahwan, I., & Czaplicka, A. (2026). Dynamics of algorithmic content amplification on TikTok. EPJ Data Science, 15, Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-026-00629-2

Beck, E. D., Willroth, E. C., Delius, J. A. M., Bennett, D. A., Barnes, L. L., James, B. D., Lipton, R. B., Katz, M., Hassing, L. B., Huisman, M., Mroczek, D. K., & Graham, E. K. (2026). A taxonomy of data synthesis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672261451901

Bentz, D., & Wulff, D. U. (2026). Leveraging large language models to map triggers of contamination-related obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Communications Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-026-00503-x

Berger, J., Burton, J. W., Hertwig, R., Kosch, T., Kurvers, R. H. J. M., Kurzenberger, B., Lazik, C., Onnasch, L., Rieger, T., Thoma, A. I., Wulff, D. U., & Herzog, S. M. (in press). Human learning is an understudied but promising lever for boosting human-AI synergy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Beyer, M., Kuznetsov, D., & Kühn, S. (2026). The German Twin Registry (GERTRUD): Towards harmonized, multisource twin research. Twin Research and Human Genetics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2026.10057

Beyer, M., Quinones, J., Stanojlovic, A., & Kühn, S. (2026). Das Gehirn ist keine Insel: Umweltneurowissenschaften. Nervenheilkunde, 45(1-2), 23–24. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2727-8354

Born, F., & Spitzer, B. (2026). Long-term effects of working memory retrieval from prioritized and deprioritized states. Communications Psychology, 4, Article 32. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-026-00399-7

Borukhson, D., Fegert, J., & Lorenz-Spreen, P. (2026). Diverging associations of traditional versus social media with government trust. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 13, Article 1157. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-08323-4

Brandmaier, A. M. (2026). Rethinking Cohen’s d: From effect size to detectability. Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation, 31(1), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.7275/pare.3550