Open Access Publications of the Institute

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

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

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

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., Barnes, L. L., James, B., Lipton, R., Katz, M., Hassing, L., Huisman, M., Mroczek, D., & Graham, E. K. (in press). A taxonomy of data synthesis: A tutorial. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

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

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

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

Brinkmann, L., Eisenmann, T. F., Nussberger, A.-M., Derex, M., Bonati, S., Chirkov, V., & Rahwan, I. (in press). Experimental evidence for the propagation and preservation of machine discoveries in human populations. Nature Communications.

Buchberger, E., Brandmaier, A. M., Lindenberger, U., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Ngo, C. T. (in press). The process structure of memory abilities in early and middle childhood [Registered Report]. Developmental Science.

Ciranka, S., Chevallier, C., & Nettle, D. (2026). Low socioeconomic status amplifies the perceived rarity of large rewards. Cognition, 270, Article 106409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106409

Daugherty, A. M., Carr, V., Canada, K. L., Rådman, G., Brown, T., Augustinack, J., Amunts, K., Bakker, A., Berron, D., Burggren, A., Chetelat, G., de Flores, R., Ding, S.-L., Huang, Y., Johnson, E., Kanel, P., Keresztes, A., Kedo, O., Kennedy, K. M., Lee, J., Malykhin, N., Martinez, A., Mueller, S., Mulligan, E., Ofen, N., Palombo, D., Pasquini, L., Pluta, J., Raz, N., Riggins, T., Rodrigue, K. M., Saifullah, S., Schlichting, M. L., Stark, C., Wang, L., Yushkevich, P., La Joie, R., Wisse, L., Olsen, R., Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, & Hippocampal Subfields Group. (2026). Harmonized protocol for subfield segmentation in the hippocampal body on high-resolution in vivo MRI from the Hippocampal Subfields Group (HSG). Hippocampus, 36(2), Article e70073. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.70073

Dong, M., Conway, J. R., Bonnefon, J.-F., Shariff, A., & Rahwan, I. (2026). Fears about artificial intelligence across 20 countries and six domains of application. American Psychologist, 81(1), 53–67. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001454

Dries, C., Schneider, C. R., Oeberst, A., McDowell, M., Egharevba, G., & Rebitschek, F. G. (2026). The impact of uncertainty communication on trust in its sources: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Royal Society Open Science, 13(4), Article 251896. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251896

Eisenmann, T. F., Karjus, A., Canet Sola, M., Brinkmann, L., Supriyatno, B. I., & Rahwan, I. (2026). Expertise elevates AI usage: Experimental evidence comparing laypeople and professional artists. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2026.2669041

Emmenegger, T. M., David, G., Mohammadi, S., Ziegler, G., Callaghan, M. F., Thompson, A., Friston, K. J., Weiskopf, N., Killeen, T., & Freund, P. (2026). Neuronal plasticity during motor rehabilitation training after spinal cord injury. Communications Biology, 9, Article 561. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-09793-7

Fischer, D. J., & Kühn, S. (2026). Scent of trees: Investigating the short-term effects of two tree essential oils on mood, psychological stress, and cognition. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 110, Article 102962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.102962

Fisher-Grafy, H., & Malin, Y. (2026). Peer rejection and group autonomy in the latency stage: A qualitative analysis of children’s voices in the classroom context. Children, 13(4), Article 463. https://doi.org/10.3390/children13040463

Fraemke, D. (2026). The end of cognitive meritocracy. AI & Society, 41, 4177–4178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-026-02856-7