Open Access Publications of the Institute

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

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

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

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. Advance online publication. 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. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-026-02856-7

Frevert, U. (2026). Die zwei Seiten der Angst: Wie ein Gefühl der Schwäche demokratisch auch mobilisieren kann. Neue Gesellschaft, Frankfurter Hefte, (4).

Garrido, D., Gómez-Pérez, M. M., Petrova, D., Catena, A., & Garcia-Retamero, R. (2026). Health-related behaviors and family quality of life in autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Research in Autism, 132, Article 202876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2026.202876

Ghose, U., Krämer, M. D., Richter, D., Wagner, G. G., Infurna, F. J., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2026). How spousal bereavement shapes life satisfaction: Stability and change across historical time. European Journal of Personality, 40(2), 268–285. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251336534

Givon-Benjio, N., Reingewertz, Y., & Gross, M. L. (2026). Susceptibility to misinformation and propaganda during wartime: Evidence from the Israel-Gaza war. Political Psychology, 47(3), Article e70127. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.70127

Hadjikiriakos, K., Krüger, F., Zimmermann, F. F., Grimm, J. A., Schorling, C., Lutz, M., Schmidt, S., Riemann, L. T., Degenhardt, K., Schäffter, T., Ladd, M. E., Metzger, G. J., Aigner, C. S., & Schmitter, S. (2026). Cross-site generalization of CNN-based B⁺₁ mapping in UHF MRI. NMR in Biomedicine, 39(5), Article e70263. https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.70263