Publications

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

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

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

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

Brandt, L., Böge, G., Hahn, E., Bajbouj, M., & Kühn, S. (2026). Klima und psychische Gesundheit. Nervenheilkunde, 45(1-2), 25–26. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2727-8394

Brandt, L., De Prisco, M., Nocera, D., Rehm, M. C., Cohen, S., Kosker, D. N., von Luxburg, S., Ori, D., Pinzón-Espinosa, J., Scheuber, P., Sonntag, N., Radua, J., Hasan, A., Luykx, J. J., & the Global Evidence on Planetary Mental Health Study Group [Member of the MPIB: Simone Kühn]. (2026). Climate-related and nature-based interventions for mental health: An umbrella review and meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry, 83(5), 499–509. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.0037

Fares-Otero, N. E., Halligan, S. L., Moog, N. K., Horsch, A., Vieta, E., Seedat, S., & Miskowiak, K. W. (2026). Cognition and mood changes in pregnancy: Timing and childhood maltreatment histories. Letter to the editor. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 153(5), 588–590. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.70003

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

Gleich, T., Vilalta, M., Lorenz, R. C., Holtkamp, M., & Vorderwülbecke, B. J. (2026). Self-referential processing and emotion regulation in epilepsy: Associations with affective symptom burden. Epilepsy & Behavior, 181, Article 111060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2026.111060

Grødem, E. O. S., Vidal-Pineiro, D., Sørensen, Ø., Bartrés-Faz, D., Brandmaier, A. M., Cattaneo, G., Garrido, P. F., Henson, R. N., Kühn, S., Lindenberger, U., MacIntosh, B. J., Nyberg, L., Pascual-Leone, A., Smith, S. M., Solé-Padullés, C., Solana-Sánchez, J., Watne, L. O., Walhovd, K. B., Bjørnerud, A., & Fjell, A. M. (2026). Stable individual differences dominate adult brain volume variation until later life. Imaging Neuroscience, 4, Article IMAG.a.1242. https://doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a.1242

Hosea, A. V., Drewelies, J., Bridger, E. K., & Potter, S. (2026). Emotional reactivity to daily physical symptoms in adulthood and old age: The role of different facets of social support. Gerontology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1159/000553171

Instinske, J., Schowe, A. M., Czamara, D., Kuznetsov, D. V., Mönkediek, B., & Kandler, C. (2026). Epigenetic aging and personality differences: Latent change analyses of twin data. European Journal of Personality, 40(4), 953–976. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070261418426

Kalc, P., ter Veer, M., Dahnke, R., Ziegler, G., Kühn, S., & Gaser, C. (2026). Factors contributing to short-term structural variability in a longitudinal MRI dataset. Human Brain Mapping, 47(4), Article e70500. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70500

Klimesch, A., Ascone, L., Thomalla, G., Cheng, B., Petersen, M., Schäfer, I., Gallinat, J., & Kühn, S. (2026). Echoes of childhood trauma: The relationship between adverse childhood experiences, brain structure, and mental health in aging adults. Translational Psychiatry, 16, Article 52. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-026-03811-2

Koch, J., Buchinger, L., Brady, B., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Lindenberger, U., Ghisletta, P., Ram, N., Demuth, I., Vetter, V., Anstey, K. J., & Gerstorf, D. (2026). Health, cognitive, and psychosocial trajectories over nearly a decade as distal antecedents of awareness of age-related change in old age. The Journals of Gerontology: B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag170

Koops, T. U., Reidick, M. C., Ascone, L., Mordvintsev, M., Gallinat, J., Briken, P., & Kühn, S. (2026). Association of sexual dysfunctions according to DSM-5 criteria with structural brain differences in women and men from the Hamburg City Health Study. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 28(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/19585969.2026.2617046

Kuznetsov, D., Beyer, M., Ruks, M., Mönkediek, B., Kandler, C., & Kühn, S. (in press). Particulate matter air pollution and life satisfaction: Links across and within twin pairs. Environmental Research.