Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
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New publications Spengler, Doerflinger, Noel, Ditzen, Freiherr, Heinrichs (2025). Smelling the romantic partner’s natural body odor increases psychological and autonomic but not cortisol stress responses. Tönsing, Schiller, Vehlen, Nickel, van Elst, Domes, Heinrichs (2025). Altered interactive dynamics of gaze behavior during face-to-face interaction in autistic individuals: a dual eye-tracking study. Schneider, Hernandez, Brock, Eckstein, Bodenmann, Heinrichs, Ehlert, Läuchli, Ditzen (2025). Intranasal oxytocin and physical intimacy for dermatological wound healing and neuroendocrine stress: a randomized clinical trial. Aguilar-Raab, Stoffel, Fischer, Eckstein, Bodenmann, Heinrichs, Ehlert, Ditzen (2025). Minimal couple intervention to improve psychobiological stress resilience. Article Nannt, van den Hoek Ostende, Tuschen-Caffier, Heinrichs, Sippel, Hallschmid, Svaldi (2025). Oxytocin effects on food stimulus processing and food intake in females with or without binge eating disorder. Schlump, Feige, Matthies, von Zedtwitz, Matteit, Lange, Nickel, Domschke, Reisert, Rau, Heinrichs, Endres, Tebartz van Elst, Maier (2025). Brain structural correlates of EEG network hyperexcitability, symptom severity, attention, and memory in borderline personality disorder. Labuschagne, Dominguez, Grace, Mizzi, Henry, Peters, Rabinak, Sinclair, Lorenzetti, Terrett, Rendell, Pedersen, Hocking, Heinrichs (2024). Specialization of amygdala subregions in emotion processing. Mizzi, Pedersen, Rossell, Rendell, Terrett, Heinrichs, Labuschagne (2024). Resting-state amygdala subregion and precuneus connectivity provide evidence for a dimensional approach to studying social anxiety disorder. Kilian, Schiller, Meyer-Doll, Heinrichs, Schlaepfer (2024). Normalized affective responsiveness following deep brain stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle in depression. Stächele, Heinrichs (2024). Stress und Stressbewältigung beim Konfliktmanagement. Koenig, Diezig, Kalburgi, Antonova, Artoni, Brechet, Britz, Croce, Custo, Damborska, Deolindo, Heinrichs, Kleinert, Liang, Murphy, Nash, Nehaniv, Schiller, Smailovic, Tarailis, Tomescu, Toplutas, Vellante, Zanesco, Zappasodi, Zou, Michel (2024). EEG-meta-microstates: towards a more objective use of resting-state EEG microstate findings across studies. Article
| News Julia Lübke, M.Sc., and Sophie Rothenberger, M.Sc., joined our department as psychotherapists in our Outpatient Clinics on November 1, 2025. A warm welcome and best wishes for a good start! New JAMA-paper together with researchers from the Universities of Heidelberg and Zurich (Switzerland) on the role of intimate physical contact and oxytocin in wound healing. Frieder Wolfsberger, M.Sc., joined our department as new psychotherapist in our Outpatient Clinic on March 1, 2025. A warm welcome and best wishes for a good start! Dr. Bastian Schiller accepts the position as Full Professor and Chair for Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Heidelberg. Congratulations and all the very best! The University of Freiburg's new Psychotherapy Center is now online Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Freiburg. New LANCET paper together with researchers from the University of Basel (Switzerland) on the prosocial, empathic, and anxiolytic role of oxytocin in patients with diabetes insipidus. Relaxation training under pressure. The German newspaper SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG reported in their March 4, 2023 issue on new approaches for stress management including an interview with Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs (see Guide to Stress and Stress Coping). Dr. Bastian Schiller was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) of the European Union for the project entitled "From face-to-face to face-to-screen: Social animals interacting in a digital world" (Duration: 5 years; EUR 1.499.378). Congratulations on this great success! The “Annual Conference of Psychology and the Brain” will be held on June 16-18, 2022, at the University of Freiburg. This traditional conference offers keynote lectures given by leaders in the field as well as symposia, poster sessions, pre-conference workshops and – last but not least – Baden evening programs to communicate and to “network”. We look forward to welcoming you to Freiburg in summer 2022! Interview with Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs on stress, burnout, and the Freiburg Outpatient Clinic for Stress-Related Disorders (WIRTSCHAFTSWOCHE, 22.05.2022). "It doesn’t have to be the island paradise" – Interview with Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs on how to recover from everyday stress (BADISCHE ZEITUNG, 30.04.2022). New study on sex differences in the effects of attractiveness and threat on trust published in "Scientific Reports" (Press Information). "Ways to overcome autumn blues" – Interview with Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs on how to best tackle symptoms of seasonal depression (WELT AM SONNTAG, 12.09.2021). Dr. Bastian Schiller and Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the project entitled "Challenge versus threat: how cognitive appraisals of stress modulate its effect on social behavior" (Duration: 36 months; EUR 274,699). "Change your perspective and stay mindful" – Interview with Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs on how to best tackle stress in times of the corona crisis (ZDF, 21.12.2020). Dr. Tara Donker received a grant from the Max Planck Society (MPG) for the project entitled "Innovative methods in mental health care" (Duration: 60 months; EUR 783,520). "Recharging during the dark season" - Interview with Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs and Dr. Tobias Stächele on how to tackle symptoms of seasonal change. "How to beat the autumn blues" – Interview with Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs on how to best tackle symptoms of seasonal change (BADISCHE ZEITUNG, 21.11.2020). New book publication on "Guide to Stress and Stress Coping". After our book on “Stress and Stress Coping” for psychotherapists, this new self-help book is aimed at stressed individuals to improve their regenerative capacity, to change stress-inducing situations and to easily learn relaxation techniques. "It's about staying in touch" - Interview with Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs on the risks of social isolation (DER SONNTAG, 05.04.2020). How does stress make us ill? – The German weekly ZEIT ONLINE reported in the 12.08.2019 issue on the association between stress, burnout, and depression. Fascinating hormone – Interview with Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs on therapeutic perspectives of the hormone oxytocin (MEDICO, 05.06.2019). Radio Feature "Hormone Research between Therapy and Potential Manipulation": Interview with Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs and Dr. Bastian Schiller (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 10.01.2019). Loneliness: Interview with Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs (NZZ Format, SRF1 und 3sat, 13.09.2018). Why stress can cause an upset stomach – Interview with Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs (SPIEGEL ONLINE, 12.03.2018). Boy oh Boy – The soft side of testosterone? The German newspaper SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG reported in their 16.05.2017 issue on our new research findings on the hormone testosterone and its role in human behavior (see publications in HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR, NATURE, NATURE). Science Jam of the Bernstein Center and the Cluster of Excellence Brain Links-Brain Tools on "Liquid Trust". An Evening with Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs and actors Christoff Raphael Mortagne und Jana Skolovski. Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs met the Dalai Lama for a dialogue talk on "The biology of care: social hormones in the human brain" in Brussels Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs was awarded a Professorial Research Fellowship at the Cognition and Emotion Research Centre from ACU Melbourne, Australia. Prof. Dr. Gregor Domes accepts the position as Full Professor and Chair for Biological and Clinical Psychology at the University of Trier. Congratulations and all the very best! Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs has declined the offer of an appointment as Full Professor and Chair for Clinical Psychology at the University of Vienna and accepted a counter-offer to stay at the University of Freiburg. Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs has been appointed by the President of the Max Planck Society for a six-year term of office on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich. Prof. Dr. Frances S. Chen, Humboldt research fellow with our group since 2010, accepts the position as Professor of Health Psychology at the renowned University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada). Congratulations and all the very best! Prof. Dr. Robert Kumsta accepts the position as Full Professor and Chair for Genetic Psychology at the University of Bochum and declined an offer of an appointment as Full Professor of Life-Span Psychology at the University of Lubeck. Congratulations and all the very best! |
