Selected Key Publications
Oxytocin Increases Trust | Kosfeld, M.*, Heinrichs, M.*, Zak, P., Fischbacher, U. & Fehr, E. (2005). Oxytocin increases trust in humans. Nature, 435, 673-676. (* shared first authorship) | ||
Neurohormones and | Meyer-Lindenberg, A., Domes, G., Kirsch., P. & Heinrichs, M. (2011). Oxytocin and vasopressin in the human brain: social neuropeptides for translational medicine. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 12, 524-538. | ||
Testosterone and |
Eisenegger, C., Naef, M., Snozzi, R., Heinrichs, M. & Fehr, E. (2010). Prejudice and truth about the effect of testosterone on human bargaining behaviour. Nature, 463, 356-359. | ||
Testosterone and Cooperation |
Eisenegger, C., Naef, M., Snozzi, R., Heinrichs, M. & Fehr, E. (2012). New evidence on testosterone and cooperation. Nature, 485, 5-6. | ||
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Chen, F. S.*, Kumsta, R.*, von Dawans, B., Monakhov, M., Ebstein, R. P. & Heinrichs, M. (2011). Common oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphism and social support interact to reduce stress in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 108, 19937-19942. (* shared first authorship) | ||
Stress and Social Behavior | von Dawans, B., Fischbacher, U., Kirschbaum, C., Fehr, E. & Heinrichs, M. (2012). | ||
Oxytocin, Empathy, and
| Domes, Ower, von Dawans, Spengler, Dziobek, Bohus, Matthies, Philipsen & Heinrichs (2019). Effects of intranasal oxytocin administration on empathy and approach motivation in women with borderline personality disorder: a randomized trial. Translational Psychiatry, 9, 328 (1-9). | ||
Eye Contact and Persuasion
| Chen, F. S., Minson, J. A., Schöne, M. & Heinrichs, M. (2013). In the eye of the beholder: eye contact increases resistance to persuasion. Psychological Science, 24, 2254-2261. | ||
Self-Control and
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Kleinert, T., Nash, K., Leota, J., Koenig, T., Heinrichs, M. & Schiller, B. (2022). A self-controlled mind is reflected by stable mental processing. Psychological Science, 33, 2123-2137. | ||
New Perspectives for Treatment of Schizophrenia
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Millan, M. J., Andrieux, A., Bartzokis, G., Cadenhead, K., Dazzan, P., Fusar-Poli, P., Gallinat, J., Giedd, J., Grayson, D. R., Heinrichs, M., Kahn, R., Krebs, M. O., Leboyer, M., Lewis, D., Marin, O., Marin, P., Meyer-Lindenberg, A., McGorry, P., McGuire, P., Owen, M. J., Patterson, P., Sawa, A., Spedding, M., Uhlhaas, P., Vaccarino, F., Wahlestedt, C. & Weinberger, D. (2016). Altering the course of schizophrenia: progress and perspectives. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 15, 485-515. | ||
Prosocial Role of
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Atila, C., Holze, F., Murugesu, R., Rommers, N., Hutter, N., Varghese, N., Sailer, C. O., Eckert, A., Heinrichs, M., Liechti, M. E. & Christ-Crain, M. (2023). Oxytocin in response to MDMA provocation test in patients with arginine vasopressin deficiency (central diabetes insipidus): a single-centre, case-control study with nested, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 11, 454-464. | ||
Guide to Conducting the
| Labuschagne, Grace, Rendell, Terrett & Heinrichs (2019). An introductory guide to conducting the Trier Social Stress Test. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 107, 686-695. | ||
Oxytocin and | Schiller, Koenig, & Heinrichs (2019). Oxytocin modulates the temporal dynamics of resting EEG networks. Scientific Reports, 9, 13418 (1-9). | ||
Stress and Stress Coping
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Stächele, T., Heinrichs, M. & Domes, G. (2020). Ratgeber Stress und Stressbewältigung [Guide to Stress and Stress Coping]. Göttingen: Hogrefe. | ||
Genetics of Oxytocin Sensitivity
| Chen, F. S., Kumsta, R., Dvorak, F., Domes, G., Yim, O.-S., Ebstein, R. P. & Heinrichs, M. (2015). Genetic modulation of oxytocin sensitivity: a pharmacogenetic approach. Translational Psychiatry, 5, e664. | ||
Stress Coping in Psychotherapy and Medicine
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Heinrichs, M., Stächele, T. & Domes, G. (2015). Stress und Stressbewältigung [Stress and Stress Coping]. Göttingen: Hogrefe. | ||
Social Hormones in the Human Brain
| Heinrichs, M., Chen, F. S. & Domes, G. (2013). Social neuropeptides in the human brain: oxytocin and social behavior. In S. Baron-Cohen, H. Tager-Flusberg & M. Lombardo (Eds.), Understanding other minds (3rd ed.) (pp. 291-307). Oxford: Oxyford University Press. | ||
Social Stress and Social Approach
| Heinrichs, M., Chen, F. S., Domes, G. & Kumsta, R. (2013). Social stress and social approach. In J. Armony & P. Vuilleumier (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience (pp. 509-532). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | ||
Oxytocin and Psychobiological Therapy
| Heinrichs, M., Chen, F. S. & Domes, G. (2012). Oxytocin. In S. G. Hofmann (Ed.), Psychobiological approaches for anxiety disorders: treatment combination strategies (pp. 123-143). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. | ||
Biological Foundations |
Kirschbaum, C., Domschke, K. & Heinrichs, M. (2020). Biopsychologische Grundlagen. In J. Hoyer & S. Knappe (Hrsg.), Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, (3. Aufl.) (S. 213-243). Berlin: Springer. | ||
Emotion Recognition from | Lott, L. L., Spengler, F. B., Stächele, T., Schiller, B. & Heinrichs, M. (2022). EmBody/EmFace as a new open tool to assess emotion recognition from body and face expressions. Scientific Reports, 12, 14165 (1-13). | ||
Oxytocin, Vasopressin |
Heinrichs, M., von Dawans, B. & Domes, G. (2009). Oxytocin, vasopressin, and human social behavior. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 30, 548-557. | ||
Cortisone Reduces |
Soravia, L. M., Heinrichs, M., Aerni, A., Maroni, C., Schelling, G., Ehlert, U., Roozendaal, B. & de Quervain, D. J.-F. (2006). Glucocorticoids reduce phobic fear in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 103, 5585-5590. | ||
Oxytocin, Trust |
Baumgartner, T., Heinrichs, M., Vonlanthen, A., Fischbacher, U. & Fehr, E. (2008). Oxytocin shapes the neural circuitry of trust and trust adaptation in humans. Neuron, 58, 639-650. | ||
Risk Factors for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder |
Heinrichs, M., Wagner, D., Schoch, W., Soravia, L. M., Hellhammer, D. H. & Ehlert, U. (2005). Predicting posttraumatic stress symptoms from pretraumatic risk factors: A 2-year prospective follow-up study in firefighters. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 2276-2286. |
