Prof. Markus Heinrichs, Ph. D.
Chair for Biological and Personality Psychology
| Address: | Department of Psychology Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology University of Freiburg Stefan-Meier-Straße 8 D-79104 Freiburg Germany | |
| Office (until November 30, 2009): | Belfortstraße 20 (2. OG, Room 204) | |
| Telephone: | +49-(0)761-203-3029 (secretary) +49-(0)761-203-3024 (direct line) | |
| Fax: | +49-(0)761-203-3023 | |
| E-mail: | heinrichs@psychologie.uni-freiburg.de | |
| Office hours: | Study courses: Wed., 1 pm – 2 pm (prior appointment by secretary) Psychotherapy: By arrangement |
Research and Work Focuses
- Neurobiological foundations of social interaction
- Etiology, pathogenesis and therapy of mental disorders with social deficits (e.g. social phobia, personality disorders, autism)
- Stress- and anxiety-protective factors (e.g. oxytocin, social support, partnership, attachment)
- Psychotraumatology and emergency psychology
- Experimental psychotherapy research, behavioral medicine
Selected Publications
- Heinrichs M., von Dawans B., Domes G. (2009)
Oxytocin, vasopressin, and human social behavior.
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 30, 548-557
Artikel (319KB
) - Ditzen B., Schaer M., Gabriel B., Bodenmann G., Ehlert U., Heinrichs M. (2009)
Intranasal oxytocin increases positive communication and reduces cortisol levels during couple conflict
Biological Psychiatry, 65,728-731.
Artikel (257.1KB,) - Heinrichs M., Domes G. (2008)
Neuropeptides and social behavior: effects of oxytocin and vasopressin in humans
Progress in Brain Research, 170, 337-350.
Artikel (199.2KB,) - 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.
Artikel (648.4KB,) - Domes G., Heinrichs M., Michel A., Berger C., Herpertz S.C. (2007)
Oxytocin improves "mind-reading" in humans
Biological Psychiatry, 61, 731-733.
Artikel (140.9KB,) - Ditzen B., Neumann I.D., Bodenmann G., von Dawans B., Turner R.A., Ehlert U., Heinrichs M. (2007)
Effects of different kinds of couple interaction on cortisol and heart rate responses to stress in women
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 32, 565-574.
Artikel (346.6KB,) - 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.
Artikel (848.6KB,) - 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.
Artikel (190.5KB,) - Kosfeld M.*, Heinrichs M.*, Zak P., Fischbacher U., Fehr E. (2005)
(* shared first authorship)
Oxytocin increases trust in humans
Nature, 435, 673-676.
Artikel (675.9KB,) - Heinrichs M., Meinlschmidt G., Wippich W., Ehlert U., Hellhammer D.H. (2004)
Selective amnesic effects of oxytocin on implicit and explicit memory
Physiology & Behavior, 83, 31-38.
Artikel (266.3KB,) - Heinrichs M., Baumgartner T., Kirschbaum C., Ehlert U. (2003)
Social support and oxytocin interact to suppress cortisol and subjective responses to psychosocial stress
Biological Psychiatry, 54, 1389-1398.
Artikel (169.3KB,)