Publications of Veronika Engert

Marheinecke, R.; Strauss, B.; Engert, V.: Visible wounds of invisible repression: A perspective on the importance of investigating the biological and psychological impact of political repression. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (2023)

Blasberg, J. U.; Gallistl, M.; Degering, M.; Baierlein, F.; Engert, V.: You look stressed: A pilot study on facial action unit activity in the context of psychosocial stress. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology 15, 100187 (2023)

Blasberg, J. U.; Jost, J.; Kanske, P.; Engert, V.: Empathic stress in the mother–child dyad: Multimodal evidence for empathic stress in children observing their mothers during direct stress exposure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (2023)

Engert, V.; Klimecki, O. M.; Kanske, P.; Mindful Universities Research Group: Spreading positive change: Societal benefits of meditation. Frontiers in Psychiatry 14, 1038051 (2023)

Degering, M.; Linz, R.; Puhlmann, L. M.; Singer, T.; Engert, V.: Revisiting the stress recovery hypothesis: Differential associations of cortisol stress reactivity and recovery after acute psychosocial stress with markers of long-term stress and health. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health 28, 100598 (2023)

Engert, V.; Hoehne, K.; Singer, T.: Specific reduction in the cortisol awakening response after socio-affective mental training. Mindfulness 14, pp. 681 - 694 (2023)

Köhne, S.; Engert, V.; Rosendahl, J.: Stability of resilience in times of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Personality and Mental Health 17 (1), pp. 55 - 66 (2023)

Uhlig, M.; Reinelt, J.; Lauckner, M.; Kumral, D.; Schaare, H. L.; Mildner, T.; Babayan, A.; Möller, H. E.; Engert, V.; Villringer, A. et al.; Gaebler, M.: Rapid volumetric brain changes after acute psychosocial stress. NeuroImage 265, 119760 (2023)

Blasberg, J. U.; Kanske, P.; Böckler, A.; Trautwein, F.-M.; Singer, T.; Engert, V.: Associations of social processing abilities with psychosocial stress sensitivity. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology 12, 100159 (2022)

Linz, R.; Puhlmann, L. M.; Engert, V.; Singer, T.: Investigating the impact of distinct contemplative mental trainings on daily life stress, thoughts and affect: Evidence from a nine-month longitudinal ecological momentary assessment study. Psychoneuroendocrinology 142, 105800 (2022)

Hoehne, K.; Vrticka, P.; Engert, V.; Singer, T.: Plasma oxytocin is modulated by mental training, but does not mediate its stress-buffering effect. Psychoneuroendocrinology 141, 105734 (2022)

Mayer, A. V.; Preckel, K.; Ihle, K.; Piecha, F. A.; Junghanns, K.; Reiche, S.; Rademacher, L.; Müller-Pinzler, L.; Stolz, D. S.; Kamp-Becker, I. et al.; Stroth, S.; Roepke, S.; Küpper, C.; Engert, V.; Singer, T.; Kanske, P.; Paulus, F. M.; Krach, S.: Assessment of reward-related brain function after a single-dose of oxytocin in autism: A randomized controlled trial. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 2 (2), pp. 136 - 146 (2022)

Chand, T.; Alizadeh, S.; Jamalabadi, H.; Herrmann, L.; Krylova, M.; Surova, G.; van der Meer, J.; Wagner, G.; Engert, V.; Walter, M.: EEG revealed improved vigilance regulation after stress exposure under Nx4: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, cross-over trial. IBRO Neuroscience Reports 11, pp. 175 - 182 (2021)

Puhlmann, L. M.; Vrticka, P.; Linz, R.; Stalder, T.; Kirschbaum, C.; Engert, V.; Singer, T.: Contemplative mental training reduces hair glucocorticoid levels in a randomized clinical trial. Psychosomatic Medicine 83 (8), pp. 894 - 905 (2021)

Engert, V.; Blasberg, J. U.; Köhne, S.; Strauss, B.; Rosendahl, J.: Resilience and personality as predictors of the biological stress load during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany. Translational Psychiatry 11, 443 (2021)

Puhlmann, L. M.; Linz, R.; Valk, S. L.; Vrticka, P.; Vos de Wael, R.; Bernasconi, A.; Bernasconi, N.; Caldairou, B.; Papassotiriou, I.; Chrousos, G. P. et al.; Bernhardt, B. C.; Singer, T.; Engert, V.: Association between hippocampal structure and serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in healthy adults: A registered report. NeuroImage 236, 118011 (2021)

Linz, R.; Pauly, R.; Smallwood, J.; Engert, V.: Mind-wandering content differentially translates from the lab to daily life and relates to subjective stress experience. Psychological Research 85 (2), pp. 649 - 659 (2021)

Engert, V.; Grant, J.; Strauss, B.: Psychosocial factors in disease and treatment: A call for the biopsychosocial model. JAMA Psychiatry 77 (10), pp. 996 - 997 (2020)

Puhlmann, L. M.; Engert, V.; Apostolakou, F.; Papassotiriou, I.; Chrousos, G. P.; Vrticka, P.; Singer, T.: Only vulnerable adults show change in chronic low-grade inflammation after contemplative mental training: Evidence randomized clinical trial. Scientific Reports 9, 19323 (2019)

Puhlmann, L. M.; Valk, S. L.; Engert, V.; Bernhardt, B. C.; Lin, J.; Epel, E. S.; Vrticka, P.; Singer, T.: Association of short-term change in leukocyte telomere length with cortical thickness change and outcomes of mental training among healthy adults: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Network Open 2 (9), e199687 (2019)