Publications of Meghedi Vartanian

Vartanian, M.; Endres, K. J.; Lee, Y. T.; Friedrich, S.; Meemken, M.-T.; Schamarek, I.; Rohde-Zimmermann, K.; Schürfeld, R.; Eisenberg, L.; Hilbert, A. et al.; Beyer, F.; Stumvoll, M.; Sacher, J.; Villringer, A.; Christensen, J. F.; Witte, A. V.: Investigating the impact of microbiome-changing interventions on food decision-making: MIFOOD study protocol. BMC Nutrition 11 (1), 8 (2025)

Christensen, J. F.; Vartanian, M.; Manias, B. C.; Golestani, R.; Khorsandi, S.; Frieler, K.: Enculturation-acculturation screening tools for empirical aesthetics research: A proof of principle study. Journal of Cognition and Culture 24 (3-4), pp. 325 - 372 (2024)

Patterson, J. D.; Merseal, H. M.; Johnson, D. R.; Agnoli, S.; Baas, M.; Baker, B. S.; Barbot, B.; Benedek, M.; Borhani, K.; Chen, Q. et al.; Christensen, J. F.; Corazza, G. E.; Forthmann, B.; Karwowski, M.; Kazemian, N.; Kreisberg-Nitzav, A.; Kenett, Y. N.; Link, A.; Lubart, T.; Mercier, M.; Miroshnik, K.; Ovando-Tellez, M.; Primi, R.; Puente-Díaz, R.; Said-Metwaly, S.; Stevenson, C.; Vartanian, M.; Volle, E.; van Hell, J. G.; Beaty, R. E.: Multilingual semantic distance: Automatic verbal creativity assessment in many languages. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 17 (4), pp. 495 - 507 (2023)

Christensen, J. F.; Farahi, F.; Vartanian, M.; Yazdi, S. H. N.: Choice hygiene for "consumer neuroscientists"? Ethical considerations and proposals for future endeavours. Frontiers in Neuroscience 15, 612639 (2022)

Ghobadi-Azbari, P.; Malmir, N.; Vartanian, M.; Mahdavifar-Khayati, R.; Robatmili, S.; Hadian, V.; Derafsheh, S.; Nitsche, M. A.; Nosratabadi, M.; Farhoudian , A. et al.; Ekhtiari , H.: Transcranial direct current stimulation to modulate brain reactivity to food cues in overweight and obese adults: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial with fMRI (NeuroStim-Obesity). Trials 23 (1), 297 (2022)

Christensen, J. F.; Vartanian, M.; Sancho-Escanero, L.; Khorsandi, S.; Yazdi, S. H. N.; Farahi, F.; Borhani, K.; Gomila, A.: A practice-inspired mindset for researching the psychophysiological and medical health effects of recreational dance (dance sport). Frontiers in Psychology 11, 588948 (2021)

Vartanian, M.; Hatami, J.; Khazaei, A.; Hadi Bahrami, E.: Effectiveness of group therapy based on cognitive rehabilitation of memory and executive functioning in patients with traumatic brain injury. Journal of Applied Psychological Research 7 (2), pp. 105 - 126 (2016)

Watson, P. J.; Ghorbani, N.; Vartanian, M.; Chen, Z.: Religious openness hypothesis: II. religious reflection and orientations, mystical experience, and psychological openness of Christians in Iran. Journal of Psychology and Christianity 34 (2), pp. 114 - 124 (2015)

Ekhtiari, H.; Vartanian, M.: Brain obesity: Practical neuroscience-informed methods to keep your body fit and healthy. Metacognium (2021)

Vartanian, M.; Khorsandi, S.; Sancho Escanero, L.; Acedo-Carmona , C.; Christensen, J. F.: Human flourishing through dance practice. In: Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing (Eds. Chemi, T.; Brattico, E.; Fjorback, L. O.; Harmat, L.). Routledge, London (2022)

Vartanian, M.; Jahanitabesh, A.; Christensen, J. F.; Staub, H.; Villringer, A.; Witte, A. V.: Neuronal responses to visual food cues according to weight and hunger status: A systematic review and meta-analysis. In Neuroscience Applied, 2 (Suppl. 2), 102753. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2023)

Vartanian, M.: How our brain reacts while encountering food? And what we can change about it? 59th Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung (DGE) Congress , Virtual (2022)

Sundaram, S. A.; Lee, T. Y.; Vartanian, M.; Beyer, F.; Villringer, A.; Jenson, D.; Witte, A. V.: Gut-Brain Communication: How do microbes and sex differences shape eating behaviour in obesity? 12th MindBrainBody Symposium 2025, Berlin, Germany (2025)

Jensen, D.; Thieleking, R.; Medawar, E.; Vartanian, M.; Villringer, A.; Beyer, F.; Witte, A. V.: Neural correlates of reward-enhanced food memory in a high-fibre diet interventional trial of overweight adults: A pre-registered analysis. 18th Research Festival for Life Sciences 2025, Leipzig, Germany (2025)

Jensen, D.; Thieleking, R.; Medawar, E.; Vartanian, M.; Villringer, A.; Beyer, F.; Witte, A. V.: Neural correlates of reward-enhanced food memory in a high-fibre diet interventional trial of overweight adults: A pre-registered analysis. Aging and Microbiome Conference (AMC) 2024, Jena, Germany (2024)

Sundaram, S.; Lee, Y. T.; Vartanian, M.; Beyer, F.; Villringer, A.; Jensen, A.; Witte, A. V.: How do microbes and sex differences shape eating behavior and weight loss in obesity? Aging and Microbiome Conference, Jena, Germany (2024)

Jensen, D.; Thieleking, R.; Medawar, E.; Vartanian, M.; Villringer, A.; Beyer, F.; Witte, A. V.: Neural correlates of reward-enhanced food memory in a high-fibre diet interventional trial of overweight adults: A pre-registered analysis. 3rd International Symposium of the CRC 1052 Obesity Mechanisms, Leipzig, Germany (2024)

Vartanian, M.; Jahanitabesh, A.; Christensen, J. F.; Staub, H.; Villringer, A.; Witte, A. V.: Neuronal responses to visual food cues according to weight and hunger status: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 36th ECNP Congress, Barcelona, Spain (2023)

Vartanian, M.; Jahanitabesh, A.; Staub, H.; Christensen, J. F.; Villringer, A.; Witte, A. V.: Aiming at higher reliability in systematic reviews: A preregistration of food cure reactivity fMRI. 12th IMPRS NeuroCom Summer School , Leipzig, Germany (2023)

Vartanian, M.; Meemken, M.-T.; Staub, H.; Töws, E.; Witte, A. V.: Effects of microbiome-changing interventions on food decision-making and the gut-brain axis in obesity (MIFOOD). 11th IMPRS NeuroCom Summer School, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany (2022)