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Daniela Mier
@danielamier.bsky.social
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Professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Konstanz

https://www.psychologie.uni-konstanz.de/mier/

social cognition, schizophrenia, forensic psychiatry, psychotherapy, fMRI

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mfjsperl.bsky.social
🧠🔬 Was ist eigentlich „Biologische Psychologie und Neuropsychologie“?
Zum 🎉4️⃣0️⃣. Geburtstag unserer Fachgruppe @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social in der @dgps.bsky.social werfen wir einen Blick in die Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft. ⏳➡️🚀
Jetzt in der Psychologischen Rundschau: doi.org/10.1026/0033... 📖🔓🌍
January 15, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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zukunftskolleg.bsky.social
Spread the word: Call for ZUKOnnect Fellowships 2026!
Up to eight (post-)doctoral stipends for early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America for a 3 months research stay at the Zukunftskolleg are available.
Application deadline: 1 February 2026
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
January 12, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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chowleen.bsky.social
Please read and share.
There is also widely-circulating video of the unlawful arrests of these Minnesota activists (and U.S. citizens).
Good morning, My name is Brandon Siguenza, and I am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and l out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction. I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it. We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complained about a lack of … The people in the cells were extremely scared. We heard people screaming "let me out!", crying, wailing and terrified screams. There were cells with as many as 8 people. I have no way of knowing how long they have been there, if they were allowed any contact with the outside world, or if they were being brought food or water. Most people were staring at the ground with almost no energy. I was not allowed to talk to anyone imprisoned. I distinctly remember seeing a desperate woman. She was staring at the ground with her head in her hands crying, hopeless, while her friend or family member sat on a bathroom seat observed by 3 men. My friend and I were put in an area for "USCs," which we eventually learned meant US citizens, separated by gender. We were imprisoned for 8 hours, during which my friend was never allowed a phone call. I was allowed to call my wife and tell her where I was. During my interview with Special Agent William and Special Agent Garcia, they asked me to empty my pockets. When I pulled out gloves, Agent William said those were meant to be taken when I was processed, and complained about having to fill out the form again. He frisked me once more, where he found glass in my pocket from when our car window was shattered. He filled out the form listing my personal items again, but put the wrong date. I was read my rights, I pleaded the fifth and was led back to my cell. Food, water, and bathroom breaks were extremely difficult to acquire. I would ask over the intercom provided in the cell for a bathroom break, be told someone was on their way, then ask again 20 minutes later, be told someone was on their way, wait another 20 minutes, etc. Eventually they either turned off the intercom or it stopped working, because no one would respond. I could get water and bathroom breaks by pounding on the glass when someone happened to walk by and beg them directly. Hours would go by without anyone checking on us. I am vegan and the only food they offered were turke… I was in the cell alone for between 1 and 2 hours, then another man was put into my cell, whose shirt was ripped open from his arrest, and an injured toe, who was carried aggressively into an unmarked car during his arrest. After about 4-5 hours, another man was brought in who had a cut on his head from his arrest. He told me he was tackled by 4 or 5 agents during his arrest. At no point was he offered medical assistance. Later I was told that a lawyer was here to see me, and I was able to speak with him in a visitation room. The special agent told me that the door could not be closed all the way, so it was cracked during my interaction with my lawyer. I got the impression that they were not used to having lawyers present, and were trying to follow procedure as best they could. I asked an agent if the other detainees were allowed lawyers and was not answered. At one point, 3 men from the department of Homeland Security Investigations brought me into a cell. They insinuated that they could help me out. After inquiring several times what exactly they meant they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any (I don't), or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no. Finally, after hours of detention, I was told to follow an agent. At no point was I told whether or not I was being charged, or where I was going, but I was led out of the building. I asked if I could use a phone to call my wife to pick me up, and was told I could not. After pleading for several minutes eventually Special Agent William let me use his phone to call my wife. As I was escorted off the property by government agents, I was told to turn right. I was escorted to the protest area, where 5 minutes later, tear gas was deployed and I was struck by a paint ball gun. I was not protesting, l minutes later, tear gas was deployed and I was struck by a paint ball gun. I was not protesting, I was simply being released without charges after an 8 hour detention. I was on the other side of the street, as instructed by the agents that released me and the agents shouting orders over a bullhorn. A passerby who was tear gassed was panicking and having an asthma attack, so I helped her find a medic to get her an inhaler. I used a stranger's phone to co-ordinate pickup, and was picked up by my wife. During my detention I knew that I was being released. I knew that as a citizen of the United States I have legal protection. The hundred or so other people being detained had no such protection. At this time I don't need your help, it is the families that are being separated, abused, terrorized, harassed and killed that need your help. If this is happening to me, an American citizen born in the United States, then what is happening to the people in here that have no one calling lawyers on their behalf? That have no constitutional rights to due process? What is happening to the people that they will never be released to see their families, go to their jobs, or walk through their city ever again? Please take care of yourselves, your family, and your community. I am safe and healthy, if you feel compelled to help, please offer your help to the Immigrant Defense Network at https://immigrantdefensenetwork.org/. If you know someone detained by ICE, call or text CAIR-MN at 612-206-3360 for 24/7 legal intake.
January 13, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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pezlarson.bsky.social
For 15(!) years I’ve been teaching introductory #MRI to grad students, and struggled to find a textbook for a wide variety of backgrounds. I'm happy to share an online textbook I created, fully open source (including code for generating figures and plots shown):
larsonlab.github.io/MRI-educatio...
Introduction to Principles of MRI — Principles of MRI
larsonlab.github.io
January 10, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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unimainz.bsky.social
Neue Studie zur Wirksamkeit ambulanter #Psychotherapie mit digitalem Therapiebegleiter bei chronischen Körperbeschwerden 👉 https://presse.uni-mainz.de/neue-behandlungsstudie-untersucht-kombination-aus-analoger-und-digitaler-psychotherapie-fuer-menschen-mit-chronischen-koerperbeschwerden/
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
danielamier.bsky.social
I asked my students why women suffer more often from mental disorders than men.

Answer: "The patriarchy".

BAM! 🎉
October 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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uni-konstanz.de
Sozialminister Manne Lucha in Konstanz: Das #UniKonstanz Programm „BW schützt!“ hilft dabei, die psychischen Belastungen von Geflüchteten zu erkennen und Betroffenen passende Beratung anzubieten. Der Minister hat sich vor Ort ein Bild über die aktuellen Ergebnisse gemacht: https://t1p.de/zvmss
August 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
danielamier.bsky.social
#ironmaiden with 45000 people in the crowd. We were right behind the first crowd barrier, but still so far away from the stage.
A picture of Iron Maiden on stage. However, you see mostly the screen with Eddy as pilot, and the band as tiny people in front.
July 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
danielamier.bsky.social
Dinner with my wonderful lab!
July 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
danielamier.bsky.social
Yesterday at the #savethecore festival in Nürnberg: Hardcore, punk, moshpits; i.e. pure happiness
Picture of Axel Kurth, band Wizo, taken from the first row Picture of the stage, with the crowd in front while Lagwagon was playing
July 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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cherrydoc.bsky.social
Great opportunity to work with a wonderful supervisor in a great lab!
danielamier.bsky.social Daniela Mier @danielamier.bsky.social · Jul 1
We are looking for a Postdoc who loves fMRI, psychophysiology and data analysis 🎉. We run studies on social cognition and related processes with a focus on schizophrenia. German skills could be beneficial, bc the position involves teaching, but not mandatory.
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (w/m/d)
Bewerberfrist: 06.07.2025
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
July 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
danielamier.bsky.social
We are looking for a Postdoc who loves fMRI, psychophysiology and data analysis 🎉. We run studies on social cognition and related processes with a focus on schizophrenia. German skills could be beneficial, bc the position involves teaching, but not mandatory.
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (w/m/d)
Bewerberfrist: 06.07.2025
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
July 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
Feel free to tag us in relevant posts or write us a message. Your Social Media Team
Social Media Team of the bioDGPs and DGPA account (from left): Maria Meier, Sebastian Ocklenburg, Stephan Nebe, Thomas Dresler and Maurizio Sicorello (not in the picture)
February 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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mariame.bsky.social
Very important signal in support of open and reproducible science from the German Society for Psychophysiology and its Application (DGPA) 🔥 ⬇️
biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social bioDGPS and DGPA @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social · Jun 23
We are happy to announce that the DGPA is now a member of @germanrepro.bsky.social after signing the Memorandum of Understanding last week. We look forward to a fruitful and successful collaboration in support of open and reproducible science!
June 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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cherrydoc.bsky.social
The DGPA Executive Board is pleased that we have been able to complete what our predecessors initiated
biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social bioDGPS and DGPA @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social · Jun 23
We are happy to announce that the DGPA is now a member of @germanrepro.bsky.social after signing the Memorandum of Understanding last week. We look forward to a fruitful and successful collaboration in support of open and reproducible science!
June 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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germanrepro.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social 🎉! We are thrilled to join forces with you and collaborate on making research open and reproducible - we look forward to seeing the positive impact that this membership will have on the research community!
biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social bioDGPS and DGPA @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social · Jun 23
We are happy to announce that the DGPA is now a member of @germanrepro.bsky.social after signing the Memorandum of Understanding last week. We look forward to a fruitful and successful collaboration in support of open and reproducible science!
June 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
We are happy to announce that the DGPA is now a member of @germanrepro.bsky.social after signing the Memorandum of Understanding last week. We look forward to a fruitful and successful collaboration in support of open and reproducible science!
June 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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cherrydoc.bsky.social
You know you are old when your former PhD student gives a Keynote at your favorite conference. I very much enjoy the amazing talk by @danielamier.bsky.social on social cognition in schizophrenia at #PuG2025
June 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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danielamier.bsky.social
Psychotherapeut:innen gesucht!

Ab September haben wir weitere Stellen in unserer Hochschulambulanz zu vergeben. Alles wichtigen Infos stehen in der Ausschreibung. Ich freue mich über Fragen auf Bluesky oder per Email und natürlich über Bewerbungen :-)!

stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/9...
Psychologische*r Psychotherapeut*in (w/m/d)
Bewerberfrist: 22.06.2025
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
April 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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victorshi.bsky.social
Los Angeles. Just wow.
June 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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lara-wallenwein.bsky.social
Thrilled to share our preprint from my stay at the Imaging Psychosis lab in Oslo 🎉
While we showed reduced cortical folding in chronic SSD, the longitudinal trajectory was not aggravated over 13-years beyond a normal age-related decline.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Longitudinal trajectories of cortical folding in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a 13-year follow-up study
Background and Hypothesis: Altered cortical folding is a putative marker of neurodevelopmental disruption in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD). Patients with SSD have been hypothesized to exhibit...
doi.org
June 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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zukunftskolleg.bsky.social
"Early academic careers - Transitioning between systems in a changing world" is the topic of the 2nd symposium of the @euniwell.bsky.social Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS). It will take place from 8-10 October 2025 at the #zukunftskolleg @uni-konstanz.de.
Register by 10 July 2025: t1p.de/5359m
June 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
danielamier.bsky.social
We had a great panel discussion on the topics "what is normal?", "mental disorders in the media", "why is it called mental disorder and not mental illness?", "treament options" and more. I was happy that the room was filled, showing the public interest.
Part of the panel discussants on stage Me showing a slide on the possible atiology of mental disorders and points of interventions. Me standing at a table with the moderator of the discussion
May 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM