Yannik Stegmann
@yannikstegmann.bsky.social
Psychologist | Post-Doc at University of Würzburg | interested in Fear, Anxiety, Emotional Attention, EEG & Neuroscience | Psychotherapy | Taekwondo & Sport Enthusiast | (he/him) | https://yannikstegmann.de/
New preprint! We show that avoidable threats induce attentive immobility, i.e. alpha suppression, bradycardia, pupil dilation, and centralized gaze, that enhances perception. Memory encoding, however, relies on separate electrocortical and physiological responses.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
New preprint! We show that avoidable threats induce attentive immobility, i.e. alpha suppression, bradycardia, pupil dilation, and centralized gaze, that enhances perception. Memory encoding, however, relies on separate electrocortical and physiological responses.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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At #2025SPR, @yannikstegmann.bsky.social’s insightful talk on attentive immobility shared that heightened arousal and increased alpha suppression when anticipating threat avoidance only benefit the motor response but not memory encoding. @therealspr.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
At #2025SPR, @yannikstegmann.bsky.social’s insightful talk on attentive immobility shared that heightened arousal and increased alpha suppression when anticipating threat avoidance only benefit the motor response but not memory encoding. @therealspr.bsky.social
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We're further expanding our team!💼 An Akademische Rätin/Akademischer Rat (A13) position is now open in our group - check out the details below and feel free to share!🙌 #ClinicalPsychology #JobOpening
September 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We're further expanding our team!💼 An Akademische Rätin/Akademischer Rat (A13) position is now open in our group - check out the details below and feel free to share!🙌 #ClinicalPsychology #JobOpening
Exciting news! Our latest paper is now published 🎉
We dive into the fear generalization literature to see how individual fear gen profiles are typically quantified, extracted the most commonly used measures, and compared them using simulated and empirical data: doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
We dive into the fear generalization literature to see how individual fear gen profiles are typically quantified, extracted the most commonly used measures, and compared them using simulated and empirical data: doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
Psychometric Considerations in Assessing Fear Generalization as a Predictor of Anxiety
The ability to adaptively transfer acquired fear to novel situations is fundamental for survival in ever-changing environments and may contribute to t…
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August 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Exciting news! Our latest paper is now published 🎉
We dive into the fear generalization literature to see how individual fear gen profiles are typically quantified, extracted the most commonly used measures, and compared them using simulated and empirical data: doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
We dive into the fear generalization literature to see how individual fear gen profiles are typically quantified, extracted the most commonly used measures, and compared them using simulated and empirical data: doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
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Our oscillations consensus paper is finally out as a preprint 🤩 thanks to everyone involved
arxiv.org/abs/2507.15639
arxiv.org/abs/2507.15639
July 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Our oscillations consensus paper is finally out as a preprint 🤩 thanks to everyone involved
arxiv.org/abs/2507.15639
arxiv.org/abs/2507.15639
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Yannik Stegmann and Matthias Gamer:
The impact of inherently aversive contexts on visuocortical processing of generalized threat
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
The impact of inherently aversive contexts on visuocortical processing of generalized threat
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
July 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Yannik Stegmann and Matthias Gamer:
The impact of inherently aversive contexts on visuocortical processing of generalized threat
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
The impact of inherently aversive contexts on visuocortical processing of generalized threat
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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📢 New Preprint: Acting upon Threat
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Together with @yannikstegmann.bsky.social & @gamerlab.bsky.social, we used EEG, eye-tracking, and autonomic data to disentangle threat intensity ⚡️ from action possibility 🏃♂️ in states of attentive immobility.
osf.io/r8a5n
Together with @yannikstegmann.bsky.social & @gamerlab.bsky.social, we used EEG, eye-tracking, and autonomic data to disentangle threat intensity ⚡️ from action possibility 🏃♂️ in states of attentive immobility.
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July 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
📢 New Preprint: Acting upon Threat
osf.io/r8a5n
Together with @yannikstegmann.bsky.social & @gamerlab.bsky.social, we used EEG, eye-tracking, and autonomic data to disentangle threat intensity ⚡️ from action possibility 🏃♂️ in states of attentive immobility.
osf.io/r8a5n
Together with @yannikstegmann.bsky.social & @gamerlab.bsky.social, we used EEG, eye-tracking, and autonomic data to disentangle threat intensity ⚡️ from action possibility 🏃♂️ in states of attentive immobility.
🚨Our latest paper is now out in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social: We show how aversive generalization and contexts interact at electrocortical levels, demonstrating modulations of cues and contexts into different frequencies of the ssVEP. With @gamerlab.bsky.social! Check it out: doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
The impact of inherently aversive contexts on visuocortical processing of generalized threat
Abstract. Adapting behavior to environmental demands is a fundamental aspect of survival. In the face of unfamiliar potential dangers, organisms display a wide range of defensive mechanisms, such as u...
doi.org
July 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨Our latest paper is now out in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social: We show how aversive generalization and contexts interact at electrocortical levels, demonstrating modulations of cues and contexts into different frequencies of the ssVEP. With @gamerlab.bsky.social! Check it out: doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
🎉 Exciting news! Our Stage 1 Registered Report on the Coherence of Gamma-Band EEG Activity as a Basis for Associative Threat Learning has been accepted at Nature Human Behaviour! You can read the uploaded protocol here: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
Stay tuned for Stage 2! 🧠
Stay tuned for Stage 2! 🧠
July 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🎉 Exciting news! Our Stage 1 Registered Report on the Coherence of Gamma-Band EEG Activity as a Basis for Associative Threat Learning has been accepted at Nature Human Behaviour! You can read the uploaded protocol here: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
Stay tuned for Stage 2! 🧠
Stay tuned for Stage 2! 🧠
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@yannikstegmann.bsky.social receiving the early career award of the German Society of Psychophysiology and its Application. Very well deserved. Congrats!!! #pug2025
June 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
@yannikstegmann.bsky.social receiving the early career award of the German Society of Psychophysiology and its Application. Very well deserved. Congrats!!! #pug2025
It was a blast! Thanks to all the contributors of the symposium and to everyone who attended!
Now on stage @yannikstegmann.bsky.social presenting his work on contextual influences on threat processing #pug2025
June 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It was a blast! Thanks to all the contributors of the symposium and to everyone who attended!
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The #PuG2025 is happening in Würzburg ~this week~ and we cannot wait to see you all in person! 🧠 @pug2025.bsky.social
Today and tomorrow, two early career scholar workshops are taking place ⬇️
Today and tomorrow, two early career scholar workshops are taking place ⬇️
June 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The #PuG2025 is happening in Würzburg ~this week~ and we cannot wait to see you all in person! 🧠 @pug2025.bsky.social
Today and tomorrow, two early career scholar workshops are taking place ⬇️
Today and tomorrow, two early career scholar workshops are taking place ⬇️
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📢 We’re seeking a PhD candidate for an exciting project exploring maladaptive fear avoidance in anxiety-related disorders, combining experimental lab tasks and EMA! Apply by 16th May!
👉 lnkd.in/eyPR5uSQ
@essb-erasmusuni010.bsky.social
@erasmusuniversity.bsky.social
#phd #anxiety #EMA #conditioning
👉 lnkd.in/eyPR5uSQ
@essb-erasmusuni010.bsky.social
@erasmusuniversity.bsky.social
#phd #anxiety #EMA #conditioning
April 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📢 We’re seeking a PhD candidate for an exciting project exploring maladaptive fear avoidance in anxiety-related disorders, combining experimental lab tasks and EMA! Apply by 16th May!
👉 lnkd.in/eyPR5uSQ
@essb-erasmusuni010.bsky.social
@erasmusuniversity.bsky.social
#phd #anxiety #EMA #conditioning
👉 lnkd.in/eyPR5uSQ
@essb-erasmusuni010.bsky.social
@erasmusuniversity.bsky.social
#phd #anxiety #EMA #conditioning
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Our article with @gamerlab.bsky.social and @jannateigeler.bsky.social has now been published Open Access 🔓 in Behaviour Research and Therapy🥳
doi.org/10.1016/j.br...
doi.org/10.1016/j.br...
April 29, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Our article with @gamerlab.bsky.social and @jannateigeler.bsky.social has now been published Open Access 🔓 in Behaviour Research and Therapy🥳
doi.org/10.1016/j.br...
doi.org/10.1016/j.br...
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🚨 PhD position (65%, 3 years) 🚨
We are currently looking for a PhD candidate within the @rtg2660.bsky.social on the neural mechanisms of approach and avoidance behavior. Please share widely and feel free to reach out if you have any questions! www.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/06...
We are currently looking for a PhD candidate within the @rtg2660.bsky.social on the neural mechanisms of approach and avoidance behavior. Please share widely and feel free to reach out if you have any questions! www.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/06...
March 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🚨 PhD position (65%, 3 years) 🚨
We are currently looking for a PhD candidate within the @rtg2660.bsky.social on the neural mechanisms of approach and avoidance behavior. Please share widely and feel free to reach out if you have any questions! www.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/06...
We are currently looking for a PhD candidate within the @rtg2660.bsky.social on the neural mechanisms of approach and avoidance behavior. Please share widely and feel free to reach out if you have any questions! www.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/06...
💡 New preprint! osf.io/preprints/ps...
We conducted a threat generalization task within aversive vs neutral contexts while recording EEG. Next to enhanced pupil response in the aversive vs. neutral contexts, we found that distinct harmonics of the ssVEP frequency index cue vs. context responses 👀🧠
We conducted a threat generalization task within aversive vs neutral contexts while recording EEG. Next to enhanced pupil response in the aversive vs. neutral contexts, we found that distinct harmonics of the ssVEP frequency index cue vs. context responses 👀🧠
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January 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
💡 New preprint! osf.io/preprints/ps...
We conducted a threat generalization task within aversive vs neutral contexts while recording EEG. Next to enhanced pupil response in the aversive vs. neutral contexts, we found that distinct harmonics of the ssVEP frequency index cue vs. context responses 👀🧠
We conducted a threat generalization task within aversive vs neutral contexts while recording EEG. Next to enhanced pupil response in the aversive vs. neutral contexts, we found that distinct harmonics of the ssVEP frequency index cue vs. context responses 👀🧠
📣 New paper alert! Together with @jannateigeler.bsky.social, Arash Mirifar, @akeil1927.bsky.social, and @gamerlab.bsky.social we looked at correlates of attentive immobility during the anticipation of avoidable vs unavoidable threats in two samples from Germany and the US. doi.org/10.1523/JNEU...
Electrocortical Responses in Anticipation of Avoidable and Inevitable Threats: A Multisite Study
When faced with danger, human beings respond with a repertoire of defensive behaviors, including freezing and active avoidance. Previous research has revealed a pattern of physiological responses, cha...
doi.org
October 27, 2024 at 9:22 AM
📣 New paper alert! Together with @jannateigeler.bsky.social, Arash Mirifar, @akeil1927.bsky.social, and @gamerlab.bsky.social we looked at correlates of attentive immobility during the anticipation of avoidable vs unavoidable threats in two samples from Germany and the US. doi.org/10.1523/JNEU...
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@yannikstegmann.bsky.social giving a great presentation (🐍👀) on their study using flickering video stimuli to track neural activity during threat detection, showing how anxious contexts alter visuocortical engagement.
@therealspr.bsky.social #2024SPR
@therealspr.bsky.social #2024SPR
October 24, 2024 at 8:17 AM
@yannikstegmann.bsky.social giving a great presentation (🐍👀) on their study using flickering video stimuli to track neural activity during threat detection, showing how anxious contexts alter visuocortical engagement.
@therealspr.bsky.social #2024SPR
@therealspr.bsky.social #2024SPR
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Now on stage: @yannikstegmann.bsky.social talking about sustained attention during contextual threat
October 24, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Now on stage: @yannikstegmann.bsky.social talking about sustained attention during contextual threat
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📣 New Preprint 📣
@yannikstegmann.bsky.social, @gamerlab.bsky.social and I investigated the robustness of the Social Attention Bias 👀
We explored whether humans can suppress directing their attention towards social stimuli when this is associated with an aversive outcome 👉 osf.io/preprints/os...
@yannikstegmann.bsky.social, @gamerlab.bsky.social and I investigated the robustness of the Social Attention Bias 👀
We explored whether humans can suppress directing their attention towards social stimuli when this is associated with an aversive outcome 👉 osf.io/preprints/os...
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September 28, 2024 at 10:25 AM
📣 New Preprint 📣
@yannikstegmann.bsky.social, @gamerlab.bsky.social and I investigated the robustness of the Social Attention Bias 👀
We explored whether humans can suppress directing their attention towards social stimuli when this is associated with an aversive outcome 👉 osf.io/preprints/os...
@yannikstegmann.bsky.social, @gamerlab.bsky.social and I investigated the robustness of the Social Attention Bias 👀
We explored whether humans can suppress directing their attention towards social stimuli when this is associated with an aversive outcome 👉 osf.io/preprints/os...
👀New paper alert: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Robust effects of inherently aversive contexts on psychophysiological correlates of defense behavior! With Judith Paulus, @mwieser.bsky.social and @gamerlab.bsky.social. Out now in @therealspr.bsky.social!
<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library
Recent research challenges the idea that defensive states induced by potential and acute threat are mutually exclusive. In this study, we observed enhanced defensive responses to acute threat stimuli....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 10, 2024 at 7:43 AM
👀New paper alert: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Robust effects of inherently aversive contexts on psychophysiological correlates of defense behavior! With Judith Paulus, @mwieser.bsky.social and @gamerlab.bsky.social. Out now in @therealspr.bsky.social!
Preprint-alert: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Aversive contexts enhance psychophys responses to conditioned threat cues. A summary of two experiments and some interesting findings! Together with Judith Paulus, @mwieser.bsky.social, and @gamerlab.bsky.social
Aversive contexts enhance psychophys responses to conditioned threat cues. A summary of two experiments and some interesting findings! Together with Judith Paulus, @mwieser.bsky.social, and @gamerlab.bsky.social
November 6, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Preprint-alert: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Aversive contexts enhance psychophys responses to conditioned threat cues. A summary of two experiments and some interesting findings! Together with Judith Paulus, @mwieser.bsky.social, and @gamerlab.bsky.social
Aversive contexts enhance psychophys responses to conditioned threat cues. A summary of two experiments and some interesting findings! Together with Judith Paulus, @mwieser.bsky.social, and @gamerlab.bsky.social