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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 4d

Inspiring days in Ratzeburg 🌿✨ at the 3rd Summer School of @rtg2753.bsky.social on Emotional Learning & Memory. Science, sports, spa – and great talks from our lab on past & future projects! 🧠💡

With @elbersgerd.bsky.social, Kai Schüren, Tim Dressler, @s-vandelangenberg.bsky.social & Antonia Lilja

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 13d

GOAT times in the lab 🐐🍻
Excited to (re)welcome Tim Dreßler as a new PhD student, and belated cheers to @elbersgerd.bsky.social & Dr. Leon Lange, who joined our department earlier this summer 🌞

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Sterre van de Langenberg @s-vandelangenberg.bsky.social · 18d

Grateful for some intense days at #ICON25 in Porto and energised from the people I (re)connected with — so much input, inspiring discussions, and the chance to share my work on hippocampal neurofeedback 🧠 Now moving from brainwaves to ocean waves: recharging with workouts & the sea 🏄🏼‍♀️🏋🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · 27d

New publication from our lab! 👀
We found that memory enhancement from PEs depends on the brain's neural state: theta/alpha activity & pre-error reactivation are key. TMS over the superior parietal cortex altered response bias but not PE-related memory effects 💡

👉 www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3...

Prediction Error-Related Memory Enhancement Depends on the Neural State Surrounding the Prediction Error Event

Prediction errors (PEs) can enhance memory for preceding events. While such PE-related memory enhancements are critical for understanding adaptive memory, their underlying mechanisms are not fully und...

www.jneurosci.org

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Jul 15

One paper is out 👇🏼- the other is currently under review.

psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

APA PsycNet

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Jul 15

Hats off to Dr. Kaja Loock, who successfully defended her PhD on July 11th! 🎓👏🏼

Her thesis, "Learning from the Unexpected: How Prediction Errors Shape Episodic Memory Formation," sheds new light on how surprises shape what we remember. 🧠💡

Congrats on this outstanding achievement! 🌟

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Jul 8

more info here:
hcns.eu/awards/

Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Jul 4

More photos & fun here:
www.instagram.com/stresscognit...

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Jul 4

🔥 Biannual Team Fun Alert

We took a break from the brain stuff & soaked up some sunshine! ☀️ We got competitive over mini-golf ⛳ and kubb 🪵 (aka Viking Chess), relaxed with a cozy picnic in Planten un Blomen 🌸 and shared too much pizza & laughter 🍕😂

We’re now on Insta too, come follow along 👇🏼

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Jul 2

📢 On July 1st, our new postdoc Dr. Leon Lange & our new PhD student Neele @elbersgerd.bsky.social (as part of the @rtg2753.bsky.social) joined the lab - a very warm welcome to both! 😍

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Jul 2

Today, our postdoc Hendrik Heinbockel received the Best PhD Thesis Award at the Summer Event of the Hamburg Brain School /Center for NeuroScience.
Congratulations! ☀️💐👏🏼 #HamburgNeuro #HBS #HCNS

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Jun 2

Read more here:
www.dgps.de/fachgruppen/...

DGPs - 14. Dissertationswettbewerb 2025

www.dgps.de

Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Jun 2

Exciting news from the 14th Germany-wide PhD Thesis Award of @dgps.bsky.social (General Psychology) 🌟

Our postdoc Sarah Koch was awarded 3rd place for her outstanding dissertation, presented at the final symposium in Cologne 🎉👏

Huge congratulations to Sarah and all other finalists!

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Apr 9

Our new paper is out! Valentina Krenz et al show that the amygdala response during the initial encounter of an emotional event boosts subsequent remembering through a more precise reinstatement of the event representation during subsequent encounters 💡

www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Apr 8

Excited to have welcomed our new PhD student to the lab! 🧠 Good luck with your research journey, @ivanamarijanovic.bsky.social ! 🍀

www.psy.uni-hamburg.de/arbeitsberei...

Herzlich Willkommen, Ivana!

www.psy.uni-hamburg.de

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Feb 11

🔥New paper by Kaja Loock!

In a series of experiments, Kaja, F. Kalbe & L. Schwabe investigated whether PE effects are specific to the predictive stimuli that precede PEs, or if PEs create a temporary period of enhanced, non-selective memory formation.

The results? 👇
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Feb 6

Great talents looking for #NeuroJobs or #PsychJobs in your network? 🧠🌐
Please share our vacancies!

📝 Deadline March 5th

Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Feb 4

We're announcing new openings in our research team! Join us at @uni-hamburg.de and be a part of fascinating work on stress and cognition:

🔹 Post-doc: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

🔹 PhD student: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

We’re excited to welcome new talent 🌟 #NeuroJobs #PsychJobs

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www.uni-hamburg.de

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Feb 4

We're announcing new openings in our research team! Join us at @uni-hamburg.de and be a part of fascinating work on stress and cognition:

🔹 Post-doc: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

🔹 PhD student: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

We’re excited to welcome new talent 🌟 #NeuroJobs #PsychJobs

Ausschreibung

www.uni-hamburg.de

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Feb 3

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Feb 3

🚀 Big milestone for Antonia Lilja! Her first first-author paper in her PhD is now online🔥 Findings show that #stress enhances #memory for preceding neutral events—but only if the stressor itself is well remembered. No cueing effects found. Check it out!

learnmem.cshlp.org/content/31/1...

Stress enhances memory for previously encoded events depending on stressor recall

Peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing basic neuroscience research in the areas of neuronal plasticity, learning and memory

learnmem.cshlp.org

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Jan 30

New @elife.bsky.social study published! 🚀 Yohimbine modulates memory reconsolidation via hippocampal-cortical reactivation.

fMRI & psychopharma findings on memory by Hendrik Heinbockel, Gregor Leicht, Anthony D. Wagner & Lars Schwabe. 🧠💡 #Neuroscience #Memory

elifesciences.org/articles/100...

Post-retrieval noradrenergic activation impairs subsequent memory depending on cortico-hippocampal reactivation

Impairing effects of post-retrieval noradrenergic but not glucocorticoid activation on future recall are linked to hippocampal reactivation and category-level reinstatement in ventral temporal cortex ...

elifesciences.org

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Tina Lonsdorf @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social · Jan 21

come work with @stresscognition.bsky.social , @anjariesel.bsky.social , @nicoschuck.bsky.social @christianbuchel.bsky.social, @janhaaker.bsky.social as well as Tania Lincoln, Tobias Donner, Sarah Hohmann, Simone Kühn, Jürgen Gallinat and a bunch of brilliant students!

Nico Schuck @nicoschuck.bsky.social · Dec 18

The graduate programme on emotional memories at @uni-hamburg.de is looking for the next cohort of PhD students (11 positions).
Great programme with lots of interesting projects. Join us!

Deadline: 31.01.2025

The ad: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

Graduate Programme: www.emotionalmemory.de

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www.uni-hamburg.de

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Jan 15

⚡ Novel Treatments for PTSD
@joshbrownneuro.bsky.social et al. (pages 392–404) systematically review repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as a treatment for PTSD.

www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...

Critically Assessing the Unanswered Questions of How, Where, and When to Induce Plasticity in the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Network With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Extinction of traumatic memory, a primary treatment approach (termed exposure therapy) in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), occurs through relearning and may be subserved at the molecular level by...

www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com

Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Jan 15

✨ PTSD Treatment Approaches

Jessica L. Maples-Keller et al. (p382-391) translate fear extinction research into #PTSD therapies:

www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...

Treatment Approaches for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Derived From Basic Research on Fear Extinction

This brief review article will describe treatment approaches for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on findings from basic research. The focus of this review will be fear conditioning and exti...

www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com

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Stress & Cognition Group @stresscognition.bsky.social · Jan 15

💡 Stress Weakens Cognitive Control
Mary Kate Joyce et al. (p359-371) review how stress/inflammation impair the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex:
⚡ Reduced cognitive control
⚡ Increased disorder vulnerability

www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...

Stress and Inflammation Target Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Function: Neural Mechanisms Underlying Weakened Cognitive Control

Most mental disorders involve dysfunction of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), a recently evolved brain region that subserves working memory, abstraction, and the thoughtful regulation of at...

www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com

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