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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 1d

Last month we gathered to celebrate the retirement of Professor Reinhold Jagsch at a lovely celebration with colleagues. 🎉
We thank him for the many years of inspiring collaboration and wish him all the best for his next chapter! 🍀

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to the Faculty of Psychology of @univie.ac.at! We are happy to welcome new students and enjoyed sharing information about the research conducted in our Stress Lab. Wishing everyone a great start to their studies! 🎉💫🔬

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 2d

Over the past weeks, we shared highlights from the many inspiring talks and discussions at #ICBM2025

It was a pleasure to contribute to such a vibrant and insightful congress. We look forward to continuing the dialogue at the next ICBM in Singapore! 🌆✨

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 3d

🧑‍⚕️Part 15 in our #ICBM2025 series:

In the oral presentations session @celinebencker.bsky.social‬ presented "Stress, Trauma, and Core Premenstrual Disorders: A Systematic Review and Comprehensive Meta-Analysis" & "Exploring Patterns of Stress and Premenstrual Symptoms in Daily Life: The ISSAC Study."

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 3d

🧬Part 14 in our #ICBM2025 series:

In the "Persistent Somatic Symptom Symposium: New Developments in Basic and Applied Research" @nplumbaum.bsky.social presented "Efficacy of an App-Based Stress Management Intervention for Reducing Somatic Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using EMI."

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 4d

💡 Part 13 in our #ICBM2025 series!

In the poster session, Rojan Amini-Nejad presented "Post-migration Stress and Mental Health in Forcibly Displaced People: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study."

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 6d

🫂 Part 12 in our #ICBM2025 series!

In the oral presentations session on Novel Approaches to Stress Management, @adreisoerner.bsky.social presented "Self-Soothing Touch and Being Hugged Reduce Cortisol Responses to Stress: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Stress, Touch, and Social Identity."

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 7d

🫁 Part 11 in our #ICBM2025 series!

Dr. Hannah Tschenett presented two studies: "Managing stress in the daily lives of lung cancer outpatients: Findings from a pilot study" & "Does mindful awareness decrease stress in partners of individuals post-stroke? Findings from a daily diary study."

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 8d

🎨Part 10 in our #ICBM2025 series!

In the oral presentations session on Novel Approaches to Stress Management, Dr. Anna Fekete presented "How Does Art Influence Pain and Stress? Investigating Autonomic and Endocrine Markers of Music, Visual Art, and Multimodal Art Experience."

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 9d

🔬Part 9 in our #ICBM2025 series!

In the oral presentations session on Novel Approaches to Stress Management, Teresa O'Rourke‬ @teresaorourke.bsky.social presented "Coping with Gender Minority Stress: Influence of Coping and Social Support on Stress in Gender Diverse Youth."

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations to our team member Celine Bencker for being one of the recipients of the Gertrud Jungblut Award, awarded at the workshop "My Body, My Brain, My Choices" by the @cogneuroend.bsky.social !!🎉

Celine Bencker @celinebencker.bsky.social · 19d

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I feel fortunate to have been part of it and to stand alongside so many brilliant young researchers as one of the recipients of the inaugural Gertrud Jungblut Award.

Can’t wait to keep the conversations going! ✨

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Celine Bencker @celinebencker.bsky.social · 19d

A heartfelt thank you to the @cogneuroend.bsky.social group for such an inspiring workshop on taboos in #womenshealth research! ❤️ Seeing so many women advancing science and clinical care in women’s health was incredibly motivating!
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WASAD @wasadorg.bsky.social · 10d

Then, @markusforamitti.bsky.social will follow up with a fascinating exploration of how music helps regulate collective emotion in his talk: "Regulating Collective Emotion Through Music: Diachronic Analysis of Stress, Sentiment, and Complexity in Lyrics (1973–2023)" 📝🎶

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WASAD @wasadorg.bsky.social · 19d

Up next, Lydia Kogler will share insights on how social stress, the cortisol awakening response, and sex differences influence hippocampal and amygdala volume. ⏰🧠

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 12d

🎧 Part 8 in our #ICBM2025 series!

Roxana Esfandiari presented a poster about Stefanie Hirsch's project, "Pilot study on the feasibility and effectiveness of an ecological momentary music intervention for stress reduction in Turkish immigrant women".

StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 14d

🎵 Part 7 in our #ICBM2025 series!

Markus Foramitti @markusforamitti.bsky.social presented his poster, "Sounds of the past – Effects of historical idiophones on psychological and physiological stress".

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 15d

🎼 Part 6 in our #ICBM2025 series!

Dr. Anna Fekete presented her poster "Stress as a Mediator of the Effects of Music on Health: The Biopsychological Mediation Model".

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 16d

🥼 Part 5 in our #ICBM2025 series!

As part of the Symposium "Mechanisms in Persistent Somatic Symptoms", our team member Dr. Nida Ali presented her talk on "Psychobiological mechanisms of fatigue and chronic stress in adults: Evidence from Lab to Life."

Picture of Dr. Nida Ali presenting at ICBM 2025

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 17d

💤 Part 4 in our #ICBM2025 series!

Caroline Rakowitz presented two posters on "Human Peak Performance in Special Operations Forces", highlighting Stress, Recovery, Health Optimization and a Digital Sleep Intervention. Results from a Longitudinal Intervention Study!

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 19d

🎶 Part 3 in our #ICBM2025 series!

Markus Foramitti @markusforamitti.bsky.social‬ presented his poster, "Insights into Societal Mood Regulation Through Music - Diachronic Analysis of Stress, Sentiment, and Complexity in Popular Music Lyrics."

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 22d

⚕️Part 2 in our #ICBM2025 series!

After an introduction by the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee, Urs Nater participated in a roundtable discussion on the future of behavioral medicine in a panel of ISBM Past Presidents

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Celine Bencker @celinebencker.bsky.social · 23d

Looking forward to contributing to this plenary session at #WASAD2025 in Munich on October 25 and to inspiring discussions!

WASAD @wasadorg.bsky.social · 23d

New in the #WASAD2025 scientific program!

📅 💼 „Everyday Life Stress“

@celinebencker.bsky.social will start off this plenary, chaired by Urs Nater and Andreas Schwerdtfeger with her engaging presentation on the trajectories of everyday life stress across the menstrual cycle ♀️👩

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 23d

💡 Part 1 of our #ICBM2025 series!

Ahead of the upcoming conference, the ISBM Board and Governing Council gathered at the University of Vienna for a series of productive pre-conference meetings. Urs Nater, Head of our lab, participated as Member-at-Large and Chair of the Local Organizing Committee.

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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 27d

Over the next couple of days we'll share highlights from our team's participation at #ICBM2025

Just in time, the Congress abstracts have been published!

Take a look here: doi.org/10.1007/s125...

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WASAD @wasadorg.bsky.social · Sep 9

📢 Great News!!

The scientific program for #WASAD2025 “Uncertainty in Times of Change: A Lifecourse Approach to Stress and Anxiety,” is now complete. The topics include prevention, mental health, psychocardiology, and numerous others!

Explore the full program here:
👉 wasad2025.org/scientific-p...

Plenary Sessions

The Scientific Program includes 15 Plenary Sessions: P1 Molecular and neural underpinnings of stress-related disorders (Symposium of the Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, Munich, Germany) Chai...

wasad2025.org

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