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Bertsch Lab - Uni Wuerzburg @bertsch-lab.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Aug 5

Together with @mreutter.bsky.social, @leahilde.bsky.social, @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social, @martandreatta.bsky.social, @gamerlab.bsky.social and more colleagues who aren’t on Bluesky (yet)!

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Aug 5

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...

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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Anne Keitel @annekeitel.bsky.social · Jul 22

Our oscillations consensus paper is finally out as a preprint 🤩 thanks to everyone involved
arxiv.org/abs/2507.15639

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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · Jul 9

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...

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Janna Teigeler @jannateigeler.bsky.social · Jul 14

📢 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.

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Jul 9

🚨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...

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Jul 3

This protocol constitutes a close replication of the work of Miltner et al. (doi.org/10.1038/17126), inspired by the #EEGManyLabs project. We will examine the role of gamma, alpha and other neural oscillations in aversive associative learning across more than 300 participants at 9 different labs.

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Jul 3

🎉 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! 🧠

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Matthias Wieser @mjwieser.bsky.social · Jun 21

@yannikstegmann.bsky.social receiving the early career award of the German Society of Psychophysiology and its Application. Very well deserved. Congrats!!! #pug2025

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Jun 21

It was a blast! Thanks to all the contributors of the symposium and to everyone who attended!

Gamer Lab Wuerzburg @gamerlab.bsky.social · Jun 21

Now on stage @yannikstegmann.bsky.social presenting his work on contextual influences on threat processing #pug2025

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bioDGPS and DGPA @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social · Jun 17

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 ⬇️

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Matthias Wieser @mjwieser.bsky.social · Apr 30

📢 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

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Mario Reutter @mreutter.bsky.social · Apr 29

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...

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Gamer Lab Wuerzburg @gamerlab.bsky.social · Mar 27

🚨 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...

Job announcement for a 65% PhD position for 3 years

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Feb 3

Haha, glad you found it again. Thank you!

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Feb 3

This seems like the place to be! 😂 I would love to join!

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thanks for creating this list. I would love to be added!

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thanks for creating this list! I would love to be added and join the community :)

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thanks for creating this list. I would love to join!

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Jan 15

💡 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 👀🧠

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Nov 30

Thank you! I would love to join!

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · Oct 27

📣 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...

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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · Oct 24

@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

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Gamer Lab Wuerzburg @gamerlab.bsky.social · Oct 24

Now on stage: @yannikstegmann.bsky.social talking about sustained attention during contextual threat

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