Publications of Veronika Engert

Puhlmann, L. M., Linz, R., Valk, S. L., Vrticka, P., Vos de Wael, R., Bernasconi, A., … Engert, V. (2021). Association between hippocampal structure and serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in healthy adults: A registered report. NeuroImage, 236. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118011

Linz, R., Pauly, R., Smallwood, J., & Engert, V. (2021). Mind-wandering content differentially translates from the lab to daily life and relates to subjective stress experience. Psychological Research, 85, 649–659.

Engert, V., Grant, J., & Strauss, B. (2020). Psychosocial factors in disease and treatment: A call for the biopsychosocial model. JAMA Psychiatry, 77, 996–997.

Puhlmann, L. M., Engert, V., Apostolakou, F., Papassotiriou, I., Chrousos, G. P., Vrticka, P., & Singer, T. (2019). Only vulnerable adults show change in chronic low-grade inflammation after contemplative mental training: Evidence randomized clinical trial. Scientific Reports, 9. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-55250-3

Puhlmann, L. M., Valk, S. L., Engert, V., Bernhardt, B. C., Lin, J., Epel, E. S., … Singer, T. (2019). Association of short-term change in leukocyte telomere length with cortical thickness change and outcomes of mental training among healthy adults: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Network Open, 2. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.9687

Linz, R., Puhlmann, L. M., Apostolakou, F., Mantzou, E., Papassotiriou, I., Chrousos, G. P., … Singer, T. (2019). Acute psychosocial stress increases serum BDNF levels: An antagonistic relation to cortisol but no group differences after mental training. Neuropsychopharmacology, 44, 1797–1804.

Singer, T., & Engert, V. (2019). It matters what you practice: Differential training effects on subjective experience, behavior, brain and body in the ReSource Project. Current Opinion in Psychology, 28, 151–158.

Engert, V., Linz, R., & Grant, J. (2019). Embodied stress: The physiological resonance of psychosocial stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 105, 138–146.

Przyrembel, M., Vrticka, P., Engert, V., & Singer, T. (2019). Loving-kindness meditation - A queen of hearts?: A physio-phenomenological investigation on the variety of experience. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 26, 95–129.

Linz, R., Singer, T., & Engert, V. (2018). Interactions of momentary thought content and subjective stress predict cortisol fluctuations in a daily life experience sampling study. Scientific Reports, 8. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-33708-0

Engert, V., Kok, B. E., Puhlmann, L. M., Stalder, T., Kirschbaum, C., Papanastasopoulou, C., … Singer, T. (2018). Exploring the multidimensional complex systems structure of the stress response and its relation to health and sleep outcomes. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 73, 390–402.

Miller, R., Wojtyniak, J.-G., Weckesser, L. J., Alexander, N. C., Engert, V., & Lehr, T. (2018). How to disentangle psychobiological stress reactivity and recovery: A comparison of model-based and non-compartmental analyses of cortisol concentrations. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 90, 194–210.

Engert, V., Ragsdale, A. M., & Singer, T. (2018). Cortisol stress resonance in the laboratory is associated with inter-couple diurnal cortisol covariation in daily life. Hormones and Behavior, 98, 183–190.

Engert, V., Kok, B. E., Papassotiriou, I., Chrousos, G. P., & Singer, T. (2017). Specific reduction in cortisol stress reactivity after social but not attention-based mental training. Science Advances, 3. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1700495

Engert, V., Koester, A. M., Riepenhausen, A., & Singer, T. (2016). Boosting recovery rather than buffering reactivity: Higher stress-induced oxytocin secretion is associated with increased cortisol reactivity and faster vagal recovery after acute psychosocial stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 74, 111–120.

Dedovic, K., Giebl, S., Duchesne, A., Lue, S. D., Andrews, J., Efanov, S., … Pruessner, J. C. (2016). Psychological, endocrine, and neural correlates of attentional bias in subclinical depression. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 29, 479–496.

Steinbeis, N., Engert, V., Linz, R., & Singer, T. (2015). The effects of stress and affiliation on social decision-making: Investigating the tend-and-befriend pattern. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 62, 138–148.

Radenbach, C., Reiter, A., Engert, V., Sjoerds, Z., Villringer, A., Heinze, H.-J., … Schlagenhauf, F. (2015). The interaction of acute and chronic stress impairs model-based behavioral control. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 53, 268–280.

Engert, V., Smallwood, J., & Singer, T. (2014). Mind your thoughts: Associations between self-generated thoughts and stress-induced and baseline levels of cortisol and alpha-amylase. Biological Psychology, 103, 283–291.

Dedovic, K., Duchesne, A., Engert, V., Lue, S. D., Andrews, J., Efanov, S. I., … Pruessner, J. C. (2014). Psychological, endocrine and neural responses to social evaluation in subclinical depression. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9, 1632–1644.