Publications of Meghedi Vartanian

Vartanian, M., Endres, K. J., Lee, Y. T., Friedrich, S., Meemken, M.-T., Schamarek, I., … Witte, A. V. (2025). Investigating the impact of microbiome-changing interventions on food decision-making: MIFOOD study protocol. BMC Nutrition, 11. doi:10.1186/s40795-024-00971-6

Christensen, J. F., Vartanian, M., Manias, B. C., Golestani, R., Khorsandi, S., & Frieler, K. (2024). Enculturation-acculturation screening tools for empirical aesthetics research: A proof of principle study. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 24, 325–372.

Patterson, J. D., Merseal, H. M., Johnson, D. R., Agnoli, S., Baas, M., Baker, B. S., … Beaty, R. E. (2023). Multilingual semantic distance: Automatic verbal creativity assessment in many languages. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 17, 495–507.

Christensen, J. F., Farahi, F., Vartanian, M., & Yazdi, S. H. N. (2022). Choice hygiene for "consumer neuroscientists"? Ethical considerations and proposals for future endeavours. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15. doi:10.3389/fnins.2021.612639

Ghobadi-Azbari, P., Malmir, N., Vartanian, M., Mahdavifar-Khayati, R., Robatmili, S., Hadian, V., … Ekhtiari , H. (2022). Transcranial direct current stimulation to modulate brain reactivity to food cues in overweight and obese adults: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial with fMRI (NeuroStim-Obesity). Trials, 23. doi:10.1186/s13063-022-06234-8

Christensen, J. F., Vartanian, M., Sancho-Escanero, L., Khorsandi, S., Yazdi, S. H. N., Farahi, F., … Gomila, A. (2021). A practice-inspired mindset for researching the psychophysiological and medical health effects of recreational dance (dance sport). Frontiers in Psychology, 11. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.588948

Vartanian, M., Hatami, J., Khazaei, A., & Hadi Bahrami, E. (2016). Effectiveness of group therapy based on cognitive rehabilitation of memory and executive functioning in patients with traumatic brain injury. Journal of Applied Psychological Research, 7, 105–126.

Watson, P. J., Ghorbani, N., Vartanian, M., & Chen, Z. (2015). Religious openness hypothesis: II. religious reflection and orientations, mystical experience, and psychological openness of Christians in Iran. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 34, 114–124.

Ekhtiari, H., & Vartanian, M. (2021). Brain obesity: Practical neuroscience-informed methods to keep your body fit and healthy. Metacognium. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-7CEE-E

Vartanian, M., Khorsandi, S., Sancho Escanero, L., Acedo-Carmona , C., & Christensen, J. F. (2022). Human flourishing through dance practice. In T. Chemi, E. Brattico, L. Overby Fjorback, & L. Harmat (Eds.), Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000B-4434-E

Vartanian, M., Jahanitabesh, A., Christensen, J. F., Staub, H., Villringer, A., & Witte, A. V. (2023). Neuronal responses to visual food cues according to weight and hunger status: A systematic review and meta-analysis. In Neuroscience Applied (Vol. 2). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/j.nsa.2023.102753

Vartanian, M. How our brain reacts while encountering food? And what we can change about it? Talk_at_event presented at the 59th Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung (DGE) Congress , Virtual. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-7D0E-A

Jensen, D., Thieleking, R., Medawar, E., Vartanian, M., Villringer, A., Beyer, F., & Witte, A. V. Neural correlates of reward-enhanced food memory in a high-fibre diet interventional trial of overweight adults: A pre-registered analysis. Poster presented at the 18th Research Festival for Life Sciences 2025, Leipzig, Germany. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0010-D49B-0

Jensen, D., Thieleking, R., Medawar, E., Vartanian, M., Villringer, A., Beyer, F., & Witte, A. V. Neural correlates of reward-enhanced food memory in a high-fibre diet interventional trial of overweight adults: A pre-registered analysis. Poster presented at the Aging and Microbiome Conference (AMC) 2024, Jena, Germany. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0010-96DB-E

Sundaram, S., Lee, Y. T., Vartanian, M., Beyer, F., Villringer, A., Jensen, A., & Witte, A. V. How do microbes and sex differences shape eating behavior and weight loss in obesity? Poster presented at the Aging and Microbiome Conference, Jena, Germany. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0010-925D-1

Jensen, D., Thieleking, R., Medawar, E., Vartanian, M., Villringer, A., Beyer, F., & Witte, A. V. Neural correlates of reward-enhanced food memory in a high-fibre diet interventional trial of overweight adults: A pre-registered analysis. Poster presented at the 3rd International Symposium of the CRC 1052 Obesity Mechanisms, Leipzig, Germany. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0010-96DF-A

Vartanian, M., Jahanitabesh, A., Christensen, J. F., Staub, H., Villringer, A., & Witte, A. V. Neuronal responses to visual food cues according to weight and hunger status: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Poster presented at the 36th ECNP Congress, Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-E234-9

Vartanian, M., Jahanitabesh, A., Staub, H., Christensen, J. F., Villringer, A., & Witte, A. V. Aiming at higher reliability in systematic reviews: A preregistration of food cure reactivity fMRI. Poster presented at the 12th IMPRS NeuroCom Summer School , Leipzig, Germany. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-E22D-2

Vartanian, M., Meemken, M.-T., Staub, H., Töws, E., & Witte, A. V. Effects of microbiome-changing interventions on food decision-making and the gut-brain axis in obesity (MIFOOD). Poster presented at the 11th IMPRS NeuroCom Summer School, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000B-4432-0

Vartanian, M., Monajem, A., Hatami, J., Egersdörfer, D., & Christensen, J. F. Creative mind-wandering: Music as incubation phase. Poster presented at the XXVI Conference of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Virtual. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-7D10-6