Publications of Veronika Engert

Marheinecke, R., Strauss, B., & Engert, V. (2023). Visible wounds of invisible repression: A perspective on the importance of investigating the biological and psychological impact of political repression. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. doi:10.1037/tra0001548

Blasberg, J. U., Gallistl, M., Degering, M., Baierlein, F., & Engert, V. (2023). You look stressed: A pilot study on facial action unit activity in the context of psychosocial stress. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 15. doi:10.1016/j.cpnec.2023.100187

Blasberg, J. U., Jost, J., Kanske, P., & Engert, V. (2023). Empathic stress in the mother–child dyad: Multimodal evidence for empathic stress in children observing their mothers during direct stress exposure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. doi:10.1037/xge0001430

Engert, V., Klimecki, O. M., Kanske, P., & Mindful Universities Research Group. (2023). Spreading positive change: Societal benefits of meditation. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1038051

Degering, M., Linz, R., Puhlmann, L. M., Singer, T., & Engert, V. (2023). Revisiting the stress recovery hypothesis: Differential associations of cortisol stress reactivity and recovery after acute psychosocial stress with markers of long-term stress and health. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 28. doi:10.1016/j.bbih.2023.100598

Engert, V., Hoehne, K., & Singer, T. (2023). Specific reduction in the cortisol awakening response after socio-affective mental training. Mindfulness, 14, 681–694.

Köhne, S., Engert, V., & Rosendahl, J. (2023). Stability of resilience in times of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Personality and Mental Health, 17, 55–66.

Uhlig, M., Reinelt, J., Lauckner, M., Kumral, D., Schaare, H. L., Mildner, T., … Gaebler, M. (2023). Rapid volumetric brain changes after acute psychosocial stress. NeuroImage, 265. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119760

Blasberg, J. U., Kanske, P., Böckler, A., Trautwein, F.-M., Singer, T., & Engert, V. (2022). Associations of social processing abilities with psychosocial stress sensitivity. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 12. doi:10.1016/j.cpnec.2022.100159

Linz, R., Puhlmann, L. M., Engert, V., & Singer, T. (2022). Investigating the impact of distinct contemplative mental trainings on daily life stress, thoughts and affect: Evidence from a nine-month longitudinal ecological momentary assessment study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 142. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105800

Hoehne, K., Vrticka, P., Engert, V., & Singer, T. (2022). Plasma oxytocin is modulated by mental training, but does not mediate its stress-buffering effect. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 141. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105734

Mayer, A. V., Preckel, K., Ihle, K., Piecha, F. A., Junghanns, K., Reiche, S., … Krach, S. (2022). Assessment of reward-related brain function after a single-dose of oxytocin in autism: A randomized controlled trial. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 2, 136–146.

Chand, T., Alizadeh, S., Jamalabadi, H., Herrmann, L., Krylova, M., Surova, G., … Walter, M. (2021). EEG revealed improved vigilance regulation after stress exposure under Nx4: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, cross-over trial. IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 11, 175–182.

Puhlmann, L. M., Vrticka, P., Linz, R., Stalder, T., Kirschbaum, C., Engert, V., & Singer, T. (2021). Contemplative mental training reduces hair glucocorticoid levels in a randomized clinical trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83, 894–905.

Engert, V., Blasberg, J. U., Köhne, S., Strauss, B., & Rosendahl, J. (2021). Resilience and personality as predictors of the biological stress load during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany. Translational Psychiatry, 11. doi:10.1038/s41398-021-01569-3

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