Publications of Veronika Engert

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

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.