Publications

Our new publication on “Think-aloud analysis of commonly used screening instruments for Internet use disorders: The CIUS, the IGDT-10, and the BSMAS” (Schmidt, 2022) is out in Journal of behavioral addictions. For more information see: Schmidt, H., Brandt, D., Bischof, A., Heidbrink, S., Bischof, G., Borgwardt, S., & Rumpf, H. J. (2022). Think-aloud analysis of […]

The results of our new publication on “Increased Belief Instability in Psychotic Disorders Predicts Treatment Response to Metacognitive Training” (Hauke et al., 2022) in Schizophrenia Bulletin point towards increased belief instability as a key computational mechanism underlying probabilistic reasoning in psychotic disorders. The study also provides a proof-of-concept that this computational approach may be useful

In our new study, we characterized the topography of age-related evolution of diffusion metrics in neonatal brains. Our results show a rapid decrease in diffusivity metrics of cerebral/cerebellar white matter and vermis in the first few weeks of neonatal age, likely attributable to myelination. In addition, prematurity and low gestational age at birth may result

More information you can find here: Dwyer, D. B., Buciuman, M. O., Ruef, A., Kambeitz, J., Sen Dong, M., Stinson, C., Kambeitz-Ilankovic, L., Degenhardt, F., Sanfelici, R., Antonucci, L. A., Lalousis, P. A., Wenzel, J., Urquijo-Castro, M. F., Popovic, D., Oeztuerk, O. F., Haas, S. S., Weiske, J., Hauke, D., Neufang, S., Schmidt-Kraepelin, C., …

The aim of the study was to estimate mortality on grounds of the severity of alcohol dependence which has been assessed by two approaches: the frequency of alcohol dependence symptoms (FADS) and the number of alcohol dependence criteria (NADC). A random sample of adult community residents in northern Germany at age 18 to 64 had

Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) carrying variants in the Glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene (GBA-PD) suffer from orthostatic symptoms more frequently than idiopathic PD patients (IPD). Systematic measurements of the blood pressure have not yet been performed. In the present study, a prospective analysis of 33 GBA-PD and 313 IPD patients was carried out. Systolic blood pressure

Our new publication on “Characterizing thalamocortical (dys)connectivity following d-amphetamine, LSD, and MDMA administration” (Avram et al., 2022) in Biological Psychiatry CNNI shows that prototypical psychostimulants, empathogens, and psychedelics evoke thalamocortical-hyperconnectivity with sensorimotor areas, similar to findings in patients with psychosis, but differentially influence thalamocortical-connectivity with prefrontal-limbic cortices. Check out the publication here: Avram, M., Müller,

Abstract Background: Fatigue has an adaptive function and serves as a temporary signal to rest and save energy often in response to immune activation. It may, however, also persist in a pathological condition incurring significant burden. While subjective symptoms and scientific consensus indicate that both physical and mental determinants of motivated behavior are affected in fatigue,

In our recent study, scalograms of EEG signals were used to identify potential biomarkers in schizophrenia heritability. This study presented evidence for the validation of a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model using transfer learning for scalp EEGs of patients and controls during the performance of a speeded sensorimotor task and a working memory task. It

Abstract To investigate the longitudinal latent state-trait structure of the different dimensions of psychosis symptoms in clinical high-risk state (CHRS) and first episode psychosis (FEP) individuals over a one year time-span. This paper examines if the symptom clusters Positive Symptoms, Negative Symptoms, Affectivity, Resistance, Activation, and Excitement according to the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)