Publications of the Centre

Algermissen, J., Rascu, M., Weber, L. A., den Boer, T., Martin, E., Treeby, B., Gray, M. D., Cleveland, R. O., Wittmann, M. K., Clarke, W. T., Fouragnan, E., Rushworth, M. F. S., & Klein-Flügge, M. C. (2026). Low-intensity focused ultrasound to human amygdala reveals a causal role in ambiguous emotion processing and alters local and network activity. Neuron, 114(7), 1269–1289.e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2026.03.009

Ascone, L., Mahlke, C., Tawil, N., Samaan, L., Frisch, M., Nugent, L., Nixdorf, R., Börncke, F., Lüdecke, D., Fischer, R., Bach, N., Hackbarth, C., McCall, T., Gallinat, J., & Kühn, S. (2026). Informing the redesign of psychiatric seclusion rooms: A mixed-methods pre-evaluation with individuals with lived experience. BMC Psychiatry, 26, Article 58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-026-07780-0

Ascone, L., Mostajeran, F., Hagen, H., Börncke, F., Klock, L., Gallinat, J., & Kühn, S. (2026). Compassion-focused virtual reality for individuals with a psychotic disorder: A randomized-controlled pilot study. Psychosis, 18(1), 47–63. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2025.2545769

Beyer, M., Kuznetsov, D., & Kühn, S. (in press). The German Twin Registry (GERTRUD): Towards harmonised, multi-source twin research. Twin Research and Human Genetics.

Beyer, M., Quinones, J., Stanojlovic, A., & Kühn, S. (2026). Das Gehirn ist keine Insel: Umweltneurowissenschaften. Nervenheilkunde, 45(1-2), 23–24. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2727-8354

Brandt, L., Böge, G., Hahn, E., Bajbouj, M., & Kühn, S. (2026). Klima und psychische Gesundheit. Nervenheilkunde, 45(1-2), 25–26. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2727-8394

Brandt, L., De Prisco, M., Nocera, D., Rehm, M. C., Cohen, S., Kosker, D. N., von Luxburg, S., Ori, D., Pinzón-Espinosa, J., Scheuber, P., Sonntag, N., Radua, J., Hasan, A., Luykx, J. J., & the Global Evidence on Planetary Mental Health Study Group [Member of the MPIB: Simone Kühn]. (2026). Climate-related and nature-based interventions for mental health: An umbrella review and meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.0037

Buchberger, E., Brandmaier, A. M., Lindenberger, U., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Ngo, C. T. (in press). The process structure of memory abilities in early and middle childhood [Registered Report]. Developmental Science.

Chen, H., Kuitunen-Paul, S., Garbusow, M., Lukezic, M., Huys, Q. J. M., Rapp, M. A., Heinz, A., & Smolka, M. N. (2026). Changes in model-based and model-free control prospectively predict drinking trajectories in young men. Biological Psychiatry, 99(1), 57–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.06.028

Dohnány, S., Kurth-Nelson, Z., Spens, E., Luettgau, L., Reid, A., Gabriel, I., Summerfield, C., Shanahan, M., & Nour, M. M. (2026). Technological folie à deux: Feedback loops between AI chatbots and mental health. Nature Mental Health, 4, 336–345. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-026-00595-8

Ellingford, R., Harris, S. S., Kehring, M., Rajani, R. M., Lam, F. K. W., Graykowski, D., Böken, D., Welikovitch, L. A., Khasnavis, A., Laban, R., Heslegrave, A., Yaman, U., Mate de Gerando, A., Bond, S. A., Wray, S., Salih, D. A., Dupret, D., Dolan, R. J., Klenerman, D., Zetterberg, H., Hyman, B. T., & Busche, M. A. (2026). Alzheimer’s disease pathology degrades an NMDA receptor-dependent spontaneous activity pattern in cortico-hippocampal circuits. Neuron. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2026.02.027

Fischer, D. J., & Kühn, S. (2026). Scent of trees: Investigating the short-term effects of two tree essential oils on mood, psychological stress, and cognition. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 110, Article 102962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.102962

Fritsch, M., Michely, J., Jaeckel, L., Rangus, I., Riegler, C., Scheitz, J. F., Nolte, C., Sterzer, P., & Weilnhammer, V. (2026). Ischemic lesions to the inferior frontal cortex slow perceptual switching. iScience, 29(3), Article 114943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.114943

Hall-McMaster, S., Wittkuhn, L., Verra, L., Hedrich, N. L., Irie, K., Dayan, P., Gershman, S. J., & Schuck, N. W. (2026). Entorhinal cortex signals dimensions of past experience that can be generalised in a novel environment. The Journal of Neuroscience, 46(7), Article e1492252025. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1492-25.2025

Huys, Q. J. M., & Corlett, P. R. (2026). IMPACT-ing the practice of computational psychiatry. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2026.03.007

Jin, Y., Kieslich, K., Hall, A., & Pitman, A. (2026). Association between loneliness and suicidal thoughts and attempts in adolescence and young adulthood: A longitudinal analysis of a nationally representative US sample. Archives of Suicide Research, 30(1), 66–79. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2025.2489159

Kakaei, E., Schlecht, A., & Hauser, T. U. (2026). Increased baseline pupil size linked to uncertainty avoidance in decision making. European Journal of Neuroscience, 63(2), Article e70394. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.70394

Kalc, P., ter Veer, M., Dahnke, R., Ziegler, G., Kühn, S., & Gaser, C. (2026). Factors contributing to short-term structural variability in a longitudinal MRI dataset. Human Brain Mapping, 47(4), Article e70500. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70500

Ketzer, M., Gische, C., & Voelkle, M. C. (2026). From path diagrams to causal graphs: A structural causal perspective on cross-sectional multilevel models. Structural Equation Modeling, 33(2), 268–280. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2025.2592071

Klimesch, A., Ascone, L., Thomalla, G., Cheng, B., Petersen, M., Schäfer, I., Gallinat, J., & Kühn, S. (2026). Echoes of childhood trauma: The relationship between adverse childhood experiences, brain structure, and mental health in aging adults. Translational Psychiatry, 16, Article 52. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-026-03811-2