Research
My group, the Mind-Body-Emotion Group, is located at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig and at the Max Planck Dahlem Campus of Cognition in Berlin, Germany.
We study how mental processes relate to brain-body interactions in pathology and health, over the lifespan, and when challenged (e.g., in affective states like emotions or acute stress).
We conduct psychophysiological and neuroimaging studies in classical lab-based settings and using real-world (e.g., ambulatory assessment) and naturalistic setups (e.g., immersive technologies like virtual reality).
Selected Preprints
AffectTracker - real-time continuous rating of affective experience in immersive Virtual Reality.
Fourcade, A., Malandrone, F., Roellecke, L., Ciston, A., de Mooij, J., Villringer, A., Carletto*, S. & Gaebler*, M. (2024). PsyArXiv.
Selected Publications
Active information sampling varies across the cardiac cycle.
Kunzendorf, S., Klotzsche, F., Akbal, M., Villringer, A., Ohl, S., & Gaebler, M. (2019). Psychophysiology.
No cardiac phase bias for threat-related distance perception under naturalistic conditions in immersive virtual reality.
Klotzsche*, F., Motyka*, P., Molak, A., Sahula, V., Darmová, B., Byrnes, C., ... & Gaebler, M. (2024). Royal Society Open Science.
Decoding subjective emotional arousal from EEG during an immersive virtual reality experience.
Hofmann*, S. M., Klotzsche*, F., Mariola*, A., Nikulin, V., Villringer, A., & Gaebler, M. (2021). eLife.
Linking brain-heart interactions to emotional arousal in immersive virtual reality.
Fourcade, A., Klotzsche, F., Hofmann, S. M., Mariola, A., Nikulin, V. V., Villringer, A., & Gaebler, M. (2024). Psychophysiology.
Salivary cortisone, as a biomarker for psychosocial stress, is associated with state anxiety and heart rate.
Bae*, Y. J., Reinelt*, J., Netto, J., Uhlig, M., Willenberg, A., Ceglarek, U., ... Gaebler*, M., & Kratzsch*, J. (2019). Psychoneuroendocrinology.
Acute psychosocial stress alters thalamic network centrality
Reinelt*, J., Uhlig*, M., Müller, K., Lauckner, M. E., Kumral, D., Schaare, H. L., ... & Gaebler, M. (2019). NeuroImage.
Rapid volumetric brain changes after acute psychosocial stress
Uhlig, M., Reinelt, J. D., Lauckner, M. E., Kumral, D., Schaare, H. L., Mildner, T., ... & Gaebler, M. (2023). NeuroImage.
The age-dependent relationship between resting heart rate variability and functional brain connectivity
Kumral, D., Schaare, H. L., Beyer, F., Reinelt, J., Uhlig, M., Liem, F., ..., & Gaebler, M. (2019). NeuroImage.
*shared authorships
