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Open AccessReal-life behavioral and neural circuit markers of physical activity as a compensatory mechanism for social isolation
Social isolation and loneliness pose major societal challenges accelerated by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, especially for mental health. In this cohort study using accelerometry, electronic diaries a...
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Open AccessAlcohol does not influence trust in others or oxytocin, but increases positive affect and risk-taking: a randomized, controlled, within-subject trial
Alcohol consumption to facilitate social interaction is an important drinking motive. Here, we tested whether alcohol influences trust in others via modulation of oxytocin and/or androgens. We also aimed at co...
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Open AccessAssociations of premenstrual symptoms with daily rumination and perceived stress and the moderating effects of mindfulness facets on symptom cyclicity in premenstrual syndrome
Subthreshold premenstrual symptoms can be impairing even if the diagnostic criteria for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) are not reached. Previous research suggests shared psychological risk factors wit...
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Open AccessThe importance of high quality real-life social interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has brought about dramatic restrictions to real-life social interactions and a shift towards more online social encounters. Positive social interactions have been highlighted as an imp...
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Open AccessCorrection: G-CuP: the effect of a forced oral glucose intake on alcohol craving and mesolimbic cue reactivity in alcohol dependence—study protocol of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study
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Open AccessReliability of the fMRI-based assessment of self-evaluation in individuals with internet gaming disorder
The self-concept—defined as the cognitive representation of beliefs about oneself—determines how individuals view themselves, others, and their actions. A negative self-concept can drive gaming use and interne...
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Open AccessG-CuP: the effect of a forced oral glucose intake on alcohol craving and mesolimbic cue reactivity in alcohol dependence—study protocol of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study
Multiple studies indicate that a lower plasma level of the acetylated form of the appetite-regulating hormone ghrelin and higher plasma levels of insulin lead to a reduction in subjective alcohol craving and a...
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Open AccessThe association of stress and physical activity: Mind the ecological fallacy
Psychological stress and physical activity are interrelated, constituting a relevant association to human health, especially in children. However, the association’s nature remains elusive, i.e., why psychologi...
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Open AccessReal-time individual benefit from social interactions before and during the lockdown: the crucial role of personality, neurobiology and genes
Social integration is a major resilience factor for staying healthy. However, the COVID-19-pandemic led to unprecedented restrictions in social life. The consequences of these social lockdowns on momentary wel...
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Impaired working memory performance in opioid-dependent patients is related to reduced insula gray matter volume: a voxel-based morphometric study
Opioid-dependent patients frequently show deficits in multiple cognitive domains that might impact on their everyday life performance and interfere with therapeutic efforts. To date, the neurobiological underp...
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Open AccessOxytocin attenuates neural response to emotional faces in social drinkers: an fMRI study
Oxytocin is a key mediator of emotional and social behavior that seems to be of relevance for the development and maintenance of addictive behaviors. We thus investigated the effect of oxytocin on neural respo...
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Open AccessComparable emotional dynamics in women with ADHD and borderline personality disorder
Emotional dysregulation (ED) is a core diagnostic symptom in borderline personality disorder (BPD) and an associated feature of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We aimed to investigate differen...
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ADHS-Screening bei Alkoholabhängigen
Aufgrund der hohen Prävalenz bei Alkoholabhängigen und der anspruchsvollen und zeitaufwendigen Diagnostik der Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit‑/Hyperaktivitätsstörung (ADHS) wird ein routinemäßiges Screening mit Selbstb...
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Neural correlates of individual differences in affective benefit of real-life urban green space exposure
Psychiatric morbidity is high in cities, so identifying potential modifiable urban protective factors is important. We show that exposure to urban green space improves well-being in naturally behaving male and...
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Happy Thoughts: Mind Wandering Affects Mood in Daily Life
Mind wandering is often thought to have adverse consequences such as to deteriorate mood. However, more recent findings suggest that the effect of mind wandering on mood may depend on the specific thought cont...
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Fast sleep spindle reduction in schizophrenia and healthy first-degree relatives: association with impaired cognitive function and potential intermediate phenotype
Several studies in patients with schizophrenia reported a marked reduction in sleep spindle activity. To investigate whether the reduction may be linked to genetic risk of the illness, we analysed sleep spindl...
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Effects of d-cycloserine on extinction of mesolimbic cue reactivity in alcoholism: a randomized placebo-controlled trial
Mesocorticolimbic reactivity to alcohol-associated cues has been shown to be associated with relapse to renewed drinking and to be decreased by cue-exposure-based extinction training (CET). Evidence from precl...
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Convergence with SEER database achieved by a breast cancer network: a longitudinal benchmark of 5-year relative survival
To benchmark outcomes of a German breast cancer network with the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results programme (SEER) of the USA from a longitudinal point of view.
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Open AccessUsing relative survival measures for cross-sectional and longitudinal benchmarks of countries, states, and districts: the BenchRelSurv- and BenchRelSurvPlot-macros
The objective of screening programs is to discover life threatening diseases in as many patients as early as possible and to increase the chance of survival. To be able to compare aspects of health care qualit...
