2026
Metzen, D., Blumenschein, P., Peter, F., Frisch, A., & Heinzel, S. (2026). The psychology of climate delay: investigating the discourses of climate delay and their influence on pro-environmental behavior. Global Sustainability, 9, e19. doi:10.1017/sus.2026.10056
Gomes, C.A., Bach, D. R., Razi, A., Batsikadze, G., Elsenbruch, S., Engler, H., Ernst, T. M., Fellner, M.C., Fraenz, C., Genç, E., Klass, A., Labrenz, F., Lissek, S., Merz, C. J., Metzen, D., Nostadt, A., Pawlik, R. J., Schneider, J. E., Tegenthoff, M., Thieme, A., Wolf, O. T., Güntürkün, O., Quick, H. H., Kumsta, R., Timmann, D., Spisak, T., & Axmacher, N. (2026). Predicting individual differences of learning and extinction. Nature Communications, 17, 3780 (2026). doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-71830-0
2025
Metzen, D., Blumenschein, P., Peter, F., Bechtoldt, M., Frisch, A., Tschorn, M., & Heinzel, S. (2025). Validation of the Inventory of Climate Emotions (ICE) in a German sample. Environmental Psychology Open, 29, Article 36. doi: 10.69805/epo.v29.a36
Metzen, D., Blumenschein, P. & Heinzel, S. (2025). Wie die Klimakrise unsere psychische Gesundheit bedroht. In: Policy Ultra-Briefs aus der Psychologie und angrenzenden Verhaltenswissenschaften. Betsch, C., Brakemeier, E.-L., Hofmann, W., Hosch, A.-K., Huttarsch, J.-H. & Matthies, E. (Hrsg). doi: 10.23668/psycharchives.21305
Fraenz, C., Metzen, D., Merz, C. J., Selpien, H., Friedrich, P., Ocklenburg, S., Axmacher, N. & Genç, E. (2025). Fear learning sculpts functional brain connectivity at rest beyond the traditional fear network. Behavioral Brain Research. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2025.115764
Stammen, C., Schneider Penate, J., Metzen, D., Hönscher, M. J., Fraenz, C., Schlüter, C., Güntürkün, O., Kumsta, R. & Genç, E. (2025). Neurite density but not myelination of specific fiber tracts links polygenic scores to general intelligence. Cerebral Cortex. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhaf199
Engler, R., Stammen, C., Arnau, S., Schneider Penate, J., Metzen, D., Digutsch, J., Gajewski, P. D., Getzmann, S., Fraenz, C., Reinders, J., Voelkle, M. C., Streit, F., Ocklenburg, S., Schneider, D., Burke, M., Hengstler, J. G., Watzl, C., Nitsche, M. A., Kumsta, R., Wascher, E. & Genç, E. (2025). Electrophysiological resting-state signatures link polygenic scores to general intelligence. Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-26778-4
2024
Metzen, D., & Ocklenburg, S. (2024). The Psychology and Neuroscience of the Climate Crisis – How Our Brain Reacts to Climate Change. Springer Berlin, Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-69288-2
Metzen, D.*, Stammen, C*., Fraenz, C., Schlüter, C., Johnson, W., Güntürkün, O., DeYoung, C. G., Genç, E. (2024). Investigating robust associations between functional connectivity based on graph theory and general intelligence. Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-51333-y
2023
Metzen, D., & Ocklenburg, S. (2023). Die Psychologie und Neurowissenschaft der Klimakrise – Wie unser Gehirn auf Klimaveränderungen reagiert. Springer Berlin, Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-67365-2
Genç, E.*, Metzen, D.*, Fraenz, C., Schlüter, C., Voelkle, M.C.; Arning, L., Streit, F., Nguyen, H. P., Güntürkün, O., Ocklenburg, S. & Kumsta, R. (2023). Structural architecture and brain network efficiency links polygenic scores to intelligence. Human Brain Mapping, 1-18. doi: 10.1002/hbm.26286
2022
Metzen, D., Genç, E., Getzmann, S., Larra, M., Wascher, E. & Ocklenburg S. (2022). Frontal and parietal EEG alpha asymmetry: a large-scale investigation of short-term reliability on distinct EEG systems. Brain Struct Funct, 227, 725-740. doi: 10.1007/s00429-021-02399-1
Pfeifer, L. S.; Heyers, K., Berretz, G., Metzen, D., Packheiser, J., Ocklenburg, S. (2022). Broadening the scope: Increasing phenotype diversity in laterality research. Front Behav Neurosci, 16:1048388. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1048388.
Ocklenburg, S.; Metzen, D., Schlüter, C., Fraenz, C., Arning, L., Streit, F., Güntürkün, O., Kumsta, R. & Genc, E. (2022). Polygenic scores for handedness and their association with asymmetries in brain structure. Brain Struct Funct, doi: 10.1007/s00429-021-02335-3
2021
Genç E., Schlüter, C., Fraenz, C., Arning, L., Metzen, D., Nguyen, H.P., Voelkle, M.C., Streit, F., Güntürkün, O., Kumsta, R. & Ocklenburg, S. (2021). Polygenic scores for cognitive abilities and their association with different aspects of general intelligence – A deep phenotyping approach. Mol. Neurobiology, 58(5), 4145-4156, doi: 10.1007/s12035-021-02398-7
2020
Packheiser, J., Schmitz, J., Metzen, D., Reinke, P., Radtke, F., Friedrich, P., Güntürkün, O., Peterburs, J. & Ocklenburg, S. (2020). Asymmetries in social touch – motor and emotional biases on lateral preferences in embracing, cradling and kissing. Laterality, 25(3), 325-345. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2019.1690496
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